Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jaclyn L. Cunitz, University of Colorado Boulder; Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

+ program.Several definitions of learning community within academic settings exist. Gabelnick,MacGregor, Matthews and Smith choose a perspective on learning communities that relies oncurricular structures that link courses to aide students in deeper understanding and integration ofacademic material with five “core practices” for success: community, diversity, integration,active learning and reflection.3,4 According to Astin and Tinto, learning communities are definedby many factors of student involvement, including curricula, common interests and residentialproximity to build a sense of group identity that is cohesive and unique to the group.5,6 Tintoasserts that a multi-faceted approach to learning communities in higher education encouragesintegration of

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

, Buoyancy Engineer, Foundation Engineer, Thermal Engineer, Project Manager or, inthe case of six-person teams, that of Assistant Project Manager. Once team member assignmentsare determined, each is provided their respective skill primer. Rather than a ‘guide book’, the‘primer’ is intended to reflect knowledge gained from many years of experience in the skilldiscipline. (As an example, a copy of the Project Manager’s primer is provided as an attachmentto this paper.) Since each primer is meant to represent undocumented knowledge, theinformation provided is to be revealed only through open discussion with other team members.Each team is then presented a site map of the approximate 3750 ft2 of marine space; the space isrepresented as a composite of

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth M Purcell, University of Southern Indiana

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Engineering Physics & Physics

26.908.4that assesses student conceptual understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion. Studentsare given participation credit for completing the survey, but their performance on thesurvey is not part of their calculated course grade. This may have caused students to nottake the survey seriously and this could reflect in their score and the overall averagenormalized gain of the class. There was, however, a small increase in the overall averagenormalized gain with the introduction of ORION. The average normalized gain for theFall 2013 class was 19% and that for the Fall 2014 class was 22%, both from pretestscore of approximately 25%. However, this slight increase is negligible and noconclusions can be drawn from only two data points.4. ConclusionsWhile

Conference Session

Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hee Kim, Iridescent ; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

  motivation  and  self­direction  so they  become  lifelong  explorers.  Because  participants'  prior  knowledge  of  the problem at hand is often  limited,  engineers   first  introduce  the  core  concepts  in  a  15  minute  presentation.  After  this instruction,  families  have  the  freedom  to  evaluate  and  shape  their  learning,  pursuing  those questions  and  concepts  that   are  of  greatest  interest.  Additionally,  by  moving  through  the  stages of  inspiration,  planning,  building,  reflecting,  and  redesigning  (i.e.  engineering  design  process (EDP))  with  their  children,  parents  and  caregivers  model  important  skills  ­­  including persistence, creativity, and curiosity to find new solutions.   Evaluation

Conference Session

Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Philip M. Reeves, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

creativity between males andfemales.12 For instance, Felder, Felder, Mauney, Hamrin, & Dietz13 found that female studentsdesired and expected more creative work at the start of engineering courses than males, but ratedtheir own creative problem solving ability significantly lower than males at the end of the course.However, the self-ratings may not have accurately reflected performance on these tasks. Inanother study, Charyton & Merrill11 found that female engineering students actually scoredhigher on post-test creative design tasks than males even though there were no genderdifferences in creativity at the beginning of the activity. The results from these studies indicatethat engineering courses and programs may influence the perception of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Andrea Gebhart Rommel, Independent Scientific Consultant; Laurie A. Clayton, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

highlighted faculty perspectives on institutionalstrengths, areas for improvement, and satisfaction across twenty themed question categories. Of the 438respondents, 151 of the 231 women faculty invited to participate responded (65%), and 287 of the 506men faculty responded (57%). COACHE defines effect size as the measuring of differences betweenpaired subgroups within a campus. Comparison among campus groups included pretenure/tenure,associate/full; gender and white/faculty of color were reflected by small (between 0.1 and 0.3), medium(between 0.3 and 0.5), and large (greater than 0.5) effect size. Table 1 indicates   questions where largeand medium effect sizes were seen by gender in the COACHE survey results.Table 1: Gender Differences in COACHE

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, NC State University; Landon Drew LaPorte, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

- 3:30 Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal Figure 1: Sample Camp Agendas Page 26.644.6Strategic Camp Design ProcessOver the course of many years designing, offering, assessing, re-designing, re-assessing, etc. oursummer camps we have developed a strategic design process approach for existing and newcamps. The simple steps are: Make it Easy, Make it Fun, Make it Work, Work the Mechanics,and Assessment and Reflection. Each of these is described in more detail below:Making it EasyAfter the camp leadership team has

