Conference Session

Subjects in 3D Printing and ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; John Monahan, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Upward Bound; Sarah R Hoffman, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Steven Kibler, Northern Embedded Solutions; Alfred Upton, ACUASI; Patrick Bakke Dewane, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Fairbanks.Dr. John Monahan, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Upward Bound John Monahan is currently the Director of University of Alaska Fairbanks, Upward Bound and Princi- pal Investigator of the National Science Foundations EPSCoR Track 3 ”Modern Blanket Toss” project investigating the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in K12 classrooms.Ms. Sarah R Hoffman, University of Alaska Fairbanks Sarah graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering, concentration in Aerospace and minor in Mathematics. She then joined the ACUASI team designing mechanical integration of payloads using CAD programs and a 3D printer. Poked and prodded almost daily for a year by her supervisor, she

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundemental and Evaluation: Embedded Programs in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University; Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

is the first and only individual from his native country and Texas Tech University to have received this prestigious award. Fur- thermore, he was a recipient of the Texas Tech University President’s Excellence in Diversity & Equity award in 2014 and was the only graduate student to have received the award, which was granted based on outstanding activities and projects that contribute to a better understanding of equity and diversity issues within Engineering Education. Additional projects involvement include: Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Project; Computational Think- ing/Pedagogy Project; Rocket Project of SystemsGo; World MOON Project; East Lubbock Promise Neighborhood (ELPN) Project; and Robotics

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yufeng Ge, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

accredited biological and agricultural engineeringdegree programs. Students participate and interact in small teams for a course with enrollments of60 students or more. The course assumes the student to be a junior, senior, or first year graduatestudent who has completed an introductory electronics course and most core and elective courses.Weekly laboratory activities include bread boarding of basic instrumentation circuits followed byspecialty exercises on sensor response times and controls. Two signature laboratories include openchannel and pipe flow water flow measurements and an internal combustion engine test exercise.Student teams also develop semester projects which are presented as posters and papers at anannual department open house

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Curriculum and Resource Exchange

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Joshua M. Coriell, Cyber Innovation Center; Sara Hahler, Louisiana Tech University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Education Research Center’s (NICERC) Advanced Math for Engineering andScience (AMES) is a fourth year high school math curriculum geared towards students that anticipate pursuing acareer in a STEM field. The topics in AMES provide a strong foundation for future math, science, and engineeringcourses. Concepts covered in the curriculum include the Cartesian coordinates system, polar and complex planes,vectors, matrices, three dimensional coordinate systems, and logic. The content is presented in a project-basednature including introductory projects for each unit, various small projects throughout to explain concepts, andcapstone projects for each topic to apply and solidify understanding.Logic Gate ActivityThe logic section fosters foundational

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Instrumentation Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Instrumentation

pristine nature of the environment andtest conditions, power apparatus had to be carefully placed and concealed.This paper describes the design and installation of this instrumentation system in the remotemountainous environment. Two years after installation was completed, student learning isassessed by improvements quality of data collection over the course of the project and by thequality of data presented since the project.Introduction The Mountainous Ecosystem Sensor Array (MESA) project is a wireless 3-Denvironmental sensing network designed for climate change research located near Taylor Ranchin the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area in the State of Idaho. The MESAsystem has a total of 78 sensors in three identical arrays

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2B: Strategies for Writing and Communication Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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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 interpreting 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 a first year M.Sc. student under the supervision of Dr. Thomas O’Neill at the University of Calgary focusing on at team dynamics, training, and communication. She has been working with the Schulich School of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary G. Noonan, Merrimack College; Marc Veletzos, Merrimack College; Cynthia Baker McGowan, Merrimack College; Maureen Walsh Sakakeeny P.E., Merrimack College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

preparation and learning, and creates an integrated institutional network ofsupports that increases students’ self-efficacy, sense of belonging to their major, and belief in theimportance of their contributions to society. These are key factors that affect retention in STEMfields. The FS2 program is funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant # DUE-1217285),focuses on engineering and computer science (CS) majors and is designed to improve retentionand graduation rates.Broad ImpactsThe FS2 project elements have been piloted at large public institutions, and this project expandstheir application and assesses their effectiveness within a smaller Liberal Arts college setting.The project strengthens the infrastructure for providing services for pre

