Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron J. Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Susan Michelle Reynolds P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Construction

faculty who coordinate the course according to acurriculum plan developed by the SDL Committee. Individual student design teams of 4-8students are managed by Faculty Advisors who are coordinated by the Course Faculty. Inaddition, each design team is assigned one or more Technical Consultants from the schoolfaculty to provide in depth technical guidance during their project. In addition, projects with asignificant Human Centered Design element are also assigned a Social Context Consultant toassist the team in developing their project in concert with the sponsoring community. Each teamis assigned to a client sponsored project. Project clients are extremely diverse, and includecompanies, on-campus organizations, governmental organizations, non

Conference Session

STEM and ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Marcio Luna, University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder, University of New Mexico; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Chaouki T Abdallah, The University of New Mexico ; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College

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Electrical and Computer

record, the TAs, the SupplementalInstructors (SIs), and the students looking for evidence to support our conclusions. The review ofthese data provided us with lessons that would allow us to improve the teaching and learningpractices for this specific environment while we were planning and building the infrastructure toshare and support online classes in three different institutions in New Mexico. The paper isorganized as follows. In Section II we introduce the main features of our model for cross-institutional collaboration including a brief description of the mechanisms for course sharing andcourse design improvement, as well as the description of the main personnel involved in theproject and the courses implemented online. In Section III, we

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Diane Carlson Jones Ph.D, University of Washington; Tamara Floyd-Smith, Tuskegee University; Nanette M. Veilleux, Simmons College; Caitlin Hawkinson Wasilewski, Seattle Pacific University

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New Engineering Educators

faculty member can actually enable learning by supporting the students’ non-academic needs, which in turn enables the students’ academic engagement. Another means to accommodate external Page 24.977.11 commitments is for faculty to avoid short time frames for completing   assignments. This allows the student to plan around external time pressures while still completing their school work. ii. Our results also suggest that faculty should be explicit in discussing extracurricular activities with students, informing them of the potential benefits of

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, The University of Texas at Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

effective undergraduate research project requires significant effort and planning onthe part of the faculty. Challenges include selecting appropriate research projects, developing theresearch skills of the students, and finding the time to adequately advise and mentor theundergraduate researchers. This paper reports on our initial attempts to organize a course duringthe Spring 2013 semester that promotes undergraduate research at the University of Texas atTyler. While opportunities already exist for undergraduate students to do research with facultythrough an independent study elective, past results have been mixed and their organization hasbeen rather ad hoc. With this in mind, an undergraduate research elective was formed withspecific course

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Bharadwaj Ramesh, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

built to maintain environmental conditionsto aid the growth of plants. A greenhouse is built with covering materials such as glass or plasticto allow light and heat to enter inside and trap them to enhance plant growth. Though heat andlight are the key elements for plant growth, there are still other factors like watering plants andcirculating air and moisture that play an equal vital role in plant growth. Figure 4: Greenhouse prototype and automated systemGlass covering allows heat to be trapped inside but during extreme weathers such as duringsummer seasons, this might hinder the growth of plans by overheating the greenhouse. Thusthere is always the need for human assistance to monitor the conditions inside the green

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Briana Lucero, Colorado School of Mines; Cameron J Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

scale. Thus,the students are introduced to systems-level thinking with a special emphasis placed on workingwith the customer.In the 452 HESE course, the projects in HE for community development are a continuation ofthe previous course. In this specific course, students are still working across disciplines but now Page 24.1034.13the students are required to assess the engineering of their business plan. They are utilizing HCDand other “design for X” type of methodologies. Broken into two separate sections, one groupfocuses in the international applicability while the other focuses on the American context so as tocover both the national and

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Thad B. Welch P.E., Boise State University; Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Computers in Education

necessity use preprocessing electronics to be compatible with that type of signal.The original purpose of interlaced video was to conserve bandwidth for a signal intended for over-the-air broadcast. However, interlaced video standards such as NTSC became so widespread, and compatibleequipment became so readily available and inexpensive, that such standards are often used even if the signalis never intended for broadcast. Interestingly, digital video cameras (such as those using CCD or CMOSfocal plan array sensors) do not capture an image as a raster scan (neither progressive nor interlaced), butfor compatibility reasons often covert the image to a signal format such as NTSC. Thus while moderncameras and displays don’t “need” to employ either type

Conference Session

New Trends in Computing and Information Technology Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kien A. Hua, University of Central Florida; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert J Beil, NASA Engineering and Safety Center; KUTALMIS AKPINAR, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida; Kyle A. Martin, University of Central Florida

