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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Paul Henry Schimpf, Eastern Washington University; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Michael Orr, The University of Texas at Austin; Kevin Leigh Webster Jr.; George Turvey, Graduate Research Assistant ; Mouchumi Bhattacharyya

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Department of Computer Science at Eastern Wash- ington University, Cheney, WA, USA. His research interests include numerical methods for forward and inverse solutions to partial differential equations with biomedical applications. Prior to his academic ca- reer, Dr. Schimpf was employed as a Senior Principal Design Engineer in the electronics industry, where he enjoyed 15 years of experience developing parallel embedded signal and image processing systems.Dr. Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin Dr. Richard H. Crawford is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects program in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elif Ozturk; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Ke Liu, Prairie View A&M University

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and contributions to a project.Study PurposeThis study explored students’ and practicing engineers’ AE characteristics as they modelobjects using CAD tools. Student participants that modeled objects that they frequentlyuse in their daily lives characterized their modeling activities as contextualized. Theeffect of the contextualized activities on participants’ AE characteristics has beeninvestigated. Statistical analyses were used to compare practitioners’ and students’manifestations of adaptive expertise.Study MethodsThis project has been funded by the National Science Foundation in 2011. Two engineersand two learning scientists have worked together to implement the project activities andreiterate the research design. In each semester for

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

course team project will be quantified and demonstrated through a game that theteam will design, create, play, and demonstrate. Teams are given full freedom (empowered) to Page 26.507.7 6create/innovate and even to adopt any existing game to suit the project under study. This SCLhas been successfully implemented in more than one course in the MS SustainabilityManagement program. This particular SCL is perhaps one of the most advanced SCL used in thegraduate classes since real world problems need to be well understood to be able to bring theconcepts down to game objective(s), rules, and winning

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman, Bill's Robotic Solution; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Mir M Hayder, Savannah State University

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Paper ID #11460Introducing Kinematics with Robot Operating System (ROS)Dr. Asad Yousuf, Savannah State UniversityMr. William Lehman, Bill’s Robotic Solution William Lehman is President of Bill’s Robotic Solutions which he started in July of 2013. He has had over twenty years of experience in software and hardware development. He has worked on numerous projects in digital communication systems, robotics, and aerospace applications. Mr. Lehman received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1979 from Catholic University of America.Dr. Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State UniversityDr. Mir M Hayder, Savannah

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric D Smith, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso

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and Computer Engineering Department, Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) track. He earned a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2012. He has worked on a number of projects in the field of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Additive Manufacturing and Green Energy Manufacturing. He is the current president of INCOSE UTEP student chapter along with being involved in UTEP Green Fund committee. His research interests are in Systems Engineering & Architecture, Complex systems, Systems testing and Application of Entropy to Complex Systems. Email: sakundi@miners.utep.edu

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Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Debbie Morrow MLIS, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

and manipulating the 3D files, and for running theequipment. Others may need parts fabricated, and rely on a consultation with him to execute thejob. He troubleshoots the equipment and helps solve design problems from the technical side.Details: For a course project the students are given a set amount of material after which they pay$5 per cubic inch of material.Factors for practical managementBoth departments have several key components in common:  Support staff – students who take on responsibility for becoming sufficiently knowledgeable about the operation and “care and feeding” of the equipment to assist their peers.  Fee for usage – students are required to pay for use of the machines in the form of paying for

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Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary

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Manufacturing

. Create! Official festival photo: http://beakerhead.com/References for tips, tricks, and similar projects:1. Arduino. (2015). Getting started with Arduino. http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage2. Intel Education. (2015). Tools for student-centered learning. Page 26.1119.6 http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/k12/teachers.html3. E2S2. (2015). U of C Engineering Education Students’ Society. https://e2s2ucalgary.wordpress.com/

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Curriculum Exchange

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip S. Schmidt P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Christina Soontornvat, iFLY ; Stuart B Wallock

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

latter in 1968. Prior to coming to UT in 1970 he taught for two years at Prairie View A&M as a Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellow. In 1994 he was named Texas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and in 1995 he was selected as one of the 10 inaugural members of the Academy of Distin- guished Teachers at UT Austin. Dr. Schmidt received ASEE’s Ralph Coats Roe Award in 1992, and the Chester F. Carlson Award in 2010 for his contributions to development of project-based engineering edu- cation and promotion of educational and professional opportunities for women and minorities. During the past 10 years he has worked actively with the Austin Children’s Museum to encourage

