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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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Karen M. Groppi P.E., Cabrillo College; Susan Tappero, Cabrillo College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

institutionalization strategies thatwere eventually employed. We will also discuss this project’s contribution to a greaterSTEM presence and culture on campus which has resulted in our Latino/Hispanic studentsapproaching full representation in STEM and engineering majors on our campus. (Figure 1) Approaching Representation 50% Percentage of STEM majors who are Latino Percentage of Latino students 40% 30% 34% 32% 34% 20% 26% 23% 19% 20% 10

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Development as Faculty and Researcher: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Pulford, University of Washington Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Educational Research and Methods

faculty5,10. For these reasonsand more, learning communities should be a more visible and common means to helpengineering faculty to learn, share, and thrive.Building a Faculty Learning Community: A High Bar?How should a faculty learning community be formed? How should it operate? And who shouldset the process into motion? The most visible recommended practices for faculty learningcommunities in higher education come from the highly influential pioneering work of Milt Coxand his colleagues at Miami University. From their literature directed toward learningcommunity builders10,13–15, we might infer that: 1. A learning community must gain broad support within the hierarchy of an institution, including deans and departments and faculty. 2. A

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Thomas Pitcher, The University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

the knowledge about the field of engineering and simultaneously provide development ofinvaluable professional skill sets to the engineering student. In this first year of study we look atthe design parameters of the project where students from various STEAM based fields must designa living, talking, interactive pumpkin patch as part of a community exhibit.MATERIALS AND METHODS The project itself was a community based learning experience in which students from variousmajors collaborated to design an interactive pumpkin patch. The student group this first year wascomposed of 44 students of which 13 were science majors, 12 were engineering majors, 10 wereliberal arts majors, 4 were business majors, 4 were nursing majors, and 1 was an education

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shweta Chopra, Iowa State University; Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Chad M Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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International

Page 26.753.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015International DivisionThree choices of session topics: 1. Global Research Opportunities in Engineering and Engineering-related fields 2. International Research Compliance- Guidelines and Rules of the Game 3. International Collaborations, Experiences, Partnerships, Service Learning Facilitating successful global research among Engineering and Technology scholars: The case study of agricultural supply chain Page 26.753.2 Facilitating successful global research among Engineering and Technology scholars: The case study

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ETAC/ABET Related Issues

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Engineering Technology

Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC). Each commission accreditsprograms in its discipline. Despite harmonization efforts over the last few years, differences inseveral of the criteria do exist. This paper will provide explanations and cite criteria used in theETAC commission.There are a lot of terms and supporting documents used by ABET that need to be defined. Someof the more important ones are listed below. 1) Team Chair (TC). The Team Chair represents ABET and is the central point of contact once a program’s request for evaluation has been accepted. The Team Chair is a highly experienced Program Evaluator who helps the Program Evaluators and program being evaluated. 2) Program Evaluator (PEV). The Program

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Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Donna Kay Chrislip; Rex Allen Parr; Victoria Alexandra Sauber, Arapahoe Community College

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Two Year College Division

application of the skills they need to becompetitive in the global marketplace. Page 26.168.2The National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) programfunding for the project that initiated this work ended in August of 2011, and follow-through byCIS faculty in continuing the problem-based learning methodology has been inconsistent.IntroductionTwo metro-Denver community colleges participated in the Colorado ATE Partnership (CATEP)in order to advance technician education in the region. This NSF/ATE-funded project (DUE#0802439)1 had a shared vision to develop a model for Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT) responsive to

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

ethnic group, were the most certain of choosing engineering or CS as a major (79% were very certain or certain).  Males were also more likely (p=.153) to transfer to ASU than females.The students were asked to rank several areas for which they wanted more information. Theareas in order of rank were: 1. Financing a Bachelor’s degree 2. Learn more about engineering 3. Where engineering jobs are located 4. Know more about the engineering majorsIn Fall 2012, we designed a survey for CC students to answer the question: “What about Page 26.550.4engineering attracts or does not attract you

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith J. Bowman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

the gender diversity of AfricanAmerican engineering BS degrees is shown in Figure 1, which also shows the initialdecline and slight recovery in gender diversity for all engineering BS degrees across thepast nine years. The female fraction of engineering BS degrees had reached its highestlevel in 2002 at 20.9%.6 Page 26.618.3 Figure 1 Female fraction of African American and all US BS engineering degrees.2African American male recipients of engineering BS degrees grew from 2398 in 2005 to2742 in 2013, an increase of approximately 14%.4 In contrast, the number of femaleAfrican American recipients of engineering BS degrees declined 23%, from 1144 in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl P.E., California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Soonmee Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel A Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

contextualizationThe four courses were contextualized in a hypothetical remodeling project of a small, singlefamily residence. This scenario was chosen because it is familiar to students, it is a realisticapplication of class principles, and it lends itself well to integrating material from differentcourses. An overview of the house is shown in Figure 1. Students analyzed two houseremodeling improvements in this project: installation of an air conditioning (AC) unit on theroof, and removal of an exterior wall to open up access to the yard. These two tasks are shown inFigure 2. In what follows, a chronological account is given of the exercises in the class related tothe project.Figure 1: Single family residence used in the remodeling project. Architectural

