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International Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Judith Watson

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Diversity

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International

capacity in engineering institutions in Afghanistan.1. IntroductionIt is well known that educational institutions, like other institutions in war-affected countries,will be devastated by long wars. Rebuilding the countries’ infrastructure requires resources interms of finance as well as human resources. Within those human resources, well experiencedengineers and technicians are essential for vital sectors such as energy, transportation,telecommunication, agriculture, mining and construction.Afghanistan is regrettably one of those countries which have been affected by wars for nearlyfour decades. However, after the creation of the new government with the assistance from theinternational community in 2001, many public and private engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Catherine McGough, Clemson University; Justine Chasmar, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 CAREER: Informing Instructional Practice through the Study of Students’ Future Time Perspectives Lisa Benson1, Catherine McGough1, Justine Chasmar1 and Adam Kirn2 1 Department of Engineering and Science Education, Clemson University 2 Colleges of Engineering and Education, University of Nevada - RenoAbstractThis research seeks to help educators understand factors that contribute to engineering students’motivation and the relationship between those factors and their problem

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session III: Collaboration

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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College Industry Partnerships

picture of success in collaboration.21This paper provides an overview of the different styles of industry-university collaborativerelationships. Future work will include greater study of these relationships as well as the result ofthese programs on the student as they enter and navigate industrial careers.MethodsInformation on different forms of industry-academia collaboration was gathered from severalsources. These were: 1. Published literature on industry-academia collaborations 2. University websites 3. Websites for multi-university institutesWhile the primary focus for this paper was on industry-academia collaboration within the UnitedStates, much of the background literature originated outside of the United States. The

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Changing Engineering Culture

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary E Fitzpatrick, University of Wisconsin Madison College of Engineering; Manuela Romero, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Women in Engineering

student organizations, perceptions of engineering, commitment to major,confidence in academic ability in engineering-preparation and engineering courses,stereotyping/harassment, experiences of transfer students, and demographic questions. Theinstrument is described in depth in Litzler and Young, 2012 20. In 2015, researchers for the current study obtained the most recent survey instrument thatwas used for the 2012 multi-site PACE data collection by the University of Washington.Changes made by the lead PACE team since 2008 were limited to adding several demographicquestions and the addition of items intended to more completely measure commitment to major.Researchers for the current study made the following additional minor changes: (1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

identify three objectives of Hands-Oninstruction, 1) to apply instrumentation to make measurements of physical quantities, 2)to identify limitations of models to predict of real-world behavior, and 3) to develop anexperimental approach to characterize and explain the world. We have consulted withexperts to develop a list of common misconceptions students display in laboratoryinstruction. A unique feature in testing Hands-On concepts is that laboratory skills areinextricably tied to analytical concepts and therefore both analytical and hands-onconcepts have to be tested in order to distinguish the root cause of themisunderstanding. Based on these common misconceptions, test questions are beingdeveloped and data are being collected on their

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State College; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University; Xiangyan Zeng, Fort Valley State University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

. He is the author of numerous research and pedagogical articles in his areas of expertise.Prof. Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University Dr. Arora holds a B.Sc. (Honors) and M.Sc. degree in Physics from University of Delhi, India, and a M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Physics from University of Delaware. Dr. Arora’s research interest is experimental atomic physics and he is well-versed in the use of the van de Graaff accelerator, scalars, MCAs, and other physics instrumentation. He has been instrumental in acquiring, through various grants, computers, and software for the physics laboratory at FVSU. Some of his funded grant proposals are as follows: 1) Establishing a Nuclear Science and Engineering Minor at Fort Valley

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher J. Hershey, Michigan State University; K. (Jay) Jayaraman, Michigan State University

