Conference Session

Educational Strategies in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

potential gap through extensiveinteraction between the Architectural Engineering (ARCE) and the Architecture (ARCH)Departments, two of five departments located within the college. The ARCE Department hastraditionally taught a sequence of five structural courses to ARCH students with the goal ofgiving them structural engineering skills so that in their careers as project leaders they will betterunderstand structural engineering systems and principles. With this ability they can betterproduce efficient integrated designs, collaborate effectively with their structural engineeringconsultants and lead more successful projects.Although the five course structural sequence has been comprehensive and has given theArchitecture students the skills needed to

Conference Session

Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Pradip Kumar Krishnadevarajan, Karpagam University

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Manufacturing

leadership skills inthe area of manufacturing with an emphasis on process and systems design, manufacturingoperations, maintenance, sales and service functions. Their curriculum also includes advancedskills like casting, forging, stamping, fabrication, plastics and CNC machining that are needed inthe industry6.Zargari et al7. present a survey of SME fellows regarding the curricular need for undergraduate(B.S.) manufacturing engineering technology program. Their findings show that MfgETcurriculum should include electrical/electronic technology, Manufacturing/Robotics Technology,Packaging Technology, Computer Technology, Design for Manufacturing and ArchitecturalDrafting7. Career opportunities for manufacturing ET graduates also include other areas

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina R Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University; Leigh Sharma; Jennifer Vandenbussche, Kennesaw State University; Valerie Washington, Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

[homework assignments] in this class this term? Yes No 2. On a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 represents not at all committed and 5 represents extremely committed, how committed are you to completing your [homework assignments] in this class this term? 1 2 3 4 5 3. Please take a moment and think about those assignments. a. What is the primary reason that you want to be successful on them? Be specific. (ex: It will help me in my future career; so I don’t fail the course) ______________________________________ b. Finally, write a statement of your goal for [the assignment] on the line below. Start

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, and to provide apreview of law school for students considering legal study. The course primarily covered the IPfields of trade secret protection, patents, and copyright. The course emphasized critical thinking,with the expectation that these skills would transfer to the students’ future learning and work,regardless of major or of career plans. In its current form (the course is being taught for a fourthtime in the spring of 2015), the course’s expected learning outcomes are • Knowledge and comprehension: Explain the purpose and scope of the U.S. Constitution patent and copyright clause, federal statutes on patent, copyright and trademark, and judicial decisions on intellectual property; explain the key concepts of non

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah

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Computers in Education

earlier in our students’ academic career bymaking complicated engineering theory more accessible. The resulting database of simulation usage data has been effective in detecting andresponding to usage patterns of successful and unsuccessful students, allowing for iterativedevelopment of educational material. For example, ensemble averages of mouse location forsuccessful and unsuccessful attempts in a spectrophotometer simulation revealed thatunsuccessful students did not understand the need to properly calibrate. Student study habits andproblem solving strategies also are evident in such data. Finally, we have found usage trackingdata to be effective in improving user experience; for example, we detected attempts to interactwith non

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Katherine C. Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

impression that engineering will be a rewarding career increased for all students (mean4.5 to 4.6), males (4.5 to 4.7), and URMs (4.4 to 4.7).Additional assessment results have been obtained for ESCAPE. In 2011 a matched sample gradeanalysis was performed for the 2008 entering cohort of attendees. These results are summarized inthe form of grade point averages and retention of participating students in subsequent semesters. Thesample analysis in Table 2 is interesting for two reasons. Women who attend the ESCAPE bridgeprogram are identified from a group at risk of leaving the College. The grade analysis indicates thatthey perform at least as well as women who do not attend and out-perform males.Table 2: ESCAPE Matched Sample Grade Analysis for 2008

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Whipple, Bishop Fox; Keith B Smith, Brigham Young University; Dale C Rowe, Brigham Young University; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University