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

5.00±0.00 4.00±0.00environmental policy and regulations* Rank (5-Strongly Agree; 1-Strongly Disagree) Page 26.678.12Student rankings from the Likert scale and comments from both the survey and post-questionnaire highlight key outcomes addressed following completion of the capstone designcourse and outcomes that could have been addressed with more detail, better preparing them fortheir pending careers. Faculty ranking of outcomes reflects what they perceived was discussedand addressed during the capstone design course not necessarily the time allocated orthoroughness of how the outcomes were addressed throughout the course. Practicing

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University; Elisabeth Maria Wultsch, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Peter R Turner, Clarkson University; Michael W. Ramsdell, Physics Dept. Clarkson University; Robert Prout Jaspersohn, Clarkson University

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First-Year Programs

linking the formal course content to assignments and assessments that directlyrelate to the to the students’ future professional lives (e.g., real-world problems, “decision- Page 26.967.8making). Each of the course topics is covered with a similar combination of reading questions,class activities, reflection opportunities, and a closely-linked summative assessment in the formof a “concept exam” that serves as a part of the actual learning process. The various assessmentcategories allow more frequent, more appropriate assessments that are organized to link closelywith the key concepts. As the semester progresses, the similarity in the coverage of

Conference Session

Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Paul Walters, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

she was not sure that the influence was positive, telling the teamthat on her last visit to Llacamate she noted that now that the community had electricity, whichwas made available in part by the team’s assistance erecting solar panels, many communitymembers were preferring to watch television rather than play their daily games of soccer. Thosestudents who had not travelled on the latest trip were shocked in disbelief. As the discussioncontinued, the students reflected on their indirect influence on the community and wondered as ateam how they could avoid that kind of “damage,” as they called it. Throughout the session, thestudents became aware in instances like this one of their team’s role in the project. One student’scomment summarized the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

little notice of Robert Runté’s view that it is a waste of time worryingabout the external validation of being a professional. Teachers are, he says “knowledge workers…and as such we have a responsibility to both ourselves and our public to become reflectivepractitioners. As reflective practitioners we can reassert, first our ability, and then our right, toassume responsibility for the educational enterprise” which in today’s practice is to beprofessional 5. Some might respond that that is what professional teachers do, or should do. Itfollows that persons’ who enter higher education as educators have the same obligations.5 Runté begins by noting the principle that suggests that people who go on strike cannot be professional. Yet teachershave

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Logan Oplinger, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Figure 3 was used by the researcher togive an example for each expression of leadership. The researcher then determined from theinterviews when a Maker expressed one of the leadership roles.In their Making, this person:___ 1. Listens to the problems of team members/subordinates. (Mentor)___ 2. Reviews and/or reflects upon project achievements. (Monitor)___ 3. Influences decisions made at higher levels. (Broker)___ 4. Does problem solving in creative, clever ways. (Innovator)___ 5. Clearly defines areas of responsibility for team members/subordinates. (Director)___ 6. Displays a wholehearted commitment to the job/project. (Producer)___ 7. Facilitates consensus building in work-group sessions. (Facilitator)___ 8. Protects continuity in day-to-day

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

empower students to: 1) explore the diverse historical and philosophical traditions that have shaped the contemporary Western world, 2) read and discuss fundamental texts from those traditions, situating the texts in their appropriate intellectual contexts, and 3) develop your ability to critically and comparatively reflect on religious and philosophical issues, in dialogue with others both past and present.Because of its unique place in our general education core, the Changing Views course offersdistinctive challenges for physics faculty. The typical curriculum in this course overlaps manyfields of specialization including (but not limited to): history, philosophy, astronomy,astrophysics, theology, cosmology, and physics

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 1)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) Page 26.1500.5would set an output voltage of 5V at the digital pin 9, while the same command with LOW instead of HIGH Will setthat digital pin to 0V.2 [] Indicate actions or gesturesOne could argue that instead of tinkering, Hazel and Silver should have systematically parsed thecode to make sense of it right from the start; they would have had better task success and betterlearned Arduino programming through that process. We contend this notion. Hazel’s and Silver’sactivities reflect a recognition of the variety of resources at their disposal and a systematic walkthrough the resources to try and achieve their goal. At each stage, they expanded the scope oftheir investigation: first, getting feedback from manipulating the specific system

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Additionally, Tinto argues that the first year of college,  indeed the first semester, is critical to students being incorporated into the college campus, aswell as their eventual persistence through to graduation. Retention programs, therefore, are mostsuccessful when they utilize informal faculty-student contact in order to integrate students intothe academic and social life of the college5.Some studies have examined the effect of precollege characteristics, parental socialization andcollege experiences to determine their relationship with female STEM major persistence.In a study by Espinosa, the experiences of 1,250 women of color and 891 Caucasian womenattending 135 colleges nationwide were collected via a reflecting survey of their four years

