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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park; Alyssa E. Cohen Sherman, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

5% Strategic Analysis 5% Value Curve 5% Team Projects Business Model Canvas 15% Business Plan Evaluation 15% Peer Evaluation 10% Contributions and Discussions 10% The ten weekly individual assignments are a mix of true – false, multiple choice, and numericsolutions that are automatically graded. One or more short answer questions are included withineach individual assignment. These are human graded.The team projects include the “Business Model Canvas” and the

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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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Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Christina Seimetz Wade, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Joseph Ariel Cuadrado-Medina, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Juan Carlos Folgar-Lopez; Stephanie Nicole Lewis, Virginia Tech

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

whichstudents learn about real-world applications of innovation and entrepreneurship through thecompletion of small, hands-on design challenges. Company representatives often lead theInnovation Challenges, in which they provide information about their company and jobs andthen facilitate a design challenge that is typically based on a company product or project in athree to four hour workshop setting. In the Fall semester of 2013, two consulting companiessponsored Innovation Challenges for program participants.Company 1Representatives from Company 1 split the event into an introductory portion and then the maindesign competition. The introduction allowed participants to become acquainted with each otherthrough a small-scale construction activity

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Innovative Use of Technology and the Internet in Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California; Jaebong Yoo, Samsung Electronics

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Educational Research and Methods

, leading many NSF (National Science Foundation) projects on social dialogue, pedagogical technologies, and intelligent interfaces. At USC, she initiated research on on-line discussion board and assessment of threaded discussions, leading to synergistic work among knowledge base experts, educational psychol- ogists, NLP researchers, and educators. She developed a novel workflow portal that supports efficient assessment of online discussion activities. In order to develop a research community for improving col- laborative learning and communication in education, she created two workshops on Intelligent Support for Learning in Groups. She is currently editing an IJAIED journal special issue on the topic. Dr. Kim was the

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Focus on African-American and Hispanic Engineering Students’ Professional and Academic Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Glenda D. Young Collins, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech; Julie P. Martin, Clemson University

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #8879Non-Curricular Activities Help African American Students and Alumni De-velop Engineer of 2020 Traits: A Quantitative LookDr. Denise Rutledge Simmons, Virginia Tech Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Vir- ginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil 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

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Computer Programming and Simulation

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gili Rusak, Siena College

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Computers in Education

, each of which focused on particular computational thinking concepts likeproblem solving and abstraction. They showed that their activities could successfully introduce theseconcepts to middle school females. Intricate projects constructed with such tools required weeks oflearning. Some projects took up to several months of work [7]. Yardi & Buckman [12] created anafterschool program for high school students to promote their computational thinking. Page 24.950.2We propose to teach even younger students, elementary school children, these computational thinkingconcepts.In this paper we first describe our motivation behind creating an

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Preparing Future Educators

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christina Seimetz Wade, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Evaluation Implications 10 Mid semester Slump and nap 11 “Old School” vs “New School” Teaching 12 Technology & Online Learning +Social Networking 3 Research to Practice for Innovative Teaching 14 Projects + Workshop Design 15 Wrap Up Other Threshold Concepts possible Intrinsic Motivation topics Engineering & Engineering EducationIII. Suggested assignments a. Development of a Teaching philosophy Page 24.1000.7 b. Construction of an E-portfolio documenting teaching experiences and the student online

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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trevor D. McLaughlin, U.S. Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

, this meant that no single discipline could arrive at a viable solution independent of the othersrepresented in the team. The majority of the group (60 percent) had backgrounds in the humanities; thegroup dynamic was predisposed for interdisciplinary, versus multidisciplinary, collaboration as definedbelow. The academic demographics put the nuclear engineers (25 percent of the group) as a minority, butthey did maintain the largest contingent of a single discipline.According to Borrego & Newswander, participants on a multidisciplinary team “leave [a] project withouthaving learned much about the other disciplines” with whom they were involved. For multidisciplinary

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, for many students, Conceptual Physics will be the final science coursethey take for the rest of their lives. The quality of their physics education may therefore have alasting impact on their scientific literacy and their attitudes toward science. “Learners are awareof and control their learning by actively participating in reflective thinking – assessing what theyknow, what they need to know, and how they bridge that gap – during learning situations”.(MacDonald, 2009) In this grant-funded research project, students were asked to performreflections through journal writing after each class. They needed to include date, list of activitiesdone in class, what they have learned from today’s activities and questions/comments they stillhave