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Christian Kreiter MSc, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #15363Engaging Secondary School Students in Science by Developing Remote Lab-oratoriesDanilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Danilo G. Zutin is currently a Senior Researcher and team member of the Center of Competence in Online Laboratories and Open Learning (CCOL) at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), Vil- lach, Austria, where he has been engaged in projects for the development of online laboratories, softtware architectures for online laboratories and online engineering in general. Danilo is author or co-author of more than 30 scientific papers published in international

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Nan Niu, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

computer engineering courses, in general. We present detailed courseware and instructional modalities, including implementationdetails of daily in-class active learning activities, out-of-class assignments, and project resources,along with supporting materials from the literature and student feedback results.1. Introduction Evidence-based instruction or education is generally considered as the utilization of existingevidence from research and literature on education1. While findings from educational researchare critical, appraisal of discipline-specific research is often overlooked or not well-integratedinto instruction. We propose a unique research-to-practice model that combines evidence fromresearch on education as well as the

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Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tumkor Serdar, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Design Graphics

American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Mixed Reality Tools in an Engineering Drawing CourseAbstractSome students have trouble visualizing the objects that they are trying to sketch during theorthographic projection and descriptive geometry lessons in Engineering Drawing courses.Geometry visualization is an essential skill for prospective engineers to have when entering theprofession. Engineering students need to be able to visualize objects in technical problems on aregular basis, but some students have difficulty imagining objects as a three dimensional mentalimage from two dimensional orthographic views. They need more time and help to improve theirvisualization skills. Engineering drawing courses help students gain this

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Capstone and Collaborations in Civil Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glen F Koorey, ViaStrada Ltd.; Mark W. Milke P.E., University of Canterbury; Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

management, crash analysis, and the design and operation of rural two-lane highways. At Canterbury, Glen taught profes- sional design project courses since 2006 and also delivered oral and written presentation skills to students for many years. Since 2013 he was responsible for the introduction of a new professional engineering skills course to final-year BE students.Mark W. Milke P.E., University of Canterbury Mark Milke is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since 1991 he has taught and conducted research there on solid waste management, design for civil and natural resources engineers, engineering decision-making

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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul C. Lynch, Penn State University Erie, The Behrend College; Joseph Wilck, United States Air Force Academy; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University Erie, The Behrend College

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy

decision to fund an engineering project, merger, acquisition, orto provide venture capital to an entrepreneur comes down to using the basic principles learned inengineering economy. This paper discusses the evolution of an engineering economy curriculumand the birth and success of a business and engineering student group that grew out of theengineering economy course that has grown from six to over 70 active members in just twoyears. All students in the student group completed the engineering economy course assophomore or junior engineering students and have gone on to serve as financial advisers for thecurrent engineering economy students, sponsor company case competitions, and most recentlyserve as consultants in the local community to help

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Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne Raich, Lafayette College

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Mechanics

courses, while stillproviding students with the opportunity to learn the FE modeling and analysis skills needed to besuccessful in subsequent courses and in design project work. The change also increased theexposure students have to computational engineering tools, which is a stated desire of ABET andour departmental external advisory boards.This project studied the effectiveness of the approach taken to integrate FE modeling andanalysis content into four sections of Strength of Materials. The sections had studentenrollments of 20, 22, 30 and 18 and were taught by two different faculty members. The addedcontent was constructed with the following objectives: a) improve the student’s understanding ofspecific stress, strain and deformation topics

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Architectural Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darrell D. Nickolson, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

learning projects, as our campus is one of the nations leaders in suchproject types. It is however uncommon for the design students to be placed on projects that askthem to step outside their comfort zone in terms of social economic interaction with communityresidents/partners. Asking them to set aside their personal biases to apply their design skills to aproject that would create a usable space for those that are afflicted with Sickle Cell, as well as aworking environment for those that provide much needed social services to them. This three-partstudy saw our students study three options: • Renovation that would connect the two adjacent facilities currently being used by the agency. • Designing proposals for a new structure one

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Assessment II: Learning Gains and Conceptual Understanding

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian M. Frank, Queen's University; Natalie Simper, Queen's University; James A. Kaupp, Queen's University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

research project investigating the development and measurement of general learning outcomes. Natalie comes from an Australian Senior-Secondary/ Post-Secondary teaching background, with experience at the State-wide level in curriculum development, large-scale assessment, and evaluation and assessment of outcomes based education.Dr. James A. Kaupp, Queen’s University Assessment and Quality Assurance Coordinator (Msc ’06, PhD ’12) at Queen’s University, Kingston, On- tario, Canada in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Educational research interests include engineering education development, cultural change in higher education, higher-order thinking develop- ment and assessment, outcomes-based data-informed

