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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

Nicole Lynn Larson, University of Calgary; Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary; Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; William Daniel Rosehart P.Eng., University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary

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First-Year Programs

research on team learning processes in engineering student project teams. Additionally, she has co-developed a framework for measuring and in- terpreting an array of team dynamics. An online assessment tool has been created based on this framework which allows teams to diagnose and improve the ”health” of their team. She is passionate about her area of research and plans to continue conducting research on factors that contribute to effective teamwork.Ms. Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary Genevieve is completing her honours degree under the supervision of Dr. Thomas O’Neill at the Uni- versity of Calgary looking at the influence processes in teams. She has been working with the Schulich School of Engineering for

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Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

)   A. Six sigma and organizational goals   B. Lean principles in the organization   C. Design for six sigma (DFSS) methodologies   II. Define Phase (23 Questions)   A. Project identification   B. Voice of the customer (VOC)   C. Project management basics   D. Management and planning tools   E. Business results for projects   F. Team dynamics and performance   III. Measure Phase (23 Questions)   A. Process analysis and documentation   B. Probability and statistics   C. Statistical distributions   D. Collecting and summarizing data

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Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

Conference (HI-TEC).A web page was created to allow applicants to see the research projects, mentors, and activities.The application package needed to include (1) a personal information data sheet, (2) an essaydescribing the applicant’s curriculum design experience, and (3) a recommendation letter. Thepersonal data sheet allowed the project director to group applicants based on their researchinterests. The project director then worked with each individual mentor to select participants.General Program InformationAs described earlier, the program’s goals included: (1) to participate and learn about a researchproject with a graduate student and mentor; (2) develop a lesson plan for disseminating theresearch experience into the classroom. To achieve

Conference Session

Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Pradip Kumar Krishnadevarajan, Karpagam University

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Manufacturing

&M University and a Bachelors in mechanical engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, Bharathiar University, India. He has written 6 books on quantifying the value of distribution, profitability, and best practices. Page 26.1442.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Supply Chain Management: Is It a Must Course for ManufacturingEngineering Technology?Abstract:Manufacturing organizations in the twenty first century are much more distributed than those ofnineteenth century where companies used to be mostly vertically integrated. This has made themanufacturing planning

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Andrew Albright, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Karen R. Den Braven, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Elaine R. Parshall, SC Governor's School of Science and Mathematics

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the three-time National Championship SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge Team and is a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Den Braven joined SCGSSM in early 2014 as the director of the GSSM residential engineering program and Accelerate, the new virtual engineering program for gifted high-school students in the state.Dr. Elaine R. Parshall, SC Governors School of Science and Mathematics Elaine R. Parshall is the Academic Coordinator for Accelerate, a blended online high-school engineering program offered to students grades 10-12 around the state. Her current responsibilities include course integration, planning summer camps and Saturday experiences, working with faculty, and general trouble- shooting for this new program. Formerly, she

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Ghasem Shahbazi, North Carolina A&T State University; Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University; Lijun Wang, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

progress and planning for the future.”SummaryStudent and faculty survey responses indicate that both groups view as effective strategies to Page 26.423.9increase graduate students' research knowledge and skills. The most common experiences notedwere research experiences with Center faculty, being mentored by them, and attending and/orpresenting at seminars and conferences. Student ratings (on a scale of 1 to 5) indicated that theirskills and knowledge had increased most in terms of their ability to work independently in a lab(mean = 4.22); knowledge of areas of research related to bioenergy (mean = 4.11); datapresentation skills (mean = 4.00); and

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Penn State University; Tricia Bertram Gallant, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

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Engineering Ethics

females and 4 males) developed and shared strategies forincorporating academic integrity into classroom activities and course assignments.The workshop, designed and facilitated by an expert in ethics education at a large public researchuniversity, aims to prepare faculty for infusing academic integrity and professional ethics intoundergraduate engineering courses. The workshop featured three aspects: 1) enhancingparticipants’ self-efficacy in teaching academic integrity and professional ethics; 2) facilitatingtheir development of instructional strategies for teaching integrity and ethics; and 3) supportingtheir classroom implementation of instructional plans. Table 1 presents the content of theworkshop. One month after the workshop, the

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Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Huff, Harding University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Page 26.866.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Humanizing Signals and Systems: A Reflective AccountAbstract:In this paper, I authentically and reflectively depict my journey as an engineering educatordelving in the challenge of integrating technical content of a continuous-time signals and systemsclass with the social, value-laden realities that encompass such concepts. I refer to this particularchallenge as humanizing the technical content of signals and systems. Specifically, I describe thesignals and systems course and how I structured content and assessment plans to create space forhuman values. Additionally, I critically examine how some barriers that worked against myefforts