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

instruction primarily focuses onverbal and printed words, rote memorization, and is instruction driven 38. Students who aretaught traditionally are told what they are expected to know and concepts are presenteddeductively 10,16, where the instructor conducts lessons by introducing and explaining concepts tostudents, and then expecting students to complete tasks to practice the concepts. Moderninterpretations of student-centered learning include project-based learning, case-based learning,discovery learning, and just-in-time teaching with 3 instructional approaches of active learning,cooperative learning, and problem-based learning 30.This quantitative study was designed to explore variables affecting student academic success,with the hope of

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ning Gong, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University ; Brian P. Butz, Temple University; Li Bai, Temple University; Saroj Biswas, Temple University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. He can be contacted at: ning.gong@temple.edu.Dr. Brian P. Butz, Temple University Dr. Brian P. Butz is a Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. In 1987, Professor Butz founded the Intelligent Systems Application Center (ISAC). This Center provided a focal point within Temple University concentrating on research in intelligent systems. Professor Butz’s research efforts focused on expert/knowledge-based systems and intelligent tutoring systems. He has been the Principal Investigator for projects that immerse users into a particular virtual environment in which they are able to learn both theory and application within a specific subject area. From 1989

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Attracting, Developing and Retaining Talented ME Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Ella R. Sargent, University of the Pacific; Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; John J Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Christopher Allen Wejmar, University of the Pacific; Paul Henry Schimpf, Eastern Washington University; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Mechanical Engineering

and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects program in Mechanical Engineering. He received his BSME from Louisiana State University, and his MSME and Ph.D. from Purdue University. He teaches mechanical engineering design and geometry modeling for design. Dr. Crawford’s research interests span topics in computer-aided mechanical design and design theory and methodology. Dr. Crawford is co-founder of the DTEACh program, a ”Design Page 24.133.1 Technology” program for K-12, and is active on the faculty of the UTeachEngineering program that seeks to

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(Excel, spreadsheet), knowledge of industry standards, willingness to relocate / commute to rural area, willingness to get dirty, accept non-office jobs, knowledge of basic calculus (mean, standard deviation), ability to handle biologically active products, workplace safety knowledge; and bulk processing knowledge.• Advanced Technical Skills - knowledge of: biologics, Lean manufacturing, bioprocessing, microbiology, CFR 21, process controls, regulations, operating systems and standards (GFSI, ISO, OSHA, EPA, IDEM), project analysis, risk mitigation, hygienic design, project management, biosecurity and traceability, and industry case assessment also an ability to work with advanced technology and electronics

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New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Robert C Calfee, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University; Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #10411Evaluation of Impact of Web-based Activities on Mechanics Achievement andSelf-EfficacyProf. Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University Sarah Billington is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineer- ing at Stanford University. Her research group focuses on sustainable, durable construction materials and their application to structures and construction. She teaches an undergraduate class on introductory solid mechanics as well as graduate courses in structural concrete behavior and design. Most recently she has initiated a engineering education research project on

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K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 2 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University; Siddika Selcen Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Corey A Mathis, Purdue University; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curricula.MethodologyThis study examines the engineering content of 10 integrated STEM units developed by teams ofmiddle school science teachers for use their classrooms. The analysis is qualitative in nature,seeking to provide a rich description of the ways in which different units address the importantaspects of engineering.EngrTEAMS Project. The 10 integrated units analyzed in the paper were developed as part ofthe EngrTEAMS: Engineering to Transform the Education of Analysis, Measurement, andScience in a Team-Based Targeted Mathematics-Science Partnership project16. The purpose ofthis project is to support middle school science teachers through professional develop andcognitive coaching in developing and implementing effective integrated STEM curricula.During

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Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

typicallyunderrepresented in engineering has not increased significantly in the last decade. Former NAEPresident Bill Wulf noted that “...for the United States to remain competitive in a globaltechnological society, the country as a whole must take serious steps to ensure that we have adiverse, well trained, multicultural workforce.”1Even during weaker economic times, high demand for U.S. engineers continues; and, the numberof U.S. engineering jobs are projected to increase in all engineering diciplines during the nextdecade. Most engineering disciplines are projected to grow faster than most other labor sectors.4The number of undergraduate engineering degrees awarded in the U.S. fell dramatically from77,572 in 1985 to a low of 59,214 in 2001, but has been on the

