Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Steven Culver, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

Systems 52 Materials 21 Mechanical 250 Mining 5 Ocean 181 Students could also answer “none of the above” or “prefer not to answer”Table 2. List of variables for this investigationWhat percent of time were the following instructional methods used in your high school classes?  Projects using technology1In what ways have you used an eBook (electronic book) prior to coming to INSTITUTION 2?  Schoolwork only (e.g., electronic textbook)  Personal

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, SOCHE; Sean J. Creighton, SOCHE; Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard K. Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Project Leaders; (B) Student cohorts through social activities and STEM-based games; (C)A weekly seminar meeting with outside presentations of general interest, such as job-hunting,resume-writing, information about scholarships and fellowships, and the process to apply tograduate school; and (D) A Poster Session so that students present the engineering experiencesthey have gained. A poster competition was held to select the best student posters, and selectedstudents were awarded “Posters of Excellence” Certificates.In 2013, SOCHE again implemented an assessment tool in an effort to better understand theneeds of the 43 participating students. Of these students, 10 students had also participated in the2012 program (repeat participation rate of

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Presentation Oral Exam 1 Oral Presentation Scientific Knowledge County Fair Writing Written Reflections Teaming/Professionalism Press Conference Oral Presentation Design Deliverable Proposal Written Report Design Deliverable You-tube video Instructional Video Design Deliverable Page 24.1370.3 Employment Project Cover letter and Resume Resume & Cover LetterEach deliverable shown in Table 2 was assigned to a category with the grade distribution shownin Table 3. The design deliverable’s grade for each

Conference Session

K-12 and Precollege Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon Gregory Morton, Drexel University ; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University; Matthew Nester VanKouwenberg; Chris Lehmann, Science Leadership Academy; Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Academy Chris Lehmann is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in Philadelphia, PA. The Science Leadership Academy is an inquiry-driven, project-based, 1:1 laptop school that is considered to be one of the pioneers of the School 2.0 movement nationally and internationally. The school was recognized by Ladies Home Journal as one of the Ten Most Amazing Schools in the US, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School from 2009 through 2013 and has been written about in many publications including Edutopia Magazine, EdWeek and the Philadelphia Inquirer. In September 2013, Chris opened Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber cam- pus, the second

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

presents a very brief description and history of the EDGE (Early Development ofGeneral Engineering) Summer Bridge Program that was initiated in 2003 and focuses on thelatest iteration of the program. This project was initially supported by a grant from the NationalScience Foundation and more recently by grants from Department of Education.At first the program was intended for well-prepared high school students in the 10th and 11thgrades who would have participated in the San Antonio Pre-freshman Engineering Program(PREP) while in middle school. EDGE was designed to pick up where PREP left off byintroducing them to college level course work as a learning community and providing activitiesto help them develop independent learning and teamwork skills

Conference Session

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

improve the self-efficacy of community college students as it relates to research andwhether this has an impact on their long-term career plans to pursue a STEM career.Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates ProgramIn 2011, the University of California, Berkeley developed the Transfer-to-Excellence ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates program (TTE REU), a summer research program forcommunity college students that is catalyzed by early hands-on involvement in research projectsthat apply nanotechnology and biotechnology to address energy problems in a high caliberresearch environment. The program objectives are to: 1) provide challenging science andengineering research projects in leading edge research laboratories; 2

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Wollowski, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

fromproduct design, business, and marketing in a way that more closely represents the process as itoccurs in practice.4-7 In addition, it may provide design educators with an assessment tool forstudent learning as it provides an opportunity to compare initial, mid, and final versions of the ICduring the course of a capstone design project. The IC may also help design teams focusattention on critical issues that can determine the success of a new design and to recognize theinterconnection and overlap between the various technical and non-technical issues related tosuccessful product development. Another potential strength of the IC for use in a capstone designcourse is the “at-a-glance” view of the critical components that must be considered