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Electrical and Computer

help. This can createa situation where some students are unable to benefit from the advanced techniques andknowledge a teacher possesses.Limited Administrator Support and UnderstandingAnother obstacle that can come, often unexpectedly, is lack of department or school support, oreven opposition. This is often due to misinformation, confusion over terminology, or lack ofeducation on the subject of security and the need for InfoSec careers. Typically, these concernsrange from a benign concern about lack of research possibilities to outright mistrust of students’self-control or competence with dangerous knowledge or tools.Misused or Misdirected ToolsPerhaps the biggest danger to the institution as a whole is misused or misdirected tools. If a

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11195Capstone Design Assessment and Student MotivationDr. Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Kiefer has spent the past fourteen years teaching mechanical engineering at four institutions. As an exemplary teaching specialist in mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, Scott received the Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence, given to one faculty member in the College in Engineering for outstanding instructional performance. Scott specializes in machine design, vibrations and controls, and mechatronics. He started his career at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Clemencia M. Cosentino, Mathematica Policy Research; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-traditionalstudents participate in academic life differently and that these styles of engagement influenceattrition rates. Integrating findings from this project with an independent study of non-traditionalstudents will deepen our understanding of older students, only some of whom are transfers.Focus a current manuscript-in-progress on first-generation engineering transfer students and therole of two-year colleges in facilitating transitions to four-year institutions. First-generationstudents are more likely to begin their college careers at a two-year colleges and two-yearcolleges are an important source of engineering majors. This paper uses an asset-based approachand social capital theory to understand and explain academic persistence and student

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech; Kim Lester, Virginia Tech; Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine; Thomas Carl Long, Virginia Tech

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International

Virginia Tech alumnus and Boeing employee.Virginia Tech student delegates were selected by the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering facultyand were required to have completed the department’s two semester senior capstone designproject. Students from UCI were selected from an aerospace engineering student club, DesignBuild Fly (DBF) and also from a student satellite club, CubeSAT (SAT). The students chosenfrom DBF were participants of the 2013 AIAA Student DBF competition where they wereawarded first place. The students selected from SAT worked closely with the Boeing satellitedivision. Boeing provided programming addressing both the business and technical aspects of thecompany. These included a panel on career and leadership development, a

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University, School of Engineering Technology

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Engineering Technology

., O'Connor, T., McRuairc, G., McNamara, M. & O'Donnell, D. Critical thinking in the university curriculum–the impact on engineering education. European Journal of Engineering Education 37, 125-132 (2012).5 Claris, L. & Riley, D. Situation critical: critical theory and critical thinking in engineering education. Engineering Studies 4, 101-120 (2012).6 ABET. ABET Home Page, (2015).7 ABET. Engineering vs. Engineering Technology, (2013).8 Hart Research Associates. Falling Short? College Learning and Career Success. (2015).9 Downey, G. Are engineers losing control of technology?: From ‘problem solving’to ‘problem definition and solution’in engineering education. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 83

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University; Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

interviews taking place in the years following.For example, it was found that of the original 20 graduate students interviewed, only five weremaster’s degree candidates, which is not representative of the larger population in whichmaster’s students make up over 60% of the engineering and textiles graduate students. Toaddress this, five more master’s students were interviewed in the spring of 2012. An additionalthree PhD students offered to speak to us at that time, so they were interviewed as well. Deeperanalysis of the faculty interviews revealed early-career faculty as users that the library might beable to better support, and so additional interviews of faculty in this category were conducted inthe spring of 2013 to acquire more data from this

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University; Melani I. Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

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New Engineering Educators

Conference Session

A Virtual Community of Practice for Developing and Implementing Evidence-based Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Brittany Nelson-Cheeseman, School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas; Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Joseph De-Chung Shih, Stanford University; Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Richard E Eitel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE)

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Chemical Engineering, Materials

innovations and research-based instructional strategies, 1, 2, 3, 4yet most engineering faculty continue to rely on traditional methods of delivery in their courses. Over a decade ago, Felder et al.5 explained that the gap between the current state ofknowledge and the practice results are due to the perception and reality that good teaching is notvalued in terms of career advancement. The authors made a compelling case for the need to cre-ate a positive campus climate for good teaching. Further research has shown that many facultywho attempt to implement research-based instructional practices (RBIS) stop using them whenthey encounter challenges or barriers.2 These include lack of class time, lack of instructor time,lack of rewards or recognition

