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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group; Emanuel Costache, SageFox Consulting Group; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University & SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Starting in 2000, Alan began to focus on supporting higher education partners in projects that address broadening participation in the sciences, graduate student development, curriculum innovation, instructional technology, teacher professional development and other education reforms. For the past five years, Alan has been the lead evaluator for Epicenter, an NSF-funded STEP Center focused on infusing entrepreneurship and innovation into undergraduate engineering education.Mr. Emanuel Costache, SageFox Consulting Group Since joining SageFox in 2009, Emanuel has worked on the evaluation team for a variety of NIH- and NSF-funded projects, including the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter

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Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College; Denise Hum, Cañada College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #16318Measuring the Effectiveness of an Intensive Math Preparation Program toEnhance the Success of Underrepresented Students in Engineering ˜Anna Marbella Camacho, Canada College As Project Director for a $5.9 million Hispanic-Serving Institution-STEM Grant (CalSTEP), Anna col- laboratively spearheaded the creation of The STEM Center, which promotes STEM education through programs, activities, academic/support services, and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the greater community. Anna Camacho joined Ca˜nada College in 2012 in the capacity of Assistant Project Director of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Raymond Markovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Zachari Lucius Swiecki; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

treat the airway dehydration present in patients with Cystic Fibrosis through mathematical modeling and systems engineering principles.Dr. Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Renee Clark has 23 years of experience as an engineer and analyst. She currently serves as the Direc- tor of Assessment for the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering and its Engineering Education Research Center (EERC), where her research focuses on assessment and evaluation of engi- neering education research projects and initiatives. She has most recently worked for Walgreens as a Sr. Data Analyst and General Motors/Delphi Automotive as a Sr. Applications Programmer and Manufactur- ing Quality Engineer. She received

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Engineering Libraries: Extending Our Outreach

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan R Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

information.7 Social media can alsoenable geographically dispersed design teams to complete projects using asynchronous andsynchronous communication.8Taking advantage of these functions requires scientists and engineers to communicatestrategically. The variety of social web tools available each offer different functions andutilities.4 Similarly, different altmetric tools measure the impact of different social web tools.Just as liaison librarians presented faculty members with journal based metrics and helped themto frame their impact for promotion and tenure cases, liaisons can also assist professors tounderstand the emerging social web and available article level altmetrics to strategically choosehow to disseminate their scholarly work in a way

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicolas N. Brown, University of Utah; Joy Velarde, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #16841Using Peer Mentoring to Enhance Student Experience and Increase Reten-tion in Mechanical EngineeringMr. Nicolas N. Brown, University of Utah Nicolas is a senior in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Utah. He is the peer mentoring coordinator for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as well as an Undergraduate Re- search Assistant for the Ergonomics and Safety Lab. His current area of research involves designing and integrating control systems on recreational equipment for high-level spinal cord injury patients. Nicolas’ senior design project is the Rodent Tracker; a mechatronics

Conference Session

Teaching Methods in Mechancial Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blake M. Ashby P.E., Grand Valley State University; Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

and build projects in traditionally analytical courses in the Engineering Mechanics sequence. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using Stress Shielding in Hip Implants as a Case Study to Teach Loading of Composite BeamsAbstractA laboratory activity was developed in which the students modeled and analyzed the femoralportion of an artificial hip replacement as a composite beam. A historical challenge with artificialhip replacements has been that the stiffer artificial femoral component shields the surroundingbone from stresses during physiological activities. This phenomenon, known as “stressshielding,” results in bone resorption that can lead to implant failure

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Cian, Clemson University; Michelle Cook, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student moti- vation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning, and incor- porating engineering into secondary science and mathematics classrooms. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. c

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Hu, Washington State University ; Matthew E. Taylor, Washington State University

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Computers in Education

build all basic primitives for users with python-based scripts. Learners are notrequired to build basic objects by themselves, which allowing them to focus on learning principlesof solid modeling. To trace all learners’ operations, we built go back and restart functions. Booleanoperation functions are imported from FreeCAD library. For each goal 3D model, we applied asearch and planning algorithm, an AI approach, to compute all possible construction sequencesunder certain constraints.The tutorial system consists of five components: introduction, pre-test, training, post-test, andpost-survey. A flow chart of the tutorial process is shown in Figure 1.At the project introduction stage, the tutorial briefly introduces the overall tutorial process