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Chemical Engineering

this course or the Biochemical Engineering course in order to receive their degree. Overthe last few years, there has been an increase in the number of seniors taking this class over theBiochemical Engineering course with nearly seventy students in the latest semester. In the pastdecade, undergraduate polymer processing courses have emerged across multiple engineeringdisciplines worldwide.1-3 Within these courses, very little development in promoting computersimulations have been discussed. Moreover, this work shows that students can benefit bycombining computational tools with hands-on laboratory exercises and that existing courses canreadily implement the strategies utilized in the Composite Materials Processing course.The class consists of

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University; Reza Hashemian P.E., Northern Illinois University; Suresh Vakati

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Computing & Information Technology

(IoT), the development of remote testbeds aregaining momentum with an intention to use them for teaching and for laboratory activities.Remote testbeds allow one to perform experiments on a real hardware over the Internet from aremote location. There are a number of software packages used in the design and developmentof remote testbeds. This paper will describe the use of Python for such a development. Todemonstrate Python’s effectiveness, the paper will describe two case studies. One of them is aremote vacuum cleaner and the other is an embedded processor system with remoteprogramming capability.1. IntroductionIt is vital to provide laboratory activities to maximize learning in STEM disciplines.Traditionally, students perform experiments

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian E Faulkner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

or leaveengineering altogether before they have taken even one engineering course. Students with fewerhigh school educational opportunities, such as students of color, disabled students, or lowsocioeconomic status students, in particular, are thwarted by the calculus sequence 1. Many aredoomed before they even begin, since the timing of engineering courses assumes that all studentsare entering college “calculus ready”.Given the barriers that the calculus sequence poses to engineering retention, we must criticallyexamine the rationale of faculty for requiring the calculus sequence. Why do engineering facultyrequire these courses? What do engineering faculty hope that their students will gain from thecalculus sequence? During the authors

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Fostering Transformational Change in Civil Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

existing engineering programs, we identified five key points ofdistinction for the program:Entrepreneurial Graduates. Despite consistent demand from industry for graduates withbetter business skills, there is no Australian Engineering School that makes this their key focus.CSU Engineering is housed within the Faculty of Business, and one of the research strengthsof the Faculty is entrepreneurship. This allows these skills to be made part of the core businessof the degree, rather than an add-on elective, or projects serviced by a central university unit.4 x 1 year work placements. A key driver of our program was to help solve a workforce needin regional Australia. Many engineering organisations are already employing cadet engineerson an ad hoc

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Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brett Batson, Trine University

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Mechanical Engineering

mode of instruction has enjoyed significant press lately (e.g. Canino1, Swartz et al.2,Lape and Levy3). At least some of these studies were intended to compare, directly, the invertedmode with the conventional mode of course material delivery. In other words, attempts weremade to keep as much of the course experiences the same, while only inverting the mode ofdelivery. Results have varied somewhat, but many who have tried this mode have discovered: 1. Students like it; 2. Students do not perform significantly better or worse than in conventionally taught courses.In perhaps oversimplified terms, the only reason to invert a course based on the results of thesedirect comparisons appears to be because students like the inverted

Conference Session

Construction Session 4: Outside of the Construction Curriculum

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William P Manion, University of Maine

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Construction

, based on a 10-hr day and 50-hr week.To compare their priorities against the company’s collective representation of a successfulproject, they were also asked to rate a “perfect” job, one that would be most productive andenjoyable in their opinion. The overall goal of this exercise was to initiate discussion about howsuperintendents’ time is spent compared to what they prioritized. In the end, twenty surveyresponses were collected and analyzed.Figure 1 shows a comparison of the actual projects to the perfect project, showing the minimum,average and maximum of all twenty results. Consider that 10% is equivalent to an hourassuming a 10-hr workday. The minimums are generally 0 to 5% (less than ½-hr per day) andthe maximums vary widely. Highlights

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

make-up of pulse-waves (relative to Fourier analysis), and demonstrate knowledge of the effects of transmission line filtering and pulse distortion. k. Use engineering applications software for electrical/electronics network and systems analysis and simulation.Figure 1 shows ratings for each of these competencies. The numbers indicate the percentage ofindustry participants who indicated that the competency is either important or very important forpersonnel who maintain automated manufacturing systems to have. Competencies: Electrical and Electronic Components and Systems j. Use spectral analysis techniques to determine the make