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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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Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Kimberly Monique Holmes, George Mason University

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #10524Building a Community of Practice Among STEM Graduate Students to Fos-ter Academic and Professional SuccessDr. Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Renetta Garrison Tull is Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development & Postdoctoral Affairs at UMBC and Director of the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE AGEP: Maryland Transforma- tion, a new AGEP-T project for the University System of Maryland. She presents across the U.S. and Puerto Rico on topics ranging from graduate school recruitment, retention, and dissertation completion, to faculty development. She serves as a

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Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger V. Lindgren, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

in Geotechnical Engineering with and emphasis on dam and levee projects. He is currently an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology. Page 24.336.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Creation of a Co-Terminal BS/MS Civil Engineering Degree ProgramAbstractA civil engineering department at a small teaching-focused polytechnic university recentlyoverhauled its undergraduate program to develop a practice-focused, co-terminal,bachelor’s/master’s degree program. The department, staffed with five faculty

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Jon Down, University of Portland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

skills to compete in the globalbusiness environment when they meet with international business leaders on their travels abroad.They interact with America’s best entrepreneurs to learn business strategies. They design,implement, and lead a business project that aims to be the best of its kind in the world. They aretreated to guest lectures in the classroom and a year-long series of business workshops held bysome of the Northwest’s most successful business leaders. See Appendix 2 for descriptions ofthe three courses in the E-Scholars program.E-Scholars travel both domestically and abroad to meet business leaders across the globe. Allstudents travel to New York, where they meet with companies, consultants, non-profits andgovernment agencies, to

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International Division Technical Session 9

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Svetlana Levonisova, University of Southern California; Shaobo Huang, University of Southern California; Scott C Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Sydnie Cunningham Cunningham, The University of Tulsa; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl Matherly

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International

University, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburg). 3. International Internships, International Co-Op (e.g. Georgia Tech, MIT, University of Rhode Island, University of Cincinnati, Worcester Polytechnic University). 4. International Projects (e.g. Worcester Polytechnic Institute). 5. Study Abroad and Academic Exchange (e.g. University of Minnesota, Rensselaer, Global E3). 6. Collaborative Research Projects and Global Teaming with partners abroad (Purdue University, Harvey Mudd). 7. Service Learning Projects Abroad (University of South Florida, Worcester Polytechnic University, University of Dayton, Duke University). 8. Graduate-Level International Programs, including research

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Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianna L. Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meagan C. Pollock, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

study of K-12 engineering-oriented studentcompetitions, Wankat (2007) concluded that students with supportive parents had higherperformance at the competition, and parent involvement was effective in focusing students and Page 24.968.3increasing enthusiasm for the project.23 Retrospective studies have also revealed that parents area significant motivator, especially for low socio-economic students to enter into engineering andthat parents’ influence on children depended on the parents’ motivational beliefs in helping thechild succeed in school.24 In summary, research indicates that parental involvement andexpectations are important for

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Computer Programming and Simulation

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin James Gucwa, University of California, Davis; Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

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Computers in Education

. Page 24.1058.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 RoboSim for Integrated Computing and STEM EducationAbstractThis paper describes the design, implementation, and application of RoboSim, a robotvirtual environment, for integrated computing and STEM education in K-12 schools.Robots are being increasingly used in schools for hands-on project-based learning andmotivating students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM). However high costs and hardware issues are often prohibitive forusing robotics as often as desired in mathematics and science classroom teaching. Due tothe tight schedule for teaching math and science subjects, hardware mishap and failure,such as

Conference Session

Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ivan Favila, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dana Michelle Tempel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elisandro Cabada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Libraries

, and 14,550square feet of open study space to establish CARE. The space includes 14 group study rooms, 2instructional classrooms, 2 storage rooms, and 1 office utilized by the CARE ProgramCoordinator -- who is funded by the COE. CARE was initially funded by a combination ofLibrary Student/IT Fee money, COE Student Fee funds, and COE foundation moneys. Thesefunds were used for high-end engineering workstation equipment, projection equipment,furniture, digital signage, glass and whiteboard equipment, collaboration furniture, andcomputing equipment.The total seating capacity for the CARE area in the Grainger Library is 472 with an additional154 seats available for overflow. CARE provides academic learning support that primarilytargets the needs