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Wollowski, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Robert M. Bunch is a Professor of Physics and Optical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- ogy and an Innovation Fellow at Rose-Hulman Ventures. Since joining the Rose-Hulman faculty in 1983, he has been active in developing undergraduate and graduate courses and laboratories for the optical en- gineering educational program. He has directed 23 completed master’s degree thesis projects, consulted with industry, and is co-inventor on two patents. In 2000, he received the Rose-Hulman Board of Trustees Outstanding Scholar Award. His research and technical interests include development of optics-based products, fiber optics, optical instruments, and systems engineering.Dr. Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayne Marks, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin J. Ketchman, University of Pittsburgh; David R. Riley II, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lisa Riley Brown, Penn State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh

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Civil Engineering

method known as the flipped classroom is gaining consideration andimplementation in engineering classes as well as in classrooms of many levels and disciplines.In a flipped classroom, live class lectures are moved out of classroom and replaced with on-linevideos, and active, project-based learning activities are done in their place. At the University ofPittsburgh and Pennsylvania State University two sustainable engineering courses focused onresidential energy efficiency were flipped, and the impact this method had on the students wasinvestigated.For this study, data was collected using pre- and post-confidence tests, a final course reflectionsurvey, and the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI). This datawas then

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Mechanical, Materials and Fluid Systems

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, weight, and other physicalcharacteristics of the experiment were not defined at the inception of the project. Initially, thislack of constraints may have been a blessing (for the students) since it did free the design processto vary these factors. However, later, it became clear that the price for such a freedom is dealingwith the lack of starting points/values in the process. Table (1) provides a synopsis of the stepsand the parameters involved in the implementation of the project. Page 24.90.4 Table 1. Steps and the Parameters involved in the successful implementation of the project. # TYPE OF

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Robert Smith, Brigham Young University; Rollin H. Hotchkiss P.E.,D.WRE, F.ASCE, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Team-Member EvaluationsIntroductionFrom experience it seems that most students (and people) see the great value of open and honestconstructive criticism, but have rarely had opportunities in which they felt safe to provide it. Inthe procedure which was carried out for this study, students were instructed on how to provideeffective feedback, as well as given opportunities to give and receive feedback to theirteammates on a group project. This provided them with experiences which increased their self-awareness, as well as taught them how to communicate more effectively. Ideally, this will helpthem to be more prepared for working on teams in their future careers.The purpose of this inquiry was to investigate the effects of non-anonymity upon

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Dunning, University of Maine

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Engineering Technology

implementation tips.Introduction One of the challenges facing higher education is the need to maximize tuition revenuewhile minimizing instructional costs. This is leading to growth in class size. An introductorycircuit course was examined for this project. The course traditionally had enrollment of 25-35students but due to course consolidation the enrollment for Fall 2013 swelled to 105. Thiscaused a review of teaching pedagogy for the material. With a larger enrollment the typicalinteraction between the faculty member and individual students would be limited. The standardapproach of posing questions and surveying individuals is far less effective since a smallerpercentage of students are actively engaged. Large classroom lectures can be

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.D. B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

delivery that offers students a variety oflearning styles and preferences in interactive ways. In this research project, we implemented atleast two techniques of increasing faculty-student interactivity in alternate educationalenvironments. It engaged students in the online class discussion by interjecting frequentquestions from the covered contents and providing audio/video repository of answered questions.Online students appear to be successful when provided ample opportunities to interact with theinstructor, other students, and the course content. In this project we designed interactive coursecontent for online students and codify them. We then use this as a basis for an “EducatingEducators” program to help online faculty become more effective

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

longitudinal view of student success in the CoRe Experience program and to identifyfactors that both attract students to the program and enhance their persistence in our college.CoRe Experience StructureThe first‐year engineering course, EGR 100, Introduction to Engineering Design, a team-baseddesign project course, was piloted in Spring, 2008, offered full‐scale in Fall, 2008, and has beenoffered each semester since. This course is required of all incoming engineering students. EGR102, Introduction to Engineering Modeling, an engineering problem-solving and computationcourse, follows in sequence and is required of all engineering majors other than computerscience and computer engineering. Students in those two majors instead take CSE 231

