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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Educational Research and Methods

doing (problem formulation and problem solving), and design andengineering learning (focused on change in the student’s conceptual understanding of design).Research Methods and ParticipantsTo best address the research questions, this study uses multiple methodologies to collect andanalyze data around engineering students’ learning. Empirical evidence of what design andengineering thinking looks like and how it changes over time, and how students conceptualizedesign and engineering, comes from two participant groups: (1) a spread of undergraduateengineering students across fields of engineering, and (2) a homogeneous group of MechanicalEngineering graduate students in a project-based learning course in design and innovation forMaster’s students

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Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Environmental Engineering

and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Ms. Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Page 24.953.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Online modules enable prerequisite review and mastery during design courses.AbstractAll engineering capstone courses are designed with the expectation that students will useknowledge they have obtained in prerequisite classes to design an engineering

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Potpourri

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Ruhul H. Kuddus, Utah Valley University; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Computing & Information Technology

initiates a new sequence and will be harder to control the illness because thepredictions becomes harder.In some cases, we recommend an action to change the sequence intentionally. Consider acase when a student fails the first quiz and misses submitting the first project. Theinstructor can predict that this student will more likely have problem with other Page 24.1079.5assignments, quizzes, exams and so on. The instructor may even guess that this studentwill be one of those who may fail the class. This is an example of undesirable sequence.The instructor may take preemptive actions such as contact the student and tries to findout what the problem

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 1 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shakira Renee McCall, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Randi Michelle Taylor, Arizona State University; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

development of faculty expertise in outcomes-based course de- sign through the use of the Instructional Module Development (IMOD) system, a self-guided web-based training tool.Dr. Shawn S Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Shawn Jordan, Ph.D.is an Assistant Professor in theDepartment of Engineering atArizona State Univer- sity. He is the PI on three NSF-funded projects: CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society (EEC 1351728), Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?(EEC 1329321), and Broadening the Reach of Engineering through Community Engagement (BRECE)(DUE 1259356). He is also Co-PI on one NSF-funded project: Should Makers be the Engineers of the Fu- ture

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Paper ID #8929Teaching Vectors To Engineering Students Through an Interactive VectorBased GameDr. James G. O’Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology James G. O’Brien is an assistant professor of Physics and Mathematics at WIT. His field of expertise is gravitation and cosmology, and has published numerous papers on alternative formulations of gravity. He is a strong advocate of project based learning in physics and mathematics, and is always trying to engage students in new and exciting ways to bring physics alive in the classroom and laboratory.Dr. Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Michael Dulaski P.E., Northeastern University

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Civil Engineering

responsibilities, typically assigned by another studentwho functions as the leader or project manager. Most of the work is performed on anindependent basis – the student works on their component and then submits it to the team.The material is then integrated into the final product.Throughout the semester, the faculty advisor meets with the team on close to a weeklybasis. Based on the interactions in the weekly meetings, the advisor has an appreciationfor what students the students are working on – those that are doing the work and thosethat are not contributing. As a result, the advisor was often required to grade the studenton the work that was submitted by the team and participation at weekly meetings.Although this approach was objective, it was not the

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University (Statewide Technology); Joseph P. Fuehne, Purdue University at Columbus

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College Industry Partnerships

Opportunities through Education by 2015(EcO15), was created in 2008 to address that deficiency. The main objective of the initiative wasto move residents up one level in their education, training, and/or job placement. One of theprogram’s primary successes was bringing Project Lead the Way (PLTW) programs and classesto every public high school in the ten-county region. PLTW is a pre-engineering, high schoolcurriculum that promotes engineering careers through a rigorous curriculum of engineeringdesign and analysis. Since 2008, student enrollment in PLTW classes in this mostly rural, 10-county region has increased over 900 percent while overall STEM enrollment has increased 30percent. High school graduation rates have also increased over that period from