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BIM in Architectural Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Monson, University of Washington; Hoda - Homayouni, University of Washington; Carrie S Dossick, University of Washington; Anne K Anderson, Washington State University

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Architectural

include (1) technology and collaboration strategies for green building design and construction, (2) global virtual teams, (3) applications of BIM and COBie in operations and (4) bringing BIM to the construction site via mobile. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Education, Mechanical Contractors Association of Western Washington, University of Washington Royalty Research Fund, University of Washington Capital Projects, the College of Built Environments’ BE Lab and was awarded the College of Architecture and Urban Planning 2007 Dean’s Development Fund.Anne K Anderson, Washington State University Anne Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Design

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Nilsen, VentureWell; Victoria Matthew, VentureWell/Epicenter; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Innovation and Regional incubators, venture capital Entrepreneurship Activity availability Based on Graham, R. Creating university-based entrepreneurial ecosystems evidence from emerging world leaders. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)A month later, four to five members of each team bring results from their landscapeanalyses to a multi-day workshop. Presenters from a wide variety of universitiesintroduce Pathways teams to model programs in innovation and entrepreneurship. Thesesessions are interspersed with an introduction to a specific planning and change processcalled “strategic doing.” Based on “lean” principles,7 strategic doing emphasizes rapid,iterative activities based on well-defined

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Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

regarding how to develop a curriculum map, amultiyear assessment plan as well as direct and indirect measures for assessment areillustrated. A list of do’s and don’ts are provided based on the information that wasobtained from the assessment.INTRODUCTIONIn today’s competitive environment, employers are placing a high value on graduates thathave demonstrated relevant skills and knowledge in any discipline. To establish that thegraduates have learned the required knowledge and acquired the required skills,instructors turn to annual and long-term assessment processes. These assessmentrequirements may vary with each institution. However, there are certain assessmentprocesses that these institutions are required to adopt by accrediting bodies such

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

26.358.3excellent rate.Programming changes occurred during the first five years of this program. A major addition theprogram occurred in spring 2005 with the introduction of the “Guaranteed 4.0” by Donna O.Johnson.7. This learning system is taught to all CIRC scholars and the major reason that moststudents in the program improve academically and are more efficient in their time spent learning.Another part of the 4.0 Plan that is very valuable to helping the students organize their life sothat they plan for adequate learning time is a detailed time management schedule. Students findthis system very helpful and many continue to use this system after they graduate. The“Guaranteed 4.0 Plan” is an excellent learning system and is considered to be a major reason

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Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas John Wallin, Cornell University; Marc James Murphy; Amanda Michelle Lorts Harding, Norfolk State University; Rabia Hussain, Norfolk State University; Sonny James Penterman, Cornell University; Vanessa Nicole Peters, Norfolk State University; Thejaswi U. Tumkur, Rice University; Quincy Leon Williams, Norfolk State University; Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University

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Student

deliverable (high school science/engineering activity with student andteacher materials), as well as weekly assignments and reflections from the IGERT students. TheIGERT MNM itself represents a community of practice that facilitates situated learning throughcontextual participation. More specifically, learning the pedagogical frameworks was expressedthrough the design of lesson plans that are grounded on these frameworks. Because this is aunique model for interdisciplinary graduate level education, and because many graduate studentsdo not have the opportunity to learn theoretically-sound activity or curriculum design, we areinterested in studying professional skills that occur as a result of participation in the pedagogy

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Jacob T Allenstein, Ohio State University; Robert B. Rhoads, Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

I feel uncomfortable under conditions of uncertainty (R) Conditions I feel others are in a better position than I am to evaluate my 7 Engaging in Self- success as a student direction It is my responsibility to make sense of what I learn at and Self-evaluation 8 school 9 I prefer to have others plan my learning (R) I seldom think about my own learning and how to improve 10 it (R) 11 I feel I am a self-directed learner Setting Goals

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn C. Brown, East Carolina University; Mary A. Farwell, East Carolina University; Anthony M. Kennedy, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

/she fell below the required GPA. At the recommendation of an NSFProgram Officer, the 2010 proposal (and the subsequent proposals submitted by ECU) included arecovery semester that enabled a funded student to retain his/her funding as long as his/her GPAwas only below 3.0 for one semester. While it is the case that some students have had to leavetheir S-STEM program at ECU due to a low GPA, it is also true that three engineering studentsand two biology students have been able to recover after one semester below 3.0 and remain intheir respective S-STEM program.Since there are occasions when students must leave an S-STEM program, it is important for aproposal to include a “substitution plan”. This is a plan for finding a student to become a