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; William H. Hsu, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

under estimate on class size, files with more than two row gaps in the dataunderneath header will be unsuccessfully parsed.The schema inference model is able to successfully parse 77/80 testing files (a mixture ofsanitized real data submitted to the project and synthetic data). A file is parsed successfully if itidentified the header row and included all rows of student data. If the parser includesmiscellaneous columns of data, the test is allowed to pass as these columns can be excluded inpost processing; 23 tests were passed in this manner. The last three tests failed due to theassessment answer keys being included as part of the block of student data. This problem can besolved for templated files; however, for semi-structured files, we are

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Collins Adetu, Florida A&M University; Camilo Ordonez, Florida State University; Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

softwareexperience, and library of courseware and tutorials provides an affordable tool that students canuse to learn important engineering concepts and develop real engineering projects. NI myRIOcomes with a dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 real-time processor and a 667 MHz Xilinx FPGAfor customizable I/O. Figure 2 shows the embedded architecture of NI myRIO and itsspecifications are as follows: ● Xilinx Zynq System on a Chip● Analog Input (10 Channels)● Analog Output (6 Channels)● Analog Input and Output also available through 3.5 mm Audio Jack● 40 Digital I/O Lines● Wireless Enabled● Accelerometer, LEDs, and Push Button Onboard● 6 V to 16 V, 14 W Power Requirement● Powered by NI LabView Figure 1: Components required for building the

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Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

each year.Dr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University Dr. Garner is a Research Associate Professor in The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University, VA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Ambassadors Network (EAN): Goals, Successes and Challenges in Growing the EAN The engineering field is facing a crisis. In order to solve today’s engineering challenges,we need a diverse workforce with strong technical and leadership skills. Unfortunately,workforce studies have shown that the number of students being educated in STEM (science,technology, engineering, and math) cannot meet projected demands.1 In addition

Conference Session

Classroom Practice II: Technology - and Game-Based Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick S. Harkness, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Joshua Marquit, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

registered professional mechan- ical engineer with 15 years experience as a practicing engineer. She earned a BSME degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a MSME degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education at USU. She is Principal Investigator for Online Learning Forums for Improved Engineering Student Outcomes in Calculus, a research project funded by the NSF TUES program. Her research interests include engineering student learning, distance engineering education, and alternative pathways to engineering education.Dr. Joshua Marquit, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine Joshua Marquit is an Instructor in the Psychology Department at Penn State

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Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anita Patrick, University of Texas, Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

study is certainly generalizable to studies of identity in engineering andmathematics and science education. The authors propose social entrepreneurship identity can befacilitated by educators through defining the social category group in which the individual willidentify, exposure to prototypical members and member characteristics, and active engagementin the social category particularly through group projects. Similarly, Mead formulated that“society shapes self shapes social behavior.”13 These social behaviors were later taken up byStryker and redefined as role choice behavior.16; 17 While Stryker explores external structures,Burke explored internal mechanisms aligned with more modern cognitive theories of identitydevelopment, namely the

Conference Session

Technology-Related Educational Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

the interpreter project that was part of the course. After the completionof this activity, in each course, students were asked to complete a survey about their experiences inusing the tool. In Section 4, we present an analysis of the survey results which suggest a very posi-tive effect of the approach on students’ learning, and highlights the importance of various featuresof our approach. We conclude in Section 5 with a brief summary and plans for future work.2 BackgroundOur approach builds on two key notions that have been used successfully in various branches oflearning sciences over the past few decades: Cognitive Conflict Driven Learning and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.2.1 Cognitive Conflict Driven LearningPiaget’s

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Barry Dupen, Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University; Peggie Weeks

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Materials

-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Dr. Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

over twenty years experience designing and supporting learning environments in academic settings. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (an Ethics in Science and Engineering project to develop frameworks for developing ethical reasoning in engineers, and a Cyberlearning project to develop collaborative design environments for engineers), and by corporate foundations, the Department of Homeland Security, the College of En- gineering, and the Purdue Research Foundation. She has been recognized as the inaugural Butler Faculty Scholar, a Faculty Fellow in the CERIAS institute, a Service Learning Faculty Fellow, Diversity Faculty Fellow, and recipient of the Violet Haas Award (for efforts on

Conference Session

Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Thomas M. Philip, University of California, Los Angeles

