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Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Jason C Heikenfeld, University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #11668Inverting Instruction in a Semiconductor Devices Course: A Case Study of aFlipped Electrical Engineering ClassroomVignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati Vignesh Subbian is an instructor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing Systems at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests include biomedical devices and informatics, human- computer interaction, and engineering education.Dr. Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati Gregory Bucks joined the Department of Engineering Education in 2012. He received his BSEE from the Pennsylvania State University in 2004, his MSECE

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Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #12743Pushing the Boundaries of Mass and Energy: Sustainability and Social Jus-tice Integration in Core Engineering Science CoursesDr. Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech Donna Riley is Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech Page 26.1286.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Pushing the Boundaries of Mass and Energy: Sustainability and Social Justice Integration in Core Engineering Science CoursesAbstractMy presentation, part of a special session panel discussion on integrating social

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Muench P.E., University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington/PCS Structural Solutions; Sheryl Brandalik

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Diversity

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International

commonlyaccepted method of showing such contributions. With this in mind, we set out to design anddeliver a study abroad program composed from learning theory that would specifically appeal toengineering students, overcome their typical barriers to participation, and contribute to ABETstudent learning outcomes.This paper describes the motivation, key development elements, and outcomes for this course,titled Engineering Rome, which was delivered for the first time in 2013. Course outcomes aremeasured by student surveys and feedback comments and analysis is specifically tailored toaddress the following three questions: 1. To what extent did the framework of this course (time frame, subject matter, location) address issues that often impede students

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Research on Diversification & Inclusion

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Brewer, University of Georgia; Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

within my college.Of course, I expect to encounter worldviews very different from my own and don’t assume thatmine are more valid. But I am wondering whether the story the administrator is telling alsoallows for other versions of becoming an engineer. The story doesn’t demand outright that Iconform but there is a tacit hostility in the way other points of view are unacknowledged andexcluded, like the feeling of dismissal when somebody doesn’t take the trouble to learn yourname.After telling us about our importance to the economy, the administrator then tells us how exactlywe are important: “The role of technology, and the infusion of technology in our society, has just become limitless, right?”To my mind, these comments even seem to

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International Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shweta Chopra, Iowa State University; Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Chad M Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

Paper ID #13184Facilitating successful global research among Engineering and Technologyscholars: The case study of agricultural supply chainDr. Shweta Chopra, Iowa State University Dr. Shweta Chopra is currently an assistant professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering De- partment at Iowa State University. She has Ph.D. in Industrial Technology from Technology Leadership and Innovation Department at Purdue University, Masters of Material Science and Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and Bachelors in Polymer Engineering from Pune University. Her re- search areas are lean manufacturing for small and

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Student Motivation and Faculty Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Michael R. Gustafson II, Duke University; Joseph C. Nadeau P.E., Duke University; David Schaad, Duke University; Michael M Barger, Duke University; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #13662A Grand Challenge-based Framework for Contextual Learning in Engineer-ing: Impact on Student Outcomes and MotivationDr. Lisa Huettel, Duke University Dr. Lisa G. Huettel is a professor of the practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at Duke University where she also serves as associate chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She received a B.S. in Engineering Science from Harvard University and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. Her research interests are focused on engineering education, curriculum and laboratory

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Survey and Assessment Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chrystal A. S. Smith, University of South Florida; Hesborn Wao, University of South Florida; Julie P Martin, Clemson University; George T. MacDonald, University of South Florida; Reginald S Lee, University of South Florida; Gladis Kersaint, University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

. Bibliography1. D’Andrade, R. (1984). Cultural meaning systems. In Culture theory: Essays on mind, self, and emotion, ed. R. Shweder and R. Levine. 88–119.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.2. Kroeber, A.L., & Kluckhohn, C. (1952). Culture: A critical review of concepts and definitions. Harvard University Peabody Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology Papers 47.3. Weller, S. C., & Romney, A. K. 1988. Systematic data collection. Vol. 10, Qualitative Research Methods Series. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.4. Godfrey, E., & Parker, L. (2010). Mapping the cultural landscape in engineering education, Journal of Engineering Education, 99, 5-22.5. Fryberg, S. C., & Markus, H. R. (2007). Cultural models of

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Communication as Performance