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelsalam Salem, Text Scope; Mais Nijim, Texas A&M Kingsville

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

board and controlling the frequency of a piezoelectric speaker. This previousresearch was presented in several papers 1. The idea has shown great promise in terms ofengaging students in learning programming.Recently, the technology began to offer the new tablet devices that incorporate the capability ofreading eBooks and run different application ranging from games to sophisticated scientificapplications. The major limitation for these devices to spread out quickly in the markets was tillnow the price. Prices have dropped rapidly due to several factors like the mass production,competition, cloning and fast pace of advances in the hardware and manufacturing technology.These devices are now in the hands of almost all college students and very

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Program (www.stevens.edu/nano) at Stevens. He has been awarded the NSF CAREER award, the ASEE Mechanics Division Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnson Jr. Outstanding New Educator Award, and the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Stevens Alumni Association. Page 26.1213.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Outcomes of a Systems Engineering Project for K-12 TeachersIntroductionPresident Obama’s Educate to Innovate initiative set a goal of preparing 100,000 new andeffective STEM teachers over the next decade.(1) Concurrently, the publication of the NextGeneration

Conference Session

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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First-Year Programs

with guidelines concerning theexpectations of their final presentation. Although the national Future City competition includesthe production of a physical model of the city, there was not adequate time to design, simulate,and construct a physical model in our competition so we instead relied on SimCity™ screenshotsand a narrative in a final written report.The design competition culminated with a presentation by each team in the Pecha Kucha style Page 26.1274.5(Figure 1). Presentations were exactly six slides presented in a 3-minute period (30 seconds perslide). Since teams were large, only a subset of team members presented. Teams were givenonly

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Kathleen Louise Nazar; Paul Bonfanti, Villanova University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

) for the 25th to the 75th percentile istypically 1850 to 2100. The breakdown by area of the exam per year is shown as Figure 1.Typically, 95% of the students enrolling ranked in the top 25% of their high schools with the lowof 91% occurring in 2009 and the high of 97% occurring in 2011. Nearly all of the studentsenrolled within the program are considered “traditional,” indicating that they are full-timestudents that enrolled in college immediately after graduating high school2. Page 26.1315.2 750   730   710   690   670   SAT  Score

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Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devika Patel, Stanford University; Jonathan Edward Pang, Stanford University; Sarah Salameh, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

sanitation crisisAbstract:According to the WHO, 2.5 billion people lack access to proper sanitation resources.1 Integral tothis alarming statistic is the absence of sanitation technology. Current engineering initiativeshave responded to this challenge with toilet fairs and competitions showcasing cutting-edgetechnologies in the sanitation sector. That is, engineers have often approached this sanitationcrisis as well as other world problems from a technocentric perspective―the philosophy thatconsiders technology as capable of solving human problems.2 Technocentrism speaks to thecurrent outlook of engineering education. We as engineering students are trained to design andbuild technical solutions for world problems. Furthermore, this focus within

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Aubrey Wigner, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

engaged in engineer-esque activities, we hopeto further the conversation surrounding educating the engineer of the future.Broadening Engineering PathwaysA more inclusive vision of engineering crossed with making could build future engineeringcapacity as well as raise awareness to the general public of the work and impact such workoffers. Findings from the Center on the Advancement of Engineering Education’s AcademicPathways Study studying undergraduate persistence in engineering and students’ pathways byand through engineering studies, found two groups of students with different motivations forengagement.1 The first seeks financial security, overcoming barriers of foundational math andscience courses to continue, aiming for graduation. The second

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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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

Page 26.616.2more as a metaphor for conveying students’ experience of disappointment than to insinuatemalicious intent.(i)In K-12 engineering programs, the overwhelming curricular emphasis is on engaging, design-based classroom activities: open-ended, hands-on projects requiring creative synthesis acrossmultiple domains of knowledge on the part of the student.1 In university engineering programs,students confront an educational philosophy that can be characterized as exclusionary and builtupon a “fundamentals first” approach to learning:2 analytically rigorous, rote learning of basicprinciples in math and science (e.g., calculus, chemistry, physics) followed by engineeringsciences (e.g. statics, fluid dynamics) followed by engineering analysis

