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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Lori Sowa P.E., University of Alaska, Southeast

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

career in engineering, academic success, and retention in college asother rural students as described in Felder et al’s Longitudinal Study [1994]. These reasons include Page 24.1278.2a lack of role models, less social pressure to attend college, and less access to rigorous high schoolcourses.In 2001, Etcheverry, et. al. showed that social capital has a positive effect on the retention andacademic achievement of students. Etcheverry defines social capital as consisting of exchangesthat arise through the interactions between students and professors and among students as theycooperate in learning the material. Research in social capital in

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Potpourri

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

, one that considersthe intellectual, social, cultural, and professional development needs of students andyoung professionals, and the need for taking little steps - one step at a time - that maymake a big difference in student’s performance and attitudes towards learning. It isargued that such an approach to mentoring will help encourage more underrepresentedgroups, such as women and minorities, to pursue careers in engineering. The paper, also,describes some attributes of mentoring and suggests how a faculty member might becomea good mentor to students.I. IntroductionMentoring is not a new concept. Many of us have benefited from a trusted mentor.Perhaps we called them a friend, family member, or an advisor, whose opinions andexperiences we

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Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Keith Plemmons PE, PMP, The Citadel

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Manufacturing

. Keith’s passions include risk management and professional workforce development. Page 24.424.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Development of Graduate Leadership and Management Programs for Working ProfessionalsProblem DefinitionCompanies in industry have increasing come to realize the need for skilled professionals in themanagement of technical projects and programs [1,2]. For this reason, companies andorganizations around the world are increasingly adopting project management as a formal careerpath. As a result, the career and professional development

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Classroom Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #9004Be the Leader of Your Class: Applying Leadership Behaviors to Manage Stu-dent Conduct and PerformanceProf. Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet Page 24.223.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Be the Leader of Your Class: Applying Leadership Behaviors to Manage Student Conduct and PerformanceAbstractUniversity faculty, especially those who are just beginning their careers, are confrontedwith many professional challenges. The criteria required for promotion, includingscholarly activities

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A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Armineh Noravian, San Francisco State University; Patricia Irvine, San Francisco State University

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Two Year College Division

-baccalaureate preparation has drawn close attention. Women, racial/ethnicminorities, and low income students are well-represented in communitycolleges, but only a small number of these populations graduate withassociate’s degrees in engineering and engineering technologies. Researchhas shown that an interest in engineering as a career impacts persistence.Yet women and other underrepresented students are less likely than theirwhite male peers to have been socialized to do hands-on activities orencouraged to use toys, tools, or gadgets that might promote their interest inengineering. First generation and low income community college students areunderrepresented in engineering because they face barriers to entering andcompleting an engineering

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reza Curtmola, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #9217Cloud Computing for Education: A Professional Development Program forHigh School TeachersDr. Reza Curtmola, New Jersey Institute of Technology Reza Curtmola is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at NJIT. He received the B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the ”Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Romania, in 2001, the M.S. degree in Security Informatics in 2003, and the PhD degree in Computer Science in 2007, both from The Johns Hopkins University. He spent one year as a postdoctoral research associate at Purdue University. He is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award. His

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Design in the Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Matthew S. Bollom; Willis J. Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

, hands-on approach, early in the curriculum, students haveobtained the skills they need to be successful in their future projects, to make informed decisionsabout their BME area of study and careers, and to enable them to become better engineers.IntroductionThe Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madisondeveloped a rigorous six-semester, team-based design curriculum for our undergraduates to solvereal-world, client-based design problems when the department was founded in 1999 as shown inFigure 1.1,2 Teams of four or five students work on up to 41 different, real-world design projectsevery semester. This design sequence breaks down class boundaries, forms mentoredrelationships, actively involves each student in

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The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Vurkaç, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

the summer of 2013 at Oregon Instituteof Technology (also known as Oregon Tech). The purpose of the course was to introducestudents with engineering, medical technology, computing technology, and managementbackgrounds to the concepts, techniques, knowledge, and perspectives that diverse fields ofstudy (such as classical literature, mathematics, and cognitive psychology) can contribute to theirtechnical careers and to their lives as informed citizens.1The design of the course drew on the instructor’s prior teaching experiences of a number ofgeneral-education courses at a sister institution in the Oregon state system, principally drawingfrom a standard critical-thinking course described below in the section “Course Design andHistory.”The pilot