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The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

also a co-principal of Barnes Tech- nologies International LLC. Prior to joining the faculty at James Madison University, Dr. Barnes was the Director of NASA RISE, a NASA research institute at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Barnes has also directed a technology research center at The University of Texas at Austin and has served as President and CEO of two technology research companies. Dr. Barnes earned his baccalaureate and doctorate degrees at Virginia Tech and his masters at Virginia State University. Dr. Barnes has conducted many research projects, published numerous articles, and has authored several books in his research areas of Innovation, Problem Solving and Sustainability. His current research examines

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Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard R Harris, Northeastern University; Lauren Machunis, Northeastern University; William Tiga Tita, D'Amore-McKim Business School, Northeastern University

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Minorities in Engineering

of this DOIC program was incorporating Kolb’s Experiential LearningModel into the curriculum. Students visited different sites to conduct fieldwork in area villagesand cities. Project fieldwork consisted of local university peer-to-peer partnerships, site visitswith local families, businesses, and agricultural areas, interviews with field experts, andpreviously launched engineering projects being implemented through engineering capstonedeveloped products. Additionally, students participated on local excursions to expose them to adiversity of different areas within the country of Cameroon, including: Bali, Bamenda, Douala,Kribi, Limbe, Yaounde. Traveling in country allowed the students to understand both thechallenges and the opportunities

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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient

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Distance Learning in Engineering Technology

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University; Oyindamola O. Idowu, Waukegan Schools District 60; Thomas C. MacMullen, Eastern Illinois University

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Engineering Technology

these courses.The need to design viable alternatives that allow students to access laboratory facilities remotelywithout losing most of the educational objectives, typically achieved in a face-to-faceenvironment, is increasing by the day.This paper describes a solution already implemented and tested in order to move a traditionallytaught routing and switching telecommunication course, to ONLINE-based instruction. Thedesign requires remote access authentication to the VMWare View system which is composed ofthree servers: The secure server, the composer server and the administrative server. Theseservers have been virtualized and reside on the hardware allocated for the project. The VMWareView system is housed in a cluster of eight Sun Server

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Ikhlas Abdel-Qader, Western Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

renewed for up to four years(eight semesters). The objectives of the project are to provide scholarships so recipients can givefull-time attention to academic studies and participate in student development activities withoutoutside employment distraction, and to provide professional development activities to connectscholarship recipients to other students and faculty, and to the engineering and applied sciencesprofessions. Each academic year, an S-STEM Scholar selects to participate in one of threeprofessional development programs: Student Organizations of Professional Societies,Undergraduate Research, or working towards placement in a Co-Op or Internship position.Criteria for scholarship awards include potential for academic success

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Teaching Communication I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

2011. Ms. Cross is currently in the fourth year of the Engineering Education PhD program at Vir- ginia Tech and involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students. Her research interests include teamwork and communication skills, assessment, diversity, and identity construction.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Holly Matusovich (co-PI) is an Assistant Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. Her expertise includes motivation and related frameworks, using these frameworks broadly to study student

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. Until 2012, she was the director of the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station. Dr. Simmons has nearly fourteen years of engineering and project management experience work- ing with public utility companies, a project management consulting company, and a software company. She is a registered professional engineer, project management professional and LEED accredited profes- sional.. Her research interests are in investigating students’ development of leadership skills and other professional competencies and in student involvement in co-curricular activities. Dr. Simmons is a NSF CAREER award winner for her research

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, Auburn University; George Edward Turner Jr., Auburn University; Randall William Colvin, Auburn University; Mary Lou Ewald, Auburn University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ofScience (RE2-FoCUS) project is a 3-year teacher professional development (TPD) initiativedesigned to stimulate project-based STEM education throughout the state of Alabama. Theimmediate purpose of the project is to increase the number of middle school students in Alabamawho participate in STEM-centered, project-based learning activities and programs that promoteteamwork, problem solving, critical thinking skills, and authentic, real-world situations. Teacherprofessional development, when it is sustained, intensive, and content focused, has the potentialto significantly and positively impact not only teacher performance, but student learning (Yoon,Duncan, Lee, Scarloss, & Shapley, 2007). Through a targeted and intensive professionaldevelopment

