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Systems Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Ian Smith, Penn State Harrisburg; Fares S. Alromithy, Wayne State University; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Nate Archibald

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Systems Engineering

/computer science program students as a good example of systems engineering. In fact arecent publication by the US Department of Transportation 9 highlights this fact where differentarchitectures (mechanical, electrical, computers and communications), including governmentpolicy, are integrated into designing one product.This paper is organized as follows. In section II theory and impact of this technology is Page 26.745.3discussed. V2V Implementation issues are presented in Section III. Conclusions are given insection IV. The authors stress that this paper is an extension of an Electrical Engineeringundergraduate project presented in the context

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati; Jeff Kastner, University of Cincinnati; F James Boerio, University of Cincinnati

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First-Year Programs

, basic mechanics, and system modeling. The course ends with aproject requiring the students to work in groups to design a graphical user interface (GUI) thatserves as a teaching tool for some topic that they learned in calculus, chemistry, physics, or adiscipline specific engineering course. This project requires students to utilize the knowledgegained throughout the year as well as tie the computation skills developed to an application oftheir choosing which they have already experienced.Impact on RetentionThere was a sizable improvement in retention of first-year students in the 2012-2013 academicyear when the university transitioned from the quarter to semester system and the three commoncourses were implemented and required for all incoming

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Student Experiences and Motivation: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Anna KT Howard, North Carolina State University; Sherry Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

to material ownership raised byindividual faculty, departments, or even institutions.Because of these issues, the first step in flipping a classroom isn’t using someone else’s videosbut making instructor-specific videos to seamlessly merge with current curriculum25,26. Largecourse redesign, especially as championed by the National Center for Academic Transformation(NCAT), is very focused on helping faculty develop their courses for their own universities27.Collaborations between one university and another, even for courses which are very similar, areless common. The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Virtual Communities ofPractice was formed in part to assist in such collaborations and was where this project began28.Section 3

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Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin M. Gray, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

). Page 26.871.6Data CollectionStudents agreed to participate in a one-hour data collection session, with 30 minutes devoted toeach participant’s concept. Each participant was asked to bring a previously defined concept forthe project they were engaged in within their course, and all students had been previouslyrequired to complete some form of user or market research to inform their project. The entireexercise was audio and video recorded (Figure 2), and all sketches and notes the participantsgenerated were retained and scanned for further analysis.The empathic walkthrough method was conducted twice for each dyad, with each participant’sconcept serving as an encapsulated use of the method, approximately 30 minutes in duration.Dyad A was used as

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Leo H McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

completed the fall semester of the course sequence, withapproximately 85% of those students persisting through the second semester course. For bothacademic years, the course consisted of large lecture sections (~250 students) that introducebasic concepts and background for projects followed by smaller group sessions (30-35 students).Overall, the course focused on understanding general engineering principles by completingmulti-week projects as a means of understanding the Engineering Design Process. Virtually noclass time is used to discuss various engineering disciplines or possible careers for students.However, through a series of reflective assignments, including attending four EngineeringExploration events, students are tasked with considering

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Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Alan Nygate, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Computing & Information Technology

- scatterplot, histogram, control chart, sparklines, etc. o What should be on each of the axes o Font size and style o Coloring scheme – how colors can be used to illustrate a point or focus the reader’s attention 2. Sequence the infographics into a coherent story – similar to the approach proposed by Lankow et al [2]. 3. Add text to o Explain how the infographic represents the data, or o Describe insights or conclusions that can inferred from infographic, or o Link the infographics together 4. Write the conclusion following standard best practicesThe process came together in the final assignment for the course where the students had tocomplete a comprehensive engineering project

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Virtual Instruction and Collaboration

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

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Computers in Education

calculate and display the results in any desired format. By utilizing the developedLabVIEW Virtual Instruments in the classroom, the faculty was able to interactively run the VIs fora variety of load and beam conditions and quickly generate the corresponding results in a visualform. This enabled the students to better understand the behavior of beams subjected to loads andrecognize the factors considered in the design of beams. Arriving at such results using other meansis more difficult to achieve. Use of modules such as the ones developed in this project caneffectively promote students’ interest, enhance classroom interactions, and elevate students’understanding of the important course concepts.Screenshots of the front panel of two developed VIs