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow

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International

as soon as they begin their academic careers andthe UoG staff can introduce its pedagogical approach to the students as well as to the UESTC staffinvolved in the Joint School. It has also meant that UoG teaching and administration staff havebeen actively involved in the day-to-day evolution of the Joint School from the day the JointSchool opened. With the enrollment of the second cohort of students, the Joint School has a totalof 379 students and 24 academic and administrative staff members – 21 employed by UESTC and3 employed by UoG.Advertisements of the UoG staff positions to support the UoG-UESTC Joint School were posted Page

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

involved in providing engineeringservices to communities who are in needs. Firstly, the benefit is for the community that is servedby students, and secondly, students are encouraged to connect and reflect how their educationconnects to their professional career. Through the experience students feel better about theiractions and understand the need and therefore the impact engineers have on a community. Thisencourages them to learn more about their chosen profession, and feel more confident about theirachievements. Also, students have a chance to practice and apply what they learn in class in areal project where they are exposed to the results of their design. The positive side of the servicelearning is at the end, the students are giving back to

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Schuhmann, The Landing School; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffrey G. Soper, Montreux School of Business; Donald H. Horner Jr., Jacksonville University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Program approaches its 20th anniversary, retrospection, insight, and application of lessonslearned to formulate a vision of the future are appropriate. The past and current directors of theProgram have gathered together to create a joint retrospective. This retrospective is stronglyinfluenced by the authors personal experiences both in and outside of the classroom, paperspublished by the collective authors through the years, extensive reviews of current student Page 26.633.2learning through pre/post course surveys6 and discussions with graduates that considered boththe career impact of the Program as well as views of the strengths and areas where

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy; Ross A. Lee, Villanova University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

by peers and superiors, • anxiety regarding external motivators of grades, pay and future career opportunities, • anxiety regarding criticism of one’s mastery, • acceptance or rejection of critical comments that may improve the project results and team success. The net result of the interacting emotions may be anything from a meltdown of the engineer’s confidence (and concomitant drop in innovation-related competencies) to a team experience that improves the product, learns about the product/customer domain and builds team esprit de corps (and builds innovation-related competencies of individuals). These outcomes depend on many things including the dynamics of the design review and tone and content of

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward J. Berger, Purdue University; Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; Julie Innes Caruccio, University of Virginia

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

for academicreasons, in a manner consistent with the stated academic standards and policies of the school. Inthose cases, we use the date their graduation was expected before expulsion.We examine interior metrics derived from the master dataset as follows. We used the actual orexpected graduation data, plus our data of when we were in contact with students, to establish thesemester of first contact. This parameter establishes when in their academic career they firstneeded our help. We also compile academic outcome data by cohort, in order to examine howdifferent cohorts respond to the services we provided under the two different organizationalmodels described here. We examine the data by both gender and race. Finally, we parse the databy

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA – including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Di- vision. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initiatives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education). As ASCE’s Executive Vice President, Dr. Lenox led several educational and professional career-development projects for the civil engineering profession – with the overall objective of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Kylie Hensley, SUSTAIN SLO; Rachel Pittman; Jada Golland, SUSTAIN SLO

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Olina Wisniewski, Northeastern University ; Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University ; Kristen Barbara Coletti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

University. She received her BS in Chemical Engineer- ing in 2014 and was involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program for over 5 years. Kristen is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, while working full time as an engineer in the Edison Engineering Development Program at GE Power & Water.Dr. Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University Paul A. DiMilla is an Associate Academic Specialist in Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Chemi- cal Engineering at Northeastern University. During his academic career at Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University, and Olin College he has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the BMES, a Searle

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Brady J. Gibbons, Oregon State University

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Materials

Reflectionsn (instructors) = 4 and n (students) =140 INTEREST/ATTAINMENT VALUE Agree Disagree motivated me to do well in the course 59% 41% was an effective way to increase engagement 79% 20% helped me better understand my own learning 69% 31% increased my level of responsibility 59% 41%UTILITY VALUE Agree Disagreewill be of value after graduation 81% 19%was useful in career and/or

