Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

. Page 26.1465.6Table 3 Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels of Cognitive Achievement for Course Objectives Focusing on Leadership Development Course Leader Com. Com. Com. Bus Team Self-dir. Public Project No. Course Goals ship Ethics Graph Oral Write Policy work Learning Policy Man. CIVL 317 7 - attitudes supportive of PE practice 2 CIVL 317 8 - leadership principles 2 CIVL 103 2 - ethical cannons, licensure 1 CIVL 205 4 - surveying ethical responsibilities 1 CIVL 210 3 - software ethics 3 CIVL 235

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, resume writing, dress for success, business etiquette) • Learn how to speak professionally and with good diction • Social events to network with other IBE studentsThere exist no formal cohort courses in spring semester of sophomore and junior years. As aresult of requested feedback from the first cohort, extracurricular professional developmentactivities have been added to the spring semesters. A leadership group of IBE students isresponsible for planning, coordinating, and executing various professional development activitiesduring the spring semesters. A summary of the survey results showing student suggestions isincluded in Table 1.The IBE First-Year Cornerstone. Of particular interest relative to achieving the learningoutcomes

Conference Session

Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kristina M. Wagstrom, University of Connecticut; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands-on learn- ing. As a volunteer for Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, Luchini-Colbry facilitates interactive seminars on interpersonal communications and problem solving skills for engineering students across the U.S.Dr

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, United States Air Force Test Pilot School

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Diversity

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Aerospace

adopt principles only after they have been vetted within their peer group. 14‘The instructor’s role is no longer that of a teacher, but more a facilitator. Guidance for methodsof facilitation can be found outside of traditional academia in programs that are designed to buildhigh performance teams. Rohnke and Butler state that “the leader/facilitator doesn’t provide allthe answers to the group; primarily the participants learn from each other.” 15 The authors go on tocontrast leading versus facilitating by stating “leading the group – helping them to learn – orfacilitating – helping them to learn from each other.” 15Role-based learning also lends itself well into integration with problem based learning. Byintroducing students to an environment

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Design in Engineering Education

meeting and write an agenda on the white board.Accepting that is up to the FA.If you would like to complete a record of each meeting, a Meeting Log Sheet is provided in the Appendixof this handbook [Available from the author by request]. If you elect to use the Meeting Log Sheet, youmight consider sharing the sheet with the team. You could also keep copies to help in your team memberperformance evaluations during the semester. Page 26.323.9Appendix ACapstone ContentClass time is scheduled each Tuesday of the semester. First Semester Capstone content covers designmethods and some professionalism materials. The latter seeks to prepare

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students' Beliefs, Motivation, and Self-efficacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, West Virginia University; Dustin Drake, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - Teacher Education and Leadership

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

before theproject, but used no gendered terms after the project, or included the term “she” when referringto engineers. For example, Sara described an engineer with the following words: I feel like she would try any material she thinks would work. She would also test it out a lot. She would write a lot of notes, so when other people look at her experiments or when she tries to show it to someone, she could show she did trial and error. And be like “This is why this is the best one I did, this is why I think it’s a better material to use.”Sara changed her perception of engineering as being male-oriented to a field were females arealso active participants. Her perception of engineering included activities where women

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farah I. Jibril, Qatar University ; Bassnt Mohamed Yasser, Qatar University; Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University; Mazen O. Hasna, Qatar University; Mohieddine A. Benammar, Qatar University; Saud A. Ghani, Qatar University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

instruments (HPLC, UV,TOC,GC, KF—etc.) and also monitoring drug shelf life through both accelerated and shelf life stability programs. After which started at GlaxoSmithKline Beecham Egypt in which i was a laboratory senior analyst an- alyzing all dosage forms as finished products dealing with all laboratory instruments with very good experience on HPLC and GC in addition of GLP and GMP knowledge, SOP writing and audits carry out internally then i was promoted to a section head of validation and quality assurance for the pharmaceuti- cal industry for both Lactam and non-Lactam areas in which i was responsible for sterile and non-sterile areas qualification, validation and periodic verification dealing with process

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs for K-12 Teachers.