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Il-Seop Shin, Western Illinois University, Quad Cities; Blair J. McDonald P.E., Western Illinois University; Khaled Zbeeb, Western Illinois University; William F. Pratt, Western Illinois University

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

to devise a master plan for a trail network within the city.OutcomesThe final plan of the trail network incorporated existing trails connecting the city to thesurrounding areas. The plan tied together many of the existing trails surrounding the downtowndistrict to the planned trails connecting the rapidly developing areas in the north within the city.The planned trails are expected to provide better connectivity for commuting and recreationaluse. Two very well connected new trails will connect the southwest area to the northeast. Aseparated trail was under construction in a city’s segment. Once that corridor is completed therewill be a strong connection from south to north, also connecting to the existing trail and arecreational trail

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Petra Reinke, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

valuable to me. 3.85 Q2. The book discussion was interesting and engaging. 3.68 Q3. The Common Reading Experience helped me connect with other 3.51 Michigan Engineering students. Q4. The Common Reading Experience helped me feel a stronger 3.47 connection to the Michigan Engineering community. Q5. I plan to attend additional events related to the Common Reading 3.21 Experience during the academic year. Q6. The

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A Holt, University of Nebraska ; Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University

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Construction

Paper ID #12609Lessons Learned Integrating the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)Certified Green Professional (CGP) Designation into University ConstructionManagement ProgramsProf. Eric A Holt, University of Nebraska Eric A. Holt is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, teaching in the Construction Management program. He has 23 years of industry experience, with 16 years in the design field. He teaches Plan Reading, Virtual Design and Construction, BIM, and Building Codes to CM Majors.Dr. Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University Scott Kelting is an Associate Professor in the

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Research on Diversification & Inclusion

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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

major with a high level of one-on-one advising. However, a high degree of flexibility also contributes. In the LSE program,iterative revision and recreation of an individualized curriculum and career plan are understoodas signs of success rather than failure or deviation. Students are encouraged to understand anddesign their major as a “whole-person technical degree” that does not require them to pass, toassimilate, to compartmentalize, or to conform to stereotypes. We suggest that this holisticflexibility may disrupt barriers such as impostor syndrome by positioning the student not asimpostor but as designer and creator – even when enrolled in technical courses in which thesex/gender ratio is skewed male. Lessons learned from “liberal studies

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leyla F Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill L Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

provide participants a meaningful research experience and enrichment activities to increase thelikelihood that participants will attend graduate school in engineering/science. This model targetsthree cohorts from which data is collected. Each data source provides unique information thatcontributes to a comprehensive analysis of the impact and experiences of program participantsand to an understanding of the academic trends of all SURE program applicants. The pre- andpost-program surveys, focus group session and interviews with participants include a series ofquestions about students’ research interests, and participants’ perceived impact of SURE onresearch skills and planned graduate school attendance. The faculty advisor survey includesquestions

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University; Frazier Benya, National Academy of Engineering; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University; Rachelle D. Hollander, National Academy of Engineering; Kelly Laas, Center for the Study of Ethics, Illinois Institute of Technology; Simil L Raghavan, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering Ethics

ofinterdisciplinary scholars who participate in and support the site and ethics education acrossscience and engineering. The OEC is working to be a unifying resource for staff at the NationalAcademies and has the potential to grow to become the source for ethics related content createdby the Academies. The EEL is proving to be a major resource internally for both the Center forthe Study of Ethics in the Professions and IIT itself, as faculty and students use it to find relevant Page 26.1560.4ethics resources for their teaching, research, and practice. For example, faculty can search theEEL to find example syllabi, lesson plans, case studies and relevant

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Teaching & Learning in Graduate Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

followed procedures discussed in Lavallee et al.6 with a few modifications,as explained later. There are eight stages in the iSLR process: 1. Review planning: Plan the review effort and training activities. 2. Question formulation: Define the research questions. 3. Search strategy: Define the review scope and search strings. 4. Selection process: Define inclusion and exclusion criteria. 5. Strength of the evidence: Define what makes a high quality paper. 6. Analysis: Extract the evidence from the selected papers. 7. Synthesis: Structure the evidence in order to draw conclusions. 8. Process monitoring: Ensure the process is repeatable and complete.6Furthermore, Lavallee et al.6