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

into freshman-level humanities course and a junior-level technical course allowed students to make connections with what they learned earlier in their college careers. • Not insignificant is the fact that this interdisciplinary project brought together three people from very different academic areas to exchange ideas.The Museum - Contributions to the Synthesis of Art and EngineeringWhile the seeds may have been planted much earlier, the synthesis of art and engineering atMilwaukee School of Engineering formally began in 2001 with the gift of the Eckhart G. Page 24.784.2Grohmann Man at Work collection to the University

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J Henderson, U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth McDonald P.E., Dept of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point

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Systems Engineering

Engineering (Missouri School of Mines – MS&T). He is a registered Civil Engineer in the states of Virginia and Wyoming; he is a Certified Planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP); and a registered Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI). Dr. McDonald is also a member of Gamma Theta Upsilon and Phi Kappa Phi. His research and consulting interests are in capacity development analysis and decision analysis as applied to infrastructure and other complex enterprises especially in the arena of nation reconstruction and capacity development. He teaches classes in systems engineering, engineer- ing economics, and project management. He has worked in Iraq

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Craig G Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

due to the time it took them to teachpatients how to use the device, and patients refused to use the device for fear that it resembled adevice used for inhaling narcotics. As a result of poor sales, in 2007 Pfizer withdrew Exuberafrom the market, and instead of reaching the initially projected yearly revenues of $2 billion, thecompany suffered a $2.8 billion loss11.In the 1930s Douglas Aircraft introduced the DC-3 aircraft, which has been called by many themost successful airplane ever built. It had an incredibly long life and was very successfully usedfor many, originally unintended, commercial purposes in the US and abroad12. Consequently,Douglas Aircraft experienced great success, primarily because it was able to satisfy

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

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.Dr. Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University Page 24.1087.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Snapshot of an Interdisciplinary Graduate Engineering

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina Poleacovschi, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #9839The Use and Misuse of ”Gender” and ”Sex” Terminologies in Civil Engineer-ing LiteratureCristina Poleacovschi, University of Colorado-Boulder I am a PhD student at the University of Colorado-Boulder studying Construction Engineering in Man- agement. My two areas of research interest are in construction global projects and gender issues in engineering. Prior to coming to Boulder I have received my MS in Civil Engineering from University of Alabama in Huntsville.Dr. Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Amy Javernick-Will is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder in the

Conference Session

ECE Distance Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phil J. Sealy Jr., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; John Goomey, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

review material, readingassignments, and lab equipment training. Another looks at the use of flipping the classroom tomake room for in-class problem solving. A third project uses pre-homework assignments andonline quizzing with incremental feedback to promote student self-directed learning and improvestudent confidence. Student survey data, relative student performance, and faculty workload willall be discussed.BackgroundIn the fall of 2008 the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville began a collaborative distance education program where place-bound students couldcomplete their entire four-year electrical engineering (EE) degree from any of the universitysystem’s two-year college sites located throughout

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Computers in Education

verification, and teaching with new educational methods, including peer instruction, personal response systems, video games, and state- of-the-art CAD tools.Dr. Krista M Hill, University of Hartford Dr. Krista M. Hill is an associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. PhD and MSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Inst. in Worcester MA, and previ- ously a project engineer at Digital Equipment Corp. She instructs graduate and undergraduate computer engineering computer courses, directs graduate research, and performs research involving embedded mi- croprocessor based systems. Her current projects involve small system design, signal processing, and intelligent

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto; Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

, longitudinal study. As a result, we are not yet in aposition to extrapolate, responsibly draw firm conclusions or identify trends, nor can we identifyspecific curricular or pedagogical implications. What we can do at this stage is highlight some ofour initial findings that will inform the analysis of the rest of the data. In this paper, we focus onTéa,1 one of eleven participants, based on the artifacts collected to date, although reference willbe made to comments and work of other participants. We hope to show through this preliminaryanalysis how one student uses the experiences and opportunities provided both by the curriculumand this research project to develop a sense of professionalism and how to practice it as achemical engineer as she tries on

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education

Stanford d.school (dschool.stanford.edu), MIT Media Lab (www.media.mit.edu), anddesign firms such as IDEO (www.ideo.com), Innocentive (www.innocentive.com) and Synapse(www.synapse.com).Project ManagerThe project manager is concerned with how to organize resources to their maximum effect sothat tasks can be achieved. These tasks may span from simple to complex and from individual toteam-based. Every project will have limited resources and a good project manager will be ableto fluidly allocate people, time, money, equipment, space and other resources of a group. A goodproject manager will also be able to break down and clearly communicate the tasks to be done bothglobally and for individuals 36 .MakerThe maker creates prototypes to think, prove

