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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Anthony Bourne, Wright State University

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., 1987. “Why We Need Hands-On Engineering Education.” The Journal of Technology Review, Vol. 90, No. 7, p. 38.9. Sarasin, L., 1998, “Learning Style Perspectives: Impact in the Classroom.” Madison, WI: Atwood.10. Gardner, H., 1999. “Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century.” New York: Basic Books.11. Joyce, B., and Weil, M., 2000, “Models of Teaching.” Boston: Allyn and Bacon.12. Brandford, J.D., et al., Eds., “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School,” Expanded Edition, National Academy of Sciences, 2000.13. Bourne, T., Klingbeil, N. and Ciarallo, F., 2014, “Developing the Academic Performance Commitment Matrix: How Measures of Objective Academic Performance Can Do More than Predict College

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlotte De Vries, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College; Yi WU, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Melanie R. Ford, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Oladipo Onipede Jr., Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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students. European Journal Of Engineering Education, 25(2), 145-155. doi:10.1080/0304379003085446. Sergey A. Filippov, Alexander L. Fradkov, Boris Andrievsky, Teaching of robotics and control jointly in the University and in the high school based on LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano (Italy), August 28 - September 2, 2011.7. Alimisis D., Robotics in Education & Education in Robotics: Shifting Focus from Technology to Pedagogy, in David Obdrzálek (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Robotics in Education, September 13 – 15, 2012, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 7-14

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Best of Computers in Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Thad B. Welch III P.E., Boise State University; Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #12311Using Student Knowledge of Linear Systems Theory to Facilitate the Learn-ing of Optical EngineeringDr. Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming Cameron H. G. Wright, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. He was previously Professor and Deputy Department Head in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the United States Air Force Academy, and served as an R&D engineering officer in the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years. He received the B.S.E.E. (summa cum laude) from Louisiana Tech University

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Aerospace Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven H. Collicott, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

. He is viewed as a leader in pursuing new fluids dynamics research opportunities that are becoming available shortly in the commercial sub-orbital rocket industry. He is one of three researchers selected for early flights with Blue Origin with an NSF-funded payload, and he is also launching payloads with Armadillo Aerospace, Masten Space Systems, XCOR, and Exos. Professor Collicott began activities in innovative teaching in capillary fluid physics, in STEM K-12 outreach, and in placing the positive news of university engineering education and capillary fluids re- search in the national media in 1996. In 1996 he created, and still teaches, AAE418, Zero-Gravity Flight Experiments, at Purdue. The research activities

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Persistence and Retention

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Yu-Yun Liu, University of Louisville; Kate E. Snyder, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville

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Educational Research and Methods

College Student Personnel at the University of Louisville. Her research interests include understanding the role of achievement motivation in the development of academic underachievement, particularly among gifted students.Dr. Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville Dr. Patricia A. S. Ralston is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. She received her B.S., MEng, and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville. Dr. Ralston teaches undergraduate engineering mathematics and is currently involved in educational research on the effective use of technology in engineering education, the incorpo- ration of critical thinking in

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Statics Online

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie Douglas, University of Wisconsin Colleges Online

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Mechanics

Paper ID #11840Comparing Learning Outcomes and Content Mastery in Online and Face-to-Face Engineering Statics CoursesDr. Jamie Douglas, University of Wisconsin Colleges Online Jamie Douglas is an Assistant Professor with the University of Wisconsin Colleges Online and at the University of Wisconsin – Fox Valley. She completed a bachelor’s in civil/environmental engineering from the University of Illinois (UIUC) in 1998 and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2007. She currently lives in Appleton, WI with her husband and two children

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Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

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Jaclyn K. Murray, University of Georgia; Barbara Ann Crawford

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Student

engineeringdesign and align more practically with problems encountered in the real-world.Engineering design tasks are typically neglected in school science due to time constraints.17,18 Inthe U.S. high stakes testing and national and state science standards drive the curriculum. Eventhough textbooks include technological and engineering applications,17 these activities are oftenoverlooked to meet assessment goals. Design tasks promote authentic learning because theyaligned with what professionals actually do in practice. School science is typically presented asa set of individual context stripped problems isolated from laboratory activities.Recently the NGSS6 were revealed as the new U.S. national standards for science education.The NGSS complement the