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Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney June Faber, Clemson University; Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, Clemson University; Justine M. Chasmar; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

andis only open to students pursuing degrees in science or engineering majors. The mission of theSEC is “to assist students in their transition to college and prepare them for their future academicand professional career by promoting: academic preparedness, professional development,interpersonal development, and community engagement”5. This year, approximately 400students at this institution were admitted to the SEC. Students participating in the SEC enroll inSEC specific sections of courses required for their major when available. This year SEC sectionswere available for two classes which also have honors sections and regular sections. SECsections of a class have the same academic requirements of regular sections, but all students inthe class

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International Division Technical Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Walter von Reinhart

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International

professional career, but slightlylower as cultural and personal growth experience (see Table 5). Participants valued theirinternships less as an opportunity to gain technical hard skills (61.3%), but more as anopportunity to apply their technical skills (67.1%) and to make professional contacts (75.5%).This assessment is partially supported by the gains participants reported in various skill sets.Ranking their skill gains on a scale from one to five, relatively few graduates reported impressivegains in hard skills, such as technical skills in their core discipline, mathematics, or computerskills. Nevertheless 60.2% of respondents reported significant gains in the ability to solvecomplex technical problems, and 71.6% returned with a significantly

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Promoting Technological Literacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

for achieving educational goals of these participants as well as thelearners they engage in various learning experiences. This paper describes the critical principlesgoverning the design of an effective education and outreach program by a multi-site,geographically-distributed research center. These lessons will provide a framework for othersinterested in designing education and outreach programs at future large-scale research centers.IntroductionEducation, outreach, and training (EOT) programs are important to fulfilling the broader impactaims of large-scale research centers. These programs have the potential of attracting the nextgeneration of researchers to the field, increasing interest of K-12 students in pursuing careers inscience

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ECE Program Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh; Gregory F. Reed, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer

, teaching activities, and related pursuits include advanced electric power and energy generation, transmis- sion, and distribution system technologies; power electronics and control technologies (FACTS, HVDC, and MVDC systems); renewable energy systems and integration; smart grid technologies and applica- tions; and energy storage. Dr. Reed has over 27 years of combined industry and academic experience in the electric power and energy sector, including engineering, research & development, and executive man- agement positions throughout his career with the Consolidated Edison of New York, ABB Inc., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., and DNV-KEMA. He is an active member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society and the American

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Teaching Approaches for Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory A. Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Whitney Thomas, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

, ethics, and globalization.Whitney Thomas Page 24.1291.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Understanding of Social Responsibility by First Year Engineering Students: Ethical Foundations and CoursesAbstractEngineers play a significant role in society, but the extent to which students consider this role asa desirable career attribute and extend their beliefs about the social responsibility (SR) ofengineers beyond basic ethical foundations is not fully understood. A qualitative study wascompleted to understand how first year engineering students define SR and how it

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Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Joann M. Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jeffrey Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Tyrone Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Ricardo Maldonado; Cristina Rivera-Vélez, GREAT IDEA; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut; Pablo Jose Acevedo, UPRM

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Community Engagement Division

move beyond the excellent but often-shortlived undergraduate projects that might be of a voluntary nature to inspire work that is morecentrally tied to career ambitions. A complete overview of the project’s activities, publications,personnel, and partners can be found at http://greatidea.uprm.edu.15 We broadly speak of research in Appropriate Technology as research that is responsiveto a specific community or social context. The coursework and seminars that we offer enablestudents to learn skills to conduct research in this context, particularly when their researchinvolves interaction with a community. Implicitly, such work is interdisciplinary, requiring notonly the usual scientific and technical training, but also techniques (or at

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radu F. Babiceanu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Systems Engineering

consider entering systems engineering career paths; and, • An increased familiarity with the systems engineering process, systems analysis methods and tools, and system operational maintenance for the software engineering students who consider careers in software development for large-scale systems.There is consensus among the industry practitioners that superior requirements engineering iscritical for the development of quality systems[6]. Moreover, academe people consider that thesoftware industry use of requirements engineering is obstructed by relatively poor understandingof requirements engineering practices and benefits. In this context, teaching requirementsengineering at university level becomes a critical responsibility

