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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Gordon, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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, New York NY, 1998.5. Canham, M. S., Wiley, J. and Mayer, R. E. (2012), When Diversity in Training Improves Dyadic Problem Solving. Appl. Cognit. Psychol., 26: 421–4306. Wiley, J., et al. "The power of three: Why the third person matters." Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA. 2009.7. Hestenes, D., Wells, M., & Swackhamer, G. (1992). Force concept inventory. The Physics Teacher, 30(3), 141- 158.8. Cummings, Marx, Thornton, & Kuhl, Evaluating innovation in studio physics. Am. J. Phys. Supp. 1999. Page 26.117.7

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Rachel Roberts, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle

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students were electrical engineers and twowere mechanical engineers. No students participated both in an interview and a focus group.Demographics by major and population for each interview and focus group are summarized inTable 1.Table 1: Demographics of Student Participants in Interviews and Focus GroupsParticipant Pool Major(s) N Ethnicity Gender Applied Math (1)Focus Group Asian (3) Male (5) BioEngineering (1) 6Sensor Systems Caucasian (3) Female (1) Electrical Engineering (4)Focus Group

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Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

responsecurves for the circulating bath, jacket, and reactor and the integral absolute error (IAE) providinga measure of the deviation of the process temperature from the set point. ∞ 𝐼𝐴𝐸 = ∫0 |𝐸(𝑡)|𝑑𝑡 (2)A typical response curve is shown in Figure 3. T (K) Time (s)Figure 3. Temperature (K) in the reactor (blue), bath (green) and hose (magenta) as a function oftime in seconds. Set point temperature is in red. Page 26.130.4Student ExperienceSome students may have encountered

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International Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow

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International

the grades that studentswho have resubmitted work that contributes to the recalculation of their final grade in thecourse, including the resit of the final exam.Once the Resit Boards have met, the progression rules are applied to determine which studentshave made adequate academic progress and will be allowed to enrol in the courses for the nextyear of the programme. These students may include some who failed to achieve satisfactorygrades, i.e., a grade of less than a D3 (D-), in one or more courses. In such a case, the student isrequired to resit some or all assessed components of the course(s) in which he or she has receivedfailing grades before the completion of the next academic year. Failure to pass the course(s) afterthe second resit

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Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

further actions. Reflection on experience was framed as an intentional and dialectical thinking process where a student revisited features of an experience and used one or more lenses in order to assign meaning(s) to the experience that guided future action.28 From this standpoint, reflection the students had before, during, and after the international experience were analyzed. Reflection that occurred during the interview itself did not qualify as ‘Reflection’, as the nature of the interview was to engage the students to reflect on their experiences. Thus coding this way would have been unnecessary and uninformative. 6. Inductive – refers to codes that emerged from out of the interview data, not included in the

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ECCD Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint; Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

M., 2006. Characteristics of a highly efficient propeller type small wind turbine with diffuser. Renewable Energy; 31: 1343-13549. Yuji O., Takashi K, Akira S., Ken-ichi A. & Masahiro I., 2008. Development of a shrouded wind turbine with a flanged diffuser. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics; 96: 524-53910. Wunderground, (2015). Weather history channel. www.wunderground.com Page 26.447.8

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Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory A Cooper, United States Air Force Academy; Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force Academy, Department of Engineering Mechanics; Chad Bruce; Sarah Galyon Dorman; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kevin Otto; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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Design in Engineering Education

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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International

strategic plan2 was developed to guide UDCI ’s direction and growth, with amission encompassing areas of research, facilities and programs for UD students to study inChina, developing partnerships with industry, continuing and professional developmentopportunities for industry, providing R&D expertise to companies through sponsored research,contracts, and student projects, and recruiting, both bringing students to UD, and assistingcompanies to cultivate talent for employment.The Memorandum of UnderstandingThe Memorandum of Understanding3 (MOU) between UDCI and its industry partnersestablishes a foundation from which relationships can grow. This non-binding agreementindicates the roles and responsibility of each entity. The details and

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baha Jassemnejad, Federal Aviation Administration-CNI Airway Syatems Engineering Organization; Igor Ilic, University of Central Oklahoma; Jonathan Ryan Adams; Neil Peery, CNI Aviation