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Engineering Ethics

epistemologies.Dr. Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park Chandra Turpen is a Research Associate at the University of Maryland, College Park with the Physics Education Research Group. She completed her PhD in Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder specializing in Physics Education Research. Chandra’s work involves designing and researching contexts for learning within higher education. In her research, Chandra draws from the perspectives of anthropol- ogy, cultural psychology, and the learning sciences. Through in-situ studies of classroom and institutional practice, Chandra focuses on the role of culture in science learning and educational change. Chandra pur- sues projects that have high potential

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziyu Long, Colorado State University; Sean Eddington, Purdue University; Jessica Pauly; Linda Hughes-Kirchubel, Purdue University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. First, the project focuses on faculty community, rather thanexternal communities such as companies or local residential communities. The definition ofcommunity we adopted is not just in a physical location, but in an organizational location, in “thecooperation in labor, order and management,” (Tönnies, 2000, p. 43). This is important in ourconsideration of community of engagement, as we go beyond physical boundaries, such as thosebetween university and its wider locale, to cognitive boundaries, such as those within and amonguniversity colleges and departments. It is with this in mind that we define engagement andengaged communities. Second, it expands the definitions and model of community engagementby highlighting how engineering faculty

Conference Session

PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Doyle, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

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Civil Engineering

appears to have been disadvantaged both in class time and location. Sections A, B andC were taught on MWF, back-to-back, in the same pilot classroom that has whiteboard paint onall four walls, desks on rollers and seven projector screens that project directly onto the writeablewalls easily allowing student groups to report answers on projected problems. Each section was65 minutes long with section A starting first at 9:15 am. Section E was also taught MWF in thesame pilot classroom during the winter quarter. The T/Th section D had the earliest start time at8:30 am and required students to engage for 100 minutes. The class was taught in a traditionalclassroom where the projector screen covered close to half of the room’s two chalkboards. Thedesks

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan S Weedon, Case Western Reserve University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineering students engaged in a design project and pays particular attention to howstudents make judgments. The analysis concludes that the practice of engineering judgmentrelies on displays to recognize and construct rhetorical tactics to satisfy the requirements of atask. This study connects to recent research in engineering education on the importance ofdisplays 15, 16 for learning the design process, and reveals the dynamics of displays for carryingout engineering judgment. Engineering judgment is a core competency for engineering practice. Philosophers,educators, practitioners, and historians agree that engineering judgment is necessary for ethical,sophisticated, and professional engineering practice1, 2, 3, 4, ,5. While scientific and

Conference Session

Classroom Practice I: Active and Collaborative Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew Jackson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

discussion. Finally, the role-structuring process is meant to get allmembers of the group to participate with interest. This approach gives the students enoughmaterial at the beginning of the project that they can relate it back to prior personal experiencesand individually acquired knowledge21. Then, the instructor gives the students a task that relieson the input from everyone in the group to think critically on the topic. The final part of theprocess requires that all students participate in order to complete the task without hinderingprogress. It is noted in this approach that convincing students to embrace a different viewpointon a topic can be challenging and sometimes sensitive due to upbringing or past experiences, soa structured approach to

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Computers in Education

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He also worked on projects and consulted for a number of private companies, including Lockheed Martin, Harris, and Boeing. Zalewski served as a chairman of the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 5.4 on Industrial Software Quality, and of an International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Safety of Computer Control Systems. His major research interests include safety related, real-time embedded and cyberphysical computer systems, and computing education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A New Robotics Educational System for teaching Advanced Engineering Concepts to

Conference Session

Mechanics Classroom Demonstrations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

-labs,the lab session can turn into a formulaic following of the lab manual instead of activelyconstructing meaningful knowledge from it.Vertically Integrated Program on Hands-On LearningThe primary mechanism for the design of new experimental platforms for the dynamics course isthe Vertically Integrated Program (VIP) Hands-On Learning Team at Georgia Tech, establishedin 2015 under an NSF grant and advised by the two authors of this paper. The VIP program givesundergraduate students course credit to pursue research and design experience on projects that lastover multiple semesters. The VIP program is offered at a national consortium of 17 colleges and[http://vip.gatech.edu/new/vip-consortium]. We established our VIP Hands-On Learning team