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth J Reid, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

freshman honorary society (Alpha Lambda Delta / Phi Eta Sigma) and the mathematics honorary soci- ety (Kappa Mu Epsilon). His research interests involve first year engineering course analysis, authentic projects and assessments, and K-12 engineering.Dr. Kenneth J Reid, Virginia Tech Kenneth Reid is the Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Programs and an Associate Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the TSA Boards of Directors and over 10 years on the IEEE-USA STEM Literacy Committee. He was awarded an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award in 2013 for designing the nation’s first BS degree in Engineering Education. He was named NETI Faculty

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Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Randy Craig Hurd, Brigham Young University; Kip Schafer Hacking, Brigham Young University ; Tadd T Truscott, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

orcommunity volunteers, while other groups run by teachers were done completely in-classand merged into the existing curriculum. Some groups discussed the project several daysa week, where other groups met for long periods of time once a week. Students typicallyworked building robots in groups of three. Participant ages ranged from 11-15, withparticipants typically coming from grades 6-9. Individual groups attracted volunteersfrom a variety of sources including BYU’s student volunteer organization, the BYUcollege of engineering and technology and from parents. Some groups provided asignificant amount of teaching integrating with ROV construction, while many focusedprimarily on the building activity. Groups typically started construction in October

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Eric John Wilson; Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

paper thereby serves as an innovative way to expose technology students to this difficult topic and gives them a fresh taste of Python programming while having fun learning the Discrete and Fast Fourier Transforms.  1. Background  Engineering departments are often confronted with the necessity to update laboratory exercises and equipment with the latest emerging technological trends within tight budget constraints. Another challenge faced by departments pertains to satisfying the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) criteria for capstone senior project experience within the curriculum. In this paper we will explain how we attempted to solve these challenges by exposing students to new emerging

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Auer, CTI Villach; Danilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Amir Mujkanovic, CUAS

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Computing & Information Technology

programming environmentsand some of its functionalities shall be centralized and provided as a service. This newparadigm is introduced in the OnlineLabs4All project (www.onlinelabs4all.org), a researchproject that is being carried out under the Sparkling Science Program, funded by the AustrianFederal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy. In this new approach, queuing, lab datastorage and deployment will be offered as a service for lab owners, allowing the lab specificpart to be loosely coupled with the RLMS and lab server. This is depicted in Fig. 05. Page 26.126.7 Fig. 05 – Lab server functionalities provided as a serviceIn this

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Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Galley, Collin College; Gena S Martin, Collin College; Jeannie Christine Stone, Wylie Independent School District; Becky Hunt, Allen Independent School District; Jean Laswell, Rockwall Independent School District; Lynn Mortensen, Retired Raytheon Company; John W. Sibert, The University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

high school. In the caseof the former population, our robotics camp research shows that boys need “confirmation” tocontinue strongly in engineering, whereas girls need “confirmation” after “affirmation” and“visualization.” Based on the above finding, we believe that the approaches to encourage middleschool boys to proceed towards STEM careers and the approaches to encourage middle schoolgirls to proceed towards STEM careers must have some similar elements and yet be necessarilydifferent.A study that shows the difference between boys and girls was done very early in ourcollaborative project. Collin College asked questions of Allen ISD students that were judged tobe “good” in 7th and 8th grade math by test scores and teachers. The simple study

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farnaz Ghazi-Nezami, Kettering University; Mehmet Bayram Yildirim, Wichita State University

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Industrial Engineering

of maturity and responsibility. Students were provided withall the sufficient SAP software manual as well as one example problem that was assigned as aterm project.For Grading purposes, SAP Project constitute 10% of the overall grade, and on average casestudy analysis, exam(s), quizzes, class discussion and homework include 20%, 40%, 10%, 10%and 10% of the term grade, respectively.II. Simulation gameThe goal of the instructors in this study was to integrate lean concepts into the supply chainmanagement course and facilitate better understanding of the course material for the students. Asdescribed earlier, evaluating literature and analyzing the benefits of the other existing games,TimeWise Simulation was selected as the supplementary

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Hector A. Ochoa, University of Texas, Tyler

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

BJTscapable of ±300μA. Currents in the semiconductor device under test are converted to voltagesby means of a transresistance amplifier. This paper will describe the circuit and itsimplementation as well as its curricular integration. Sample results from student work usingthese curve tracers is included.Background and project rationaleA note to the reader: this paper does not contain groundbreaking developments in laboratoryinstrumentation. You will likely be disappointed if you are expecting a technologicalbreakthrough, a tour de force that sweeps aside long-established paradigms in the undergraduateelectronics laboratory. But if you are looking for a simple way to display the IV characteristicsof basic semiconductor devices—if your expectations are