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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, do students get a job inindustry right away? Do they go straight to graduate school? Do they consider returning tograduate school if they work in industry? Additional post-graduation tracking is implemented tosupplement the results of the follow-up survey.IntroductionSince its inception, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has supported undergraduateresearch. Initially, support for undergraduates participating in research projects was provided aspart of a research grant award. In 1959, NSF began offering the Undergraduate ResearchParticipation Program, which provided summer support “for undergraduate students to work withfaculty on specially designed research projects.”1 In some cases, support extended into theacademic year. The program

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Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martina V. Svyantek, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and re- flective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Page 26.1608.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Tricks of the

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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. Additional funding from NSF has allowed the Center to include facultydevelopment learning exchanges between renewable energy faculty in Australia and NewZealand (2013) and Germany and Denmark (2014).C. Recent Accomplishments:1. International Efforts: CREATE submitted and was awarded two NSF supplementalgrants in 2012-2013 and in 2013-2014: one for a faculty study tour in March of 2013 forAustralia and New Zealand (NSF 1239631) and one for a faculty study tour in May and Page 26.1194.2June of 2014 for Germany and Denmark (NSF 1345306). Both of these projects fulfilledthe stated intention in the CREATE Center application (NSF 1002653) to pursue acomparison of

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Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren A. Sepp, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, and type of reflection: how reflection is being operationalized. As aresult of our findings, it is evident that there has been a significant and recognizable upwardtrend in the explicit attention to reflection across the body of the ASEE conference publications.Understanding the trends of reflection across literature can help us further analyze its prevalenceand importance in the engineering education community.IntroductionIn engineering education, there has been an increase in pedagogical approaches that positionstudents at the center of the teaching practice, like problem-based learning, project-basedcourses, and capstone design courses.1,2,3 Such pedagogical approaches often engender reflectionby engaging students in reflection activities

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Concept Inventories and Assessment of Knowledge

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark A Urlacher, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

statics are used and understoodin the professional engineering field.Concept inventories (CI) have been defined as, “Multiple choice instruments designed toevaluate whether a person has an accurate and working knowledge of a concept or concepts” [7].For the purposes of this project, this is the best suited definition because, unlike other definitionsof CIs, it states “person” rather than “student.” Note that this project does not focus on students,but rather on licensed civil engineers.Engineering CIs have been broadly used to assess student conceptual knowledge and evaluatethe effectiveness of educational innovations[8]. Conceptual knowledge goes beyond merelyidentifying a concept and spans into the understanding of interrelationships and

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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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Robert A. Green, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University

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an outline of what was expected from the presentation and some instruction on makingpresentations, but they were free to present any material they thought important. Presentationswere required to be submitted beforehand and loaded onto a computer in random order. As aslide listing the team name was projected, each team had to assemble on the stage and begin theirthree-minute presentation. Each slide automatically transitioned to the next slide at a given timeinterval and presentations ended when the next team’s name was projected. This forced thestudents to prepare in advance and focus on those aspects of their design they thought were mostvital. A panel of judges used a rubric in judging the presentations. Figure 1

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen W. McKnight, Northeastern University; Christos Zahopoulos, Northeastern University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

year of the NationalAcademy of Engineering Gordon Prize for innovation in engineering education, has the goal offostering the development of engineers who have the rare and highly-prized ability to lead anengineering project all the way from concept to a marketable product.Our model for the “Scientific Foundations of Engineering” course seeks to increase theconfidence with which a well-trained engineer can approach an unfamiliar problem and quicklyrecognize the fundamental principles and use them to make “back-of-the-envelope” calculationsabout how large an effect each may have. Even a little bit of this ability to understand the basic Page

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky

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)  Reaction  Rate  vs  Reaction  Equilibrium  (Abulencia  –  2013;  Abulencia  -­‐  2014).    The  focus  of  this  paper  is  to  examine  the  effect  of  students  both  creating  and  viewing  peer-­‐generated  videos  (21  total)  of  the  aforementioned  topics.  The  viewing  assignment  coincided  with  the  time  that  particular  topic  was  being  taught  in  lecture  and  was  part  of  regular  homework.      The  video  creation  project  was  assigned  to  teams  of  3-­‐4  students  as  a  significant  assignment  spanning  the  last  4-­‐5  weeks  of  the  course.    Each  video  produced  covers  only  one  concept  in  depth.    Students’  learning  was  assessed  via  the  concept  inventory  for  engineering  thermodynamics

