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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Outreach in K12 through College Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Elizabeth S Hart, University of Dayton; Laura Kozuh Bistrek, University of Dayton; Shaquille T. Tensley, University of Dayton

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

the feedback forms and pre-and post-tests of the children and respond to prompts on a reflection sheet.In an effort to make the activity modules freely available to other engineering students, K-12teachers and parents, a website was developed. The activity kit instructions, resources, materiallists and other related resources are posted on this website so that they can be widely accessed bypeople nationwide who would like to engage in meaningful and effective outreach to middleschool students. Additional resources including fun engineering websites for kids, informationabout engineering for parents and teachers and links to websites with additional engineeringactivities are also included on the website. The website is housed on the University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl Matherly; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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/intercultural experiences contributedmost to the individual’s global preparedness as identified in Study One. The resultantbackground survey instrument consisted of four components: profile characteristics (e.g., gender,age, class standing,), educational background (e.g., university, major, QPA), travel abroad/international experiences (e.g., level of interest in international issues, foreign languageproficiency), and characteristics of the international experiences (e.g., programmatic elements ofexperiences such as duration, amount of reflection, and comfort zone). The background surveyitems also provided independent predictor variables to help explain the results of the outcomeinstruments (EGPI and GPI). Samples (from each of the four partner

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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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Brittain Sobey, The University of Texas - Austin; Margo Cousins, The University of Texas - Austin; Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas - Austin; Stephanie Ruth Young M.Ed., The University of Texas - Austin

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Graduate Studies

from highly ranked schools. The inherent limitations of areputation system notwithstanding, USNWR rankings, like GRE scores and GPA, generallycorrelate positively with graduate school attendance and success in the research. 4 Thus, a degreefrom USNRW Top 20 ranked program remains an insufficient yet valuable characteristic ofincoming graduate students worth consideration.* The metrics described in this review are for recruitment process evaluation only, and have been adapted for the purposes of this paper. Thescores and conversions should not be considered as a reflection on the admission processes or policies of the UT Austin BME department or thegraduate school. The program’s domestic and international admission committees make final

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Computer-Based Games and Animations in Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech; Darren K Maczka, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech; Kiran Kelsey Bagalkotkar

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Computers in Education

successful performance onwell-structured problems is not a predictor of success on ill-structured problems becausefundamentally different reasoning skills are needed.7 While well-structured problems are oftensolved once an appropriate algorithm has been identified and used, solving ill-structured problemsinvolves skills such as argumentation and reflective design to robustly identify the problem itselfbefore considering potential solutions.9,10 Success in the setting and solving of ill-structuredproblems has been linked to metacognitive strategies,7,9 specific cognitive skills such asanalogical reasoning,11 and epistemological beliefs.12,13 Analogical reasoning is a higher orderthinking process whereby novel problems are interpreted as an amalgam of

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Writing and Communication I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

communication skills. These conversations led to a better understanding of what studentsneeded to master in each course as they advanced through the curriculum, which then providedinsight into ways the GTAs could help their students achieve these learning goals. The team alsodeveloped a comprehensive lab report guidelines document for use in all three courses. Theguidelines provided information on formatting, composing the type of content expected in eachsection of the report, and creating figures and tables, as well as other technical writing tips. Theteam also created a rubric, mapped to the guidelines, to help bring consistency to grading. Whilejust one set of guidelines applied for all the labs, the rubric could be customized to reflect

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CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Jenna Christie-Tabron, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mari Pina, University of Central Florida; Richard Allan Quinn, University of Central Florida; Jackie Herold, University of Central Florida; Kim A. Small, University of Central Florida

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

memory.” This question was left open-ended so that students could respond with individual values they ascribed to their experiences.The remaining six questions on the questionnaire provided further details for three selected casestudy narratives illuminating the students’ holistic perspective on their program experience.A distinguishing feature of the program was the value-added activities offered with the purposeof creating a social learning community involving interns, industry professionals, faculty, andsupport staff. Value-added program activities included Socials, Distinguished Speaker Series,and an annual Symposium. These activities reflected the integration of varied communities ofpractice (in this case, the business world and the

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Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Justin L Hess, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

other common experiences that link thestudents to the phenomenon being studied. Thus, we theorize that the discussions of empathypresented in this study directly reflect the phenomenon of empathy as it is developed, interpreted,and experienced in the unique context of engineering education by engineering students.From a social constructionist perspective, meaning is developed and conveyed throughlanguage27. Thus, in this study, we pay particular attention to language as a lens to explore thephenomenon of empathy in the social world of engineering students. As such, this study focuseson using qualitative interview data to provide a lens into the students’ social world. Oneimplication of this focus was that we did not provide an explicit

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luisa Ruiz Mendoza, University of Texas - El Paso; Leonardo Orea-Amador, University of Texas - El Paso; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas - El Paso