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Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Paul C. Lynch, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

advising. He received the Outstanding Industrial Engineering Faculty Award in 2011 and 2013 for his work in undergraduate education at Penn State. Dr. Lynch worked as a regional production engineer for Universal Forest Products prior to pursuing his graduate degrees. He is currently a Lecturer and Academic Adviser in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University.Dr. Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University Dr. Paul J. Kauffmann is a professor and former chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His twenty year industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Direc- tor. Dr. Kauffmann

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Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Colorado School of Mines; Maria Brunhart-Lupo, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Ethics

sustainability, high ethicalstandards, and career fulfillment.18 What they mean by career fulfillment, at least in theconstruction industry, was described in terms of a “new” approach to work-life balance, and arecognition that the “transition to power” would come quickly, requiring these engineers to beready for it.18 The identification of high ethical standards is encouraging to us, as we believe thatour students are receptive to the idea of fulfilling their expected role in society, through anadherence to these standards.Meanwhile, the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) recognizes that Millennialsare not a homogenous group.13 On the positive side, these engineers have a great deal ofenthusiasm and optimism for their work,13 as well as

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Turner Ralph Swanson, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society; Justin Matthew Collins, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jill Frey, Sweet Water Foundation; Joey Zocher, Escuela Verde; Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

consecutively for every term of his collegiate career and was awarded the Rath Distinguished Scholarship by the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU). In addition, Justin is actively involved in multiple on-campus organizations. He has been elected to serve as Vice President of the Wisconsin-Delta chapter of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society for the 2014-2015 academic year, and is working closely with the current Vice President on a unique collaborative project to educate high school students on extraterrestrial plant growth. Justin is also engaged in his second Rocket Design Competition, sponsored by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, as well as an active member of the MSOE Swing

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University

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Educational Research and Methods

Student- Centric Learning), promoting Leadership in Sustainability and Management Practices. He is also an Affiliate Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, focusing on the energy ef- ficiency of IT Equipment in a Data Centers. Before his teaching career, he had a very successful corporate management career working in R&D at Lucent Technologies and as the Director of Global Technology Management at Qualcomm. He initiated and managed software development for both the companies in India. He holds MS in Engineering and MBA degrees. Page 24.140.1 c

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young University; Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Nebraska-Lincoln with a Master of Technology Management degree and a BS in Manufacturing Engineering Technology, from Brigham Young Univer- sity. Gregg also does consulting in project management and leadership working with IPS Learning and Stanford University where he provides training for fortune 500 companies throughout the world.Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young UniversityProf. Anton E Bowden, Brigham Young University Anton E. Bowden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Utah. He received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for

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Assessment in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire L. A. Dancz, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

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Construction

project, NSF EFRI-Barriers, Under- standing, Integration – Life cycle Development (BUILD). She has worked in the sustainable engineering arena since 2004. As the assistant director of education outreach in the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, Pitt’s center for green design, she translates research to community outreach programs and develops sustainable engineering programs for K-12 education.Prof. Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University Dr. Landis recently joined ASU in January 2012 as an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. She began her career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, after having obtained her PhD in 2007 from the

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Global Perspective and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John E. Greenleaf P.E., Quinnipiac University; Emils Stires Schnore, Independent construction professional; Patrick M. Strenk P.E., Golder Associates, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

following this career path, a working relationship with constructionprofessionals is often a daily reality. Likewise, in the state government sector, the proportion ofcivil engineers is dwarfed by an array of non-engineering professions. However, constructionprofessionals again represent a significant proportion of these industry occupations (6.3%).From this data, it can be seen that the civil engineering profession in general is exceedinglydiverse, and as such, these percentages may not necessarily represent the actual day–to-dayinteractions of any given engineer. However, considering these industry trends, some broadconclusions can be drawn regarding the career of a civil engineer and the appropriate level ofDCP participation in a typical

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer E. LeBeau, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Noah L. Schroeder, Washington State University; Brian F. French, Washington State University ; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

to the bottom of the page,changes the number to show “All,” and clicks the Update button. Once he can see all of theinstruments in ASSESS related to Professional Skills, the evaluator sorts the results by reliabilityby clicking on the Reliability column heading. The evaluator can now see six instruments thathave more reliability information than the other 25. Four of the six instruments also have morevalidity information. Since the evaluator is interested in finding an instrument with soundpsychometric properties, he decides to first read through the summary descriptions of the fourinstruments that have more information for both reliability and validity (the Career Decision-Making System-Revised, Level 1; the CATME; the Creative Engineering