Conference Session

Measurement and Instrumentation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Michael Cavanaugh, Michigan State University; Subashini Nagendran Sivakumar, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Thomas David Dionise, Michigan State University; Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

science [16, 17] but found that they focus on principles and conceptsthat reflect the deep understanding of expert computer scientists [9]. The need remains to bettercharacterize the computational competencies as applied in the context of the engineering practice. A major effort during CPACE II —and the subject of this paper—is to determine students’computational skills and capabilities while solving engineering problems. The guiding researchquestion is: what are the features that broadly characterize the knowledge, skills and behaviorsassociated with computational competencies for undergraduate engineering students? A major challenge emerged during our initial analyses of student artifacts using the CPACEcomputational competencies framework

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Mann, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Mikhail Chester, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

red will work alongside the Transportation group in CEE/SOS 598, the five teams highlighted in green will work alongside the Environment group in CEE/SOS 598, and the five teams highlighted in orange will work alongside the Social/Institutions group in CEE/SOS 598.Second Implementation: Spring 2015In the second implementation, overall project themes better reflect one another to promotevertical integration between the two courses. The vertical integration process is shown in Figure3 below. ! CON$252$ ! Responsibili+es

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Luis Fernando Cortes, Florida Atlantic University

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Systems Engineering

, human made systems reflect the functioning of multiplecomponents that are enhanced together to accomplish the same goal. A great example of anatural SoS is the human ‘machine’. The human machine is composed of multiple single systemsthat operate together to give multiple capabilities to the human body, such as cognition,communication, movement, and evolution. In engineering, single or traditional systems that formpart of an SoS are made to be a piece of a solution to solve a multilevel necessity. These singlesystems are designed and developed based on a well-structured problem with fixed boundaries[3] ; therefore, they emerge with a clear, capable, implicit, and limited set of goals. In addition,their design is based on the integration of

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

review the literature onnumerous interrelated components which comprise the greater, more comprehensive nature ofthe discussion. The methodology of this study, therefore, is qualitative in nature and through aliterature review of the applicable components comprising the premise of the discussion topic.Below reflects the activity time-line for the many interrelated activities of this paper. Time-Phased Activities Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20Determine the Components of the Discussion TopicResearch each ComponentDetermine Parallel LogicDetermine Intersecting Logic of ComponentsComprise the Argument Figure 1 – Time-Phased Activities of Employed MethodologyHow Business WorksAt

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie L. Cutler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Computers in Education

Kolb's four-partexperiential learning framework. “Knowledge construction has four main phases according toKolb’s experiential learning theory (1984) including simulation, reflection, abstraction, andexperimentation”4 (pg. 283). According to Dhulla, Kolb’s ELT “The learning process oftenbegins with a person carrying out an action and seeing the effects of the action; the second step isto understand the effects of the action. The third step is to understand the action, and the last stepis to modify the action given a new situation”19 (p. 111). We then linked these steps to thecomponents of the course under investigation, as seen in Figure 1.According to Kolb17, “immediate or Concrete Experiences are the basis for observations andReflections. These

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

.4Approaches used to facilitate transfer of learning include the use of reflective writings,contextualization of learning experiences, and application of learning to real life.4 To make transferof learning explicit to students, instructors advise students to take courses in the appropriatesequence, emphasize in each course the material transferable to other courses, model transfer byinviting guest lecturers, develop students’ metacognitive skills, and reinforce concepts by usingthem often and in different contexts. However, regardless of the strategies used, transfer of learningdoes not occur automatically. Curriculum and course design should emphasize the connectionbetween courses to stimulate transfer.The primary strategy used at our institution to

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise H Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow

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First-Year Programs

Topics (learning objective) First half of semester Second half of semester Expectations Class Management (3,4) Introductions (1) Personal Development (3,5) Keys to Success (3) Diversity (7) Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry (3,4) Well-being (5,6) Engineering Profession (2) Design Project Planning (7) Learning and Teaching Styles (5) Teamwork (7) Career Fair (2,6) Design Project (7,8) Professors and Other Resources (6) Reflection Paper (2,3,4,5,6,7,8) Advising (3,6)The course began by providing supplemental instruction for