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Instrumentation

order to leave this option, anopen ended and template-oriented design had to be kept in mind when designing the algorithm.To achieve this functionality, there were some key points that needed to be accomplished for the Page 26.525.12success of the project:  Configuration file(s) for different system parameters  Program templates for future functionalities expansion  Niceties for industry end userHaving a configuration file is important for the robustness of the algorithm. In designing a largeswitch matrix tailored for the specific needs of the end user, there are many parameters that needto be accounted for. A configuration file

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Franz J. Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

trend, with design students in the minority. Futurework will focus on the suitability of this class for non-design majors and mixed groups. Thiscourse is certainly a work in progress, now offered for its third semester. As WIT continues towork toward interdisciplinary, project-based curricula, Conceptual Physics will undergo its ownprocess of testing and refinement to better meet the needs of our students.References[1] Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Elliot Soloway, Ronald W. Marx, Joseph S. Krajcik, Mark Guzdial,and Annemarie Palincsar, “Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing,Supporting the Learning” Educational Phycologist, 26, 369-398[2] David R. Sokoloff, Ronald K. Thornton and Priscilla W. Laws, “RealTime Physics: ActiveLearning

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.7. Orr, M. K., Ohland, M. W., Long, R. A., Brawner, C. E., Lord, S. M., and Layton, R. A. (2012). Engineering matriculation paths: Outcomes of direct matriculation, first-year engineering, and post-general education models. Frontiers in Education Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.8. McLoughlin, L. A. (2009). Success, Recruitment, and Retention of Academically Elite Women Students without STEM Backgrounds in US Undergraduate Engineering. Engineering Studies 1, no. 2: 151-168.9. Valian, V. (1999). Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press10. Slaton, A. E. (2010). Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line

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Project-based Learning in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Agriculture’s 1890 CapacityBuilding Program awards # 2010-38821-21461 and # 2012-38821-20016. Opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the USDA NIFA.References[1] http://www.techopedia.com/definition/25651/wireless-sensor-network-wsn[2] D. Estrin, R. Govindan, J. Heidemann, and S. Kumar, B Next century challenges: Scalable coordination in sensor networks, inProc. 5thAnnu. ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. Mobile Comput. Netw., 1999, pp. 263–270[3] http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/sosus.htm[4] http://www.ni.com/[5] https://www.google.com/maps

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

toward the task(Pintrich and Schunk, 2002).” (Carberry A. H.-S., 2010)The implication of this research for engineering educators is that as students develop theircompetence for an engineering task, they are better able to perform that task . . . leading tohigher confidence/self-efficacy . . . leading to willingness to take on more complex, challengingtasks . . . leading to intrinsic motivation and learning of competence . . . and onward in a spiralupward of parallel increases in confidence and competence, leading to engineering mastery(Figure 1). Page 26.970.5

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Engineering Laboratory Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Norman Love, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 26.978.2 student centered teachingThe most commonly prevailing model in engineering education, being practiced from 1950’s, isthe large student in-class lecture delivery system. This norm particularly involves a lecturer’sdiscretion on how a class is organized along with how the student interactions in a class takeplace. The interactions here are defined by a debate, student to student discussion, student tolecturer discussion and so forth 3. Such interactions play an important role in quantifying &analyzing if the goal of improving a student’s knowledge is achieved. Over the past few years,current trends are being observed in stimulating various interaction patterns among students andlecturers in an educational setting

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy L.J. Ferris, School of Engineering, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Fanny Camelia, University of South Australia

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Systems Engineering

are often regarded as only being observable through long-term evidence and not amenable to assessment during the program of study [28].This idea of the place and nature of the affective domain in education programs has a longhistory. Schmidt [29] refers to the idea in the mid 1970’s but only as an author making use anexisting idea. In addition, this perspective, that affective domain development in relation to thecognitive material which is learned, that we are pursuing in systems engineering is a perspectivewhich has a long tradition in both theological education and military academies, where theobjective is to develop people who will behave rightly, not just people who know how to behaverightly. Research about education aimed to

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Eco-Car Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn Waterman