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

paper has focused on the pedagogical implications of us-ing the PAC to teach engineers to think like intrepreneurs. The short-term value of teaching withthe PAC is to highlight how decisions are made in the complex and rapidly changing environmentwithin a company. The long-term value is to develop habits of mind and action that will enablethem to make impactful contributions throughout their careers.8 AcknowledgementsThe author would like to thank the members of the Bucknell Biomedical Engineering Department,The Small Business Development Center at Bucknell University, Chris Sullivan, Charles Kim andSteve Shooter for their helpful conversations and comments.References [1] Henry Petroski, Henry Petroski, and Henry Petroski. To engineer is

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

sometimes when I'm like I can't believe I suck at math, like why?” (1stinterview), “I guess career-wise maybe so I'm not very strong at math” (2nd interview), and thefollowing passage from the 3rd interview: I realized, like, one: I sucked at (ooh… gosh...). Um, you're probably gonna be sick of hearing me talk after this!... S: No no... R: 1- I suck at math. S: Ok... Page 26.1582.6 R: I don't suck, I was, was pretty weak at math. I didn't have natural. My sister has a lot more aptitude for learning math.The repetition of this theme, in both 1st and 2nd person speech, suggests that this is a

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Jean Lapaix, Florida Atlantic University; Charles Perry Weinthal; Don Ploger, Florida Atlantic University; Malissa Augustin, Florida Atlantic University; Santiago Aguerrevere

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Mathematics

interest in pursuing in college and as a career. But there is adichotomy - mathematics is a precise science, and any problem solving engineering paradigmprovides an optimal (or near optimal) solution. Anyone with an engineering perspective learns toappreciate this and continue to combine the two skills advantageously. However, not all studentssignificantly develop this skill when learning math in their curriculum as they may not see theconnection between the theoretical concepts in the subject and the practical problems associatedwith STEM fields. This lack of a connection could negatively affect the students’ performanceand interest in STEM. Our initial focus was to develop the robot as a tool for problem solving 1-3.We also made sure that it is

Conference Session

Working in Teams: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

continuesto develop expertise.We now turn to Coral and her lack of a shift toward greater access to programming. In Coral’spre interview, she already expressed a strong sense of what career she wants to pursue. Shedescribed wanting to be a mechanical engineer and having attended other camps related toengineering. Coral also identifies herself as a builder, and on her school’s robotics team, shefeels more competent building rather than programming. To her, a lack of background orcoursework in programming prevents her from taking on a programming role, and she says shewould be able to program after taking a formal class.By the mid-camp interview, we don't see much of a shift in access. She describes the Arduinocomponent as “brushing up on skills” and

Conference Session

Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Lynne Morazes, Brandeis University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

departure for making better informed decisions about the allocation of resources, educationalprogramming and support systems for first-generation Latina students in STEM professions. Thisresearch can begin discussion on the formulation of best practices about how to improveretention, achievement, undergraduate graduation rates, and career preparation of first-generationLatinas in engineering. This research may elucidates some of the reasons why Latinas chooseengineering in college and why they continue in engineering using Achievement Goal Theory(AGT) as the theoretical framework. Page 26.1291.8Research QuestionsIn this paper, we used the lens of

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

of numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American So- ciety of Engineering Education, holds membership in a number of organizations and presently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers. Page 26.1304.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Reaching Out to the Masses: Building Literacy About Engineering Amongst Non-Engineering StudentsEngineering literacy gained initial

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah; Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

havebroadened. The prototyping, teamwork, communication, and data-analysis skills that studentshave gained early in the curriculum have also greatly increased the value of our freshmen tofaculty research programs and others who hire our students as interns.Introduction Intellectual creativity, experimentation and active inquiry are at the heart of a rewardingengineering career, but often this fact is obscured during the early years of a chemical Page 26.1337.2engineering education. Teaching methods that promote such qualities in the classroom may notonly be more authentic; they have been shown to correspond with significant gains in studentlearning