Conference Session

Distance Learning in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Wendel, Sinclair Community College; Larraine A. Kapka, Sinclair Community College

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

for review by their teachers.In addition, instructor materials will be created to support the use of the tensile strength testingsimulator in classroom settings: A User’s Manual that walks the instructor through each of the three modes of the simulator and present best practice options for integrating the tensile strength testing simulator into class, including: o The objectives covered by the virtual tool o A list of acceptable answers for the questions posed to students A Learner’s Guide to present questions and provide an opportunity for student note taking.2. Conduct research to compare the costs and learning outcomes for using on-site tensiletesting equipment compared with an online simulation.The research will

Conference Session

Diverse Issues in Renewable Energy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Slowinski , M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE; Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

rare. This further emphasizes theneed to internationalize the curriculum in existing domestic STEM programs such as renewableenergy, so that students who lack first hand travel experience are nevertheless provided anopportunity to develop global literacy skills.Against this backdrop, the challenges facing STEM educators in emerging fields such asrenewable energy include not only identifying critical knowledge and skills presented by newtechnology, but also determining how to incorporate an international perspective in technicalcurricula. Likewise, from a professional development standpoint, the question becomes how toprepare faculty and empower them with international expertise so that they may teach therenewable energy professionals of the

Conference Session

Assessment & Accreditation in ECE

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karla Steinbrugge Fant, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

department. In this role he has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, semiconductor device characterization, design and simulation, signal integrity and THz sensors. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE.Mr. Phillip Wong, Portland State University Phillip Wong received an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1990. Since then, he has been with Portland State University, Oregon, USA, where he is currently the ECE Lab Coordinator and an instructor. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Exploring Proficiency Testing

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #17217Development of a 3-D Printer and CNC Milling Desktop Machine for Manu-facturing LabsDr. Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University Faculty member in the Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and Management Systems (EDMMS) at Western Michigan University’s (WMU). Co-Director of the Center for Integrated Design (CID), and currently the college representative to the President’s University-wide Sustainability Com- mittee at WMU. Received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Design from University of Wisconsin- Madison and received an MBA from Rutgers University. His B.S. degree was in Mechanical and

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

in a curriculum underconstant pressure to cover broadening technical fields. Often these leadership courses areoffered as options on top of existing requirements, resulting in students taking additional credits,at significant cost to them. The Engineering Leadership Development (ELD) Program at Penn State University hasoffered an 18 credit minor in Engineering Leadership Development for over 20 years, with over600 graduates. While approximately two times that many students have benefitted by takingcourses in engineering leadership during that period, it still represents a fraction of the more than20,000 who have graduated from the College of Engineering in the same time span. Further,anecdotal evidence has shown that, while many

Conference Session

Teaching Methods in Mechancial Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca L Norris, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; M. Cengiz Altan, University of Oklahoma; J. D. Baldwin, University of Oklahoma; Wilson E Merchán-Merchán, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

description of thesecourses to include the topics covered in the training sessions, thus making them an essential partof the course content.What We Hope to Achieve: We want to expose our students, faculty, and staff to inclusion anddiversity issues of which they might not be aware. By requiring students to go through training inboth the sophomore and seniors years, we hope to achieve maximum impact. The early exposureas sophomores will give the students a chance to apply the concepts they learn throughout theiracademic careers, while the second round of training as seniors will serve as a refresher coursebefore they begin their team-based senior projects and, later, enter the engineering workforce.We specifically designed this training curriculum to

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #14391A Flipped Solid Mechanics Course Designed Based on the Interactive, Con-structive, Active, and Passive (ICAP) FrameworkDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Dr. Haolin Zhu received her PhD in Solid Mechanics and Computational Science and Engineering from Cornell University. She is currently part of the freshmen engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently she focuses on designing the curriculum for the freshman engineering program as well as the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program. She also designs and teaches courses in mechanical

Conference Session

SDR & Programming in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Cutno, Miami University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Deng Cao, Central State University

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Electrical and Computer

the final project, he/she might choose cover only Lab 6 or Lab 7.Final ProjectStudents are expected to finish one regular lab exercise per week and work on a final project afterfinishing all regular lab exercises. Some regular lab exercises like Lab 6 or Lab 7 might be a two-week project. Students will apply the knowledge they acquired from regular lab projects to thefinal project. The final project meant to be an open-end project. Interested students might chooseto continue their final project after finishing this course and use it as a senior capstone project topicin their senior year. The undergraduate students participating in this curriculum project chose toinvestigate the co-existence of a FM radio station and a digital communication