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Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjit K. Mitra, University of California - Santa Barbara; Woon-Seng Gan, Nanyang Technological University; Phyo Ko Ko, Nanyang Technological University; Hai Nguyen Duy, Nanyang Technological University

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Computing & Information Technology

, it was decided to use Linux platform due to its popularity, open-source nature, andhaving a dedicated Linux distribution for hosting server, which translates to better reliability.Content Management SystemThe Content Management System (CMS) [1] is a software system that provides websiteauthoring, collaboration, and administration tools designed to allow users with little knowledgeof programming language to create and manage website content with relative ease. Such asystem, which normally would take a lot of time and resource to develop, still need to bemaintained and updated with new features. Hence, it is more cost and time effective to use one ofthe available CMS and concentrate on developing new features.For the purpose of the project

Conference Session

Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven David Wood, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Thayne L Sweeten Ph.D., Department of Biology, Utah State University,

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Diversity

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Mechanics

. It then gives an image of the same object after it has been rotated in aspecific fashion. The participant is then shown another image of a three-dimensional object andis asked to rotate it in the same manner as the first object. The answer is then selected out of fiveimages that are possible solutions, but only one of which is correct. An example question fromeach test is given here. The MCT question is presented first in Figure 1 and the PSVT:R ispresented next in Figure 2.Figure 1: Example problem from the MCT.Figure 2: Example problem from the PSVT:R (copyright, Purdue Research Foundation,1976, used with permission)A demographic survey targeting hobbies and previous experience, sex, and major was developedand given to students near the

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Issues in Academic Integrity and the Value of Portfolios, Case Studies, and Supportive Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Tennessee State University; Shabnam Etemadi, Tennessee State University; Germysha Emily Little, Tennessee State University ; T'Shana DeShai Carter

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

student perspectives and experiences guidedthis research on investigating the efficacy of many practices. As a result of successfullycompleting the project goals, a model from the graduate student perspective defining variouspractices, procedures, and policies proven to support the success of broadening participationefforts and underrepresented minority student success in STEM graduate education programswill be established. The establishment of the model is significant and will allow for nationaldissemination and improvement of program support for underrepresented minority graduatestudents in STEM fields.MethodologyParticipantsApproximately 91 students (N=91) nationally from 16 universities (Figure 1) primarily in theage range of 22-32 years

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Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University; Jodi Reeves, National University; Jeremiah Jack Ninteman, National University; Charles Hahm

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Environmental Engineering

-urban growth and housing boom, andgasoline was inexpensive.[1,2] President D. Eisenhower initiated the building of freeways acrossthe US. This scenario was a perfect storm for unlimited and uncontrolled growth of urbanautomobile driving, thus creating the traffic congestion as we know it now.It is estimated that an average American commuter spends 38 hours a year stuck in automobiletraffic congestion; the cost of the wasted time (economic productivity loss) and the fossil fuelsburned is $121 billion annually.[3] Figure 1 shows the cities with the worst urban trafficcongestion in America, where the big city average is approximately 52 hours a year. Figure 1. The Worst Traffic Cities in America [3]Traffic congestion is not

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez ; Omar I. Molina-Bas, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Darwin Serrano Maldonado, University of Puerto Rico

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Diversity

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Construction

Engineering and Managementfaculty members and graduates students was created to facilitate collaboration among the threeparties involved. The partnering model shown in figure 1 can be beneficial to all parties involved.Having graduate CEM students working in real university projects benefits the university bylowering the costs that they would ordinarily incur by either having their architecture/engineeringteam and General Service’s staff or outside consultants working in the pre-construction phase of aproject. It benefits CEM faculty who supervise the graduate students because it provides themrelevant and current experience working on projects and an opportunity to interact with campusadministrators and personnel outside their department. Finally and

Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and Sustainability in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Brandon Scott Weisberg, Farmingdale State College; Daniel Joseph Boss; Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

associated manufacturing processes tofabricate bipolar plates. Students will be assessed based upon their efficiency and precision insetting up the fixture and the following careful implementation of the fuel cell purifier platemachining process. Fixture Design to Supplement Machining and Fuel Cell EducationIntroductionIn the modern era of exponential technological expansion and innovation, the future of the fieldrelies heavily upon the advancement and education of the manufacturing process. According toan article regarding the United States GDP (Gross Domestic Product), “Manufacturing industriesgenerated $2.1 trillion in GDP (12.5 percent of total U.S. gross domestic product) in 2013.” (1)This percentage of United States GDP contributed by

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P. Kelly, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V. Ernst, Virginia Tech; Kevin Gregory Sutton, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

become moreprevalent. An index analysis of more than 12,000 journals and 160,000 conference proceedingswas conducted to determine the extent and nature of flipped classroom research. The searchterms flipped classroom, flipped instruction, inverted instruction, and inverted classroom wereused. The phenomenon appears to gain traction in 2010. Three scholarly research articles werepublished in 2010 and papers on the topic continue to be published every year with 137published articles in 2015 (Figure 1). However, with only 300 total articles, there is a notabledearth in the literature given the focus of the flipped classroom in traditional formal education.When the search is narrowed to engineering education, the number of articles is

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Franz J Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

undergraduate science research into our institute's curriculum issupported by a significant amount of research into the impact of such activities on scholarlyachievement in a number of fields. David Lopatto has published extensively on the positiveimpact of undergraduate research on academic programs. [1-5] Undergraduate research is shownin these publications to be key to producing engaged scientists for the future. Hinkel and Henke[6] show explicitly the positive impact participation in undergraduate programs has on futurestudent achievement and employment. In light of this information it is almost unforgivable not tooffer these opportunities to students who are willing to avail themselves of them.Science research courses give students the opportunity

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Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering

a “Duckling”, when they reach level 6 they become a“Terran SCV”, and at level 15, their title is “Maxwell’s Demon”.Figure 1: A screenshot of the User Hub on vSTEM.org, as seen by an administrator. The website looksvery similar as a student or instructor, with a few icons changed, as distinguished in the figure.Team-working EvaluationsFinally, we use vSTEM to create student teams. For each course project we assign teams of threefor students to work in. Projects typically last one to two weeks. Using vSTEM, students are ableto see who their team members are and share their email address or phone number with theirteam if they desire. This can help students contact each other if they need to work on theirproject outside of class time

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Backens, Christopher Newport University; Anton Riedl, Christopher Newport University; C. Gerousis, Christopher Newport University; Dali Wang, Christopher Newport University

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Electrical and Computer

retentionrates. Then we will include descriptions of the newly designed first year engineering course, withdetailed information about our team-based projects. We will discuss both benefits and potentialpitfalls of this restructuring. Finally, retention data and trends will be discussed with someconclusions.IntroductionEngineering programs at universities and colleges across the country are faced with increasingdemands for high quality engineering graduates to meet the government’s goal of producing onemillion new STEM graduates by 2022 1. In support of this goal, the National ScienceFoundation has budgeted $135 million for 2016 to support the retention of STEM students 2 withadditional support coming at the state and university level. This recent

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustin Jack Hallenbeck, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Tumkor Serdar, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Manufacturing

report a lightweight frame design usingadditive manufacturing. A solid frame is redesigned to maximize its strength to weight ratio byincreasing the amount of material in high stress areas, while decreasing material in other areaswith lower stress concentrations in order to optimize the lightweight capabilities while maintainingstructural integrity.1. IntroductionAdditive Manufacturing (AM) is still a fairly new manufacturing process. The process starts bytaking a 3D part and breaking it down into 2D cross sectional areas, while giving a finite thickness1.Additive manufacturing provides the opportunity to manufacture integrated components that aredifficult to make as a single component with other manufacturing processes. It is predicted