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati; Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for total number of comments written, teachers can write no comments or more than one comment) Teachers have gained experience 23 22% EDP & Poster related workshops/seminars 22 21% All Aspects of the Summer Program 18 17% Resource Team Support Given During Development, Revision, Implementation, and Review of the Units 16 15% Technology, Supplies & Materials Provided through the Project 7 7% Topic or Nature of the Unit Ideas and

Conference Session

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

andClaudia) run away from home and hide out in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NewYork City (museum). While they are there, they encounter all sorts of problems (e.g.,running out of food and money, finding a place to sleep at night), and eventually have tosolve a mystery.In this classroom, the teacher, Ms. M., had read over half of the story aloud to the classbefore stopping to do an engineering activity. As Ms. M. read the story in the weeksprior, she had her students reflect on the problems the main characters were facing andcollectively list the problems on a large piece of chart paper in the front of the classroom.She then had students write down the problems they wanted to solve as engineers for thecharacters, and grouped the students based

Conference Session

Discussions on Research Methodology: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado Boulder; Frederick A. Peck, University of Colorado; Julie Cafarella, University of Colorado, Boulder; Carlye Anne Lauff, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Mark Rentschler, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jenna McWilliams, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

DepoliticizationA number of authors have argued for the value of understanding the discipline andprofession of engineering as a culture4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Cech,2 expressing this perspective,writes: Engineering, like other professions, is not just a collection of knowledge, skills, and practices grouped into a set of jobs. Professions have rich and historically- rooted cultures that are built into and around their knowledge, skills, and practices. Professional cultures are the sets of beliefs, myths, and rituals that give meaning to the intellectual content and practices of a profession. (p. 69)Cech goes on to argue that integral to engineering culture are its “cultural ideologies,”that is, “ways of understanding society and

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow

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International

for their equivalent degree programs where theprogramme aims are equivalent to program educational objectives (equivalent to ABET Criterion2) and the intended learning outcomes are similar to student outcomes (equivalent to ABETCriterion 3)6.There are several major differences in the courses required for graduation at the University of Page 26.153.3Glasgow and other universities in the United Kingdom as compared to in the United States. First,there are no required liberal arts courses. Lectures may touch on issues related to proper formatsand writing styles for laboratory report and technical paper, examples of such documents maybe

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Methods MAutoethn nographyAutoethn nography (a combination n of autobiog graphy and eethnography) is a qualitaative approacch toresearch and writing that “seeks to t describe anda systemattically analyyze personal experience iin [10]order to understand u cultural c expeerience” . In this papeer we use auttoethnographhic techniquues tosituate Michael’s M periences as a freshman engineering student in thhe context oof engineerinng expprogramss that, we arg gue, are in tu urn nested within w and coonnected

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; Eric Musselman P.E., Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

means of feedback, but activities inside the classroom werestructured in a very passive learning format. Most class meetings consisted of a PowerPointbased lecture, perhaps including an example problem that was pre-solved and included in thelecture slides. Students were assigned homework problems and if they ran into difficulty theywould have to seek out help from the instructor outside of class or from their peers. In the end,the instructor felt that students were learning the material because the course was well organizedand the lecture notes were thorough, but that with more engagement inside the classroomstudents could learn more efficiently and more effectively for the long term.At the time the instructor considered changing the course to

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Scott Pettit, Abilene Christian University; John D. Homer, Abilene Christian University ; Kayla Michelle McMurry, Abilene Christian University; Nevan Simone, Abilene Christian University; Susan A. Mengel, Texas Tech University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

theUniversity of Nottingham.70 CourseMarker improved grades after the parameters for assignmentswere tweaked in response to early results. From 1998–2001 and 1999–2002 respectively, theoverall percentage of students passing first- and second-level programming rose. The authors donot provide specific numbers, but they clearly correlate student improvement to CourseMarkerwhen they write, “The ratio of student passes to failures is very high, and has improved with theevolution of CourseMarker and the support provided by the system.”In 2005, Kumar showed learning improvement with an automated tutor aimed at testing staticand dynamic scoping concepts in a programming languages course.71 The author’s experimentconsisted of a pre-test and post-test given

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

• the sharing of best practices in the content, teaching, certifications, articulation and career pathways for renewable energy technicians among participants and with their international peers • the use of an online learning collaborative site for knowledge-building activities and to share and disseminate curricula and other learning materialsGermany in particular presented an interesting case. The German Energiewende – or “energytransition” – is an on-going, nationally coordinated, comprehensive undertaking that has twofundamental drivers: the development and deployment of renewable energy sources and anincreased and widespread implementation of energy efficiency measures, all of which isoccurring in a relatively