Conference Session

SDR & Programming in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt VonEhr, Grand Valley State University; William Neuson, Grand Valley State University; Bruce E. Dunne, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #16264Software Defined Radio: Choosing the Right System for Your Communica-tions CourseMr. Kurt VonEhr, Grand Valley State University Kurt VonEhr graduated from Grand Valley State University with a B.S.E.E. and minor in Computer En- gineering. He is currently attending Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan for a M.S. in Embedded Systems. Kurt’s engineering interests include: Embedded System Design, Digital Signal Processing, Communication Theory, Software Defined Radios, Sustainability and Alternative Energy.William Neuson, Grand Valley State University William Neuson is an undergraduate student at Grand

Conference Session

Assessment & Accreditation in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen M. Phillips, Arizona State University; Marco Saraniti, Arizona State University

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Electrical and Computer

, Arizona State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Fully Online Accredited Undergraduate Electrical Engineering ProgramAbstract:We have implemented full online delivery of the undergraduate electrical engineering program ata large public university (Arizona State University). This paper describes the objectives for theprogram, its implementation and an assessment of student performance.The curriculum, admissions standards, accreditation and faculty delivering the program areidentical for face-to-face and online delivery. The program was initially conceived primarily toextend the access to our existing program to more underserved student populations. Ourenrolment statistics show that this

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Biomedical

limited in industry skillsets and the applied practice of product development. Historically, medical industry skill setsare learned and first practiced as “on the job training” while employed within the medicalproduct industry. The two-semester bioengineering senior capstone design sequence atUniversity of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has long emphasized team-based product design andencourages regular clinical partner feedback throughout the design process. However,formalized interaction with clinical end users to inform the design process has not been a part ofthe curriculum until the introduction of a Bioengineering Clinical Immersion program in 2014.This paper reports information from the first two years of the program, as well as changes to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Introductory Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University; Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST).Dr. Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University Dr Michael Escuti is Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. He earned his PhD’02 and MS’99 degrees at Brown University and BS’97 degree at Drexel University. He has taught a wide range undergraduate classes, including in cir- cuits, electromagnetics, photonics, organic electronics and nanotechnology, and since 2010 serves as Chair of the ECE Course and Curriculum Committee.Prof. Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University Mehmet C. Ozturk received his BS degree in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Chang, University of Calgary

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #16209Igniting Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Students: The Case forTechnology and Society Courses in Engineering CurriculaDr. Sandy Chang, University of Calgary Dr. Chang’s current research interests lie in the areas of engineering education and international develop- ment. In particular, she is interested in ways to support and enhance diversity in the engineering student population, as well as curriculum development to best prepare students to meet the needs of the green economy. As an extension, she is also exploring ways to engage students in the social side of engineering through community

Conference Session

Construction Session 2: PM, BIM, and Collaboration

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilei Huang, South Dakota State University

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Construction

. Ghosh, A., Chasey, A.D., and Root, S. (2013a). Industry and Academia: A Partnership to VDC Curriculum. Proceedings of the 49th ASC Annual International Conference, San Luis Obispo, CA, April 10-13, 2013.15. Ghosh, A., Parrish, K., and Chasey, A.D. (2013b). From BIM to Collaboration: A Proposed Integrated Construction Curriculum. Proceedings of the 120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, June 23-26, 2013.16. Ghosh, A., Parrish, K., and Chasey, A.D. (2015). Implementing a Vertically Integrated BIM Curriculum in an Undergraduate Construction Management Program. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 11(2), 121-139.17. Gier, D.M. (2015). Integrating Building Information

Conference Session

Fostering Transformational Change in Civil Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Euan Lindsay, Charles Sturt University; James R. Morgan, Charles Sturt University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

basis – either employing them part time while they study by distance, oremploying them every summer between teaching semesters at an on campus university. Thisworkforce demand allows us the opportunity of embedding our student engineers in industrywhile they learn, and to provide them with real (rather than realistic or authentic) learningenvironments. The benefits of co-op programs are widely known; extending from a six-monthplacement to four years’ work experience will only deepen the value of the learning. This alsoprovides an inherent solution to the imminent problem of many engineering students strugglingto find adequate workplace experience in order to graduate.An Innovative curriculum. Building a new program from the ground up allows us

