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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vann Priest, Rio Hondo College; Gisela Spieler-Persad, Rio Hondo College; Ryan Taylor Bronkar, Rio Hondo College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #16850STARSS: Scholarships to Aid Rio Hondo STEM StudentsDr. Vann Priest, Rio Hondo College Vann Priest is Interim Dean of Mathematics and Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from the University of Missouri-Columbia. After arriving at Rio Hondo College in 2000, Dr. Priest reformed the physics curriculum to include the results of physics education research. He has incor- portated aspects of the inquiry-based curricula Workshop Physics and RealTime Physics. Due to generous funding from two grants from the Department of Defense and its Instrumentation Program for Hispanic Serving

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Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ran Du P.E., United States Military Academy ; Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

to the BOK is presented in Table 3. It is presumed that there maybe less diverse or fewer curriculum requirements placed upon an elective course compared with arequired course. This is supported by the seven different elective courses listed in the surveyresults. The low and high hours did not change between the required and elective courses.However, the average hours changed slightly between required and elective courses and did notchange by more than 1 hour. It is interesting to note that more hours are mapped with BOK 5.4and 5.5 than with the electives. Finally, BOK 5.2 (Identify the modes of failure) and 5.3(Explain the significance of uncertainties) are the lowest mapped criteria.Table 3. Survey Data – Required Courses (All Respondents

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Student Reflection, Self-Perception, Misconceptions, and Uncertainty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beau Vezino, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

. For example, Rowland28 found that uncertainty canprolong engagement and motivation and Doyle4 found that teachers are able to cushion the riskof uncertainty and encourage students to try more challenging open ended-tasks by providingopportunities for feedback or offering bonus points. Beyond a few studies, there is little researchon how exactly teachers leverage uncertainty within an academic task as a pedagogical tool.This study aims to address the lack of research by specifically examining the uncertainties thatmanifest as a teacher integrates an engineering design task.MethodsContext. This exploratory case study was done in the context of a grant-funded program towardthe development of a middle school engineering curriculum and the

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

was to design amechatronics course for students without any circuit analysis background. This course laid thefoundation based on Engineering Physics II knowledge. Objectives of this course are thefollowing: • Hands-on experience in circuit analysis, • Signal conditioning, • Integration of sensors into electro-mechanical application, • Integration of digital circuit and microcontroller into electro-mechanical application, and • System-level design experience using electronics, sensor, actuators, and microcontroller.Mechatronics is a 4-credit course and is taught in an integrated lecture-lab format. In this format,there is no separate laboratory time. Class meets three days a week for two hours each day. Theinstructor

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Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

understanding/comprehending, to analyzing, synthesizing, andapplying. Catalano has suggested adding an additional outcome from a more integrative modelof engineering competency: “A fully integrative approach to engineering problems incorporatingboth reason and compassion in the development of solutions.” 8This additional outcome reaches to the higher taxonomic level of synthesizing and introduces anadditional component, compassion, to the ideal of engineering competency. Compassion is anaffective attribute closely linked to the skill set of empathy and empathic perspective-taking thatHess and others have begun to investigate as a component of ethical reasoning andcommunicational competency in engineering. 19, 20, 21We have argued that perspective

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Electromagnetics & Power Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Brianna Healey Derr, Bucknell University

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Electrical and Computer

. He is currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education.Ms. Brianna Healey Derr, Bucknell University Brianna is an Instructional Technologist specializing in Video at Bucknell University located in Lewis- burg, Pa. She received her certificate in Digital Storytelling in the Spring of 2014 from the University of Colorado Denver in partnership with The Center for Digital Storytelling now called StoryCenter. She partners with faculty to integrate multimodal storytelling into the curriculum and to aid in the discovery of new innovative ways to educate. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016

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Graduate Student Needs and Experiences, Exploring Graduate Funding and Undergraduate Research Experiences

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert N. Coffey Jr., University of Michigan; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

communications.4 Participating inundergraduate research is also a proven strategy for recruiting and retaining students fromdiverse backgrounds into STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields.5–9Well-structured undergraduate research programs provide opportunities for students to engage inknowledge discovery, production and meaning-making.10 Undergraduate research programs canalso promote what Hodge, Baxter Magolda, and Haynes11 have described as an engagedlearning approach:  “Guid[ing] students to develop an internally defined and integrated belief system and identity, which prepare them personally and intellectually for lifelong learning.  Actively engag[ing] students in discovering new knowledge in a sequenced

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Stephanie A. Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; David H Torres, Purdue University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. CSM’s curriculum also engages students in humanities, ethics, and social sciences.Students can earn a minor in Public Affairs through the 21-credit hour McBride Honors Program,which integrates STEM, liberal arts, public policy, anthropology, and experiential learning to givestudents a well-rounded education. Additionally, students can earn an 18-credit hour HumanitarianEngineering Minor, which emphasizes how engineering can contribute to co-creating just andsustainable solutions for communities.SummaryWe believe findings from our longitudinal, mixed-methods study will have considerablepotential to enhance ongoing efforts to cultivate social and ethical responsibility among futureengineers, including by investigating differences in perceptions

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Make It!