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University; Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Lauren Elise Gentry, LeTourneau University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #9195Management and Assessment of a Successful Peer Mentor Program for In-creasing Freshmen RetentionMr. Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University Jeff Johnson is an Instructor at LeTourneau University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from LeTourneau in 1994 then proceeded to spend 16 years in industry focusing on machine and civil design as well as project management. In 2010 he began his teaching career at his alma mater to share his experiences with engineering and technology students. He is currently a co-PI on the schools NSF-STEP retention grant.Prof. Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University

Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

project director of a National Science Foundation GK-12 grant, Liz developed a highly effective tiered mentoring model for graduate and undergraduate engineering and education teams as well as a popu- lar Family STEM event offering for both elementary and middle school communities. Current projects include providing comprehensive professional development, coaching and program consulting for K-8 integrated STEM using engineering schools in several states and serving as a Professional Development partner for the Engineering is Elementary program. She is also a Co-PI on two NSF DR-K-12 grants focused on practice and research in K-8 engineering education and the chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee on K-12

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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

the introductory lessons, they wereasked to teach one Engineering is Elementary (EiE)14 unit. The EiE units were mapped to the Page 24.9.3science standards for each grade level. Each unit was comprised of four individual lessons: 1) Astory contextualizing the engineering field and design project, 2) A hands-on lesson introducingthe engineering field involved in the unit, 3) An inquiry-based science lesson to teach and/orreinforce the underlying scientific principles needed, and 4) An engineering design project usingthe principles learned in the prior three lessons. Teachers were encouraged to implementadditional design experiences if possible

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

TAMIU. In addition, Sof´ıa was a Research Assistant for the project ”Topography of an Object: Detection and Display (Software and Hardware)” and was Project Manager of the Engineering Senior Project De- sign entitled ”New Classroom Propulsion Demonstrator.” She is presently a Special Program Aid at the Department of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics at TAMIU. Page 24.50.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Flipped Classroom Experience: Approach and Lessons LearnedAbstractWhile a number of issues affect student success, an area of great concern is student

Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

must understand the risks involved and how to best reduce the potential impact of these risks;and project managers must understand the cost/benefit tradeoffs involved with implementing securesystems. The field of security is large and rapidly changing, and one could easily offer multiple courseson computer security. However, we propose to integrate basic concepts into the undergraduatecurriculum. These are the topics we feel should be addressed:1. Security Literacy: a basic understanding of security terms2. Security risks: a basic understanding of what is at risk (confidentiality, integrity, availability) andthreat sources (such as connectivity, physical threats, etc.)3. Spoofing: email and IP address spoofing4. Reconnaissance software: packet

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Sugarman, United States Air Force; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Edward F Mykytka, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

with a traditional lecturemodel. One major aspect of the new course is a scenario based experience in that the student isimmersed into a realistic project and interacts with characters. The storyline presented is one inwhich the student plays the role of a new engineer working for a company that is bidding on anddeveloping a light rail system to connect three cities. As students progress through a series ofPowerPoint presentations, they are introduced to various systems engineering topic areas viadifferent subject matter experts. These experts “talk” to the student and explain their area ofexpertise and how it relates to systems engineering on the light rail system. Students mustoccasionally answer questions during these exchanges within the

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program that introduces pre-college students to acampus environment while providing them with a glimpse of the life of an undergraduate studentpursuing a technical major.Engineering Camp was first offered at Bucknell University in July 2008 with support from theNSF (as a “broader impact” part of a larger project)6. In this pilot year the program welcomed 268th–10th grade students aged 13-16 (10 girls, 16 boys); all but one were from local area schools,and many were from disadvantaged rural schools (schools in areas with a high percentage oflow-income families and/or having limited course offerings in upper-level mathematics andscience in the high school). Since its inception, camp has grown to incorporate three tracks(rising 8-10th grade “rookies