Conference Session

Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies

through the Lens of LiminalityAbstractThe purpose of this study is to learn about the experiences of postdoctoral scholars (postdocs) inscience and engineering fields. It is guided by the theory of liminality. Forty-two postdocsemployed at a Mid-Atlantic, research-intensive University, participated in individual interviewsto describe their experiences as postdocs at the University. This paper provides answers to thefollowing three research questions: (1) What are the benefits and challenges of science andengineering postdoc positions? (2) What liminal experiences characterize the postdoc position?and (3) What recommendations to improve the postdoc experience emerge from this study?IntroductionThe purpose of this study is to learn about the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Charles T. Armstrong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth J. O'Connor , Ketchum Change; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca L. Dohrman, Maryville University; Colleen Arendt, Fairfield University ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

advancement in engineering disciplines and careers.1 For instance,Scholars studying career decision-making and vocational socialization of women engineers have:(a) drawn attention to the prevalence of masculine tropes in engineering schools’ missionstatements,2 (b) related the dominant disciplinary and occupational stereotypes to women’sdisciplinary and career preferences,3 and (c) explained a woman’s choice to build her career inengineering professions requires negotiating the masculinist cultures that prevail incontemporary organizations involved in educating, training and hiring from the workforce thathas received tertiary engineering education.3,4 Such examples have sought to improve thesocialization and mentoring experiences of women engineers

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

effects of Chernobyl crystallized theimportance to the Germans of protecting one’s own and the significance that energy andenvironmentalism plays in their future and the future of their children.”4 Following theFukushima reactor disaster of 2011, the Energiewende was given even more precedence and apush forward with Chancellor Angela Merkel leading the shut down of 8 of Germany’s 17nuclear reactors (see Figure 1).Figure 1: Nuclear Plant Decommissioning in Germany 2000 – 2020From Energy Transition/Energiewende, Bolle Foundation [5]With this shuttering of nuclear plants, and an overarching goal for “80% of Germany’s electricpower to be generated from renewables by 2050”6, the Energiewende is well underway. In fact,the amount of electricity produced

Conference Session

Best Papers in K-12 / Pre-college Division

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

the unit, students wereintroduced to the problem of land mines in Laos. Un-detonated land mines are a serious Page 26.857.5threat both to large animals such as elephants and to the people who live in these areas.One technique for dealing with them is to lob objects into areas with land mines to safelydetonate them. The students were tasked with the challenge of designing a cheap andportable “launcher” for throwing clay (play-doh) at land mines. Specifically, thefictitious client in this scenario asked the students for a launcher that 1) could launch aprojectile 10 m, 2) could land it within 0.5 m of a target, and 3) incorporated levers inorder to do

Conference Session

Making in Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

adjoining machine shop, and adjacent meeting rooms. Storage for designed systems, supplies,and stock is incorporated into the space. The machine shop, which is connected to the workstudio, is only open during hours when the professional staff is on site, with those hoursexpanded at the end of the semester. This facility is a component of MIT’s Department ofMechanical Engineering and primarily serves that segment of the MIT student population. Figure 1. MIT: Pappalardo LabThe Pappalardo Lab can be characterized as a notable academic makerspace for its level ofstaffing and its training programs. The lab is staffed by six fulltime manufacturing educatorswho provide training and instruction in using the facility’s

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Jo Pinkelman, Technische Universität Darmstadt; Malte Awolin, Center for Educational Development at Technische Universität Darmstadt; Manfred J Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt

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International

further developthan others, be societally relevant, and motivate the students.Figure 1: Methodology of German Engineering18,19.Examples of past design projects include “Construction of a modular coffee machine system forrestaurants of various sizes,” “Design of a very large barbeque grill” (winning design constructedand used successfully), “The use of water absorption on zeolites for cooling,” “An automatic haircleaning apparatus,” and “An un-manned system for destruction of illegal poppy plants.” Page 26.154.5Instructional approach: Didactic concept and support systemTo meet all of these goals in the project week course, it is taught in

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fadi Castronovo, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; John I. Messner, Pennsylvania State University; Robert M. Leicht, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Construction

