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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona Sate University; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Henson Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Russell Cox, Mohave Community College; Thomas R. Palmer, Eastern Arizona College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls, linear systems, and multivariable control. Dr. Rodriguez has

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International Division Technical Session 7

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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International

and support/supportive environment: This scale, consisting of seven items, sought to learn about students’ relationships with instructors and students, and their perceptions of how supportive their instructors were. 3) Value: The four items in this scale asked students about their perceptions of the value of the topics covered in their courses, specifically regarding how interesting, challenging, and relevant to their future careers they considered these topics to be. 4) Self-efficacy: Similar to the self-efficacy scale used in the first-year survey, this five- item scale had the goal of revealing students’ levels of confidence in their abilities to succeed in engineering and in their courses. 5

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Innovations in Pedagogy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casey Jane Ankeny PhD, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University

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Biomedical

them better understand their own learning (63% M, 73% E), andincreased responsibility for their learning (62% M, 69% E). Also, students felt the muddiestpoint exercise did not take too much effort (85% M, 79% E), make them feel anxious orfrustrated (88% M, 87% E), and did not require too much time (92% M, 87% E). Lastly,students felt that the material learned in the course will be of value after graduation (96% M,96% E), will be useful in their careers (94% M, 94% E), and helped them see real-worldrelevance of the material (94% M, 96% E). These results are summarized below in Table 1. INTEREST/ATTAINMENT VALUE Agree motivated me to do well in the course 50% (M), 58% (E

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Rhonda K. Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; John W. Nicklow, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix Drives Engineering Leadership Program SuccessAbstractUniversities with technical leadership development programs are challenged with demonstratingthe effectiveness of these training programs with measurable results. This is an especiallydaunting task given the fact that we are trying to inspire undergraduate students who already feelover-burdened by a rigorous major and little to no work experience to know the value thatleadership skills can bring to their career. The solution is to apply the Hoshin Kanri X-matrix tothe leadership development program so the students can understand how their individualleadership efforts in their own student organizations benefit the entire

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Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of Utah; Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Crystal Orantes, University of Utah

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Community Engagement Division

activity that may encourage students to study civilengineering. Engineering Ambassadors a unique perspective when discussing the career outlook withprospective students. Talking to high school students helps them process what they are learningin their degree program, and helps them identify potential careers that would be of interest tothem. While they do not have experience working as engineers, their enthusiasm aboutengineering and projects they have worked on may help others see this as a possible collegemajor and future career choice.Enrollment at the University As stated in the introduction, our engineering ambassador programs have been an integral

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Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman "Storm" Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremy A. Lingle, Georgia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teaching and learning. Storm began his career as a Mathematics Teacher at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville, South Carolina. He was awarded Teacher of the Year after his second year in the classroom. Also at this time he was selected to serve on the Curriculum Leadership Institute for the Greenville County Schools District. After teaching middle school for five years, Storm moved to Riverside High School and instructed integrated mathematics classes for 2 years. With a solid foundation of teaching experience formed, Storm accepted a position as an Aerospace Edu- cation Specialist for NASA’s Aerospace Education Services Project. For 7 years Storm designed, imple- mented and facilitated various STEM programs to

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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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Andres Cornel Chavez, California State University Northridge; Stephanie Marie Jaco, California State University Northridge; Alejandro Roldan, California State University Northridge; Matthew Ferrer, CSUN; Joyceanne Sim; George Youssef, California State University, Northridge

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

integration andtroubleshooting. This is also apparent in current K-12 curricula which lack hands-on engineeringconcepts due to time and resource constraints imposed on science educators by administratorsand state standards. The cumulative effect of these approaches to education over a student’s pre-college academic lifetime results in: 1) a shortage in career-ready high school graduates; and 2) alimited number of college bound students pursuing STEM education and careers. Moreover,those graduates who seek STEM education may have strong analytical skills, but lack the criticalthinking, hands-on and practical skills needed for scientific applications, i.e. engineering orexperimentation. This serious problem is further elevated by the sporadic

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Istanbul Tech- nical University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1993, and his M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees, both co-majors in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering, from Iowa State University, Ames, IA in 1995 and 2000, re- spectively. His current research interests within computational intelligence include ensemble systems, incremental and nonstationary learning, and various applications of pattern recognition in bioinformatics and biomedical engineering. He is a member of IEEE, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. His re- cent and current works are funded primarily through NSF’s CAREER and Energy, Power and Adaptive Systems (EPAS) programs