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Eco-Car Poster Session

://www.fastcompany.com/3016031/leadership-now/are-you-an-introvert-or-an-extrovert-and-what-it-means-for-your-career2 Brothete, Antonie. (2011, September) chrome- http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199828340/obo-9780199828340-0120.xml3 Clark, S., Whittall, A. (2003, August 17). Performance management develops productivity. Winnipeg Sun.Retrieved from http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document4 Craston, David (2014) http://www.projectinsight.net/project-management-basics/basic-project-management-phases5 Jhonson, Brandon (2012) Scholarly Pub, Inc.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S02724944009018896 Prelude Consulting (2014) http://www.preludecharacteranalysis.com/extravert-vs-introvert

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Curricular and Non-curricular Models for Diverse Learners in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

draw a scatter diagram and determine the sinusoidal function of best fit. Finally, studentsuse their model to answer various questions concerning the length of the day at a particular timeof the year.These projects progress were presented on the weekly meeting by each group. The final projectresults were presented and evaluated on the end-of-project conference. Each group alsosubmitted a project report. The first place team was recognized on the ceremony and awarded$500 scholarship to each team member if s/he retain or transfer to TAMU-K engineeringprogram. The scholarship was provided by the TAMU-K engineering student success center.Activity objective 4: Track and monitor progress of faculty and students who participatedin SRP.Pre and Post

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Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard K. Grenville, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions Ltd.

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Chemical Engineering

, June 2010.3. Grenville, R. K. & A.W. Nienow, “Mixing of Miscible Fluids”, In NAMF Handbook of Industrial Mixing, (E. L. Paul, V. A. Atiemo-Obeng and S. A. Kresta eds.), Wiley, NY, 2004. Page 26.1158.7Figure 1: Vessel, baffles, motor and speed controllerFigure 2a: Narrow blade hydrofoil Figure 2b: Wide blade hydrofoilFigure 2c: Pitched blade turbine Figure 2d: Rushton turbine Page 26.1158.8Figure 3: Conductivity versus time for blend time measurement

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Online Teaching

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Computers in Education

workThis paper demonstrates that it is possible for a public PUI to develop and deliver a successfulMOOC for relatively low cost using local resources. For this plan to be replicated at other publicPUIs, the instructor(s) must be willing to be only partially compensated for their time; theSummer 2012 workshop stipend and six units of release time received by the lead authorrepresents a fraction of the total time put into the creation of the hybrid course and MOOC. AMOOC developed using the model discussed in this paper would have to be a “labor of love.”While this may turn off many faculty members from creating their own MOOC, the lead authorexperienced a tremendous amount of personal satisfaction from helping hundreds of peoplearound the world

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, pp. 52-64, Mar 2010.7. Kroposki, B.; Lasseter, R.; et al, "Making Microgrids Work", IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, pp. 41-53, May/Jun 2008.8. Ipakchi, A.; and Albuyeh, F., "Grid of the Future", IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, pp.52-62, Mar/Apr 2009.9. Liserre, M.; Sauter, T.; et al, "Future Energy Systems", IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, pp. 18-37, Mar 2010.10. Bouhafs, F.; Mackay, M.; and Merabti, M., "Links to the Future", pp. 24-32, Jan/Feb 2012.11. Reder, W.; Bose, A.; et al, "Engineering the Future", pp. 27-35, Jul/Aug 2010.12. Venkata, S.S.; Brahma, S.; et al, "Continue Your Learning", pp. 37-43, Jul/Aug 2010.13. "Workforce Trends in the Electric Utility Industry", DOE Report to Congress, Aug

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, 2013.8 L. Barba, "This CFD class is flippin’," Boston University , 1 February 2012. [Online]. Available: http://people.bu.edu/labarba/Lorena_Barba/Blog/Entries/2012/2/1_This_CFD_class_is_flippin.html. [Accessed 21 May 2012].9 S. Char, C. Collier, “Chalk and Talk Versus Classroom Flipping: Results of a Case Study,” in IOSR Journal of Resarch & Method in Education, Vol 5, Issue 1, pages 24-28, 2015.10 L. Deslauriers, E. Schelew and C. Wieman, "Improved learning in a large-enrollment physics class," Science, vol. 332, pp. 862-864, 2011.11 A. Saterbak, M. Embree and M. Oden, "Client-based projects in freshman design," in American Society of Engineering Education Conference Proceedings, San Antonio, TX, June 2012.12 A. Saterbak, M