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline Community College; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Kristine R. Csavina, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Douglas Karl Faust, Seattle Central College; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

have been intended by the educator and looking to what is experienced by students.Brookfield further suggests that the accumulated result of such analyses can be the uncovering ofassumptions about teaching and students that may be limiting an effective stance on power in theclassroom. An emphasis is placed on the value of viewing practice from different perspectives inorder to become more aware of one’s own assumptions. Value is given to (1) usingautobiography in general and techniques such as peer review, videotaping, and ideologicalcritique; (2) having conversations; and (3) looking at activity through theory. Brookfieldemphasizes across these techniques the responsibility of educators to generate from his or herown teaching practice the

Conference Session

Best Papers in K-12 / Pre-college Division

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

courses, and has developed engineering education courses for middle school pre-service teachers and practicing ele- mentary teachers. She has provided science and engineering professional development (PD) to multiple schools and school systems in Maryland, and has significantly contributed to the writing of many inte- grated STEM units of instruction used by teachers and school systems. Her research has examined factors that support and those that hinder elementary teachers as they learn to teach engineering, and currently focuses on how children and teachers learn to engineer and in the process, learn to fail and productively persist. She currently serves as the Chair-Elect of the K-12 and Pre-College Division of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Tom Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Nicholas Langhoff, Cañada College; Eva Schiorring, EduData4Action

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”4 However, subsequent meta-analysis argued that the report does not pertain tofully online, semester-length college courses.25 Indeed, as compared to the traditional face-to-face environment, some evidence suggests that not all learners do as well in fully online courses.Using course grade and course completion as dependent variables, a study based on researchconducted at community and technical colleges across the state of Washington (on 500,000course enrollments and 41,000 students) found that in aggregate online students performed worsethan their peers, with some student groups—especially males, younger students, students withlower levels

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Shannon Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Laurie Moore, National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter); Emanuel Costache, SageFox Consulting Group; Andreea Mihaela Fintoc; Qu Jin, Stanford University; Calvin Ling, Stanford University; Florian Michael Lintl, Stanford University; Leticia C. Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford University; Humera Fasihuddin, VentureWell; Anna K Breed

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

infusion of innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) into undergraduateengineering education.1 Epicenter’s mission is to develop programs and initiatives thatempower U.S. undergraduate engineering students to bring their ideas to life for the benefit ofour economy and society. To do this, Epicenter helps undergraduate engineers connect theirtechnical skills with the ability to develop innovative technologies that solve importantproblems, while fostering an entrepreneurial mindset and skillset. Epicenter’s three coreinitiatives focus on students, faculty, and research.Students: The University Innovation Fellows ProgramThe University Innovation Fellows (UIF) program for undergraduate engineering students andtheir peers gives students the training

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen M Clapper Bergsman, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington; Laura J Collins, Center for Research and Learning; Jill Lynn Weber, The Center for Research and Learning; Lise Johnson, The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, research posters, and research articles. YSP participants were challenged to read journal articles, collaboratively write a scientific article based on a group experiment (making ice cream without an ice cream maker), as well as prepare an abstract, poster, and talk focused on their own research project. In addition to the weekly communication course, participants from all of the Center’s summer research programs—including YSP students—attended a weekly seminar series. Topics varied slightly from year to year. For example, the summer 2014 seminar series included the following topics: responsible conduct of research, ethics of animal research, neuroethics, industry, communicating to lay audiences, and applying to graduate school. In 2014, a new

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Charles Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Erin McCave, Clemson University; Svetlana V. Levonisova, University of Southern California; Rachel Elizabeth Savage; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

extensive international experience background best exemplified this: … sometimes that need for authenticity, puts you in some awkward and culturally inappropriate situations. But there is something to be said about trying to just not be a tourist, and I think the experiences that I’ve had [were more authentic]. And when you’ve lived in a place for six Page 26.186.15 months, you’re not just a tourist anymore.Other students underscored the lack of local interaction that their peers had while on the sameinternational experience. For example, a high scoring student said, I know people that have done programs where

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Dan Ewert

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

students to build on their strengths andovercome their weaknesses as they navigate their education.13A guiding principle for the IRE model is that students own the responsibility for their learning.At the beginning of each project cycle, students identify which outcomes will be addressedduring the project. Working with faculty, they determine which learning modes will be appliedand determine what types of evidence they will need to acquire in order to demonstrate outcomeattainment by the end of the project cycle. Learning activities include planning, resourceidentification, self-directed knowledge acquisition, peer conversation, help-seeking, reflection,and evaluation.15 Each project cycle concludes with the presentation of two reports: a