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryan Levy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ricardo Jose Morocz; Craig Forest, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Shaunna Fultz Smith, Texas State University, San Marcos; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University. She holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with an em- phasis on technology integration and art education. Her teaching and research explore how the hands-on use of design-based technologies (e.g. digital fabrication, 3D modeling and printing, computer program- ming, and DIY robotics) can impact multidisciplinary learning that transcends traditional content contexts c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #16097 (e.g. arts-based STEM integration). At her free mobile makerspace for K-12 students and teachers, The

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Assessing Learning Outcomes for Flipped Classrooms, Recruitment and Research Internships, and Alternate Assessments for Online Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Mary Anne Walker, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

also describe the evolution of this ethics lesson from an earlier classroom activityinvolving precision and accuracy in data measurement, which has been used in high school,college and continuing education settings for more than two decades. This paper describes thedevelopment of the curriculum; lessons learned from the classroom; and an analysis of studentartifacts from the most recent offering as part of an engineering undergraduate research programat Michigan State University. The lesson materials are provided in appendices, in order to allowother educators to adapt these materials for their own classrooms.Background: Ethical Practices in ResearchKenneth D. Pimple summarized the responsible conduct of research (RCR) as the search for“truth

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 9

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

information. Onthe other end of the spectrum a student can create their own framework and then fill it inthemselves. A canvas is an extraordinary balanced tool in this regard. It provides enoughstructure to explore a complex domain but not so much as to render it simplistic or prescribed.Just as it does for entrepreneurs, a canvas can serve as a framework for student-driven discoveryand practice.Interconnected DomainsMost traditional engineering courses have a tightly focused domain of content that has been wellestablished and refined. Some domains, however, are inherently transdisciplinary, meaning thatthey are formed from a diverse range of concepts that interact in complex ways. In anengineering curriculum, design, entrepreneurship, ethics, and

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Mohsen Azizi, Michigan Technological University; Shashank Barkur Lakshmikanth

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Engineering Technology

and can serve as a direct measure of thequality of graduates. Capstone projects provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate theircritical thinking skills, communication skills, as well as time and project management skills. Thecapstone course prepares students to better understand the professional roles in the engineeringand technology community1. In many universities, senior-level capstone courses have beenincorporated as an integral part of engineering and engineering technology education in an effortto correlate the practical side of engineering design and the engineering curriculum. Such coursesprovide an experiential learning activity in which the analytical knowledge gained from previouscourses is joined with the practice of

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Aerospace Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Michael Mercado; Dale C Rowe, Brigham Young University

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Aerospace

availability of serviceseven in the midst of a cyber-attack.The understanding that we need a more robust cyber-strategy with an emphasis on maximizingavailability is not new. In 2010 General Charles Shugg, vice commander of the 24th Air Forceunit stated, “We want to make sure cyber is integrated into the operational planning process fromthe beginning. We’ve got to learn how to fight through cyber-attacks.” 6Given this requirement to maintain continuity of service in the midst of cyber-attacks, efforts arebeing made to adopt new practices that will allow us the resilience necessary to achieve this goal.However, in our search for cyber-security best practices for availability we do not need to re-invent the wheel. In the following sections we will

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session III: Collaboration

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters PE, Kettering University; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University

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College Industry Partnerships

attend classes in order to graduate. There are also optionsfor students to experience either one or three co-op experiences.University of Cincinnati (www.uc.edu)The University of Cincinnati is another co-op oriented university, with co-op integrated into thedegree requirements for the College of Engineering and Applied Science as well as many otherprograms within the university. The co-op options include over 600 institutions of various types,including large and small companies as well as governmental departments.Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (http://www.rose-hulman.edu/)At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, faculty are eligible for sabbatical leave after six yearsof service, and one of the options for leave activities is an industry