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reed Stevens, Northwestern University; Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

subsequently, their employers disallowedtheir participation for one reason or another. Following this outcome, in the second recruitmentphase, we decided to add another strategy to our recruitment efforts, what we are calling amediated recruitment strategy, in which we initially approached supervisory representatives inengineering organizations, established their initial interest, and subsequently sought to workwithin their organizational processes to ultimately invite a new engineer to participate, havingcleared all the organizational hurdles.Figure 1 (below) provides a synoptic image of the different points along the mediatedrecruitment ‘gauntlet.’ We have come to call this ‘the gauntlet’ because (as of the drafting of thismanuscript) only three

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Diane Stine, Carnegie Mellon University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

available for free on YouTube.Figure 1 illustrates how the perspective of a new technologies market potential differs from oneperspective to another. Figure1:DifferentPerspectivesofanEmergingTechnology’sMarketPotential Exemplar student projects in the first three years illustrate how students apply the principles ofnon-market analysis for real world clients in fields such as water and air drones, autonomouscars, hydropower, biodiesel trucks, smart traffic lights, bike sensors, wearable technologies,edible electronics, and environmental technologies. Feedback from clients and students illustratethe utility of the course.Faculty in other universities can teach a

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

is illustrated by some of the presentations at the 2013 annual conference shown inexhibit 1.Only one of the presentations came from outside the US, in this case, TheUniversity of Buenos Aires. The programme inadvertently highlights one of the dilemmasfacing those who would promote technological literacy namely, that it is all too often taken Application of peer-reviewed journal articles for enhancing technological literacy (Brooks, R.M., Cetin, M., Kavuturu, J and Al-Maghrabi, M-N). Demonstration of electrical principles in the classroom by hydraulic analogues (Graff, R. W and P. R. Leiffer). Waves of engineering: using a mini-wave flume to foster engineering literacy (Lyman-Holt, A. L and L. C Ribichaux). Simulating interest in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Perry Fizzano, Western Washington University; David Hartenstine, Western Washington University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

took four years to grow to its full size. We have recently submitted a new S-STEM proposal that, if funded, will initiate a design and development project that will include quantitative and qualitative assessment of the achievement of the programs ultimate goals, which include shifting the demographics of graduates at our institution and observing continued employment of CS/M Scholars in their field.1 Program Description1.1 RecruitmentWith the aid of staff in the Office of Admissions, we invite high-achievingfemale applicants with leadership potential to submit a short application. Indeciding whom to invite, we consider several broad measures of academic andpersonal achievement and don’t require that applicants

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) and Universidad Andres Bello; Jorge Eugenio de la Garza Becerra, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Engineering Physics & Physics

groupsof three, they took pictures of their whiteboards, and all pictures were stored in a repository for all(students, instructors and researchers) to review. When students worked individually, instructorsassessed their learning based on their written solutions. The analysis of the whiteboards confirmedthat at the beginning of the semester students used few representations, whereas by the end of itthey were incorporating congruently more than ten different representations, making their modelsmore robust.1. IntroductionIn the past four years, a special course has been taught in a private university in northern Mexico.While this is not the first course that has attempted to integrate two different subjects, even withinthe same university where this

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University; Saba Jamalian, Bowling Green State University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

solution is a new cloud service known as HPC-as-a-Service.In this paper, we present an HPCaaS platform called ASETS which uses Software DefinedNetworking (SDN) technologies to smooth the execution of parallel tasks in the cloud. Further,we provide application examples that could be used in a typical introductory parallel programingcourse. We argue that HPCaaS platform like ASETS can significantly benefit the users of HPCin the cloud as if their program is running on a dedicated hardware in their own laboratory. Thisis especially advantageous for students and educators who need not to deal with the underlyingcomplexities of the cloud.1. IntroductionCloud Computing according to NIST1 is a shared pool of configurable resources offeringservices with