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Gopalkrishna H. Joshi, KLE Technological University; Ashok S. Shettar, KLE Technological University

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Diversity

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International

methods.Figure 1. Instructors participating in the soda straw (top-left), mechatronics (top-right), balloon dropactivity (bottom-left and bottom-right).2.2 Developing the First-Year Course and Integrating Spiral Curriculum After an introduction to experiences in first-year course activities and projects, the focus wasturned to developing an implementation plan for the first offering of the first-year course at KLETechnological University in the fall 2015 semester. This included mapping activities from the workshopto course objectives and desired outcomes of the course as well as developing a week-by-weekorganization of course materials. Adopted components from the workshop included soda straw towers,balloon drops, mechatronics, ethics, and

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin Kelly Frady; Rebecca S Hartley, Clemson University Center for Workforce Development; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Hope Epps Rivers, South Carolina Technical College System; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Stephanie Denise Frazier, South Carolina Technical College System

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Two Year College Division

College and as a Career and Technology Education teacher. Kris earned a B.S. in Management from Clemson University, a Masters of Arts in Teaching in Business Education from the University of South Carolina, and an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Educational Technology and online learning from the University of Florida. Her research interests include implementation of digital learning solutions in technical and vocational education, development of career pathways utilizing stackable certificates, educator professional develop- ment in communities of practice, and analysis of economic development and industry factors impacting education and workforce development. She is a licensed South

Conference Session

Subjects in 3D Printing and ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Paper ID #15672Application of 3D Printed and Composites Technology to UAS DevelopmentDr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Michael C. Hatfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio Northern University; an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from California State University Fresno, and a Ph.D. in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Alaska

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Home, Parents, and Other Out-of-School Issues Related to K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jean M. Trusedell, EPICS; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

programs.Mrs. Jean M. Trusedell, EPICS Jean Trusedell is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher with extensive experience working with K-12 Educators and students. She is working with the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) Program at Purdue University to create curriculum that can be used with students throughout the country to integrate best classroom practices with engineering principles. Previously, she was the Science and Technology Coach for MSD of Decatur Township in Indianapolis, IN.Dr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He

Conference Session

Software & Web-based Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University

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Electrical and Computer

its enabling technologies are highly sought-after in the engineering workforce. In the context of introducing components of IoT in engineering education, G. J. Mullett 8proposes the integration of IoT and its underlying enabling technologies in the EngineeringTechnology curriculum with the hopes of paving the path for a Cyber Physical SystemsTechnician program. In addition to the fundamental technical skills required by an engineeringtechnician, a cyber physical systems technician would potentially have knowledge of embeddedcontrollers, networking protocols, wireless technologies, system structure and operation, and theability to perform software diagnostics/downloads. Another example of IoT integration inengineering education is the

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Chang, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Christopher Miller, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

projects that will expose the students to concepts they willlearn in their respective curriculum earlier in their career. In addition, it will teach the studentssome valuable skill sets that will be helpful in follow on courses such as DC circuits, introductionto programming, digital systems, and microcontrollers. For example, the students will learn torecognize resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors and how to build a circuit on a breadboard withthem. The key difference between this paper and other recent publications on the topic will be thetreatment of how the learning activities integrate into upper level courses in the curriculum. Due to the large online Arduino community, the authors chose this platform because of thereadily available

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Danner Friend, Norwich University

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Materials

skills in the middle twoyears of a typical engineering curriculum, and there is an opportunity to find a place for theseskills to be developed in the context of an engineering science course. In an effort to incorporatemore professional skills during the middle years, a Materials Science course for MechanicalEngineering majors was redesigned to include specific learning goals that address creativity,teamwork, communication, lifelong learning, environmental impact, and societal impact. Thecourse has for many years been taught using a traditional, lecture based approach, and the newformat adopts a student-centered, active learning approach with an emphasis on project-basedlearning and integrative learning. While including more focus on

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #17030Dr. Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University Otsebele Nare is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Hampton University, VA. He received his electrical engineering doctorate from Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, in 2005. His research interests include System-Level Synthesis Techniques, Microgrids, and K-16 Integrative STEM education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Growing Experimental Centric Learning: The Role of Setting and Instructional Use in Building Student OutcomesAbstract

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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

Authors

Corey A. Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aran W. Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