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar K. Kaw, University of South Florida; Yingyan Lou, Arizona State University; Andrew Scott, Alabama A&M University; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

graduate or simply drop out1, and thenation seeks one million additional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)graduates2, the competence of these STEM graduates is still paramount over quantity ofgraduates in the global competitive market. As much as traditional assessment tools ofexaminations and projects address the procedural and hopefully higher-order thinking in aparticular course, we also need tools to assess the level of conceptual thinking of our students.One such tool is the concept inventory (CI) instrument that allows instructors to not onlymeasure a student’s conceptual understanding but also the misconceptions they may havedeveloped. The instrument is typically a multiple-choice question test. The questions focus

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

at all ranks (i.e., tenure and non-tenure track) inthe college. This occurs via targeted faculty communications and through interactions withcollege department heads.3.2.2 Staff Positions The Associate Dean leads a team that consists of an assistant director; event coordinator;media assistant and project based specialists (i.e. website developer, technical writers, etc.). Theteam strategically tailors and executes programs providing professional guidance for facultycollege-wide; works collaboratively with upper-level administrators and cross-college teams oncutting-edge programs for leadership as well as faculty development; and interacts withdepartment heads in recruiting, retention and promotion of a diverse set of faculty at all

Conference Session

But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

specific industries- could offerimportant linkages for the development of industrial affiliate programs, co-op activities, summertraining opportunities, and employment opportunities for new graduates. They may also providenew ideas for senior design projects, topics for graduate theses, or render help in theestablishment of collaborative research programs.When a choice has been made and the candidate has accepted, it is important that he/ she feelswelcome and be assisted in becoming familiar with his/ her new surroundings. To expedite theprocess, new adjuncts should sit together with their new colleagues and go over all relevantmatters related to their assigned tasks, ranging from course objectives, to teaching logistics, andincluding prevailing

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Rui(Celia) Pan, Toyota Financial Services; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

agents of the social norms that privilegewhite students in engineering classrooms and organizations. In a study of African-Americanmale experiences on multiracial student engineering teams, Cross and colleagues found that thesocial norms of the engineering community decreased African-American students’ sense ofbelonging.18 Contributing factors included but were not limited to indifferent faculty interactions.The authors recommended that multiracial team projects should be monitored carefully byfaculty to ensure positive experiences of all team members.A study of Asian and Asian-American students in engineering showed that many students facedstereotypes from peers and faculty that detrimentally impacted their education, including that ofbeing the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Kenneth David Domingue, Western Michigan University ; Sarah Gray Hagen, Western Michigan University; Rebecca A. Scheffers, Western Michigan University; Lenore Yaeger; Katherine Fox, Western Michigan University

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Mathematics

helping students form studygroups9. The STEP retention project has resulted in an increase in 2nd-year retention rate toCEAS from a baseline of 57.4% (averaged 2000-2004) to 67.6% (averaged 2005-2009), and 5-year graduation and 6-year continuation rate in CEAS from a baseline of 32.3% to 42.4%.Details on how the CEAS-STEP cohorts are constructed for first-year students can be foundelsewhere10, 11.In Fall 2013, the CEAS-EXEP Cohort program was created. Students in CEAS-EXEP Cohortwere enrolled in the same section of Algebra II, and a First-Year Experience (FYE 2100)seminar taught by a CEAS academic advisor. Depending on a student’s intended CEAS major, athird course – Engineering Graphics – was added to the CEAS-EXEP Cohort schedule. Inaddition

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dominic Francis Gelfuso; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

was effectively over—quite a change from thehours or days of sitting that a figure model could expect to endure in a traditional sculptingstudio.The 24 trans-planar slices were then projected, one by one, onto a screen using a magic lantern.21Artisans and shop workers would trace the outline of the silhouette, using a mechanical devicethat would carve the contours into a piece of clay. Rotating the clay and repeating the process 23times resulted in a mostly-defined bust that featured a photographically-exact representation ofthe subject. Workers in Willéme’s shop would add final touches to the bust, mostly in order tosmooth out the gaps in-between the 24 carved slices, and often to cast the sculpt in a layer ofbronze. Importantly, these final

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Theiss, The Ohio State University; John E Robertson, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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First-Year Programs

declare a pre-major.Additionally, some students may be exposed to the different engineering disciplines throughliving-learning communities, student project teams, and other organizations. These types ofexposures are beyond the first-year engineering program, but they may have a significantinfluence in students’ major selection and their learning more broadly.In order to create a representative data set for the disciplines, responses were only analyzed if thestudent answered all three of the surveys. This could be done as students were given an identifierthat persisted throughout each survey. Through the identifiers, we were able to not only track themovements of the students as a group, but the identifiers allowed the students to beindependently