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge; Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

specifically on implementing, evaluating, conducting outreach for and promoting the sustainability of education digital libraries. Prior to establishing a consulting practice, Giersch worked in the private sector conducting market analyses and assessments related to deploying technology in higher education. She received a M.S.L.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Dr. Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC Flora P. McMartin is the Founder of Broad-based Knowledge, LLC (BbK) , a consulting rm focused on the evaluation of the use and deployment of technology assisted teaching and learning. Throughout her career, she as served as an External Evaluator for a number of NSF-funded projects associated with

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Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #10028Torquing Engineering: Historical and Contemporary Challenges to the Tech-nical Core via InternationalizationProf. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Assistant Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recent recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in

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Simulations and Project Based Learning I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee P.E., Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University; Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

Washington University Page 24.1324.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using Course Projects to Infuse Innovation throughout the Undergraduate Experience in the Engineering and Engineering Technology CurriculumEngineering and Engineering Technology students need to learn how to innovate and embracenew technologies as they develop and progress through their careers. Accomplishing thischallenge requires the undergraduate degree programs to provide the first opportunities forinnovation technological problems to gain experience and confidence before they reach theCapstone course. This paper describes the learning experiences in innovation

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

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Two Year College Division

. Page 24.716.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Improving Engineering Curriculum and Enhancing Underrepresented Community College Student Success through a Summer Research Internship ProgramAbstractEfforts to remain competitive internationally in engineering and technology require a significantincrease in the number of STEM graduates in the United States. A recent report prepared by thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology states that currently less than fortypercent of students entering college to pursue a STEM career end up completing a STEM degree,citing that students typically leave the STEM field in the first two years of their program

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WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Candice L. Staples, University of Maryland; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

qualitative research projects and eval- uations, including those focused on educational leadership, STEM education, and academic and social supports for disadvantaged students. Prior to her career in research, she worked as a public school teacher for eight years.Dr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the Director for Research at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Workforce Development (CWD) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She directs re- search projects from conceptualization, methodological design, collection of data and analysis, to dis- semination of research findings. Dr. Litzler manages the Sloan-funded Project to Assess Climate in Engineering

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey T. Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

-track facultypositions is often linked to the conflict between childcare responsibilities and the normativeacademic tenure-track pathway, previous studies have tended to focus on individual life choices,rather than the effects of institutional-level policies and structure. More recent research onwork/life policies in higher education have pushed our understanding of how organizationalstructure and political climates at the department and institution levels influence the ability offaculty members to integrate career and life responsibilities. Many postsecondary institutionsoffer more generous work/life benefits than required by the 1993 Family Medical Leave Act(FMLA), which provides employees with 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for

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Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark William Killgore PE, F.ASCE, D.WRE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

career aspirations of the student. 2. ABET should allow accreditation of engineering programs of the same name at the baccalaureate and graduate levels in the same department to recognize that education through a “professional” master’s degree produces an AME, an accredited “master” engineer. 3. Engineering schools should more vigorously exploit the flexibility inherent in the outcomes-based accreditation approach to experiment with novel models for baccalaureate education. ABET should ensure that evaluators look for innovation and experimentation in the curriculum and not just hold institutions to a strict interpretation of the guidelines as they see them. 4. Whatever other creative approaches are taken

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the building of confidence in conducting research 65. These instruments have been developed by an external evaluator and will be collected by PI.• Course evaluations: The standard questionnaire administered by Rowan will be collected by the course instructor and will serve to provide student feedback on the experiments. Data will be collected by PI.• Surveys of K-12 educators and other partners: Reflective journals and surveys that measure teachers’ self-efficacy, concerns on adoption of the modules, and their students’ career aspirations towards engineering and perceived impact on students’ knowledge and attitudes will be administered. These instruments have been tested and validated by INSPIRE (external evaluator) and

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Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