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Learning and Assessment in ME

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Hamworthy Combustion; Lynna J. Ausburn, Oklahoma State University

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Mechanical Engineering

policing tended to be Problem Solvers. Ausburn and Brown (2006)studied career and technical education students and found that most were Engagers.28 To datethere have not been any studies to determine the ATLAS-defined learning strategy preferences ofengineers, the occupational group of interest here.Verbal-Visual PreferenceA major dimension of cognitive style is the verbalizer-visualizer dimension.29,30 Unfortunately,there is no consensus on terminology for this dimension as it has been called a cognitive style, alearning style, and a learning preference.31 “Visualizers tend to think more concretely, useimagery, and personalize information. While learning they prefer graphs, diagrams, or picturesadded to text-based material. Verbalizers prefer to

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

N. Nezamuddin, Valparaiso University; Anurag Pande, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, aviation, safety, and human factors. Professionals21 representing public and private sector transportation organizations are invited as speakers to22 these summer camps to discuss career opportunities (9–12). These programs are hands-on, and23 students gain real-life experience working with faculty. Aelong and Aelong (12) described the24 programs delivered in Delaware and Vermont and evaluated the students’ attitudes about the Page 24.1402.525 programs both quantitatively and qualitatively. Both of the programs were described as a26 resounding success based on the participant responses. In some instances, undergraduate

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Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin M. Foley, Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan; Ashley M. Verhoff, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan; John J. Pitre Jr., Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan; Kathleen Marie Ropella, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

  Page 24.1404.8 Figure 3: Percentage of returning students for each workshop as a function of time.had attended one or more workshops since the program’s inception. Two of the participants weretransfer students who had limited exposure to the topics taught in their respective workshops.The need for supplemental instruction is recognized. One transfer student indicated, “I need tolearn MATLAB for courses next semester and basically throughout [my college career] so that gapis there. The school I used to go to did not teach it [MATLAB].” Another student expressed theneed for supplemental instruction from a different perspective: I learned MATLAB in my freshman course called Engineering 101: Introduction to Computer

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jitendra S. Tate, Texas State University, San Marcos; Dominick Esperanza Fazarro, University of Texas at Tyler; J. Craig Hanks, Texas State University, San Marcos; Walt Trybula, Texas State University & Trybula Foundation, Inc.; Satyajit Dutta, Texas State University; Robert McLean, Texas State University; Fritz Allhoff, Western Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Societyof Manufacturing Engineers; The Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes by ASME; Engineering TinyNano World by Allegro Productions; Nanoparticles and Mega-fears: Debating the Risks ofNanotechnology by La Compagnie des Taxi-brousse; Nanotechnology by DiscoveryCommunication; and Upgrade Me, and From Micro to Nano by Films Media Group.Guest Lectures will be organized, bringing experts in the field into the course modules. Guestspeakers may include project investigators, senior personnel, NAC members, and invited guests.A major observation by Hispanic leaders on how Hispanics will succeed in STEM careers is thatthey need more Hispanic role models in the STEM fields52. Many people related to the projectrepresent minority groups, such as Dr. Fazarro

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Michael Nowatkowski, U.S. Military Academy; Brodie K. Hoyer, U.S. Military Academy; Michael J. Benson, U.S. Military Academy; Bruce Floersheim, U.S. Military Academy; Luksa Luznik, United States Naval Academy; Wesley Anderson, U.S. Air Force Academy; Steven J. Condly, United States Military Academy

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He has his Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy (1994), and his Master of Science (2003), Degree of Engineer (2003), and Ph.D. (2011) from Stanford University all in Mechanical Engineering. He has authored/co-authored papers in Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer, along with Engineering Education.Lt. Col. Bruce Floersheim, U.S. Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Floersheim graduated as an Engineer officer from the United States Military Academy in 1989. He has served in the U.S. Army in the United States, Turkey, Bosnia, Germany and Iraq during a career spanning over 24 years. He holds a PhD in Mechanical

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. After receiving her PhD, she spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Her academic career began in 1994 when she became an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1999, she accepted a position in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech where she was promoted to Professor in 2003 and was recognized as the William S. Cross Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2005. In 2006, she was appointed and continues to hold the position of Head of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University

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Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #9982Student Perceptions of Project Mentoring: What Practices and BehaviorsMatter?Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com