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Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari L. Jordan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Sarah Anne Blackowski; Heidi M Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Timothy A Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Douglas Holton, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Educational Research and Methods

specificcontent area, and micro-communities of practice as those reflecting collaboration of smallercohorts of STEM faculty, in-person and virtually.This study addresses the following research questions: 1) How do engineering faculty involvedin a community of practice engage in knowledge transfer? 2) How does knowledge transfer ofspecific evidence-based instructional practices occur in an engineering faculty community ofpractice?Conducted within a large research project aimed at exploring stages of pedagogical change, thiswork utilizes a qualitative methodology. Nine faculty in a first-year engineering departmentparticipated in hour-long semi-structured interviews exploring use of EBIPs and collaboration.Interviews were analyzed using thematic coding to

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Makerspaces in the Library: Using 3D printers, Laser Cutters, and Kits to Enhance Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Rogers, North Carolina State University Libraries; Ben Leduc-Mills, SparkFun Electronics, Inc.; Brendan C. O'Connell, Smith College Libraries; Brian Huang, Sparkfun Electronics

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Engineering Libraries

kit type and which library the kit was checked out from. From February1, 2013 to December 29, 2014 we recorded 1462 transactions, consisting of 695 check-ins, 697checkouts, and 70 renewals. Presumably the discrepancy from checkouts to check-ins representstwo kits that were on loan at the time the data was collected. Page 26.1081.5 Figure 1: Distribution of Checkouts by Academic DepartmentBoth of our main libraries saw strong usage, although James B. Hunt Jr. Library sawsignificantly more activity than D.H. Hill Library, 1237 to 225. We suspect this is due to thatHunt Library is the main library for the colleges of

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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DeLean Tolbert Smith, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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experiences with engineering. This paper will present findings and discussion based upon the students’ responses in thefollow-up interview. Some emergent themes in the student’s responses are: 1) precollegeengineering experiences are structurally different than college engineering experiences, 2)students fail to recognize the diverse types of mathematical knowledge they are applying to solvethe design task and 3)precollege engineering is more hands-on than college engineeringcoursework. We anticipate that this work will give instructors insight in to the perceptions andexperiences that students have when they enter the college engineering classroom as freshmenand how those ideas may change over time as they work towards completing their degree

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Student Motivation and Faculty Development

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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; Bedelbai Mamadiev, International Ataturk-Alatoo University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

0.93 for different scales, validating the instrumentshigher level of reliability.HypothesisThere are three hypotheses we examined in this paper. 1. There is no significant difference between freshmen/sophomore and junior/senior students in public and private universities in Kyrgyzstan. 2. There is no significant difference between male and female students in public and private universities in Kyrgyzstan. 3. There is no significant difference between public and private universities in Kyrgyzstan.Literature Review The MSLQ tool was designed by P. R. Pintrich and T. Garracia4 and it is designed to measurestudents’ motivational orientations and their use of learning strategies5. The MSLQ is based on

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The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Teaching, Education, Engineering and Technological LiteracyAbstractIn 2010 James Trevelyan [1] argued on the basis of studies of the work that engineers do thatthe engineering curriculum required to pay more attention to the development of what havecome to be known as “soft skills”, as for example communication and the ability to performeffectively in teams. He noted that engineering courses that taught communication treatedcommunication “only as information transfer” when what was required was a comprehensivedevelopment of social interaction skills. He thought that this could be achieved if studentswere given the opportunity to teach in their courses because “education, like engineeringpractice, relies on special kinds of social interactions

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Research & Evaluation on K-12 Teachers and Teaching.

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Birgit Fahrman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Per G. Norström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

26.1497.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Technology education in primary school in Sweden: A study ofteachers’ views on teaching strategies and subject content.(Fundamental) Page 26.1497.2Technology education in primary school in Sweden: A study ofteachers’ views on teaching strategies and subject content.(Fundamental)IntroductionTechnology education in Sweden has been a mandatory subject in compulsory school sincethe mid-1980s. Its origins are in metal and wood working, but it has developed into aninterdisciplinary subject that includes crafts, engineering science and the history oftechnology. 1 2 The current curriculum, introduced in 2011

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Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

“graying” of the incumbent biomedical workforce andpending retirements was also considered. Some of the committee, including this author, felt thatthis proposed initiative presented an opportunity for the faculty to develop a new technicalprogram that would provide new graduates with the needed skill sets for the biomedical/healthcare industry that would be relevant well into the next decade. The unanswered questionswere, “who would take on this task” and “where would the necessary funding come from?”Interestingly and also unexpectedly, during these prolonged deliberations about the pros andcons of the Beacon Alliance requests, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC)5, a quasi-public organization charged with administering the ten year $1