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That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Twin Cities; Jacob John Swanson, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #16800Using Failure to Teach DesignProf. Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Twin Cities Rob Sleezer currently serves as a faculty member in the Twin Cities Engineering program in the De- partment of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He earned his Ph.D. in Microelectronics-Photonics from the University of Arkansas after graduating from Oklahoma State Uni- versity with degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.Prof. Jacob John Swanson, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jacob Swanson is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Department of Integrated

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Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

manydifferent approaches proposed to improve statistics curriculum for engineering students. Bartonet al3 developed a laboratory-based statistics curriculum. Standridge et al25 did similar work.Bryce used data collected by students in his introductory engineering statistics course4. Levine etal16 used Microsoft Excel and MINITAB in their book to teach applied statistics to engineers andscientists. Zhan et al30 proposed to apply statistics in several courses in the curriculum instead ofhaving a separate applied statistics course within the curriculum. They found that applyingspecific statistical analysis methods in appropriate courses was an effective way for students tolearn to use statistics.Based on these findings, several laboratory exercises were

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication course. People stand up, and you say, ‘what are you doing with your hands? How are you speaking?’ But I think this hit home when you were trying to say someone else’s message, and the fact that your body was turned at an angle changes how that message comes across.This quote compares feedback on his performances in this course to his experience in a requiredcommunication course, in which students receive feedback on their physical and oralpresentation skills at multiple points in the semester. He argues that the type of feedback sharedin both contexts is easier to understand and integrate in a theatre classroom; the act of speakingsomeone else’s lines allows the speaker to focus on the way that words are being

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra J McCall, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Engi- neering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. Un- til 2012, she was the director of the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station. Dr. Simmons has nearly fourteen years of engineering and project management experience working with public util- ity companies, a project management consulting company, and a software

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

, promoting diversity in the engineering profession, and developing opportunities to bridge engineering and the liberal arts.Dr. Jennifer Mueller Price PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyDr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University Dr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University. As part of her Gateway Faculty appointment she teaches freshman engineering courses as well as undergraduate civil engineering courses.Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University Andrew Gillen is currently studying civil engineering as a senior at Northeastern University. He will be attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Fall of 2016 to pursue a PhD in Engineering

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer

the". ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Conference Proceedings need. (2014).[3] Simon G. M. Koo, "An integrated curriculum for Internet of Things: Experience and evaluation", FIE, 2015,2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) 2015, pp.1-4,[4] Coursera. An Introduction to Programming the Internet of Things (IOT) Specialization.https://www.coursera.org/specializations/iot[5] Udemy. Introduction to Internet of Things(IoT) using Raspberry Pi 2. https://www.udemy.com/introduction-to-iot-using-raspberry-pi-2/[6] Analyst Anish Gaddam interviewed by Sue Bushell in Computerworld, on 24 July 2000 ("M-commerce key toubiquitous internet")[7] Tanenbaum, Andrew S. Computer Networks. Pearson

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Assessment II: Learning Gains and Conceptual Understanding

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Bethke Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University; Aaron W. Johnson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Educational Research and Methods

in-depth analyses of the tensions that emerged betweendifferent disciplinary goals in these STEM learning environments. These results point to the needfor increased attention on how teachers manage the different disciplinary practices and goals inSTEM activities, particularly when incorporating formative assessment strategies or adopting aresponsive teaching approach.IntroductionThere is widespread agreement among educators and researchers that assessment should be anongoing, integral part of teaching and learning 1,2. Formative assessment provides feedback toteachers about where students are in their learning so that they can make decisions about what todo next. As opposed to assessments that occur at the end of an activity or unit

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Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Mechanical Engineering

associated with a Gantt chart and work breakdown structure. Theymust also develop an instructional lab with a series of questions that helps reinforce the theorytaught in the classroom. And finally, they are required to teach this lab to their peers. The designpremise/requirement for the capstone students is that they must incorporate at least three coreareas of the curriculum into their team project. This will provide future implementation of the labto different areas of study with the engineering technology programs. The areas of study for thislab apparatus in this paper include measurements and instrumentations with LabView, strengthof materials, heat transfer and material behavior. The assessment included in the final paper istwofold. The

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota - Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

• Faculty Course Evaluations • Senior Exit Interviews • Co-op Student and Employer SurveysLab 1 is not part of this list, nor is this paper intended as anything more than an example of ateaching technique, therefore quantitative data has been collected in regards to the affect of thischange on student outcomes. The updated integration of safety culminating with the riskassessment assignment has been used in four sections of lab over two semesters, whichrepresents 54 students benefiting from an application of the principles being taught.Qualitatively, as a result of the risk assessment memo assignment, students identified potentialsafety issues and collected data on them making immediate changes when able. Items requiringfurther resources were