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandy Chang, University of Calgary

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

projects. In the field of international development, her primary interests are in safe water supply access, environmental conservation and sustainable livelihoods. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Igniting creativity and innovation in engineering students: the case for technology and society courses in engineering curriculaAbstract: Engineering educators have long struggled with coaxing creativity from their students,given the massive amount of prescriptive material that must be covered in their curricula. Ifstudents want to graduate in four years, they have very limited time to explore unique interestsoutside of their specific engineering discipline. A technology and society

Conference Session

Software and Programming

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Rachel Marie Cunningham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Computers in Education

number of professional associations, and is a Consultant for Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology.Miss Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach I am an UG Aerospace Engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach. I am from Spain and I am currently working on the SLA-aBLE project, the Implementation and Evaluation of Second Language Acquisition applied to programming courses.Rachel Marie Cunningham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Rachel is a Graduate Research Assistant at ERAU in the Game-based Education & Advanced Simulations Lab. She has been historian for the ERAU Student Chapter of Human Factors & Ergonomics Society and a Psi

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ETAC/ABET-Related Issues

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel K. Jones P.E., SUNY Polytechnic Institute; Mohammed Abdallah, SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

performance levels on a scale of one tofour: 1 – Not acceptable, 2 – Below standards, 3 – Meets standards, 4- Exemplary.This simplified scale helped to maintain consistency among instructors, and it forced a decisionbetween acceptable (meets standards) and unacceptable (below standards) performance.Each performance level contained a brief, thorough description of the expectations, clarifying thedifferences between the levels. The intent was to provide enough detail to distinguish betweenlevels, while giving flexibility for use in evaluating student work in different projects andcourses. These descriptions were documented in the rubrics, each of which were intentionallyrestricted to a single page [4][5]. These references explain the processes used to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darren C. Olson, Central Washington University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

due to the instructor’s personal interest in the topic,but it was also due to a perceived need that innovative capabilities should be fostered amongEngineering Technology students. This perception was bolstered by published expressions ofthe same sentiment, for example as put forth by Duderstadt3 and by the Council onCompetitiveness4.Students were assigned a multi-phased project in which they developed design concepts, guidedby requirements provided to them in a given scenario, completing activities in parallel with thecourse’s progression. The course topic and the structure of its term project offered anopportunity to include some lesson units about innovation, and to incorporate related activitieswithin the project. The goal was to help

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ELD Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University; Jacob William Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

of increasingly complex questions. Students must have the ability to monitor informationgathered and assess for gaps or weaknesses. Students in lower level undergraduate engineeringcourses are usually unaware of techniques for monitoring information gathered and assessing forgaps in standalone research papers. Moreover, the management of literature research oftenbecomes overwhelming when engineering students encounter team-based design projects thatoccur over the course of an entire semester. To address this need, we have modified the QualityFunction Deployment (QFD) engineering design method to monitor and assess informationresources as a natural outcome of the design process. More specifically we have modified thematrix design method known

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Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs and Labs in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #16793Using a PLC+Flowchart Programming to Engage STEM InterestProf. Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT. For the majority of that time, she has been actively involved in teaching software development courses. From 2008-2014, she led the NSF-ITEST funded SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology) project. Since October 2013, she has been co-leading with Prof. Brad Harriger the NSF-ITEST funded TECHFIT (Teaching

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Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University; Parth Bhavsar, Rowan University; Ayman Ali, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

The second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) was initiated by Congress inorder to find solutions to three national transportation challenges: (1) increase highway safety toachieve the target of zero fatality on US highways; (2) increase mobility and reduce trafficcongestion, and (3) how to maintain existing infrastructure through renewal and maintenance ofroads and bridges. Over the course of several years, SHRP 2 has funded more than 100 researchprojects. These projects were developed to address national level transportation challenges usingstate and/or local level case studies. SHRP 2 research results have been disseminated to thepublic through a series of solutions (in the form of guidance documents and/or online/offlinesoftware

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Software & Web-based Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom J. Zajdel, University of California at Berkeley; Michel M. Maharbiz, University of California at Berkeley

