Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Mark Highum, Bay de Noc Community College; Mark Bradley Kinney, Bay de Noc Community College; James Walker, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

developed in this project andopen-source training software “RobotRun” will enable three modes of adaptation, which areshown in Table 1. All three modes will allow any institution to teach robotics skills; modes oneand two will also allow for industrial training and certification, which will enable the other newprograms to grow and expand. Table 1: Modes of adaptation by other institutionsYear 1 Project ProgressMichigan Tech and Bay College have actively collaborated during the initial phase (Year 1) ofthis project and achieved significant advancements in the proposed activities. Tables 2 and 3provide details on which activities have already been accomplished or planned to be completedby the end of the fiscal year at the

Conference Session

Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Damon L Tull; Shawnisha Hester, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Anthony Michael Johnson, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

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

Justin L. Hess, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Brandon Sorge, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

on the process of defining and solving a problem, not on getting the “right” answer. They learn how to apply STEM knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to make the world a better place through innovation. PLTW students say that PLTW Engineering influenced their post-secondary decisions and helped shape their future. PLTW students are shown to study engineering and other STEM disciplines at a rate significantly higher than their non-PLTW peers. Even for students who do not plan to pursue engineering after high school, the PLTW Engineering program provides opportunities to develop highly transferable skills in critical thinking, collaboration, and problem solving, which are relevant for any

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

typical lessons, when designing for failure,one would plan to engage in sustained inquiry after failure is encountered (Tawfik et al., 2015).Failure in engineering educationWhen practicing engineers engage in designing small physical products (the kind of designingmost similar to many tasks given to elementary students), they create and test models of theirdesigns. Initial “models” may include mathematical models, then later digital models, andfinally, sometimes, physical models (possibly prototypes, at full scale or model scale). Practicingengineers create and test these constructions, then use the previous test results as feedback toiterate and improve their design. In this way, interpreting failure (in the broad sense of notacceptably meeting

Conference Session

Student Teams, Groups, and Collaborations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

whole to their object(s). We use the term object here in its activity theory sense to referto the problem or purpose towards which an activity is directed. An activity is a set of variousactions (such as ideating, negotiating, planning, agreeing, disagreeing) carried out by a group, asocial unit such as a team, motivated by a socially constructed goal. For our use, the activitiesstudied in this paper are team meetings in which a team uses a whiteboard to mediate a decisionor series of decisions.Togethering, as described by Radford and Roth, “has the purpose of realizing a collectivelymotivated object”9. The concept of togethering allows us to analyze the actions and interactionsof the team members from the different perspectives of the team

Conference Session

Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Luciana Debs, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Terri S. Krause, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bryan W. Boudouris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

together along a commontheme about solar energy to an audience of their choice (e.g., residential consumer looking toinstall a solar panel, a cost analysis calculator for consumers wanting to install a solar panel, anda manufacturing company mass producing solar panels). The teams were given potential ideasand additional data in class and on a nanoHUB group page created for their design project(nanoHUB.org/groups/qdsc_fyedesignproject).Teams’ projects were assessed using the following five criteria: (1) targets a well-defined directuser and presents clear goals around planning PV solar panel fabrication (2) contains at least onemathematical model per student team member on which a simulation is based (3) eachmathematical model should be made into