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

forms of humor10.Table 1: Summary of Mark Nichol’s Research on Types and Forms of Humor (HumorousTechniques)10.Anecdotal Refers to comic personal stories that may be true or partly true but embellished.Blue A type of broad humor that is unrestrained, unsubtle humor often marked by coarse jokes and sexual situations.Burlesque Ridicules by imitating with caricature or exaggerated characterization.Dark/Morbid Grim or depressing humor dealing with misfortune and/or death and with a pessimistic outlook.Deadpan/Dry Humor delivered with an impassive, expressionless, matter-of

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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Coleen Carrigan, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Kathleen O'Leary, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Priti N. Mody-Pan, University of Washington; Matthew O'Donnell, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

was represented by one or two On-Ramps participants: Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Figure 1: Academic fields of On-Ramps Participants. Other includes Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Atmospheric Engineering, Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Mechanical Engineering, Geochemistry, Fish Ecology

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Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University; William J. Kelly, Villanova University; Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

, biomechanical engineering, or civil/environmental engineering) – (1)the student must have a good understanding of fundamental biology concepts to fullycomprehend the advanced engineering concepts and (2) most of the techniques discussed in thesecourses are too time-consuming, hazardous, or expensive to demonstrate in a classroom setting.We have addressed these issues by preparing a series of videos that review basic biologyconcepts and demonstrate several common biochemical engineering (BioChE) techniques andexperiments. The primary goal of the review videos is to ensure that students have a firm graspon basic biology concepts to help them fully understand the more advanced BioChE topicsdiscussed in class. These videos can also be assigned before class

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Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

Engineering Education, 2015Program Assessment Using Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Requirements   Abstract  The Six Sigma system is widely used in industry to implement quality systems. It is a formal application of theory and practice to make better business decisions about design and manufacturing. Given the applied nature of the methods, a certification system has grown to endorse professionals that have received the training, applied the knowledge, and demonstrated results. One such example is the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Six Sigma Green  1​Belt (CSSGB) ​ . Naturally there has been interest in greater recognition of the standard from academia. The common response is that academia already prepares graduates

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Curriculum Exchange

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katheryn Kennedy, Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

placed into teams of four for the challenge.Differentiation of requirements and materials by teachers facilitates scaffolding to meet variedpopulation needs. Materials used during two forty five minute classes dedicated to this challengerange from flashlights, colored paddles, rubber bands, straws and shoe boxes.Scaffolding includes guiding the teams with explicit prompts to consider the following points. ASecret Agent packet facilitates “seeing student thinking” and promotes team processing of eachcomponent of the process: 1. Determine what the code should be 2. Determine how the information can be transmitted. 3. Utilize the Engineering Design Process to elaborate the following points: State the problem Generate

Conference Session

Simulation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Computers in Education

, simulation can enhance a student’s problem solving skills,”2 (p. 1).Within engineering education, there is a constant effort to prepare students to enter theprofessional world. With the adoption of the ABET EC2000 criteria and the a-k programoutcomes, professional skills have moved to the forefront of the engineering curricula3. Industryadvisory committee members across the curriculum suggested a real need for students to developand maintain skills important to their specialized field of study, but can be integrated withspecific business elements such as, word processing, professional writing, and budgetarymanagement. Scachitti also highlighted this multidisciplinary challenge stating, “whetherstudents find employment in manufacturing, healthcare or

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Nelson Blue, University of Southern Maine

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

 for  the  non-­‐traditional  students  who  now  form  the  new  majority  in  higher  education  [4].    At  the  University  of  Southern  Maine  (USM),  NT  students  comprise  of  a  large  proportion  of  the  undergraduate  population  [1].  The  National  Center  for  Education  Statistics  (NCES)  acknowledges  there  is  no  precise  definition  for  non-­‐traditional  student,  but  suggests  that  part-­‐time  status  and  age  are  common  elements  [8].    Other  common  characteristics  of  the  NT  student  include:  full-­‐time  employment,  single  parent,  and  eligibility  for  financial  aid.  Any  and  all  of  these  variables  can  accumulate  into  external  obstacles  toward  the  NT’s  degree  completion.  Internally

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Best of Computers in Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Daniel Edgcomb, University of California, Riverside; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; Roman Lysecky, University of Arizona; Andre Knoesen, University of California, Davis; Rajeevan Amirtharajah, University of California, Davis; Mary Lou Dorf, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Computers in Education

performance on specific course items using nonparametric analysiswith conservative Bonferroni adjustment for multiple tests. Across all courses involving1,945 students, course grades improved by 0.28 points on a 0-4 point scale (p-value <0.001), or 1/4 letter grade, from static to interactive textbook. More importantly, studentsin the lower quartile of the course improved by 0.38 points (p-value < 0.001), or 1/3 lettergrade. Exam scores improved by 13.6% (p-value < 0.001) and project scores by 7.4% (p-value < 0.001) from static to interactive textbooks. 98% of the students subscribed to theinteractive textbook and completed at least some activities on the interactive textbook.The average student completed 87% of the assigned activities in