: Sage.29. Mathis, C. A., Moore, T. J. & Guzey, S. S. (2015). DNA extraction using engineering design: A STEM integration unit (curriculum exchange). In 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (pp. 26.556.1– 26.556.2). Retrieved from https://www.asee.org/public/conferences/56/papers/13631/view30. Krippendorf, K. (2013). Content analysis: An introduction to its methodology (3rd ed.). Thousand Oak, CA: Sage.31. Moore, T. J., Glancy, A. W., Tank, K. M., Kersten, J. A., Smith, K. A., & Stohlmann, M. S. (2014). A framework for quality K-12 engineering education: Research and development. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 4(1), 1–13. http://doi.org/10.7771/2157-9288.106932. Creswell, J

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suhas Xavier, Arizona State University; Christian Murphy, Arizona State University; Kevin A Gary, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

that theproject is in the context of just one course out of many, and like most courses the project activityis deadline-driven. Yet in the context of a learning process, exclusively performing deadline-driven activities implies the learning process suffers, as compliance drops and contextualizedlearning benefits are limited. This is one of the prime motivations for a platform that performscontinuous assessment, provides timely feedback and identifies compliance issues as soon aspossible.Continuous assessment interpreted from an agile software engineering perspective is closelyrelated to the practice of continuous integration and testing2. This practice is fundamental to agilesoftware engineering in that it supports transparency, visibility

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Steven H Chin, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

application areas of biometrics used by commercial, governmentand law enforcement agencies. The global biometrics market has a compound annualgrowth rate of 21.3 percent. There is much research interest in different biometricsystems and this has led to increasing efforts in ensuring that biometrics is taught at theundergraduate level [2][3][4][5][6][7]. The authors are in the final year of an NSF TUESType 2 grant that is based on the theme of vertically integrating biometrics experimentsthroughout the undergraduate curriculum [7]. Three universities have joined together inthis effort [8][9][10][11][12].Biometrics involves signal/image processing in a pattern recognition framework [13][14].There are two types of biometric systems. Biometric

Conference Session

CAPSTONE (SENIOR) DESIGN AND UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University ; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

mostly off-grid, eco-friendly, eco-designed, being able to provide significant reductions in natural resourceconsumption and energy costs, more flexible installations, and a significant leap forward tobecoming energy independent. The project was developed also under the guidance of therelevant departments of our Philadelphia Streets Department. The system aimed at retrofittingthe existing street lighting poles and working in conjunction with current LED technology that isto be implemented to reduce the electricity demand. Students used an integrated approach of twovertical axis turbines (Darrieus and Savonius) and a PV panel, building a fully functionalprototype, amenable to wireless monitoring and further improvements for increased

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial studies. In addition to teaching, Dr. James directs the ESCALATE program, a living-learning community focused on integrating entrepreneurship and technical disciplines. Dr. James is also an avid inventor with over a dozen patents and he has several publications in peer reviewed journals related to his research in biomechanical systems. Prior to joining academia, he worked in the consumer products industry for 13 years where he was the Director of En- gineering at Milwaukee Electric Tool. Following an acquisition by Techtronic Industries, he became the Senior Vice President of Global Engineering for the power tools division, headquartered in Hong Kong, where he lived and worked. c

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and internships. As we identified in the I-Corps curriculum, aminimum viable product of the Engineering Ambassadors Network is an advanced presentationstrategy that we teach to our Engineering Ambassadors: the assertion-evidence approach.8 Ourresearch has found that audiences of STEM presentations have a deeper understanding and betterrecall when the presenter follows the assertion-evidence approach, as opposed to the commonpractice of style of having a phrase headline supported by a bulleted list.9 Through the I-Corps curriculum, we realized that we could dramatically increase ourmarket size on communicating the minimum viable product by creating slightly altered versionsof the websites that we created for targeting the Engineering

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

most important skill an engineer canpossess, but on the other hand they also see writing or documenting as a necessary evil11.Jeyaraj13 mentions both direct and indirect forms of communication as being important inengineering workplace. As an example, some undergraduate engineering courses use the indirectform of communication present in literature books such as “The Goal” to teach about LeanEngineering principles and the job nature of an engineering manager14.Writing-across-the-curriculum approach can be integrated with critical thinking with the help ofwriting prompts, low stakes writing assignments, problem-based assignments and reflectionsincorporated into engineering courses15, 16. While these approaches are currently widely used