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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International

Paper ID #11690A Cross-Sectional Study of Engineering Student Perceptions and ExperiencesRelated to Global ReadinessDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working

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Dynamics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob Michael Wild, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Robert J. Prins, James Madison University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #13054A Student-developed Rotational Mechanics Laboratory Exercise to Link En-gineering Design and ScienceMr. Jacob Michael Wild, James Madison UniversityDr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Nagel joined the James Madison University after completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University. He has a B.S. from Trine University and a M.S. from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, both in mechanical engineering. Since joining James Madison University, Nagel has

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Colorado School of Mines; M Brunhart-Lupo, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

-Students-Learn. AccessedJanuary 16, 2015.3. J. Turns, W. Newstetter, J.K. Allen and F. Mistree, “Learning Essays and the Reflective Learner: SupportingReflection in Engineering Design Education”, in Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference,Pittsburgh, PA, © Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.4. S. Palmer, D. Holt and S. Bray, “The Learning Outcomes of an Online Reflective Journal in Engineering”, inHello! Where are you in the Landscape of Educational Technology? Proceedings of 2008 Australasian Society forComputers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Melbourne, Australia. © Australasian Society for Computers inLearning in Tertiary Education.5. R.M. Felder and R. Brent, “The Intellectual Development of Science

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Student Motivation and Faculty Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Michael R. Gustafson II, Duke University; Joseph C. Nadeau P.E., Duke University; David Schaad, Duke University; Michael M Barger, Duke University; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

University Dr. Joseph C. Nadeau is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Civil and Environmen- tal Engineering at Duke University where he also serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies and ABET Coordinator for the department. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University, a S.M. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of mechanics, structural design, and composite materials. He is a registered Professional Engineer.Prof. David Schaad, Duke University David Schaad has over seventeen years of design and engineering experience as

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Computer-Based Tests, Problems, and Other Instructional Materials

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #11871Development and Implementation of a Tablet-based Exam App for Engineer-ing CoursesDr. Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma Prof. Kurt Gramoll is currently the Hughes Centennial Professor of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He has previously taught at the University of Memphis and Georgia Tech. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a PhD in Engineering Science and Mechanics in 1988. His research includes development and implementation of educational technologies for engineering education and training that utilize simulations

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Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle E Jordan , Arizona State University; Mia Delarosa

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #13552Investigating Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Communication Chal-lenges in Collaborative Engineering Design Learning (fundamental)Dr. Michelle E Jordan , Arizona State University Michelle Jordan earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, focusing her studies on learning, cognition, and motivation with an emphasis on classroom discourse. She joined the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University in 2010. Her interdisciplinary research draws on traditions in qualitative inquiry, sociolinguistics, complexity theories, and the learning sciences

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; David B Kanipe, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

seen 120 potential applicants progressthrough the program. With 20 of the students participating in summer 2014 just entering theirjunior year in high school, only 100 of the total number of participants have currently been ableto apply. The remaining 20 participants will be eligible to apply for fall 2016 admission. Of the Page 26.1343.11100 potential applicants, 83 students have applied to Texas A&M. Figure 12 depicts thebreakdown of majors where students applied. As shown, over 90% of students applied toengineering. The category STEM – non-ENGR simply means a student applied to a major inscience, technology, engineering, or

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Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryony DuPont, Oregon State University; Christopher Hoyle, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

projects that include the layout optimization for wind farms, array design for novel wave energy conversion devices, optimization of collaborative power systems, the sustainable redesign of commuting bicycles, and the quantification of sustainability during the early de- sign phase. Dr. DuPont completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2013 in the Integrated Design Innovation Group, and her projects are currently funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Oregon State University, and Oregon BEST/Bonneville Power Association.Dr. Christopher Hoyle, Oregon State University Dr. Christopher Hoyle is currently Assistant Professor and Arthur Hitsman

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

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Stephen E Silliman, Gonzaga University; Toni Boggan, Gonzaga University; Vladimir A Labay, Gonzaga University; George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University, Spokane; Suzann Girtz, Gonzaga University