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Computing & Information Technology

resources varying from iron-nickel to silicates and possibly subterranean water ice [1].Planning landing sites for future missions to the Moon and beyond will require balancing anumber of competing objectives, such as available water ice, proximity to interesting surfacefeatures, hazard to landing craft, rovers, habitats, etc. Image data mining of extraterrestrial datasets will help automate the discovery of geological formations important for missions to theMoon, Mars, and other planetary bodies. Page 24.1065.2Planets and other bodies in the solar system share a number of visual features that provideimportant information on their formation and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Thomas Emison, Taylor University; Kate Yoshino, Taylor University; Stephen Edward Straits, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 24.1067.9 Figure 6: UNP Mechanical design process UNP review deliverables include required documentation. Deliverables for the FlightCompetition Review (FCR) include: ● Assembly Procedures ● Personnel Budget ● Block Diagrams ● Power Budget ● CAD of Spacecraft ● Press Related Information ● Concept of Operations ● Pressure Profile ● Data Budget ● Proof of Licensing ● Document Tree ● Protection Plan ● EMC/EMI Mitigation Design ● Quad Chart ● Experiment Plan ● Radiation

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C. Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Page 24.1074.5courses. In fact, it was the outcomes assessment results from the School of Engineering thatmotivated the proposal that landed this grant. The SFIP is a response to the students’suggestions that more practical problems should be included in the curriculum to provide contextto the theory presented in the classroom. Also, the institution itself, as a norm, sponsors innovation and the pursuit of excellence sothat the SFIP is conducted within a social system in which the upper echelons of leadershipsupport it. This is fortunate as, regarding this point, Everett Rogers starts his book [4,page 1]with the following quote by Niccolo Machiavelli from The Prince (1513): “There is nothingmore difficult to plan, more doubtful of

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University

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Graduate Studies

Research module provides a framework to acquaint students with research in IGERT-MNM’s interdisciplinary content areas, and to expose them to the processes researchers use to plan scientific investigations. The challenge of preparing research proposals marks the transition from the dependent to the independent stage in graduate students’ education. This transition is critical and prompts the development of a set of new skills and behaviors necessary for the successful completion of the doctoral degree and future professional career. This module offers instructional scaffolding to promote students’ mastery of the skills and thinking patterns associated with the creative

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Christopher Evan Nellis, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

is planned: Lecturing and doing examples. Yeah, like they’ll lecture for a little bit and then they’ll do an example problems, lecture to us a little bit, like do just the concept, and then they’ll Page 24.1120.6 put the concept into an example and then they’ll do like an example or two. Then they’ll go back to another concept and just keep building on that, day in and day out. So, it’s very true about half the class doing other things, because I know a lot of people that are [thinking], ‘oh, I don’t learn in this class, I don’t do this, there’s no point in paying attention.’ The question wording

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Physics & Physics

 a  period  of  6  years  (including  the  planned  changes  for  the  upcoming  offering).    The  FCI  assessment  test  was  administered  each  year  (pre-­‐  and  post-­‐class)  as  the  changes  were  incorporated.    The  FCI  test  consists  of  30  multiple  choice  questions  that  examine  conceptual  knowledge  of  mechanics  (i.e.  there  are  no  quantitative  questions).    According  to  Hake14  who  has  studied  application  of  the  FCI  test  in  over  six  thousand  students,  the  best  metric  for  presenting  the  results  is  the  normalized  gain  given  by     !"#$  !"#$$  !"#$!%# !(!"#  !"!""  !"#$!%#)   𝐺

Conference Session

Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

the results can be analyzed on a program by program basis rather thanbeing pooled.Representatives from the eight schools involved in this study have now attended threeworkshops, each held just prior to the annual ASEE meetings. The first of these, held on June 25– 26, 2011 in Vancouver served to introduce the participants to ChemProV, the IRBrequirements for the study, and the intended plans for the study. The second workshop, held onJune 9 – 10, 2012 in San Antonio, was used to introduce the participants to the SBL approach,work on assessement activities, and receive feedback about the prior year. The third workshop,held on June 22 – 23, 2013 in Atlanta, GA, provided the opportunity to review theimplementation of the SBL at the lead

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

defining characteristics. Mooreet al. [6] have defined engineering through twelve key indicators of quality K-12 engineering.Together these indicators provide a framework for characteristics of engineering that could beassessed. In the following sections, we will highlight some of the background literature relevantto the indicators that presented themselves in this study: (1) Engineering Design, (2) EngineeringThinking (with an emphasis on Creativity), (3) Engineering Tools, Techniques, and Processes,and (4) Teamwork.Engineering DesignEngineering design is at the heart of engineering practice. It involves iterations on the steps:define the problem, research the background knowledge on the problem, plan a solution,implement the plan, test the