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Electrical and Computer

Massive Online Circuits LabAbstractThis work describes the design and implementation of EE40LX: Electronic Interfaces, the firstlarge-scale analog circuits laboratory hosted offered by edX. EE40LX revolved aroundconstructing a robot, emphasizing hands-on circuit building over circuit analysis to keep thecourse broadly accessible. With over 80 thousand students from over 190 nations enrolled acrossone year, this course is the largest and most distributed open analog circuits laboratory of itskind. Its sheer scale necessitated careful design of the robot project and a robust rubric for peergrading. This paper presents a detailed description of the course and its instructional design. Intotal, 856 robots were built and over 2233 students earned a

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., Univerity of Illinois College of Engineering; Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #14757Drawing Upon Non-Engineering Disciplines to Research Sustainability of En-gineered Infrastructure in South AmericaMs. Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., Univerity of Illinois College of Engineering A teaching associate and professional civil engineer, Ann-Perry Witmer has brought to the classroom her experience working on drinking water projects with communities in the developing world. Ms. Witmer holds degrees in engineering, journalism and art history, and values the importance of developing a well- rounded understanding of the communities she serves. She has taught courses in international service design, as well

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Computers in Education

technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that is focused on supporting the 21st century student demographic he continues to innovate and research on how we can design new methods of learning to educate both our students and communities on how STEM and STEAM make up a large part of that vision and our future.Prof. Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso Prof. Oscar Perez received his B.S. and Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso with a

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Corporate Member Council Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology; Brian Carbonette, New York Institute of Technology

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

Technology Innovation Center (ETIC) and its three labs in the critical areas of IT & Cyber security, Bioengineering and Health Analyt- ics, and Energy and Green Technologies. Anid is NYIT’s principal investigator on a ”Pathway to Cleaner Production across the Americas” project, funded by the Higher Education for Development (HED) in collaboration with Illinois Institute of Technology and seven academic institutions across Latin America and the Caribbean. She has been named one of ”100 Inspiring Women in STEM Award” Winners by INSIGHT Into Diversity and one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business by Long Island Busi- ness News (LIBN). Anid is a program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission

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Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; April Tallant, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

course) or to fulfill an Honors contract through a required major course in order tocomplete the 24 credit hours required to receive the Honors Diploma [3]. With engineeringcurriculum requiring 17-18 credit hours per semester, engineering students have little to nocapacity for completing the Honors Path through extra course work and typically couple Honorscontract projects with their engineering courses. Honors contract projects are mentored bysponsoring faculty mentors and are closely related to the faculty members’ engineering practiceand/or research efforts. The Honors contract projects are often (although optionally) presentedorally to the entire class, which is not only beneficial to the students who conduct them, but alsoinspirational for

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Maite Brandt-Pearce, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Robert M. Weikle, University of Virginia; Lloyd R. Harriott, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

approach is problem-based or project-basedlearning. In problem-based learning, students are presented with problems to solve and thendiscover the material needed. In contrast, project-based learning is more hands-on with physicalhardware as the motivator for the solution-space search.11 An advantage of project-basedlearning, in our view, is the close connection to real-world constraints including methods ofmanufacture and assembly. We have found that this approach is very engaging to students, andthat when properly conceived, we can achieve both depth and breadth of understanding.12Anecdotally, many potential employers that we speak with show a strong preference for studentsthat have had practical experience in their undergraduate education. This

Conference Session

Classroom Practice III: Student-Centered Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayden Fennell, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University; Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; R. Edwin García, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

practical aspects of battery fabrication. Theprocedures of the study were embedded in the practical component of the course. As part of a finalproject, students modeled and analyzed a graded porous electrode to be used as part of a rechargeablebattery system. The individually-submitted course assignments served as the raw data used to examinestudents’ modeling and simulation practices.Data CollectionFor part of the final course project, students were asked to design a rechargeable battery system able tooperate under specific conditions in several different applications. For example, one team designed abattery to power an electric lawn mower for at least 30 minutes of operation. Another team designed abattery able to support 4 x 24 h of charge in a

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard W. Liptak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renat Letfullin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

mechanical,electrical and optical engineering including statics, AC and DC circuits, and photonics, openingthe students to upper level courses in these disciplines. The capstone sequence begins with a 10week junior design course where a series of small design projects tests their ability to solveproblems in a variety of disciplines. Following the junior design course, the students have a 20week senior design sequence where they design, build and deliver a prototype for an externalclient. Aside from these core components the students gain additional breadth through courses inmath, chemistry, and computer science. This curriculum was designed to include room for atechnical area of focus outside of the engineering physics curriculum through a set