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, The Pennsylvania State University; Lori B. Miraldi, The Pennsylvania State University; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. What the students are not accustomed to, though, is our requirement that they designvisual aids using the assertion-evidence approach.7 In this approach, the slides have a succinctsentence headline that states the main takeaway of the slide (scene). That takeaway is supportedthen by visual evidence—bulleted lists are not used. Because this approach has so few words onthe slides, the students have to fashion almost all of the sentences on the spot. In our sections of the course, we have chosen the assertion-evidence approach for threereasons. First, the approach has its roots at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,7 whichmeans that the approach was designed with scientists and engineers in mind. Second, test resultsshow that audiences

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Mechanics of Materials

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanics

Paper ID #11872Torsion Mobile App for Engineering Education Using a High PerformanceComputer (HPC) ClusterDr. Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma Prof. Kurt Gramoll is currently the Hughes Centennial Professor of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He has previously taught at the University of Memphis and Georgia Tech. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a PhD in Engineering Science and Mechanics in 1988. His research includes development and implementation of educational technologies for engineering education and training that utilize simulations

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Thomas L. Merrill, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Information Science & Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri. His research/teaching focuses on engineering as an innovation in pK-12 education, policy of STEM education, how to support teachers and students’ academic achievements through engineering, engineering ’habits of mind’ and empathy and care in engi- neering. He has published more than 140 journal articles and proceedings papers in engineering education and educational technology and is the inaugural editor for the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Educa- tion Research. Page 26.1210.1

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Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devika Patel, Stanford University; Jonathan Edward Pang, Stanford University; Sarah Salameh, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

may signify a core societalbelief in the capability of technology to solve human problems. Indeed, the popularity oftechnological approaches to education as well as health and fitness may be indicative of thismindset. Page 26.1339.2Perhaps these inroads are reminiscent of what Seymour Papert cautions against in A Critique ofTechnocentrism in Thinking About the School of the Future, an essay on the unscrupulousincorporation of technology in the classroom. In the essay, Papert presents a poignant definitionof technocentrism that may be salient for all engineers to be mindful of: the fallacy of referringall questions to technology.4This paper

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International Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Thomas Carl Long, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech

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International

Paper ID #12603Rising Sophomore Abroad Program: A Model for Professional Formation ofGlobally Competent EngineersMs. Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech Andrea M. Ogilvie, P.E. is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Department of En- gineering Education at Virginia Tech. Andrea’s research mission is to broaden participation in STEM and her current research interests are focused on understanding the relationship between institutional pol- icy and student pathways in engineering (i.e. access, recruitment, persistence, retention, migration, and degree completion). Prior to joining Virginia Tech

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Goldsmith P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Computers in Education

is thus a long-term endeavour that isproviding many research challenges and learning opportunities.References [1] J.D. Bransford, A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking, editors. How people learn: brain, mind, experience, and school. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2004. pp. 23–25. [2] J. Cecil, P. Ramanthan, and M. Mwavita. Virtual learning environments in engineering and stem education. In Proc. Frontiers in Education Conference, pages 502 –507, oct 2013. [3] A.A. Despande and S.H. Huang. Simulation games in engineering education: a state-of-the-art review. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 19:399–410, 2008. [4] M. Contero and et al. Using games to teach statics calculation procedures: Application and assessment

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Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Electrical and Computer

Students and Instructors”, the 44th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Engineering Education (FIE) Conference,2014. J. Kim Vandiver, “Getting More out of Lecture and Recitation Time”, MIT Faculty News, Vol. XIX No. 514March / April 2007.15 Richard Lesh & Helen M. Doerr, “Foundations of a Models and Modeling Perspective on Mathematics”, (Chapter1), in Beyond Constructivism: Models and modeling perspectives on mathematics, (R. Lesh and H. Doerr, editors).Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; (2003), pp 3-34.16 Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on LearningResearch and Educational Practice, National Research Council, “How people learn, Brain, Mind, Experience, andSchool”,: Expanded Edition

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Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Huff, Harding University