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Paper ID #13950Characteristics of Students Self-Selecting into a Freshman Living-LearningCommunity for Engineers and Computer ScientistsDr. Stephen E Silliman, Gonzaga University Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Gonzaga UniversityMs. Toni Boggan, Gonzaga University Academic Director, Center for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA.Dr. Vladimir A Labay, Gonzaga University Currently, Dr. Vladimir Labay is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Gonzaga Uni- versity in Spokane, Washington, USA. Dr. Labay was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and earned a

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine

engineering systems. He served as chairman of ASEE’s Ocean and Marine Engineering Division from 1997-2004, and previously served in the Civil Engineer Corps of the U. S. Navy as an ocean engineer and diving officer. Phone: 410-293-6432. E-mail: mayer@usna.edu.Cmdr. Angela Schedel, U.S. Naval Academy Naval Officer, Helicopter Pilot, 1994-2005 Instructor, U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Dept, 2007-2013, 2015-present Science & Technology Liaison, Office of Naval Research, 2013-2015 Page 26.843.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Hex-Oid

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Best Papers in K-12 / Pre-college Division

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karl A Smith, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teaching focus on integrated STEM Education.Dr. Karl A Smith, Purdue University, West Lafayette Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, Executive Co- Director STEM Education Center, and Faculty Member, Technological Leadership Institute at the Univer- sity of Minnesota; and Cooperative Learning Professor of Engineering Education, School of Engineering Education, at Purdue University. E-mail: ksmith@umn.edu, web: www.personal.cege.umn.edu/˜smith/ Page 26.857.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 How Fifth Grade Students Apply

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Héctor Enrique Rodríguez-Simmonds, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University; Stephen R Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - Purdue University, West Lafayette,IN ´ Juan David Ortega Alvarez is an assistant professor at Universidad EAFIT and served as the Head of the Process Engineering Department from 2010 to 2014. He holds an MS in Process Engineering and Energy Technology from Hochschule Bremerhaven (Germany) and is currently enrolled as a first-year graduate student in the Engineering Education Doctoral Program at Purdue University. Before his full- time appointment with EAFIT, he served as Engineering Director for a chemical company for 7 years. His research interests are focused on the practice and teaching of process design, simulation and control and also on faculty and

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Bethke Wendell, University of Massachusetts Boston; Christopher George Wright, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Patricia C Paugh, University of Massachusetts Boston

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Creativity and Cognition Press, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.Dym, C.L. (1994). Engineering: A synthesis of views. New York: Cambridge University Press.Gee, J. P. (2004). Language in the science classroom: Academic social languages as the heart of school-based literacy. In W. Saul (Ed.), Crossing boarders in literacy and science instruction: Perspectives on theory and practice. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.Glaser & Strauss, 1967.Hegedus, T. A., Carlone, H. B., & Carter, A. D. (2014). Shifts in the cultural production of “smartness” through engineering in elementary classrooms. Proceedings of the 121st American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caitlin Cairncross, University of Portland; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Zulema Naegele, University of Portland; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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First-Year Programs

. Finally, the authors thank Dr.Julie Kalnin for conducting the focus group and overall program evaluation.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under awardnumber DUE - 1317238 and is supported in part by funds given to the National ScienceFoundation by the Intel Foundation and the GE Foundation. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References 1. American Society for Engineering Education. 2012. Going the Distance: Best Practices and Strategies for Retaining Engineering. Engineering Technology, and Computing Students. http://www.asee.org/retention

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Madeleine Bodin, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; David Tarboton, Utah State University; Madeline Frances Merck, Utah State University; David J Farnham, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

of Louisiana at Lafayette (Civil Engineering, 2012). Her interests are engineering education, water resources engineering, coastal restora- tion, wetlands protection, and numerical modeling.Prof. David Tarboton, Utah State University David Tarboton is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University. He received his Sc.D. and M.S. in Civil Engineering (Water Resources and Hy- drology) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.Sc Eng in Civil Engineering from the University of Natal in South Africa. His research and teaching are in the area of surface water hydrol- ogy. His research focuses on advancing the capability for hydrologic prediction