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); KETKI GHAISAS, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering or engineering technology students with limited or not previousknowledge in the areas of renewable energy systems. HOMER optimization software packagecan be used for design, model and analysis to determine the optimal architecture, structure, sizeand control strategy of the hybrid power system. It can perform comparative economic andmodeling analysis on a distributed generation power system in order to get the best solution interms of cost, performances, size and structure. Several educational modules were developed, arein process or planned to be developed. The first developed module is about how to use, interactand understand with HOMER software package. Other modules are focusing on how design,analyze and optimize hybrid power systems

Conference Session

Engineering & Our Global Society

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhihui Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

FrenchAcademy of Sciences (French/Russian) and the specialized technical school system.In this system, majors and other institutions in schools were carefully designed torespond to social needs. Both of the particular domestic and international situation ,and the implementation of the first Five-year Plan (1953-1957), promoted asignificant expansion of engineering colleges in a short time.In his first report to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, JiangNanxiang as the president of Tsinghua University wrote, one of the most fundamentalissues that must be addressed by Tsinghua University in the next five years is to gainpractical experience in training a large number of new engineers equipped with hightechnology and political quality

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Yu, University of Hartford; Krista M Hill, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

in lastyear’s survey. The average Likert score improved significantly from 1.28 of last year to 2.29 ofthis year. This validated our initial belief and intention that upgrading the software to Xilinx13.2, a much more stable version, improved students’ overall experience with the CAD tool.In the rest of the paper we present topics related to: 1) CAD software upgrade to Xilinx ISE 13.2and tutorial expansion; 2) hardware upgrade with the new 3.3V-compatible CPLD module andour new trainer; 3) new lab contents that integrated the concept of hierarchy in progressive steps.We close with an outline of our future plans. Appendix A provides a summary of the studentquestionnaire results and Appendix B outlines all the labs performed.Xilinx ISE CAD

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Zemke, Independent Researcher; Steven C. Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Continuing Professional Development

transfer of knowledge. While community members wereengaged with the material, there was lower enthusiasm in the group than with less-structuredconversation. After this presentation, the community moved on to a different topic.The final meeting of the semester was spent exploring how to generate higher response rates onstudent evaluations. The response rate was important at this institution since it affected facultytenure and promotion. The community also explored how to effectively help “needy” orstruggling students with homework. During both of these discussions, practical troubleshootingoccurred. Finally, the community planned to discuss their own teaching evaluations at the firstmeeting in the spring semester. Although this suggestion

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Selin Frances Sirinterlikci, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

manufacturing competitiveness and understand how to create competitive advantage through manufacturing planning, strategy and control.M4. Graduates are able to design manufacturing systems through the analysis, synthesis, and control of manufacturing operations using statistical and calculus based methods, simulation, and information technology.M5. Graduates have had laboratory experiences which enable them to measure manufacturing process variables and make technical inferences about the process.Only M2 and M3 were employed during the assessment process. However, this portion of the Page 24.1354.9assessment needs to be improved by including measures

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow; Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Computers in Education

side-to-side balance? With these preliminary questions, the students would have adirection for what they are measuring and need to figure out how. A second improvement wouldbe to further stress the importance of controlling variables that you are not directly measuring.This would include the way each subject performs the test, how the data is recorded, etc. It is notexpected that a perfect experiment will be run and not controlling some things actually teachesthe students the importance of doing so, but these were items that the students in the pilotsemester specifically mentioned. Making sure future students try to control at least one of thesevariables would illustrate how you need a structured plan and still demonstrate howenvironmental

Conference Session

Design Realization

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Design in Engineering Education

and share their technical recipes with those interested. Done outsidethe confines of established engineering education curricular activities, Making comes from animaginative, creative mind-space and is a shareful practice. Making is defined by a do-it-yourself ideal and is historically rooted in efforts likePopular Mechanics magazine who demystified everyday stuff for hobbyists and the Whole EarthCatalog: Access to Tools5 who surveyed everyday tools for the counterculture movement of the1960s. Additional real-world touchstones are the growth of Radio Shack stores and the 1980stelevision program MacGyver where the lead character would resolve each episode’spredicament by fashioning an escape plan out of found objects6. Technology and

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Ocean and Marine

a follow onlab on path planning.AcknowledgementsThe author acknowledges the students and their feedback concerning this assignment.Bibliography1. AUV Workbench, https://savage.nps.edu/AuvWorkbench/ accessed January 5, 2013.2. D. Brutzman, Presentation "NPS AUV workbench: rehearsal, reality, replay for unmanned vehicle operations,"NPS Technical Review and Update (TRAU), 25 April 2007, accessed December 31, 2013.http://xmsf.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/xmsf/AuvWorkbench/documentation/presentations/presentations.html3. D. Davis and D. Brutzman, "The Autonomous unmanned vehicle workbench: mission planning, missionrehearsal, and mission replay tool for physics-based X3D visualization," 14th International Symposium onUnmanned Untethered