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Innovative Use of Technology I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

remainder of the course focuses on writing specific workplacedocuments: a graphics/page design assignment, a business letter, a technical description, aresume and cover letter, a memo with embedded instructions, a proposal and a technical report.The students turn in each of these documents as an assignment. The instructor grades theassignment, gives feedback, and returns the graded assignment with the feedback to the studentwithin a week of submission. At the end of the semester, the student revises the eight workplacedocuments based on the instructor feedback, and compiles the documents into a portfolio, whichis then submitted as the final project. The documents the students write throughout the semesterand the final portfolio constitute all of

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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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Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

the accuracy of the predictions to identify the students who may fail the course. Inaddition, we identified course components that are important for students’ success in the course.These models are used as a proof of concept to showcase and move toward course-specificprediction models rather than the existing generic ones. The research questions are: • To what extend does accuracy of prediction of students’ success in a course change across Page 26.304.3 the weeks during the semester based on available performance information? • What are the most important course components (e.g., homework, quiz, project, exam) that link to student

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Somnath Chattopadhyay, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Mechanics

Paper ID #14225Warping Deformation Caused by Twisting Non-circular ShaftsProf. Somnath Chattopadhyay, University at Buffalo, SUNY Page 26.1712.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 WARPING DEFORMATION CAUSED BY TWISTING NON-CIRCULAR SHAFTSABSTRACTThis project is a combined analytical and experimental activity to study warping deformation inshafts of non-circular cross section subjected to torsion. This is a supplemental activity for thejunior level Mechanics of Materials course. The students see the

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Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

Technology had on theparticipants’ career paths. Over the nine years, there have been 131 undergraduate students whoparticipated. Ninety nine (76%) of these students were supported via funding from the NationalScience Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. The other 32 (24%)were supported through institutional funds. More than half of the students (56.5%) were female,26.7% of the students were from underrepresented groups, and 52.7% students without previousresearch experience. The undergraduate research program understudy is a 10-week engineeringresearch project working in research laboratories at the University or a collaborating MedicalSchool. A tiered mentoring structure was developed within the participating laboratories

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ETAC/ABET Related Issues

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine M. Cooney, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

Indianapolis. He is an active member of the American Institute of Architects and the Construction Specifi- cations Institute.Mr. Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Matt Ray is a lecturer for the Construction Engineering Management Technology Program offered through the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indian University Purdue University In- dianapolis. He currently provides instruction for Construction Project Costs and Productivity Control, Construction Cost and Bidding, Wood, Timber and Formwork Analysis and Design as well as managing a Certificate of Training in Asset Management. He is a graduate of Purdue School of Engineering and Tech- nology receiving degrees in

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily P.E., University of Tulsa; Jason T Stauth, Dartmouth College

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Engineering Ethics

traffic crash reconstructions wherestudents used concepts from engineering dynamics to determine specific answers to how theevent occurred. This project was part of the lab component of a junior level Machine Dynamicscourse. The student completed the analyses and consolidated their findings in a report followingUS Code 26 (Rule 26 report). A Rule 26 report should disclose the data and other informationconsidered by an expert including exhibits and charts. The report should reflect the testimony tobe given by the expert and must be signed by that expert. We have used versions where thestudents either worked alone or in teams. The student was then then “hired” by a law studentwho was role-playing an attorney and deposed to render their opinion on

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona; Simin Shoari; Behdad Kavianpour, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

Page 26.10.21 IntroductionRetina is a light-sensitive layer of tissue (Figure 1), located at the inner surfaceof the eye. The optics of the eye creates an image on the retina, similar tothe film in a camera. Light striking the retina activates nerve impulses. Thesepulses are sent to various parts of the brain through the optic nerve. Retinascans require that the person removes their glasses, place their eye close tothe scanner. A retinal scan involves the use of a low-intensity coherent lightsource, which is projected onto the retina . A retina scan cannot be faked andit is impossible to forge a human retina. Furthermore, the retina of a deceasedperson decays too rapidly to be used to deceive a retinal scan [17, 18]. Therecognition of a