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Novoselich, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

study were drawn from a National Science Foundation funded project entitled thePrototype to Production: Conditions and Processes for Educating the Engineer of 2020 (EEC-0550608) that sought to benchmark undergraduate engineering vis-à-vis its progress towarddeveloping the National Academy’s vision for the engineers of 2020. The study collected datafrom engineering undergraduates and alumni (three years post-graduation), faculty members,program chairs, and associate deans in a nationally representative sample of 31 colleges anduniversities (see Table 1). Education and engineering researchers developed the survey-basedinstruments for each of these populations through a two-year process. Literature reviews resultedin a survey bank of over 1,000

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

content more effective than using metaphors when teaching concepts?”These questions can be assessed in future studies. Regardless, this project aimsto answer one more hypothesis (i.e. examining the effect of video generation andviewing) this current academic year. Despite this result, another outcome we wish to accomplish is thegeneration of a repository of these videos for instructors, students, and thegeneral public. Thermodynamics is offered as a core class in other disciplinesand in other courses where concepts may be embedded (e.g. General Chemistryand Physics). The authors are currently in the process of generating a websitewhere anyone would be able to contribute their own video, and posted after areview for content. The goal is to

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Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Minorities in Engineering

University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), and was previously an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM). In addition to his research in Geotechnical Engineering on the topics of soil-structure interaction and engineering characterization of geomaterials, Dr. Pando has been actively involved in teaching and mentoring students at both UPRM and UNCC, including 14 undergraduate civil engineering students through the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program. Examples of his recent and ongoing engineering education research projects include the development of a Bridge to the Doctoral Program to attract Latinos to geotechnical earthquake engineering

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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sara E. Branch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient

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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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Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Seri Park, Villanova University; Susan B. Mackey-Kallis, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

Transportation Subcommittee under President’s Environmental Sustainability Committee. In addition to those duties at Villanova University, she is also Panel Member of various re- search projects sponsored by The National Academies and University Representative of Transportation research Board. Her teaching and research area include various aspects of transportation engineering, traffic safety, and sustainable infrastructure.Dr. Susan B. Mackey-Kallis, Villanova University SUSAN MACKEY-KALLIS, an Associate Professor in the Communication Department at Villanova Uni- versity in Pennsylvania and is currently serving as the chair of Villanova’s International Leadership Team, which is focused on developing a comprehensive and

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California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Marbella Camacho, The STEM Center, Cañada College; Danni Redding Lapuz, The STEM Center at Cañada College

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #9202The STEM Center: Creating a Model for Success in Community CollegeSTEM Education ˜Anna Marbella Camacho, The STEM Center, Canada College Anna Camacho joined Ca˜nada College in 2012 in the capacity of Assistant Project Director of Hispanic- Serving Institution-STEM Grant (CalSTEP). In this position, Anna manages all financial aspects of the grant’s $1.1 million yearly budget. In addition to handling fiscal matters, Anna also collaborates in pro- gram implementation & development and new grant proposals. Prior to joining Ca˜nada College, Anna was a Program Officer

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California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick P Rentsch, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Two Year College Division

. One ofthe Council’s recommendations to address this issue is to engage students with researchexperiences in the first two years. Recently there has also been an increasing awareness of theimportant role that community colleges play in educating STEM professionals, especially inbroadening participation among students from underrepresented groups. This paper presents theresults of a collaborative project between a small Hispanic-serving community college and a largeurban university to address the retention and completion problems among community collegestudents through a summer research internship program that provides opportunities for freshmenand sophomore community college students to participate in engineering research under thesupervision

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Alexander C. Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State University; Janice M. Margle P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Coach of the Year, the 1997 New Kensington Excellence in Teaching Award, the 1996 Theresa Cohen Mathematics Service Award, and the 1989 New Kensington Excellence in Teaching Award.Prof. Janice M. Margle P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Abington Janice M. Margle, Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State Abington, received her M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. She is Co-PI and project manager of the NSF-Sponsored Toys’n MORE grant and currently teaches introductory thermo- dynamics and introductory engineering design courses. She is active in promoting activities to increase the number of women and minorities in engineering. She is a licensed

Conference Session

DEED Melange

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Alice Merner Agogino, University of California, Berkeley