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

the University of South Australia,for example, a large new learning space called “Experience 1 Studio” opened in 2009 to helpstudents adapt to university life, develop peer networks, benefit from collaborative learning, andengage with their studies.8 In fact, this learning space was shown to help students transition tocollege, especially women and minorities. Page 26.1189.3In 2000, the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame opened a 4,000 ft2 $1million Engineering Learning Center to support first year courses with an enrollment of 300-400students each semester.9 The Center includes flexible project-team work areas with

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Richards, BYU; Joseph J Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

objectwas different for each individual. These people may talk for a long time about blue objects,thinking that they are discussing the same blue object, before they realize that one means a bluestar-shaped object, one means a blue triangle-shaped object, and one means a blue diamond-shaped object.An IT professional named “Bob” is instructed to develop software for the military. The softwareis intended to support the action of “securing” headquarters. • For the Navy, Bob needs to write financial support software that would enable them to issue a purchase order for the building • For the Air Force, Bob creates software that automatically locks the doors and switches on the alarm system. • For the Army, Bob needs to develop a program

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Susan E. Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University

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Mathematics

facilitated by lead instructor and peer learning assistant. - Additional and more involved weekly work with written feedback.The redesigned course was effective, but it was only one section of approximately a dozen taughteach semester. Its impact on student success was therefore muted, and, because it was limited toa single faculty member, any benefits were not institutionalized. In parallel with this focus on calculus content, we had begun engaging STEM faculty to considercourse design and evidence based instructional practices. This engagement was done primarilythrough a faculty learning communities (FLCs) strategy. An FLC is a type of community ofpractice in which a group of 8-10 faculty “engage in an active, collaborative, yearlong program

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin M. Gray, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

context.While one participant was walking through the user story of their partner’s concept, the otherparticipant was given Post-It notes to write down issues or questions that arose. These wereexplained to the participant as “parts of the concept that were confusing or strange, that somehowseemed inappropriate to the user, or didn’t work correctly.”2. Listing and grouping concernsAfter the user story, the concerns that were noted were shared with the other participant, and anyadditional concerns were added onto new Post-It notes. The participants were then asked to sortthese concerns as they applied to the five properties of a concept, identified above (i.e., form,function, temporal, use/user, and system). A brief definition of each property (Table 2

Conference Session

Discussions on Research Methodology: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogota, Colombia; Mariana Tafur-Arciniegas P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

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

the design process and 15% on the performance of theprototype (performance specifications and design constraints are provided to each team as is therubric that will be used to evaluate the performance). Each student completes a confidential peerevaluation of the team members at the end of the project. Individual student grades are acombination of the team grade (75%) and an individual grade based on the logbook (5%) and theconfidential peer evaluations (20%). The design project task is necessarily simple as there is nolab component of the course and students complete the project primarily outside of class.“Real-world” examplesAs noted, one of the objectives of the course design is to enable first year engineering students tobecome engaged

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E. Foor, University of Oklahoma; Rui Pan, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

competitions. We found differences between the teams in recruiting,team structure and organization, student leadership, faculty advisors, expectations forcommitment, integration into academic structure (capstone), and focus on competition success.In spite of the differences in team organization and goals, both teams missed opportunities forstudents to acquire and practice important professional skills. Neither team providedopportunities for formal learning about leadership and management, nor experience andmentorship for working with a diverse group of peers (e.g. diversity from race, gender, socio-economic status, or major discipline). The most egregious missed opportunity within these teamswas, and is for many teams, the vast number of students who

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Jansen Perry, Baylor University; Emily M Hunter, Baylor University; Steven C. Currall, University of California, Davis; Ed Frauenheim, The Great Place to Work Institute

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Engineering Management

Page 26.1211.21partnership involving Georgia Tech and Emory University. In 2012, U.S. News & World Reportranked the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs second in the nation inbiomedical engineering. Finally, research leaders who purposely cultivate relationships between universities andgovernment entities may realize more innovation success. Partnerships with government officialsresponsible for writing funding solicitations may inform the direction of solicitations andincrease chances of winning the funding. University and industry leaders can alert governmentofficials of the most pressing needs for research, beyond selfish political lobbying. Researchleaders can also benefit from fostering a university‒government