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Research on Design Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

120 students were asked to provide feedback on sample studentteam’s design work on four different milestones: Problem Scoping (Milestone 1), ConceptGeneration (Milestone 2), Concept Reduction (Milestone 3), and Concept Detailing (Milestone4). Each milestone was a 2-4 page long document describing the team’s progress on a particularaspect of the design project. The feedback from 15 students with at least one year of previousdesign experience (typically from high school) and 15 students without any previous designexperience was selected for this study.Instructors and graduate teaching assistants (referred to as educators in this paper) of the samefirst-year engineering course were invited to participate in this study as part of their

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Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren A. Rosen, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

technologies. To do this, twoprogramming tools were chosen—the C programming language and LabVIEW. The first half ofthe course is dedicated to C programming. Topics include a brief introduction to computers andprogramming, I/O, data types, expressions and assignments, relational operators, loops andbranching, functions, and arrays. This part of the course is taught in a computer laboratory sothat each student has an individual computer. Every lecture includes simple exercises (~ 5minutes each) that are preformed by the students in real time as the relevant topic is covered.Most lectures are followed by a laboratory exercise. The laboratory exercises are based on theArduino microcontroller platform [1]. Code::Blocks [2] is used as the development

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Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunil Mehendale, Michigan Technological University; John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Robert A. Marlor, Northern Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

Northern Michigan University, Dynamicscourses (MET 2130 and MET 310, respectively) are high-enrollment, high-impact sophomoreMET core courses. 2004-2013 GPA data for MET courses offered at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity confirm the statement made by Magill [1] that Dynamics is “one of the more difficultcourses that engineering students encounter during their undergraduate study.”Dynamics is essentially the study of motion, but textbooks and whiteboards, the traditionalclassroom teaching tools, cannot capture this motion. MET 2130 and MET 310 have traditionallybeen taught in “chalk and talk” mode, where the instructor presents three, 50-minute lectures ortwo 100-minute lectures per week. For the majority of the class duration, students passively

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of patents, with particular attention to issues of patentability ofsoftware. The course concludes with the law of copyright, including fair use. Some of the casesare more fun for the students than others. The classroom session on the fair-use case of Campbellv. Acuff-Rose Music, which involved 2 Live Crew’s parody of Roy Orbison’s recording of“Pretty Woman,” featured excerpts of both recordings. Table 1 presents an outline of thecourse’s content. Table 1. Outline of Course Content 1. IP overview and common-law misappropriation of “hot news” (1 week). The case law on misappropriation (e.g., INS v. AP (1918); National Basketball Ass’n v. Motorola, Inc. (1997)) provides a basis for understanding the nature of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon M. Sipes, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

teamwork are defined as importantfactors in developing and assessing entrepreneurial skills in engineers10,11 and in general.12,13Additionally, communication, teamwork and problem solving are essential components ofABET’s a-k outcomes.14 The development of programs for 15, 16 and assessments of17. 18 theseskills continues to be a focus on engineering education publications.MethodsMultiple methods were used to assess the Leadership Academy. An overview of all of thesemethods is shown on Table 1. Two surveys were given to students who participated in theacademy before and after the completion of academy activities. The first was a survey with itemstailored to each of the most recent KEEN outcomes called the Entrepreneurial Minded Learning(EML

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan O'Neil Boulanger, Ohio Northern University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

NSF Pathways to Innovation Faculty Fellow. When not working Joe enjoys improvisational dance and music, running trail marathons, backpacking, brewing Belgian beers and most of all enjoying time with his children and wife. Page 26.287.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Blending Entrepreneurship and Design in an Immersive Environment  1​ 2  Bryan Boulanger​ and Joseph Tranquillo​1​  ​ Department of Civil Engineering, Ohio Northern University, 525 S. Main St, Ada, OH 45810

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar; John S Small, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-­‐rich  countries,  since  the  1990s.    The  State  of  Qatar  is  one  of  the  countries  in  the  region  that  has  made  one  of  the  greatest  investments  in  building  human  capacity  to  meet  its  development  strategy,  which  is  described  in  the  Qatar  National  Vision  2030  (QNV).  The  QNV,  which  is  the  touchstone  for  all  governmental  spending  priorities,  highlights  goals  for  Qatar’s  economy,  in  human  and  social  development,  and  for  environmental  stewardship  (1).      Qatar  is  a  small  peninsula  located  on  the  northeastern  coast  of  Arabian  Peninsula.    The  south  of  Qatar  shares  a  land  border  with  the  Kingdom  of  Saudi  Arabia;  otherwise  the  country  is  surrounded  by  the