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

experience, where students are expected to observe, apply, and reflect upon topicscovered academically5. The intent of this study, therefore, is to determine the level of leadershipdevelopment students’ benefit from during such an opportunity to practice their leadership skillsintegrated into their engineering curriculum.Method In the spring of 2015, four E-LEAD students were recruited for the internship with theH.O.T Summer Conference. The E-LEAD students were divided into pairs to prepare andimplement workshops for local minority middle and high school students - one pair focused onthe middle school program and the other on high school. The four male students were ofHispanic ethnicity and they had finished their first year in the E-LEAD

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Chronopoulou, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Douglas M. King, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ehsan Salimi, University of Southern California

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Industrial Engineering

of statistical concepts, enhanced by the necessary technical foundations intheory and programming.IntroductionCritical thinking is an important skill for engineering students and is the central theme of ourcourse redesign in one of our core Industrial Engineering (IE) courses. According to philosopherPeter Facione, critical thinking is defined as the intellectually disciplined process of actively andskillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, orcommunication, as a guide to belief and action [4]. In layman’s terms, critical thinking isreflectively thinking through and making decisions about a problem using logic and

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Capstone Design Courses II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Denis Onen, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

– March – 2016] 5. R. Morris et al., Sustainability by Design: a reflection on the suitability of pedagogic practice in design and engineering courses in the teaching of sustainable design. European Journal of Engineering Education, 32:2, 135-142, 2007.

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaclyn Marie Esqueda, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Christina Curras, University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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conference; American Chemical Societyconference; travel to Haiti for a solar panel installation project; and travel to Ghana, Africa, forthe construction of a school.As a condition of the funding support, students are asked to disseminate their research findingsor knowledge gained at conferences on the campus community. This helps to encourage otherstudents to pursue similar opportunities. Student participants also write a reflective summary ofhow the experience enhanced their classroom learning. Representative anecdotal quotations fromsome of these reflections are included here:  “The experience was incredible. I was exposed to elements of the civil engineering world above and beyond what I could learn in a typical classroom setting

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Professional Development for Students and Teachers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College; Alexandra Emma Lehnes, Manhattan College; Mary Ann Jacobs, Manhattan College; Kathleen Christal Mancuso, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

outcomes in teaching and learningAs shown in this assessment the workshop successfully introduced learning styles to engineering studentsand improved their readiness for effective presentations.Each workshop was evaluated individually and required changes were applied. For example, after“learning style” workshop, we identified that these types of workshops can be more effective if offered asa two part training session and students work on a related assignment between two sessions and reflect ontheir learnings in group meetings. 2. Assess content validity of workshop plansOnce ambassadors select a topic and study the related background, they design a related hands-onactivity. Then they meet with a faculty mentor to evaluate the designed

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental & Research-to-Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad Musavi, University of Maine; Cary Edward James, University of Maine; Paige Elizabeth Brown, Bangor High School

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

: Viewers like you. New England Board of Higher Education, 22(1), 26-28.8 Blickenstaff, J. C. (2005). Women and science careers: Leaky pipeline or gender filter? Gender and Education, 17(4), 369-386.9 Kohlstedt, S. G. (2004). Sustaining gains: Reflections on women in science and technology in 20th century United States. NWSA Journal, 16(1), 1-26.10 Blickenstaff, J. C. (2005). Women and science careers: Leaky pipeline or gender filter? Gender and Education, 17(4), 369-386.11 th Kohlstedt, S. G. (2004). Sustaining gains: Reflections on women in science and technology in 20 -century United States. NWSA Journal, 16(1), 1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frazier F. Benya, National Academy of Engineering; Rachelle Hollander, National Academy of Engineering; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University; Kelly Laas, Illinois Institute of Technology; Simil L Raghavan, National Academy of Engineering; Thomas M. Powers, University of Delaware

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. These areas oftendo not fit into just one field or discipline in scienceand engineering.The field areas reflect the six editorial boards thatassist the OEC (figure 2). These are primarily basedon science and engineering disciplines, but theaddition of research ethics and international ethicsallows special attention in those areas andencourages the disciplinary groups to focus more onmacro ethical issues. These groups also worktogether to address topics across groups, especiallyin regard to international and research ethics issues.  Connecting ResourcesThe new site provides an enhanced method for Figure  2:  Field  areasviewing longer cases, papers, and coursedescriptions. This system makes use of a table of contents that includes

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New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

educators.In addition to the struggles of engineering students to achieve conceptual understanding, recentengineering graduates’ grasp of written communication and associated skills is often below thatexpected by their anticipated positions in the modern workplace8. Pedagogical research hasfound that writing assignments effectively facilitate learning by forcing students to exploreconnections and patterns in the studied material9,10. These benefits of writing assignments areenhanced in fields such as engineering, since students are rarely assigned reflective writing tasksand thus have few opportunities to develop associated abilities11,12. Current conceptual testinginstruments in the chemical engineering field generally involve multiple choice