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Design in Engineering Education

supervised 91 MS projects/theses, 38 doctoral dissertations and numerous undergraduate researchers. Dr. Agogino is engaged in a number of collaborative projects with industry. Prior to joining the fac- ulty at UC Berkeley, she worked in industry for Dow Chemical, General Electric and SRI International. Her research interests include: Community-based design; Sustainable engineering, Intelligent learning systems; information retrieval and data mining; multiobjective and strategic product design; nonlinear optimization; probabilistic modeling; intelligent control and manufacturing; sensor validation, fusion and diagnostics; wireless sensor networks; multimedia and computer-aided design; design databases; design theory

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Construction Materials and Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

Urban-Rural Development 2011).Texas is well known for its complex soil conditions (United States Department of Agriculture2013). In particular, the vertisols that are typical in Southern Texas may create serious buildingsettlement issues (Alhassan and Boiko 2013). At the early phase of a project, constructionmanagers should be able to foresee the final settlement based on the information availableincluding design documents and soil conditions, to calculate the risk. Therefore, it is critical forthe students of construction science and management (CSM) program to understand the basicconcepts of building settlement, and if possible, the calculation methods.There are a variety of theoretical models for calculating building settlement. Gasping

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Stephen R. Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Ranjani Lakshman Rao, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University; Abigail R. Jahiel, Illinois Wesleyan University; Thomas P. Seager, Arizona State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(FREE, formerly RIFE) group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at the website http://feministengineering.org/. She can be contacted by email at apawley@purdue.edu.Dr. Stephen R Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Stephen Hoffmann is Assistant Head for First-Year Engineering in the School of Engineering Edu- cation at Purdue University-West Lafayette. His background is in chemistry, environmental science, and environmental engineering, and he has done work to bring sustainability concepts into a wide variety of courses in several disciplines.Dr. Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica Cardella is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and an Affiliate in

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Tricks of the Trade

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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New Engineering Educators

GroupsAbstract: This paper describes two aspects of an ongoing faculty development model thatuses small interactive teaching development groups. We used the model with engineeringfaculty at five institutions. The groups focused their work on the design andimplementation of research-based, interactive teaching strategies.The focus of this work is using ongoing faculty development as a means to broaden theuse of research-proven instructional practices in engineering courses. Jamieson andLohmann explain the need for pedagogical research to connect with the needs ofinstructors 1. There is a long-standing gap between research about interactive teachingstrategies and the implementation of those strategies in classrooms. In our project, weattempted to bring

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Lee, Central Illinois Technology and Education Research Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

topic and software operation. By forming a social, collaborative environment, the Girls CREATE program encouragesfuture interest in science, engineering, and technology through the strengthening of creativewriting skills. The instructional material is intended to teach the students how to identify, plan,solve, and portray solutions to the types of problems scientists and engineers encounter inpractice using a hands-on, three-dimensional building approach. By utilizing modern technologyand software, the program’s curriculum includes projects designed to prepare students for theirfuture academic careers and teach them about the role of technology in society.List of Engineering Topics: 1. Environment: e.g., air pollution, recycling, clean

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ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Les Kinsler, Kansas State University, Salina; Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina

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Engineering Technology

, electromagnetic scattering and wearable sensors. Page 24.657.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Growing a STEM Initiative: Establishing Philosophies, Identifying Needs and Lessons LearnedAbstractThe momentum for promoting STEM education is on the rise across the country inunprecedented ways through educational grant offerings, student competitions, mediacoverage, and project oriented curriculums. Indeed, all are making positive contributions,but the need for more such programs in many school districts remains strong. This paper isan attempt at documenting the

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudarsan Rangan, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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College Industry Partnerships

Distribution Program presented her the Award of Distinction in 2010. Dr. Natarajarathi- nam’s research interests include coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and optimizing global supply chains. Her research articles have won best paper awards at Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference and Society of Marketing Advances Conference. She currently serves on the Editorial advisory board for International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. Dr. Natarajarathinam has worked on several research projects funded by government agencies and industry. She has a strong passion for student development. She is the founding faculty of