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kijung Park, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Penn State Berks; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks ; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #13348Model of Domain Learning Based Skill Assessment: Instrument Set Flexibil-ityMr. Kijung Park, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State UniversityDr. Gul E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park G¨ul E. Kremer received her PhD from the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engi- neering of Missouri University of Science & Technology. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision analysis methods applied to improvement of products and systems. She is a senior member of IIE, a fellow of ASME, a former Fulbright scholar and NRC Faculty Fellow

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Making in Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ethan Reggia, University of Maryland, College Park; Kevin M Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Justin Albrecht, University of Maryland, College Park

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #13269A Scalable Instructional Method to Introduce First-Year Engineering Stu-dents to Design and Manufacturing Processes by Coupling 3D Printing withCAD AssignmentsMr. Ethan Reggia, University of Maryland, College Park Ethan Reggia is a Junior undergraduate mechanical engineer at the University of Maryland, College park. He works for Engineering Information Technology in the A. James Clark School of Engineering as a 3D printing technician.Mr. Kevin M Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park Kevin Calabro is Keystone Instructor and Associate Director in the Clark School of Engineering at the University of

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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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Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England University

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Engineering and Public Policy

was to work with a biomedicalengineering advocacy organization to learn about public policy issues related to the field and usethis knowledge to develop congressional briefings aimed at increasing federal funding formedical research. In addition, due to the proximity of numerous federal agencies and nonprofitorganizations, a second goal was to attend relevant meetings, workshops, and briefings in theWashington, DC area associated with engineering and public policy.The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) recognizes the need for engineers to have anunderstanding of the public policy implications of the technologies they create.2 Even moredesirable, according to the NAE,2 is the engagement of engineers in the public policy arena toprovide

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Design Pedagogy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno; Yupeng Luo, California State University, Fresno

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Design in Engineering Education

- tion, service-learning and community engagement. Dr. Luo is a LEED AP BD+C and a CM-BIM holder. Page 26.1043.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Investigating the Synergies of Sustainability and Building Information Modeling through Collaborative Project-based LearningAbstractThe construction industry is undergoing fundamental transformation due toeconomic, social, and environmental development. Highlights of emerging trendsinclude the prevalence of green building practices and a wide adoption of newinformation technology (IT) such as building

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Design Pedagogy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #11102Learning Outcomes of a Junior-Level Project-Based Learning (PBL) Course:Preparation for CapstoneProf. Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University Dr. Kaul is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western Carolina University. His re- search interests include Fracture Diagnostics, Structural Dynamics and Control, and Motorcycle Dynam- ics.Dr. Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University Dr. Wes Stone is an associate professor and interim department head in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. He earned his bachelors degree from the University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

assessment tools.Nevan Simone, Abilene Christian University Nevan Simone, Abilene Christian University Mr. Nevan Simone is an undergraduate research assistant majoring in computer science in the School of Information Technology and Computing at Abilene Christian University. He is currently assisting with research in computer science education and digital assessment tools.Dr. Susan A. Mengel, Texas Tech University Susan Mengel, Texas Tech University Dr. Susan Mengel is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University. Her research interests include computer science education, computer security, and information retrieval

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Making in Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy S. Reffeor PhD, Grand Valley State University; John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

traditionally analytical courses in the Engineering Mechanics sequence.Dr. John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University John Farris joined the faculty at Grand Valley State University after a successful tenure as the chief product designer for a medical device manufacturer. His other significant industrial experience includes designing engine components for Caterpillar Inc. and consulting on the design of stationary fuel cell power generation units. His current research interests are design methods and medical technology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island and his Bachelors and masters degrees from Lehigh University

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Research on Diversification & Inclusion

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #13597Liberal Studies in Engineering Programs – Creating Space for Emergent &Individualized Pathways to Success for Women in Computing DisciplinesDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jane Lehr is Chair of the Women’s & Gender Studies Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity, San Luis Obispo. She is also an Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies, Director of the Science, Technology & Society Minor Programs, and Faculty Director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minor- ity and Underrepresented Student Participation in STEM Program at Cal Poly. She previously