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

session with theirSenior teammates who were working on their capstone projects. Sophomores were also requiredto write a reflection paper which demonstrated their knowledge of the project. This limitedinteraction was designed to expose the Sophomores to the fully open-ended nature of a capstoneproject without imposing an undue burden on the Seniors, who are typically time-constraineddue to project expectations.Post review of PBL artifacts, journals, and surveys highlighted several positive outcomes fromthe PBL activities as well as several areas needing improvement.15 Scholars stronglyacknowledged the perceived benefits of working in teams, managing and conducting open-endeddesign projects, and gaining pre-exposure to subsequent capstone

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Olson P.E., Boise State University; Amy J Moll, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University; Amit Jain, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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college directly from high school.In this paper we describe how our program connected transfer students with university staff,faculty and resources. To date, this program has a 100% retention rate, with the exception of onestudent on an official leave of absence, and a projected 100% graduation rate with 91% of thestudents already graduated. In addition, approximately 22% of scholarship graduates arepursuing graduate degrees.IntroductionBoise State University’s College of Engineering was founded nearly two decades ago inresponse to regional demand for engineering education from industry leaders. The College ofEngineering student body now comprises approximately 3,000 students, reflecting approximately15% of the university’s enrollment. In 2014-15

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

who have decided topursue a computer science and engineering education.Retention of computer science and engineering students is a major problem at many institutionsof higher education. Retention issues have a big impact on the colleges and universities in avariety of areas such as academic affairs, student services, and even recruitment of newengineering students. Nowadays, graduation rates are published and lower rates reflect poorlyon an institution of higher education. Because of these reasons and more, colleges anduniversities have turned their attentions to finding new ways to retain the students that do enrollin their computer science and engineering programs.In order to increase the retention rate of our Computer Science, Computer

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Christina Paguyo, Colorado State University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Heather Lysbeth Henderson, West Virginia University

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, but never before did the panels havethis specific structure or the targeted questions. She was very pleased with the questions and thetypes of specific information the questions elicited from the panel. In the ENGR 101 class,students received a follow-up reflection assignment intended to promote the sense-makingprocess in student engineering identity development. The assignment was composed of thefollowing questions: 1. Based on what you learned from the panel, what do undergraduate students need to know and do to become good engineers? Which of these things are already areas of strength for you? 2. What kinds of qualities or skills do you want to strengthen while you are in school to help you become an engineer? 3. What

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Multidisciplinary Effects on Student Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz; Tamara Ball, University of California, Santa Cruz; Zachary W Graham, University of California, Santa Cruz; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

was always available whenever a break was neededfrom the main project or if an intern wanted to work on their soldering skills.Methodology: Assessment of Innovation as a ProcessWe assessed the overall impact of the internship as a learning intervention to supportmultidisciplinary group participation in innovation and individual learning achievements byapplying three different instruments: a) an exit survey focused on relationships betweenemergent group-dynamics and evidence of innovation-in-practice b) regular “audio-diary”journal entries recorded by participants in response to a weekly repeating prompt c) focus groupexit interviews that prompted participants to not only reflect on what they had gained from theexperience but challenged them

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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

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

groups are not synced, so times do not line up with each otherperfectly (up to 5-minute offsets are likely). The bottom group, Julian and Alex, only have sixcoded turns; this group was difficult to hear on the camera because they spoke very softly,answered many facilitator questions with “I don’t know,” and spent much of the task time offtask building “launchers.” Even so, they had the most successful designs of any group (threeunique designs, one was tested twice).Note that ideas, factors, and designs are related but distinct. While ideas are often reflected indesigns, designs include a multitude of ideas of varying scale, many of which are not explicitlyexpressed. Ideas may or may not be expressed as factors about a design or the test related

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Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Baijian Yang, Purdue University

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engage students inlearning and allow translation from conceptual knowledge to practice. We propose to use Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) to develop students’ representational fluency in the cybersecuritydomain. MEAs are activities that intent to simulate real-word client-driven scenarios. And thesuccess of these MEA activities rely on teamwork and the students’ abilities to apply concepts.Properly constructed and implemented MEAs can increase the use of: (1) student reflection toolsin assessments, and (2) learning technologies. MEAs require students to iteratively build, test andrefine their knowledge by encouraging students to build different forms of representations andconnect and translate among them [3]. These activities focus on

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Facilitating Student Success and Inclusion