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Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Craig Hanks, Texas State University, San Marcos; Dominick Esperanza Fazarro, The University of Texas at Tyler; Jitendra S. Tate, Texas State University, San Marcos; Walt Trybula, Texas State University & Trybula Foundation, Inc.; Robert J.C. McLean, Texas State University

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Engineering Ethics

students to deal responsibly with technological change inconditions of uncertainty.4) Our ProjectUnder a grant from NSF, we are developing, implementing, and assessing two modular coursesthat include societal, ethical, environmental, health, and safety issues related to nanotechnologyfor undergraduates in engineering and engineering technology. The work is being conducted by ahighly interdisciplinary team of faculty who bring to the project expertise from mechanicalengineering, manufacturing engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrialeducation and technology, physics, biology, philosophy, and ethics. The team also has hands-onexperience in industrial research management. Not only is our project multidisciplinary, it ismulti

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

constantcommunication and interaction with the instructor. The purpose of this National Science Foundation funded project was to 1) developeffective, innovative desk-top tools (GCT) that would promote a student-centered, interactivelearning environment in the classroom, 2) implement the GCT to target multiple learning styleswhile identifying the challenges, 3) conduct an extensive evaluation of the impact of this effort,and 4) formalize a new model for use in engineering courses and programs. Warren and Wangprovide a more detailed discussion of this project 19 and the baseline results18. The purpose ofthis paper is to present a preliminary analysis of the final results comparing the Treatment Groupto the baseline results collected from the Control Group

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Aran W. Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University; Corey A. Mathis, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Engineering to Enhance STEM Integration EffortsAbstractCurrently, there is a movement in K-12 education to include engineering academic standards inthe science curriculum. The Next Generation Science Standards, which include engineeringdesign learning ideas, are starting to be adopted by states. This research project builds on theSTEM Integration research paradigm, defined as the merging of the disciplines of STEM. Thereare two main types of STEM integration: content integration and context integration. Contentintegration focuses on the merging of the content fields into a single curriculum in order tohighlight "big ideas" from multiple content areas, whereas context

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Teaching Communication I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University; Cary David Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the best of their ability. One of the allures of incidental writing isits ability to encourage students to be open about their opinions, and typical assessment methodsused in quantitative assignments could potentially discourage students from fully sharing theirviews and beliefs. On the other hand, not giving an assessment can potentially lead students tonot fully complete assignments and thus not benefit from these learning opportunities. Thisresults in the challenge of balancing completion versus encouraging free and open thought.9 Page 24.141.5One challenge that this project strives to investigate is the proper pairing of the types of

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University

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Systems Engineering

Page 24.147.7been followed by the development teams. These are waterfall model, rational unified process,“Vee” process model, spiral model, agile development, etc. Nowadays, the typical systemdevelopment industries have not been so great while they have to deliver the working systemapplication in time and within the budget. It is widely reported that among 80% of all systemdevelopment projects fail because of lack of end-user involvement, poor requirement analysis,unrealistic schedules, lack of change management, testing and inflexible and bloated processes[Cohn[7], Martin[24]]. In agile system development process addresses these issues that makesystem development processes more successful. Also, in the agile development process, aminimal

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Programming, Simulation, and Dynamic Modeling

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanon Marie Reckinger, Fairfield University; Scott James Reckinger, Brown University

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Mechanical Engineering

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The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovator’s colleagues(be they teachers, coaches, stakeholders, or other colleagues) likewise interact with the modelwhile interacting with each other—the model becomes a literal catalyst for enabling improvedteam interactions10,13,14.Throughout this paper, by “system” we mean a set of physically interacting components, asillustrated in Figure 2. System Component Figure 2: The System PerspectiveThere are three different modeled systems involved in this framework:• System 1--The Innovated System: The object of an innovation is a new or modified system (commercial product or service, student project

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Learning and Assessment in ME

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark F. Schar, Stanford University; Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #9049Predicting Entrepreneurial Intent among Entry-Level Engineering StudentsDr. Mark F Schar, Stanford University Dr. Schar works in the Center for Design Research - Designing Education Lab at Stanford University. He is also a member of the Symbiotic Project of Affective Neuroscience Lab at Stanford University and a Lecturer in the School of Engineering. Dr. Schar’s area of research is ”pivot thinking” which is the intersection of design thinking and the neuroscience of choice where he has several research projects underway. He has a 30 year career in industry as a Vice President with The Procter & Gamble