, from 40+ academic institutions all over thecountry graduated from this Site during the summers of 2007, 08, 09, 11, 12, and 13. SixResearch Proceedings, one for each summer, and 40 publications document research findings ofthe Site. A summary of Site assessment activities and findings, tracking results of REU fellows’academic/professional career, and lessons learned are included.1.0 IntroductionIn 2008 the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced 14 Grand Challenges inengineering that are awaiting solutions in the 21st century. This list includes the challenge to“Provide Access to Clean Water”1. Water is the critical element for supplying food and energy,safeguarding human health, and maintaining national security. Increasing

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International Division Technical Session 9

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology

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International

guided by its mission to provide career- oriented Page 24.644.2professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and supportapplications-oriented research that benefits the larger world. Its students represent nearly all 50U.S. states and 109 countries, with 1400 international students at the New York campuses, themajority of whom are School of Engineering and Computing Sciences (SoECS) students.Following the creation of a Master Strategic Plan, a key initiative revisited the university’s corecurriculum which resides in the College of Arts and Sciences.The new Discovery Core Curriculum utilizes a progressive approach

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas; Mark J. Stratton, SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers); Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Mechanical Engineering

and mechanical engineering technology education programs.The field of manufacturing engineering covers the broad spectrum of topics derived from thedefinition, “Manufacturing requires that a modification of the shape, form, or properties of amaterial that takes place in a way that adds value”1. The ASME’s Vision 2030 surveys of industryengineering supervisors and early career mechanical engineers have illustrated that the curriculaof mechanical engineering and related programs have an urgent need to enhance students’comprehension of ‘how things are made and work,’ e.g., the knowledge and skills needed todesign and efficiently produce products via high-performance systems.2 This paper focusesprimarily on a model for the manufacturing field

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Mentoring Minorities: Effective Programs, Practices, and Perspectives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joi-Lynn Mondisa, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Minorities in Engineering

mentor) acts as arole model and guide for a less experienced person (a protégé) specifically advising he or she inacademic, personal, and/or professional aspects of their lives 14-16. The term “mentor” comesfrom the Greek poet Homer, in which Odysseus in The Odyssey selected “a trusted friend,Mentor, to educate, tutor, protect, and guide his son” (p. 66) 17. Professional mentoringoriginates in teaching, medical, and clinical practices 18,19. The meaning of the word “mentor”can have multiple contextual meanings such as “teacher”, “counselor”, or “advisor” relative tocorporate and educational environments. In general, mentors provide feedback regarding career plans and interpersonaldevelopment and are committed to helping protégés succeed in

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Trends in Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Peifeng Yin

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Educational Research and Methods

dissection, iii) Product redesign3.1 Description of Team Base Activities In both the Introduction to Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) and Concurrent Engineering(IE 466), students work in teams to complete activities relating to both virtual and tactile learning.In the context of the EDSGN 100 course, customer needs analysis and product benchmarking wereperformed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Pugh Charts. With senior studentsin IE 466 (who had more exposure to the engineering design process throughout the course of theiracademic careers), more advanced customer-engineering methods such as the House of Quality(HOQ) were employed to analyze the design of the coffee maker. For the QFD component of theproject, students in IE 466 had

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Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

exposestudents to these complex problems are merited. Engineering has traditionally addressedunintended consequences of technological development (e.g. air pollution), with ‘end-of-pipe’technologies (e.g. scrubbers), but for a more sustainable world, the root causes of wickedproblems must also be addressed and engineering students must learn to analyze and engage withthese root causes.Barriers to Effective InstructionEngineers, engineering educators, and other technical professionals must play a role inresponding to the challenges posed by wicked problems in their careers. Traditional engineeringeducation tends to lack exposure to complex problems.6 As with other ill-structured problems, inorder to solve wicked problems students must develop their own

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut (Beirut); Mohamad K. Naja

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Community Engagement Division

to bealigned with the volunteer functions inventory 18:1. Values that refers to contributions to the society and helping people who are in need. This function was also associated to altruism 192. Understanding in which volunteerism gives an opportunity to learn, understand, practice, and apply skills. This function is related to the knowledge function.3. Career that serves to increase one’s job opportunities and consequently improve his/her career.4. Social in which an individual volunteers due to social pressure or to satisfy people in one’s social environment. Page 24.1364.55. Protective where volunteering is to reduce

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh; Margaret S. Smith, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer L Cartier, University of Pittsburgh