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie P. Martin, Clemson University; Samuel S. Newton, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

currently included in the CCW framework, such as spiritual capital. Thus,we believe that our work has the potential to extend these frameworks.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), undergrant number 1463808. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin these findings are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References1. Frehill LM. The Gendered Construction of the Engineering Profession in the United States, 1893-1920. Men Masc. 2004;6(4):383-403. doi:10.1177/1097184X03260963.2. Pawley AL. What counts as “engineering”: Towards a redefinition. In: Pawley AL, Riley DM, eds. Engineering and Social Justice: In

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Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

stand behind morals and ethics (n=2) • You must take into consideration all who might be effected by your work (n=2)From these responses we can see that some students were less influenced by the course when itcame to changing their outlook. It is unclear whether the lack of influence reflects that somestudents came into the course already sharing the viewpoint presented and their views did notchange for that reason or whether some inherently disagreed with the notions communicated inthis course and the course did not change their minds. These results may also indicate that greaterrepetition of these messages is necessary before the ideas take hold and they begin to mold moreclosely held beliefs such as their world views. Some examples of

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UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Aerospace

numbers were really so huge, I offered him a story, referencing the film The Matrix, and the overarching goal of our work to save the planet with clean energy. “Remember what the Oracle said to Nemo,” I began, then spoke to him directly: “You’re not The One, kid. Sorry.” He quipped, respectfully and with a lop-sided grin: “But he was The One.” Everybody on the team chuckled. It was a turning point for this student, and his progress accelerated after that and concluded with rock-solid engineering work.Almost every student had some level of anxiety which is reflected in the results of a surveyconducted 6 months after the conclusion of their internship. It is clear that the students did notfully appreciate that

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

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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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Engineering Ethics

from variousethnicities and cultural backgrounds also reflects my very shelteredness in this corner ofcampus. I don’t...there are no international students who take theater. So I don’t engage in thosestudents very often here on campus. So I think we can’t necessarily put that on the studentseither.” He continued, noting that the students did a reasonable amount of research, but that the“biggest barrier for them right now would be for those people to actually test those things.”This theme was strongly reinforced when a cross-cultural group of panelists were invited toattend and critique the students’ final presentations. Panelists remarked several times that theyknew people from the targeted regions on campus, and wondered why none of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naima Kaabouch, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Matthew Cavalli, University of North Dakota; Nuri Oncel, University of North Dakota

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approachencourages collaborative and multidisciplinary learning for the students and helps them acquirethe knowledge and skills necessary to compete in the global market and to contribute to the NSNTfield in an environment that is reflective of today’s workplace.II CoursesFor this project, the collaborators developed and offered two NSNT courses that satisfy electiverequirements for mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering Bachelor of Science (BS)degrees as well as for chemistry and physics BS degrees. The first course, “Nanoengineering andNanoscience” (cross-listed course numbers: CHEM 431; EE490; ME490; PHYS492) was offeredduring Fall 2015. It covered the fundamentals of nanoscience and nanoparticles based on theirphysical and electronic

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Angela Harris, Stanford University; Robert J. Witt, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Robert Rice, University of California - Merced; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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First-Year Programs

(mechanical, civil, aero/astro, for example) so eventhough many of the students are chronologically second year students they experience “firstyear” dynamics.A “large class” is usually defined by the institution offering the class. For example, in a stateuniversity a “large class” could be 300 to 500 students, while in a smaller, private institution itcould be 30 to 50 students. Certainly, classroom dynamics will be different between the 500students and 50 student classroom if only reflected in the size of the classroom space. Theimportant point is that Introduction to Solid Mechanics or Statics will be one of the largerclassroom experiences for entry-level engineering students at the location where they areenrolled. In this research, classroom sizes

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Pathways to Success in STEM through Computer Science and Making

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Kastner, Mississippi State University ; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Tori Holifield, Mississippi State University

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Minorities in Engineering

already trying to resolve existing gender gaps, there was a 64 percentdecrease in the number of first-year female students interested in concentrating in ComputerScience from 2000-2012.6 The problem of representation is even more distinct with regards torace; for example, in 2014, though only 26% of jobs in computing were held by women, only 3%of those jobs were held by African American women.6Such circumstances make it imperative to develop middle and high school initiatives to supportcomputing literacies for all, but particularly for those students whose demographic characteristicsare not currently reflected by the populations supporting the computing workforce. Similarly, itis as imperative for researchers to better understand variables that

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

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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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

CxCprogram for students as well as to the satisfaction of all stakeholders, that we have exploredusing focus groups, a qualitative assessment method, somewhat atypical in the engineeringcommunity. At this stage in CxC’s development we opted for focus groups because we believedthat a more in-depth and open-ended approach to assessment lends itself to expanding ourcomprehensive reflection of the program to-date. More to the point, we were curious about theunique experiences of our students and wanted to know how they compared to previousassessments we’d performed about CxC.Key Findings of Previous AssessmentsFrom the beginning of the CxC program in the College of Engineering, faculty and CxC staffhave sought feedback on how to effectively implement