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

textured examples of content found inthermodynamics courses, which elicit engineering students to engage, analyze, and reflect on acertain engineering science topic, drawing on scientific, personal, and social-scientific evidence.However, such resources that guide an instructor to integrate technical content with a complexsocial reality are certainly an exception rather than a norm.Reflective Practice versus “Best” PracticeWith this background in mind, we return to the question that began the former section: Whyattempt to humanize signals and systems? Or in other words, why attempt to guide students inlearning well-established technical concepts as integrated with a complex, value-rich, socialreality? These are questions that the reader might have

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Temesghen Kahsai , Carnegie Mellon University; Liam O'Reilly, Swansea University; Markus Roggenbach, Swansea University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Paper ID #11526Teaching software-engineering concepts through industrially used tools earlyin the undergraduate curriculumDr. Temesghen Kahsai , Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Temesghen Kahsai is a research scientist at Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley. His research expertise is in the intersection of formal methods and software engineering, with an emphasis on auto- mated reasoning about software systems. He has extensive experience in the development of formal foun- dations and tools for the analysis of complex critical systems. He is currently leading three projects on contract-based verification of flight

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Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Meghan Morris Deyoe, University at Albany, SUNY; Jessica M Lamendola, University at Albany/SUNY

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #13680Transition to New Personal Instrumentation in a Flipped ClassroomProf. Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Kenneth Connor is a professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) where he teaches courses on electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, plasma physics, electric power, and general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photon- ics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. He learned problem solving from his father (ran a gray iron

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny Davis, Ohio State University; Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #12703Structuring Capstone Design Assessment to Achieve Student, Faculty, andEmployer PrioritiesDr. Denny Davis, Ohio State University Dr. Davis is Visiting Professor in the Engineering Education Innovation Center at The Ohio State Univer- sity and Emeritus Professor in Engineering Education at Washington State University. For three decades, he has led multi-institution teams in the development and testing of curriculum materials and assessments for engineering design courses. He is owner of Verity Design Learning LLC, a publisher of workbooks for design reviews and teamwork development. He is a Fellow of the

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ernzen, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Kendra Rae Beeley

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

xEngFac 15 x xMST 2 xMST 3MST 5 x xMST 9 xEdFac = College of education faculty member, EngFac = College of engineering faculty memberMST = Middle school teacher, *element is linked to MS-ETS-3 in the NGSSPracticality and clarity. With a typical middle school science course in mind, the PACED-LRwas applied. The researchers found that use of the PACED-LR instrument was very valuable indiscerning lessons for their feasibility and replicability in a middle school classroom. In a fewcases

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rick I Zadoks, Caterpillar Inc.; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Corporate Member Council

strategic initiatives of industrial leaders.In spite of the attention the topic was receiving in industry, little mind space or targeted researchwithin the academy was being focused on the looming issue. In 2011, with urging and supportfrom an Engineering Education Industrial Advisory Council (IAC), a first of its kind course waslaunched entitled “Harnessing Engineering Expertise in Industry”. The graduate course, co-developed and instructed by university faculty and members of the IAC, explored the topic ofengineering expertise from an industrial perspective. The objective of this course was to makeexplicit the concept of expertise in industry, to replicate and/or develop research basedapproaches for identifying and capturing this expertise, and

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert H. Mayer Jr., U.S. Naval Academy; Angela Schedel, U.S. Naval Academy

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #12041Hex-Oid Habitat Design Challenge: Teaching Engineering Design in a Multi-disciplinary Role-Play ScenarioDr. Robert H. Mayer Jr., U.S. Naval Academy Dr. Mayer is a professor of ocean engineering at the U. S. Naval Academy. He is a past chairman of the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department and currently teaches courses in ocean engineer- ing design, probability & statistics, and underwater search & recovery operations. His research interests relate to the application of statistics, operations research methods and computers to the management, en- gineering and construction of ocean

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; Peter Wesley Odom, Oral Roberts University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #12728How Dialogue on ’Ingenuity in Nature’ Increases Enthusiasm for Engineer-ing and Science in Traditional Religious CommunitiesDr. Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University Dr. Dominic M. Halsmer is a Professor of Engineering and former Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Oral Roberts University. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Faith and Learn- ing at ORU. He has been teaching science and engineering courses there for 23 years, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Oklahoma. He received BS and MS Degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