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Page 26.238.7assessment model tests students’ level of motivation based upon five recommended componentsthat an instructor should consider when designing instruction: eMpowerment, Usefulness,Success, Interest, and Caring. The assessment instruments are modified by changing thequestions to reflect the student’s use of OWLS according to the recommendations by Jones14 inorder to test specifically how use of the OWLS by engineering students impacts their motivationlevels. The questions based on the MUSIC model are being used in the spring 2015 assessments. Quantitative data and analysis (discussed later in the Data Analysis section) results instatistics that provide insights and answers to the research questions in this study. However

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Cirenza, Virginia Tech; Thomas E. Diller, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and thermocouples. [4] Step four involved the crux of the experiment. Some instructions for how they wereto use the data acquisition software were provided along with instructions for how to run theexperiment. The students were then asked to evaluate the results of their experiment by solvingfor certain variables using the data they collected and then answering the challenge questionposed to them at the start. Many of their results included graphs that they could both see in realtime and examine after the data was taken to assist them in understanding what was physicallyhappening. [5] Step five was for reflection and included questions asking about the concepts thatwere stressed during the workshop and was intended to gauge what

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melody Baglione, Cooper Union

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

) Platinumcertified academic building, shown in Fig. (1)a, as a context to explore applications of the theorystudents’ learn. Another goal is to provide opportunities for hands-on experimentation withsystems that reflect professional practice. To achieve these goals, the ME151 course wasredesigned to incorporate a significant laboratory component. 7 These laboratory sessions exposestudents to practical applications of process control using two educational rigs from FeedbackInstruments. A level-flow rig allows students to control the flow of water or the level of a tank,while a temperature rig, shown in Fig. 1(b), allows students to control temperature by actuatingservo valves that regulate primary and secondary flows through a heat exchanger. Using bothrigs

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian A., Stanford University; Ateeq Junaid Suria, Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Jonathan Summers

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

that they can use again and again on future projects. She also helps students answer these questions when she teaches some of these methods to engineering, design, business, and law students. Her courses use active storytelling and self-reflective observation as one form to help graduate students and leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a project- from the early, inspirational stages to prototyping, to prototyping some more - and to delivery. Barbara likes to paint pictures.Mr. Ateeq Junaid Suria, Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Ateeq Suria is currently a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in the Mechanical Engineering program at Stanford University located in Stanford, CA. He is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

experience,conceptualize, perceive, and understand various aspects of, and phenomena in, the world aroundthem.” Experiences and phenomena are perceived differently by each individual, sophenomenography seeks to describe the “collective human experience of phenomenaholistically” 29. Based in variation theory, phenomenographic studies result in the keycomponents that comprise the variation under investigation 25,30,31. These categories ofdescription “contain a variety of conceptions and thus indicate that there are differences in theways a phenomenon is understood” 32 and may be depicted as a taxonomy or hierarchy ofunderstanding. The categories of description do not represent the individual responses fromparticipants, but instead collectively reflect

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunter Bischof, University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz; Andreas Zwölfer, University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz; Domagoj Rubeša, University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Schuster1). Precollege characteristics - like high school grade pointaverages - as well as university entrance exams have, in general, turned out to be usefulpredictors of student retention.A prior investigation of the drop-out probability at the engineering department of ouruniversity (Andreeva-Moschen2) clearly showed that the university entry scores can be usedto identify groups of students at higher risk of failure. It also turned out that the probabilitydistribution for student drop-out depends on the type of high school the students graduatedfrom, namely secondary colleges of engineering or traditional high schools. Interestingly, theuniversity entry score distribution does not reflect any differences in this respect, which might

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Defne S. Apul, University of Toledo

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Civil Engineering

collaborative learning since student teams wererequired to make a presentation at each institution; therefore, teammates had to help teach acrossinstitutions to cover the content of the projects not taught in their respective courses. Studentperformance was assessed based on the quality of each deliverable, instructor reflection, anopinion survey, and a post-course assessment of student learning. The authors conclude the paperwith a discussion of the perceived benefits of the CICL approach and provide suggestions forfuture implementation.IntroductionEducators have been grappling with the challenges of integrating sustainability concepts andskills into engineering education1,2. Many reasons for the lack of progress have been offered,including

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Ochia P.E., Temple University

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Biomedical

turned in throughout the semester for instructor feedback prior to submission of entire written report and oral group presentation. 2) Response Papers were 1-page reports answering prompted questions based on readings of scientific reviews and primary scientific literature, popular science literature, videos, or podcasts on the topics of bioengineering. These assignments were used to assess Course Goal II. a. Students were exposed to other points of view on bioengineering outside of those presented by guest lecturers. They wrote weekly papers reflecting on how these topics can affect them and society. b. The materials were provided asynchronously via the