InformationModels for the development of additional learning modules. The presented work illustrates howthe influence of instructional theories and design can support the generation of a new learningplatform for construction engineering and management.1. Introduction One of the main objectives of engineering education is to shape students that possess awide variety of knowledge, skills, and attitudes obtained as a result of education, experience, andachievement.[1] This holds true for construction engineering students, who are challenged withreal world problems during their education and after graduation. This educational objectiverequires educators to prepare their learners to solve real world problems, with which theArchitecture, Engineering and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Kathleen Moore, Oakland University; Julie Walters, Oakland University; Bradley J. Roth, Oakland University; Leanne DeVreugd, Oakland University; Jo Reger, Oakland University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

most STEM departments reporting noactive faculty mentoring programs in place. The benefits of mentoring in the workplace havelong been documented in the literature, yet early and mid-career faculty at OU were generallyleft to fend for themselves unless they were fortunate enough to identify helpful faculty in theirdepartments on their own. So, it was thus not surprising that most faculty members indicated thatthey were not receiving assistance from their colleagues or department in the forms of careeradvice and development opportunities and that more mentoring, particularly as it pertains toresearch, was needed (Figure 1). As was seen in other studies, the percentage of women facultywho agreed or strongly agreed with the need for more

Conference Session

Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky; John R. Baker, University of Kentucky; Keith E. Rouch, University of Kentucky; Christine F. Goble, University of Kentucky; Gerry M. Swan II, University of Kentucky; Adam Brown, University of Kentucky; I. S. Jawahir, University of Kentucky

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Manufacturing

multidisciplinary program, housed in the College of Engineering, drawing on specific faculty and departments for its coursework; faculty appointments were in their home department. • Administration of the program by a Director of Graduate Studies, with a staff assistant • Overall coordination by an Advisory Committee appointed by the Dean of Engineering, responsible for curriculum and related issues. • Thesis and non-thesis options, based on coursework primarily in engineering, with at least one course in organizational behavior from the Business School (see Table 1). Courses include those specifically developed for the Manufacturing Systems program, as well as electives from several departmental programs

Conference Session

Diversity in Chemical Engineering Education: Status and Perspectives

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Arthur Felse, Northwestern University; Karen A High, Clemson University; Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

data indicates that JEE and EJEE have published a similarnumber of articles related to diversity till now, approximately 50 and 56 papers respectively.Itemization of publication data based on a historical timeline reveals the extent of diversity-related engineering education research during various time periods. The timeline data ispresented in Table 1. Table 1. Itemized timeline of diversity-related publications Time period Number of diversity related publications JEE EJEE 2010-2014 8 17 2005-2009 7 22 2000-2004

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Communication as Performance

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

thecomplimentary studies requirements of Canada’s CEAB criteria, while responding to the uniquechallenges of delivering Humanities instruction to engineers. These in-house Humanitieselectives work to accommodate engineering timetables, address differences in typical courseinstruction and delivery that may challenge our students, and relieve the self-consciousness ofengineering students in an unfamiliar discipline. A more complete discussion of these motivatingfactors and the University of Toronto’s response can be found in Chong, Tihanyi andWilkinson[1].While Representing Science on Stage demands that students step out of their comfort zone totake risks in an unfamiliar discipline, it does so in an environment that is familiar: an engineeringclassroom

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., University of Texas, El Paso; Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso; Jessica Townsend, Olin College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

(NAE) and its 2007 publicationRising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter EconomicFuture [1] in which they urged a focus on developing, recruiting, and retaining engineers. Datasupporting this demand is documented in the National Science Foundation’s publication, Scienceand Engineering Indicators 2012 [2], using Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2002 to 2018 thatproject job openings from growth and needs replacement, which will top 160,000.There is an evermore urgent need for our higher education sector to graduate engineers whopossess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to respond to a 21st-century world with its technical,social, and ethical complexities. Indeed, engineers’ abilities to meet these needs

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. M. Kendall, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

these, the Revise/Iterate activity proved promising for two reasons. Iterationis a goal-directed activity that involves making incremental refinements during the developmentof a design solution. A dependence on iteration to optimize solutions, along with consideringtrade-offs and constraints, is one of the distinguishing factors between the process of engineeringdesign and scientific inquiry.2 This is important in the context of STEM education to ensure thatscience inquiry and engineering design are represented authentically, as epistemologicallyrelated, but distinct, problem-solving processes. Secondly, as students iterate through a solutionsto a problem, their understanding of the problem also evolves,1 and studies suggest that a higherrate

Conference Session

Learning Through Service

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Katherine Schmotzer; Ana Paula Valenca, Purdue EPICS

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

students who had shown significant dedication andinterest in the design activities.The assessment process for individual students is designed to customize the assessment processto each student and is modeled after an industry performance appraisal system. Studentsestablish goals and expectations for the semester with guidance from their faculty mentor. Oncethe goals have been determined, progress toward the goals is documented and evaluated.Expectations are communicated with rubrics. Table 1 shows an example of the individualevaluation rubric that students complete to identify and summarize their accomplishments andlearning. Students are assessed over five dimensions of accomplishments, process, criticalthinking, communication and leadership