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International Division Technical Session 7

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Steven L Shumway, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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International

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin W. Burrus, University of Oklahoma; Diana Bairaktarova, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

thesubject. By using a probabilistic uncertainty measurement with 58 degrees of freedom and aninety five percent confidence level, the uncertainty of the average can be obtained throughEquation 1 𝑷 = 𝒕𝒗,𝒑 𝒔𝒙 Equation 1where tv,p is the t-value with “v,” degrees of freedom, and “p,” percentage of confidence and s x isthe sample standard deviation using the sample size, “n.” Page 26.1526.5 4. Results Students involved in the course were tested specifically on their knowledge of entropy.This subject was chosen due to the abstractness of the subject. It is a

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katey Shirey, University of Maryland, College Park

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

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Various Prospectives in Power Systems

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Brandon Scott Weisberg, Farmingdale State College; Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #12042Two Phase Flow Water Gas Separation in Biomass Energy ProductionProf. Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale YEONG S. RYU graduated from Columbia University with a Ph.D. and Master of Philosophy in Mechan- ical Engineering in 1994. He has served as an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College (SUNY) since 2006. In addition, he has conducted various research projects at Xerox Corporation (1994-1995), Hyundai Motor Corporation (1995-1997), and New Jersey Institute of Technology (2001-2003). He has been teaching and conducting research in a broad range

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Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine Zundl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Laura Stiltz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

feedback about specific elements of the LLC program. Wehave found that our first two cohorts of female engineering students, currently in their secondand third years, express significantly higher levels of career expectations, self-efficacy, feelingsof inclusion and coping towards engineering than when they first entered. !IntroductionEngineering remains an academic area where women obtain a small fraction of bachelor degrees,and this trend does not seem to be changing in the near future. A recent report by the NationalStudent Clearinghouse found that although more students are pursuing S&E degrees, women’sshare of these majors has failed to increase over the last ten years.1 Researchers’ assumptions thatas women claimed more of the

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

Page 26.1277.8 Learning in Engineering. Int J Eng Educ. 2010;26(5):1097-1110.7. Beichner R, Saul J, Abbot D, et al. Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) project. In: Redish E, Cooney P, eds. Research-Based Reform of University Physics. College Park, MD: American Association of Physics Teachers.8. Jonassen DH. Learning to Solve Problems. San Fransisco, CA: Pfeiffer; 2004.9. Pearson Higher Education. http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/myengineeringlab/.10. Grigg S, VanDyken J, Morkos B, Benson L. Process Analysis as a Feedback Tool for Development of Engineering Problem Solving Skills. In: ASEE Annual Conference. Atlanta, Ga; 2013

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Design and Evaluation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #12279Student Outcome Assessment and Course Continuity for Programs With Mod-erate Faculty TurnoverDr. Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Paul Crilly is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the United States Coast Guard Academy. He received his Ph.D. from New Mexico State University, his M. S. and B.S. degrees at Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute, all in Electrical Engineering. He was previously an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Tennessee and was a Development Engineer at the Hewlett Packard Company. His areas of interest include

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Supporting Diversity through Co-curricular Programming

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Alexis Y. Williams, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Shawnisha Shonté Hester, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Baltimore County Shawnisha S. Hester is an Evaluation and Assessment Coordinator. She earned both her BA in Psychol- ogy and MA in Applied Sociology from University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She went on to complete her MSW from University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her research interests focus on using qualitative research methods that measure various phenomena and making connections via an interdisciplinary approach, qualitative evaluation and assessment measurements, increasing the number of minorities in STEM fields, and program development at the graduate level. She has had the oppor- Page

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

times a week. It now uses a 2+2 format: two days of lecture per week,with each lecture day followed by laboratory time to facilitate material understanding by hands-on practice. Approximately 120 students attend a one-hour lecture in an auditorium. Thefollowing day, students attend a small lab session, usually 26 students, to allow more contactwith each student while s/he practices. There has been concern voiced regarding large lectureswith respect to attendance rates, effectiveness of large lecture instruction, and connectivitybetween the instructor and students15. To provide a more flexible learning environment and improve student learningoutcomes16-18, a blended learning approach was adopted in 2010 by approximately half of theEGR115