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Teaching & Learning in Graduate Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

revisitthe material for several years; in the interim, she completed her doctorate, spent a year as a post-doctoral researcher while teaching as an adjunct at a regional comprehensive university, workedin industry for a time, and then accepted an academic position.BackgroundGraduate students in engineering have a variety of motivations for pursuing their education.While some are focused primarily on research and plan to continue that focus in industry oracademia, others have a strong interest in teaching, and plan to pursue an educational career at ateaching-focused institution. Some universities, in their efforts to promote outreach and expandthe population of future engineering students, recruit these graduate students into outreachprograms

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

these scholars, the scholarship directors provided individualizedadvisement on possible project topics. Suitably, several of these students conducted research in Page 26.1356.9career planning and placement, or a topic of personal interest which meshed with their non-technical coursework. A summary of the projects executed by the scholars is given in Table 1. Table 1: Summary of Extracurricular Projects Scholar(s) ID # SPIRIT Project Description 1006, 1031, 1027, 1019 Investigation of gesture recognition techniques for assistive robotics 1003 3D modeling

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ECCD International Outreach

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University; Steve Szablya, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

organization provide guidance to the studentsas needed.The Muhuru Bay Energy Kiosk project was unique in several ways. Rather than being sponsoredby a company, the majority of the project was funded by an external grant from the foundation ofa large international electrical equipment manufacturing company. The grant was awarded toSeattle University with the expectation that a multidisciplinary team of volunteer practitioners—engineers, programmers, social scientists, tradespeople—collaborate on the project. Thevolunteer team, which consisted of about 20 people in addition to the students, worked in sub-teams, each addressing different aspects of the project. For example, there were teams chargedwith developing the business plan for the kiosk, training

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Design and Evaluation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Euan Lindsay, Charles Sturt University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

. Anticipating and acting on future developments would enable engineeringprograms to prepare, but there is little consensus on its future in 10 years. IEEE created aCurricula and Pedagogy committee (CPC) and charged it to forecast the future of ECEeducation and to make recommendations regarding roles that IEEE will play in preparing forand crafting that future. As an initial step, the committee engaged in a scenario planningexercise1,2,3,4 to consider possible trends in engineering education. Then, the committeedeveloped and administered a survey to confirm and revise trends that emerged from scenarioplanning. With over 2100 respondents, these survey results can inform conversations aboutthe future of ECE education. Results of the scenario planning

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Materials Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson P.E., Central Washington University; Charles Pringle, Central Washington University

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Materials

(if any) inspections is required.Part three was titled, “Defining Aspects of the Cost of Part Maintenance/Inspection/Regulation”.First, a classic Life Cycle Analysis is done on the part and material. Then all related‘stakeholders’ (e.g. owners, regulators) of this part/material are identified. Thirdly, students areasked to find out how the various stakeholders interact when a failure occurs (e.g. legal, fiscal).Finally, students are asked to discuss the real ‘costs’ related to the part/material/system failure.The last part concentrates on failure prevention and is titled, “Prevention of System andStructures Failures, and Related Costs”. Students are asked to create a sustainable maintenanceand inspection plan for their system or structure

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Daniel Richards, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

createhigh quality assignments and associated rubrics that will foster better integration of writing intothe undergraduate, upper-class curriculum. The QEP initiative has two main programs: facultyworkshops and funding for projects aimed at enhancing student writing. The RGS-infused heuristic we develop here stemmed from funding from this QEPprogram, specifically for the development of a faculty learning community, which was part of alarger “Improving Disciplinary Writing” Action Project grant funded by this midsize researchinstitution’s (MRI) Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). One way disciplinary writing and genrecan be explored is through faculty learning communities, or intentional groups of (ofteninterdisciplinary) faculty seeking to

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Graduate Recruitment & Professional Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Adam Blake Baker, University of Michigan; Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

in engineering and developing a betterunderstanding of their experiences and motivations as compared to direct-pathway students,those students who begin a PhD shortly after completing their undergraduate degree. This paperfocuses on the findings of this first survey phase, specifically findings related to describingreturners’ past work and education experiences, their processes for deciding to pursue a PhD andselecting an institution, information about their PhD programs, and their plans upon completingthe degree. We aim to use findings from our study to inform efforts to better recruit graduatereturners, support these students throughout their academic careers, and learn more to betterutilize their unique skills and perspectives within both

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice-oriented mission of Northeastern University.Dr. B. Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly Kris Jaeger, PhD is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She has also been an