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

certification track willreplace the current elementary track (K-6) and overlap with the existing secondary track (7-12).Camblin reminds us that “the middle grades, those enrolling 10- to 14-year-old students, have animportant relationship to college access.1 The middle grades are when students, families, andschool personnel begin to address career aspirations, academic preparation, and collegeinformation.” The Commonwealth’s new emphasis on highly qualified middle grades teachersprovides a unique opportunity to impact children at a crucial time in their formal educationexperience.2In our project, we are aiming to (1) develop a program (SUSTAINS, STEM UndergraduateStudents Teaching Adolescents Innovation and Sustainability) that will allow

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip M. Reeves, The Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

elements of risk, control, and reward9.” Clearly, Kriewall’s definition views entrepreneurship from a different perspective:essentially, entrepreneurship involves business ownership. The other elements illustrate thatentrepreneurs need to be comfortable with all of the aspects associated with being the person incharge. Risk tolerance is frequently mentioned as an entrepreneurial trait9,10, as is the notion thatentrepreneurs tend to enjoy determining their own career path11. In essence, the success orfailure of the business and the entrepreneur rests on their ability to navigate their chosenmarketplace. Undoubtedly, many individuals view entrepreneurship in a similar manner, whichmay seem extremely appealing or terrifying depending on their

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International Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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International

fiveyear program is taken. At the moment, the five year national degree is the prioritized degree,and the students get the additional to degrees (BSc and MSc) as a bonus and to facilitateinternational careers. The trend is however to move towards the European degrees and reducethe importance of the five year degree. For the rest of this paper, the five year programs arereferred to as the “national engineering programs”.A student that starts at KTH therefore chooses between nine three year engineering programsand seventeen five year national engineering programs. All programs (except one) are givenin Swedish for the first three years and in English for the last, meaning that all BSc programs(except one) are in Swedish and all MSc programs are in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Roy Brown, Eastern New Mexico University; Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

educationinstitutions may not possess extensive soft skills. Much has been made in the media of the skillsrequired for the new economy and the role of professional including “soft” skills in getting andkeeping a job. Technical skills alone are insufficient to prepare graduates in engineering andengineering technology for a career. ABET and other accreditation standards acknowledge therole of these skills in engineering and engineering technology education at the undergraduatelevel. 2 To help students improve their soft skills which includes oral communication, leadershipskills, time management skills, and professional presentation skills in a multidisciplinaryenvironment, the S-STEM recipients at our institution were required to register for a one-creditcourse

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Computer Programming and Simulation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David B. Nelson, Purdue University; K. Andrew R. Richards, Purdue University; Charles A. Calahan

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Computers in Education

persistence of unfilled posts in programming and ITfields originates more from business hiring practices and a perceived “skill deficit”among degree holders and potential applicants (2, 5). Regardless of the veracity of theclaims, researchers have been working during the last 15 years to identify and overcomepotential barriers to careers and study in computer science. Following recommendationsfrom national reports (1, 15), mediation efforts have adroitly focused on K-12 education,measuring potential bottlenecks in the pipeline for programmers (4, 22). These effortshave also spurred novel solutions to increase interest and skill in computer programmingamong students, ranging from content-based solutions to inventive graphical learning

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Spatial Ability & Visualization Training I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

well as for the K-12 Outreach Division. He has also served in various leadership roles in disciplines related to Career and Technical Education. Dr. Clark is recognized as a Distinguished Technology Educator by the International Technology Engineering Education Association. He currently consults to a variety of businesses, educational agencies and organizations. Page 24.982.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Pictorial Visual Rotation Ability of Engineering Design Graphics StudentsAbstractThe ability to rotate visual mental

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahender Mandala, HERL/VAPHS; Mary R. Goldberg, University of Pittsburgh; Jon Pearlman, Human Engineering Research Labs

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

scienceeducation” [5]. The students exiting the K-12 schools are often under-prepared for a career inSTEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) and require remedial courses to begin post-secondary education [6]. One of the problems identified by the National Science Foundation isthe growing number of inadequately trained STEM teachers [7]. Research has shown that well Page 24.1027.2equipped and knowledgeable teachers in precollege grades can improve the educationalachievements of their students [National Science 5]. In an effort to enhance teachers’pedagogical techniques and provide resources for professional development through theteachers’ career