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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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Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

instructional strategyincluded soft scaffolding with a plan of alternating between “scaffold” and “no scaffold” asnecessary. Research results showed positive student feedback and notable progress in problem-solving activities. Survey responses by participating students showed positive impact of thescaffolding strategy. Also, the students expressed strong interest to further improve theirproblem-solving skills through similar future sessions. The scaffolding case study requiredextensive planning and preparation for the class sessions. In addition, the instructor consideredthe dynamics of non-cognitive factors especially for minorities and small class size. Effectiveinstruction at HBCUs requires more of these pre-planned case studies and/or mini-projects

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul G. Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Rhonda R. Franklin, University of Minnesota; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida; Tom Weller, University of South Florida

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Evaluator at Magnolia Consulting, LLC, a woman-owned, small business specializing in independent research and evaluation. She has served as evaluator for STEM education projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- tration, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Arizona Department of Education, among others. Areas of expertise include evaluations of engineering education curricula and programs, informal education and outreach programs, STEM teacher development, and climate change education programs.Dr. Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at ManoaDr. Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa Wayne Shiroma is Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering at

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Amber M. Henslee, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Douglas K. Ludlow, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Engineering Ethics

plagiarism and paraphrasing exists among students (92% ofrespondents) who reported having had previous training or education about academic integrity.These students tend to be recent high school graduates, with very high standardized test scores,and class rankings who undoubtedly learned about plagiarism and reference citations previouslyyet they struggled with the concept on the short quiz.This initial research project used questions from a previous study by Belter and du Pré1. Whilethe questions provide evidence that many of our students do not understand plagiarism, thequestions did not prove to be as rigorous or detailed as would be desired for our research project(i.e., given the wording of some items, and current students’ experience with

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Joseph Stuart P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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Materials

that an NSFteam had fine-tuned over several years. The 3 credit course in Advanced Compositematerials consists of two lectures and a lab where hands on selection and application ofcomposite materials focuses on students designing and building projects in a compositematerials lab environment. ‘Just in time feedback’ mechanisms are used that providerapid formative feedback and reinforcement of a positive learning experience to enhancethe learning process such as: 1) ‘muddiest points’ and ‘most interesting points’identification and next lecture clarification, 2) three to five minute PPT and videosegments used in class to fortify concepts that have proved to be confusing or complex inthe past or in current lectures, 3) online postings of short

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Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute; Sami Ainane, The Petroleum Institute

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

courses in a sequence.The general studies department offers a sequence of three courses. In the freshmen year studentstake, the introduction to petroleum engineering in the petroleum industry followed by twosophomore design courses called STEPS, which stands for Strategies for Team-basedEngineering Problem Solving. In STEPS courses students integrate what they are learning inscience, mathematics and communications, couple it with teamwork and project managementtools and build a working prototype of a useful machine. The requirement to start the STEPScourses is that they should complete the first course of Physics and two levels of communicationclass. After successful completion of the courses in Arts & Sciences, students enter one of the

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Q. Peter He, Tuskegee University; Jin Wang, Auburn University

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, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849Abstract: The primary goal of this project is to create educational materials that systematicallyintegrate biofuels technology into undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum. The ultimategoal is to help prepare a technologically advanced workforce and innovative researchers for thebiofuels technology field. In this work, we present the classroom and web modules beingdeveloped. We will also discuss the integration of the modules into two chemical engineeringcourses: thermodynamics and reaction engineering.1 IntroductionIt has been argued that the advanced biofuel industry will have significant impact on U.S.economic recovery and its transition to a sustainable green economy. The U.S. NationalAcademies have

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicolas A. Brown, Florida Atlantic University; Khaled Sobhan, Florida Atlantic University; Edgar An, Florida Atlantic University; Ryne A Sherman, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University

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. Khaled Sobhan is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. He is the Princi- pal Investigtor of the NSF RIGEE Project titled ”Exploring the disconnect between Self Determination Theory and the Engineering Classroom Environment.” He is the recipient of a number of teaching awards including 2009 Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award, and 2006/2007 Award for Excellence and In- novation in Undergraduate Teaching, both at Florida Atlantic University. He has been rigorously involved with the Engineers Scholars Program for gifted high-School students taking dual enrollment credit courses at FAU. Dr. Sobhan received his MS degree from The Johns Hopkins University, and his Ph.D. degree from Northwestern