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Montana State University are for asequence of digital logic courses found in every accredited computer engineering program in theU.S. Since the materials are deployed most broadly in this project using the existing courses atMSU-Bozeman, the MSU course names and numbers are used to describe the content for theremainder of this paper. The two courses that are impacted by this project are EELE 261 – Page 26.444.4Introduction to Logic Circuits and EELE 367 – Logic Design. EELE 261 is a four-credit coursebased on the semester system. The workload for this course consists of 3 credits of lecture and 1credit of laboratory. This course is required of

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Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Peter Vogt, Salt Lake Community College

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Two Year College Division

ColumnsAlso, students should be able to generalize • Relations between loads applied to a non-rigid body and the deformations which are depen- dent on the material • Relations between loads applied to a non-rigid body and the stresses produced on the body • Relations between stress and strain from various materials and conditions • How to design materials to account for different loads and conditionsStudents are evaluated with 4 standard exams, 1 final, weekly quizzes, random class activities, asemester project, and homework assignment for each of the 9 chapters covered. Unlike the 2 traditional sections of this class, students in the hybrid class are required to view apre-lecture video before coming to class which discusses

Conference Session

Dynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Tang, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Haiyan Bai, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Mechanics

Human Performance at the University of Central Florida. Her interests include resampling method, propensity score analysis, research design, measurement and evaluation, and the applications of statistical methods in educational research and behavioral sciences. She is actively involved educational and social science research projects. Dr. Bai has published books and many professional articles in refereed national and international journals. She has won several competitive awards at the University of Central Florida for her excellent teaching and research. Dr. Bai also served on several professional journal editorial boards, such as Journal of Experimental Education, Frontiers in Quantitative Psychology and

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ECCD Applications in Energy and Thermodynamics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University; Kang Wang, Syracuse University; Ryan James Milcarek, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

fuel cellsystems and technologies, while also gaining a broader prospective of their influences andimpacts from different perspectives. The majority of the eleven enrolled upper class studentsmajored in Mechanical Engineering while the rest of the students majored in AerospaceEngineering. In order to ensure all the students could understand course topics, lessons weretaught progressively, starting with a simple topic then building into more complex topics. The course was divided into four portions: lecture, an interactive lecture series, labsections, and final project lecture series. Lectures were held twice a week in a classroom settingand discussed fuel cell fundamentals. Table 1 shows the discussion topics such as fuel

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Mobile Devices and Apps

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel M. White, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Computers in Education

practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. Page 26.516.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Development and Usability Testing of a Student Mobile Application for

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas at El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Ryan Wicker, University of Texas, El Paso; Zhonghua Hu, University of Texas at El Paso

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #13892Development of 3D-Virtual Facility Tutorial Implemented in Mobile Environ-ment to Enhance Additive Manufacturing EducationProf. Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El PasoAditya Akundi, University of Texas at El Paso Aditya Akundi is currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at El Paso in the Electrical 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

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Circuits and Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Davis, Central Washington University; Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; Lad Holden, Central Washington University; Michael L. Whelan, Department of Engineering Technologies, Safety, and Construction, Central Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

provided the sixteen units required to support the demandsof the course as well as a unit used by the professor for demonstrations and three units reservedfor student based projects such as those associated with the capstone sequence.Lab SequenceThe original lab manual was limited to a procedural introduction to various functionalities ofPLCs and was constrained by having only eight available training units. Because the typicalclass had approximately 30 students, each group generally had three to four people. This limitedthe participation of all group members to very little actual hands-on time spent with the trainer. Page 26.526.5In redeveloping

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Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E. Foor, University of Oklahoma; Rui Pan, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

. How did you handle that? Unfortunately not as good as I should. Well how did you handle it and how do you think you should have handled it? How I think I should have handled it...I don't know.The absence of confident, effective leadership led to the development of cliques within theteams, which in return made leadership more difficult. Leadership focused solely on survival(getting the product ready) cannot retain and integrate new members nor does it contribute to anopen and positive culture.Management skill developmentAs large project teams engineering complex artifacts, student competition teams should be anexcellent venue to develop and practice management skills regarding time, material, humanresources, and the design and

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Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pavan Meadati, Southern Polytechnic State University; Parminder Juneja, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Construction

review do not get left behind. This paperdiscusses about the different components of the new learning environment framework. It alsodiscusses the steps involved in the deployment of the framework for development of prototypesmart lab.The study will be conducted in two phases. The first phase focuses on the development offramework for QR code learning environment. The second phase focuses on the deployment ofthis learning environment in teaching the courses. This is a part of a research project, which is inprogress. The paper presents an overview of the framework development involved in the firstphase of the research and pilot study conducted in the second phase. The following sectionsdiscuss about QR code learning environment components and