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Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin M Brevik, North Dakota State College of Science; Kristi Jean, North Dakota State College of Science; Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota; Bradley Bowen, North Dakota State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-thinking skills that come from studying inSTEM environments.[8] STEM learning environments provide opportunities for students to focuson discovery and the ability to solidify educational concepts in their minds by understanding aconcept in a variety of contexts. A true STEM environment has students engaged in all aspects ofa topic, incorporating knowledge and approaches from all the core K-12 subjects, not just scienceand math. Unfortunately, current methods of educating K-12 students about engineering andengineering careers have shown little impact on improving the number of students pursuing anengineering related degree.[9]Students must have a positive impression of engineering before they will consider it for theirprofession, as behavior will

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Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

the common fundamentals and practices thatdefine the theory and effective practice of engineering, technology, and science, but alsocommunicate these principles in an academic forum. With this in mind, a baccalaureatedegree program in Design Engineering was proposed in 2004. Subsequent modificationsto it were made in 2008, 2010, and 2012 based on assessment outcomes.Since the proposal of this original program, there has been an increase in demand forqualified manufacturing design engineering professionals. This is because this programoffers practical training in the area of manufacturing design engineering. Unlike atraditional Mechanical Engineering program, this program emphasizes those technicalskills that would build on each student’s

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caitlin Cairncross, University of Portland; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Zulema Naegele, University of Portland; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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First-Year Programs

and ethical development in the college years: A scheme. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.11. Schaller, M. (2005). Wandering and wondering: Traversing the uneven terrain of the second college year. About Campus, 10(3).12. Seligman, M. (2011). Flourish. New York: Free Press.13. Tinto, V. 1987. Leaving College. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.14. University of Southern California. 2015. Center for Engineering Diversity. http://www.viterbi.usc.edu15. Vygotsky, L. (1978). Mind in Society. London: Harvard University Press. Page 26.300.15 Appendix A: Weekly ScheduleWeek 1Monday8:00am – 8:45am

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ang Liu, Univ of Southern California; Yun Dai; James R. Morrison, KAIST, ISysE; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California

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International

,attended the meeting late and ill prepared, etc.5. ConclusionThis paper presents a study that compares the team effectiveness between globally distributedand locally distributed engineering teams that are built upon the engineering classes. The resultshows that the locally distributed teams significantly outperformed the globally distributed teamsin terms of the measures of utilization of resources, experimentation/creativity, and evaluation ofteam functions. Such results can be used for instructors to better prepare student’s mind in termsof how to succeed in a distributed teams as individuals and how to mingle all team memberstowards a more functional team. With respect to future works of this study, together with afollow up assessment of every

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Development as Faculty and Researcher: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dia Sekayi, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #13315Exploring the role of institutional climate in preparing engineering doctoralstudents for academic careersDr. Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexandra Coso is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to her time at Georgia Tech, she received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include graduate student experiences in engineering programs, engineering

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Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

experiences.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Graves Wolfinbarger, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

open-minded to ideas.”Students recognized that exercising leadership did not rely require a dominant personality, andthat dominant team members might actually be detrimental. Said one participant, “I guess [myidea of leadership] has changed a little bit, because now I look a lot more to the quiet person,because they usually aren’t as overbearing in their ideas, so it’s more of a collaborative process.”Problem-Solving. Conventional wisdom holds that engineers are problem solvers. Problem-Solving is also recognized as a characteristic of leaders,17 particularly those in creative ortechnical organizations.22, 23 In addition to behaviors such as identifying technical problems andseeking solutions, this category included seeking improvement in team

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Orner, University of South Florida; Christine Prouty, University of South Florida; Colleen Claire Naughton, University of South Florida; Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida; Matthew E. Verbyla, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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of globally focusedmaterial2-4,7. In order to outline areas and methods for deeper learning on this topic, Widmannand Vanasupa developed a Global Competency Framework that overlays three categories(knowledge, skills, attitudes) atop Fink’s taxonomy of significant learning to evaluate universitycurriculum that seeks to cultivate globally minded engineers4. Fink’s taxonomy is a hierarchicalsystem that reflects increasing levels of learned concepts8 and has been used in previous studiesto evaluate other engineering curriculum 4,9. Widmann and Vanasupa’s 2008 study assessed theCalifornia Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) at San Luis Obispo’s capstone designexperience and revealed areas where subsequent offerings could incorporate more