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Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

rapidly develops), the endeavor of empathic growth anddevelopment need not be abandoned within post-secondary education. Rather, it indicates thatwe lack an understanding of the ideal means for empathic development later in one’s life.Given the growing emphasis on the necessity of empathy to thrive as an engineer, engineeringeducators need to understand the constellation of existing tools and pedagogical techniques tofoster empathy within the engineering curriculum. This synthesis piece highlights a variety ofeducational contexts and pedagogical techniques, each of which we posit are equally salient andmutually supportive for the development of engineering students’ empathic skills, abilities, ordispositions. We draw from literature from a wide

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Design Practices: Best Paper Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ninger Zhou, Purdue University; Tarun Thomas George, Purdue University; Joran W. Booth, Purdue University; Jeffrey Alperovich, Purdue University; Senthil Chandrasegaran, Purdue University; Nielsen L. Pereira, Purdue University; Jeffrey David Tew Ph.D.; Devaatta Nadgukar Kulkaerni; Karthik Ramani

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Institute of Technology), Trichy, India. Before starting graduate school, he worked in the au- tomotive industry, specializing in interior trim design, and then in the heavy engineering industry, spe- cializing in structural analysis and knowledge-based engineering. His research interests include design pedagogy, information visualization, and specifically the integration of computer support tools to aid and understand design learning in the classroom.Dr. Nielsen L. Pereira, Purdue University Nielsen Pereira is an Assistant Professor of Gifted, Creative, and Talented Studies at Purdue University. His research interests include the design and assessment of learning in varied gifted and talented education contexts

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International Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine A. Twyman, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

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International

international and intercultural contexts withengineers who define problems differently from themselves1, 2, 3. To meet those workforcedemands and needs, Virginia Tech offers a program which integrates an on-campus, semester-long experience with a two week international experience in a course for first year engineeringstudents. This study focuses on understanding the range of learning experiences from theperspectives of enrolled students that occurred during the two week international module.Throughout the two weeks students traveled through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Franceengaging in local culture and customs during visits with engineering businesses and universities.These visits, intentionally selected by the program faculty director to align

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Guvenc, Florida International University; Natalie Paul, Florida International University; Rhys Bowley, National Instruments; Maria Lorelei Fernandez, Florida International University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Learning Technolo- gies. She, also, has a background in Mathematics Education and Engineering.Mr. Rhys Bowley, National Instruments Rhys is an engineer working at National Instruments in a role that focuses on wireless communications in education. Rhys graduated with a Masters (MEng Hons) in Communications and Electronic Engineering from Cardiff University, where he spent a short time working as a researcher in loadpull characterisation techniques for mobile device power amplifiers. During his time at Cardiff he also taught lab classes in LabVIEW programming for both under graduate and post graduates alike. His passion is that wireless communications in

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2A: Using Alternative Measurements to Look at Students and Their Success

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; James C. Curry

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First-Year Programs

teaches a wide array of courses that includes statics, reinforced concrete design, structural analysis, and materials engineering. Dr. Brake actively integrates project based and peer assisted learning pedagogies into his courses.Dr. James C. Curry Dr. James Curry is an Associate Professor in the Lamar Industrial Engineering department. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The impact of one-credit introductory engineering courses on engineering self-efficacy: seminar v. project-basedAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper presents the results of two different one-credit introductoryengineering courses: i) a project based and peer assisted learning introductory

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Annemarie Galeucia, Louisiana State University; Warren R Hull Sr. P.E., Louisiana State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Louisiana State University a gift from an alumnus made possible the establishment of auniversity-wide program to improve undergraduate students’ communication skills. As weinitially described in a 2006 paper, the Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) programwas established in 2004 with an initial emphasis on engineering students.¹ A key element of theCxC program was the inception of Communication-Intensive (C-I) courses. C-I courses areintended to be integrated into existing discipline-specific courses, with additional requirementsfor emphasis on two of the four modes of communication: written, spoken, visual, andtechnological. In a 2007 survey designed to solicit student perceptions of the value of C-Icourses in the engineering curricula, our

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cary Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette Rebecca Essig is a 6th year PhD Candidate at Purdue University in Civil Engineering. Rebecca is a GAANN Fellow under Dr. Cary Troy specializing in Environmental Fluid Mechanics. She received her BS and MS from the Lyles School of Civil Engineering in 2010 and 2013 respectively. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Faculty on Writing: What They Think and What They WantAbstractWriting has been identified as an important skill for engineers. While faculty generally agree thatwriting should be included in the engineering curriculum, there are many barriers that maydiscourage them from bringing