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International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling; Nhu Y Tran; Lia Marie Applegarth

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International

motivations forparticipating, and what challenges they faced before, during, and afterward; (2) to identify anycultural differences they observed or experienced, including those related to communication,decision-making, project management, problem solving, and style of engineering; and (3) tomake recommendations for individuals beginning international assignments and for educationaland corporate institutions. Lessons identified include: 1. Try Not to Behave like an ‘Ugly American’ 2. Understand the Differences Between the US and the Other Country 3. Focus on Communication 4. Build Relationships, Build Trust 5. Implement A Learn-By-Doing Model of Education for International Work 6

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Explorations in Mechanics Pedagogy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Luciana R. Barroso, Texas A&M University; David G. Pollock P.E., George Fox University; Jennifer Light, Lewis & Clark College; Adam Lenz, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics

MaterialsIntroductionThe work reported in this paper begins with the end of a previous research project. Our earlierwork investigated student understanding of mechanics of materials1–3. After describing howstudents understand this topic, we wanted to move on to developing course materials to helpbuild on students’ existing understanding and address misconceptions. This is not an unusualprogression, and, indeed, our initial research in this area showed us that most course materialsthat are developed from research never achieve broad adoption4. Many engineering educatorsdevelop their own materials, duplicating researchers’ efforts and potentially denying students thebenefit of research-based materials with proven effectiveness. The lack of adoption is a

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Scott Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Aerospace

Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology.6. NTSB. (2013). Boeing 787 Battery Investigative Hearing. Washington DC. Retrieved from http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2013/B787_hearing/agenda.html7. Gertler, J. (2014). F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ( JSF ) Program (Tech. Rep.). Washington DC: RAND Project Air Force.8. ABET. (2013). 2014-2015 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Baltimore, MD. Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/9. Woods, D. R., Felder, R. M., Rugarcia, A., & Stice, J. E. (2000). The Future of Engineering Education III. Developing Critical Skills. Chem. Eng. Ed., 34(2), 108–117.10. Paretti, M. C. (2008). Teaching Communication in Capstone Design  : The Role of the Instructor in Situated Learning. Journal

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Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Topics in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rogelio Palomera-Arias, University of Texas, San Antonio; Rui Liu, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

Conveyance Systems X XAll the textbooks follow similar methods for calculating building loads, and for the design andsizing of systems. However, the book published by ATP defines and restricts its methods andequations to the English units system only.None of the textbooks reviewed provides coverage of what is typically considered advancedtopics in MEP construction, such as MEP estimating, scheduling, or project management; andwith the exception of Janis & Tao’s book, none of the books cover the subject of MEP systemcoordination either. Other topics relevant to MEP systems construction and absent from all thetextbooks are discussions on prefabrication, constructability issues such as

Conference Session

Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Maria Stavridis, Ohio State University; Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Darryl T Hamamoto, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry; Ken Sigler, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

taught a wide variety of engineering courses in First Year Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Ohio State. She has received four teaching awards in the last three years at both the College and the Departmental level at OSU.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University Dr. Sheryl Sorby is currently a Professor of STEM Education at The Ohio State University and was re- cently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University and the PI or coPI on more than $9M in grant funding, most for educational projects. She is the former As- sociate Dean for Academic Programs in the College

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Blais Dannemiller, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University

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First-Year Programs

meetings in the Fall semester of 2013, 30 in the Spring of 2014 and 29 in the Fallof 2014. The course covers an introduction to the engineering profession, different engineeringmajors, math concepts, basic problem solving, MATLAB programming, Excel basics andconcludes with a team project. Prior to enrolling in ENGR 1315, students are required to take,and pass, a math placement exam and have already completed, or be concurrently enrolled in,Calculus I. The first lessons in ENGR 1315 include curriculum on time management, project Page 26.1518.2management, successful homework strategies, how to study, how to prepare for an exam, andexam taking tips

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Mohajeri, DeVry University, Pomona

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Engineering Physics & Physics

layers are explained. Lastly the latest developments andprogresses are summarized. with consideration of the revolutionary improvement of NanoTechnology and its application of optical properties of semiconductors in the world ofcommunication presented. The educational importance of the subject to Electronics EngineeringStudents is also described. At a lower scale there are potential for some of these concepts to beassigned as a research project to our undergraduate Engineering Students. Page 26.1520.2Introduction:The Concept of Quantum Mechanics is still an scary and confusing topic to many in ourEngineering Educational institutions. Most students