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Research on Teachers' Perceptions, Attitudes and Impacts of Teacher PD

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learned that team work and group work is vital. (F,3) Problem Solving I think they learned some problem solving skills. (C,4) To talk about what they’re learning, you know, to write it down and just plan things out and think about it. (D,4) Other They’ve learned simple machines. (B,3) They learned what the engineering process is. (F,3) Types of Engineers That it could be different processes, like with chemical engineers...and manufacturing, you know designing different ways to make things. (A,2) I think they learned what engineers do and that there's lots of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashank Shekhar, Vanderbilt University; Faruk Caglar, Vanderbilt University; Anton Dukeman, Vanderbilt University; Liyan Hou; Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University; John S. Kinnebrew, Vanderbilt University; Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

with seven high school andnine middle school students. The positive response from our user studies for using Google Mapsand real-world traffic problems as the motivational tools to learn STEM concepts, strengthencomputational thinking, and reinforce previously learned STEM concepts has given usconfidence to take our framework to the next level. We plan to develop an academic curricularunit to be used at two local schools. A long-term goal calls for supporting domains beyond justtransportation for STEM education, and we believe pluggable component architecture enablesour modeling framework to interact with other domains as well. In the future, a compatiblecomponent from other domains could be plugged into our modeling framework to teach

Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles C.Y. Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, CSUB STEM Affinity Group

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

and A. Nevin, "A mixed methodology analysis of co-teacher assessments," Teacher Education and Special Education, vol. 29, pp. 261-274, 2006.[3] C. L. Ritter, C. S. Michel and B. Irby, "Concerning inclusion: Perceptions of middle school students, their parents, and teachers," Rural Special Education Quarterly, vol. 18, pp. 10-17, 1999.[4] S. C. Trent, "False starts and other dilemmas of a secondary general education collaborative teacher: A case study," Journal of Learning Disabilities, vol. 31, pp. 503-513, 1998.[5] C. S. Walther-Thomas and M. Bryant, "Planning for effective co-teaching," Remedial and Special Education, vol. 17, pp. 255-266, 1996.[6] S. Budge, "Peer Mentoring in postsecondary education: implications for

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

importance of teaching engineering prior to reaching college 18,there is currently a lack of literature documenting what this experience should look like.Sneider 8 lays out an intriguing plan for sequencing age-appropriate engineering designchallenges starting in the fourth grade. By using the science framework, he addresses thesequencing quandary by using standards-based instruction as guiding principles for anengineering design framework. However, he correctly notes that the sequence specified is notbased on research. As we look to develop and select age-appropriate engineering designchallenges, researchers and engineering educators will need to work hand-in-hand to developstandards that are age-appropriate for all skill levels of learners. In the

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia S. Anderson, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

. Baumert (Eds.), Interest and learning: Proceedings of the Seeon Conference on Interest and Gender (pp. 267-280). Kiel, Germany: Institute for Science Education at the University of Kiel.3. Eccles, J. S. (2009). Who am I and what am I going to do with my life? Personal and collective identities as motivators of action. Educational Psychologist, 44(2), 78-89.4. Finelli, C. J. & Millunchick, J. M. (2013). The teaching circle for large engineering courses: Clearing the activation barrier. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Atlanta, GA.5. Finelli, C. J., Daly, S. R., & Richardson, K. M. (in press). Bridging the research-to-practice gap: Designing an institutional change plan using local evidence

Conference Session

Flipping ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

othermedium such as video on-demand or podcasts. However, there is no specific model for flippedclassrooms, it simply draws on such concepts as student engagement, hybrid course design, andcourse podcasting. This paper describes how the flipped classroom technique was incorporatedinto a three-credit electrical engineering course that met twice a week. This paper presentsdetails about the course, discusses student survey results, and describes plans to improve thedelivery of this and similar courses.I. IntroductionData compiled by the American College Testing (ACT) shows that, currently, the National first-to second-year retention rate in 4-year public institutions averages 65.6%. Meanwhile, the meanfor the National 5-year graduation rate of 4-year

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey T. Huffman P.E. P.E., Marshall University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Page 24.96.8Based on the benefits of the ‘existing’ project format Marshall University has had threesuccessful capstone cycles and plans to continue using this format. In an effort to promote thisproject format at other universities a project depot has been created to provide interestedcapstone course instructors with the project information that was presented herein.The Civil Engineering Capstone Project DepotThe three described project are available to capstone course instructors at The Civil EngineeringCapstone Project Depot (CECPD). CECPD is a Google DriveTM location containing the‘existing’, real-world, multidiscipline civil engineering projects that have been utilized byMarshall University’s capstone course over the last three years