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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

assessment of oral presentations, engineering notebooks, andwritten reports. The proposed future development of the assessment system includesincorporating weekly five minute oral updates from each student along with the weekly notebookevaluation. Additionally, it is proposed that alumni who have completed the same project beincluded in the assessment process.1. Introduction From its inception, the York College of Pennsylvania Mechanical Engineering Programhas always prided itself on being a “hands-on” engineering program. Lab experiences are usedheavily throughout the academic curriculum to reinforce lecture material, and all students arerequired to complete three separate terms of co-op experience as a graduation requirement.1 Thecapstone

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Jinlee Kim P.E., California State University, Long Beach

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in a built environment, BIM is amainstream, emerging tool in the AEC industry used for design and documentation. BIM is acomprehensive, integrated graphic and alphanumeric database, through which the collaborationamong the stakeholders can be effectively achieved.1 However, the lack of personnel with BIMskills is a significant constraint retarding use of the technology in the AEC industry.2 Thedemand for specialists in these two emerging fields, which are BIM and green building practices,is increasing tremendously due to the fact that green buildings education, research, and practiceissues are becoming driving forces in academia and industry

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Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

. Page 26.368.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Comparative Analysis of PhD programs in Engineering EducationIntroduction and BackgroundThe field of Engineering Education (ENGE) is a relatively new discipline that has been growingin the last years [1]. The purpose of the field is to increase the attraction and retention of studentsin engineering programs, as well as developing in engineering students, the required professionalskills and competencies that are expected in industry to increase innovation in the globalizedeconomy [2, 3]. According to Jesiek, Newswander [4] “Engineering education research hasexperienced a notable scale up in recent years through the development of departments

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuang Wei, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yingjie Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tim McGraw, Purdue University; April Ginther, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

provide valid mouth-shape-movement comparisonand real-time visual feedback.Computer-Vision-Aided Lip-Movement Correction SystemWe hypothesized that by using computer-vision technology to show the difference of the mouth-shape movements of the user and the standard mouth-shape movements, learners could discernthe differences, and work to improve their pronunciation. To approve the hypothesis, a prototypesystem was developed to test different ways of training and evaluate the effectiveness of themethod. Figure 1: The main interface of the systemThe system (Fig. 1) keeps a repository of practice words and their pronunciation videos. Sincethis system is a prototype to evaluate the proposed pronunciation training method, we

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Amro El Badawy; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Nazli Yesiller

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Civil Engineering

exercises as a tool in engineeringeducation provides opportunities not only from a pedagogical standpoint but also as a potentialmechanism for generating research investigations that can contribute to the advancement ofscience and engineering. The teaming activity can be adopted for use in similar courses at otherinstitutions as well as adopted for other pairs of courses.IntroductionTeaming exercises in engineering education have been reported to: 1) improve student academicperformance; 2) increase student involvement and participation; 3) foster critical thinking skills;and 4) prepare a trained workforce to work in real-world settings with requirements forcollaboration and interaction on multidisciplinary projects1-4. Nanotechnology is a

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Sherry F. Abernathy, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University ; Brenda S. Faison Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

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Women in Engineering

theuniversity and visited the local STEM high school for girls. The Women in TechnologySymposium also featured female student researchers who gave oral poster presentations. Inaddition, to keep students involved and motived in the technology field, a series of workshops,mentoring, and professional development seminars were incorporated for ongoing studentengagement. Background: The need to improve diversity in STEMDuring the last several decades, there has been a growing public consensus that it is vital toprepare a qualified STEM workforce that will generate a profound impact on the nation’seconomy and prosperity 1. Even though the total percentage of undergraduate studentspursuing STEM degrees in the U.S. has moderately increased

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Ma, Walla Walla University; Louie L. Yaw, Walla Walla University

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Mechanical Engineering

successfully commercialized engineering tool. FEM as a CAE tool and its adoptioninto the undergraduate engineering curricula has become prominent especially in mechanicalengineering (ME) curriculum. The significance and development of FEM in ME undergraduatecurriculum has been addressed as early as in the 1980s.[1-4] Due to the fast development ofcomputer capacities and user-friendly commercialized FE programs, FEM has become wellestablished with time[4-7] .Most recently, efforts have been made to include the FEM into teaching methodologies in low Page 26.776.2level undergraduate courses [8-11] such as statics and mechanics of materials. For such low

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E Morris, Portland State University; Jack C. Straton, Portland State University; Lisa H Weasel, Portland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. She is the co-editor of the anthology Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation (Routledge 2001) and author of the book Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food (Amacom 2009). She is currently Co-PI on a Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) grant from the National Science Foundation. Page 26.1182.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Nanotechnology Courses for General Education James Morris1), Peter Moeck2), Lisa Weasel3), and Jack Straton2) 1) Department of Electrical and