Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jackson Kai Painter, University of Louisville; Kate E. Snyder, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville

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Student

beliefs, outcome expectations, personal goals, and interest. Self-efficacy is defined as “people’s judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses ofaction required to attain designated types of performances” (Bandura, 1986, p. 391). Thesebeliefs are integrated with contextual factors and behaviors related to job performance or, in thiscase, academic setting, which can be influenced by past experiences, as well as confidence.Individuals also have outcome expectations, or beliefs about what the outcome of an event willbe, within multiple domains, including physical, social, and self-evaluative outcomes (Bandura,1986). Personal goals are aspirations that individuals have in regards to their futures, whileinterest involves the desire

Conference Session

Getting Into Graduate School

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies, Student

; the information provided here can serve as a general guideline, but successfulapplicants will carefully review the specific requirements of each program to which they apply.Overview of the “Typical” Application ProcessMost graduate programs in the United States are set up on an academic calendar year, whichtypically begins in late August or early September. Some graduate programs will only admitnew students to start in this “fall” term, while others will admit most students in the fall and asmaller cohort in the January term. The “fall start” is assumed throughout this document, sincethat is the most common timeline; if you are applying to begin graduate school in a differentterm, you will need to adjust the timelines suggested here

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordan E. Trachtenberg, Rice University

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Diversity

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Student

activities that simulate the various communication exercises • Can be flexibly implemented to fit the learning – Documented problem solutionsWriting in the Disciplines is an integrated approach that ties writing assignments to that engineers practice in academia and industry. objectives for a coursethe learning outcomes of a technical course and provides relevant opportunities for

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Student

commandof the material you are teaching and it is matter of setting up an exercise that you can model(and/or students can participate in) where you break down a complex procedure into simple,discrete steps.Repeat Class/Established Relationship with Course Instructor (Level 2):The suggestions with Level 1 are consistent with what most university teaching centers willrecommend for new graduate student graders or teaching assistants. Level 2 introduces novelapproaches that allow GTAs to support curriculum development and establish a deeper sense ofownership in the course.Address Concept Challenges via Curriculum DevelopmentPrior to the start of the semester, summarize and reflect on the main course topics that challengedstudents in the previous course

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeannie Marie Purchase, Virginia Tech ; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Student

., capstone design) of an engineering curriculum.10 Due to increasingrecognition of their benefits, professional development opportunities such as internships,undergraduate research, and co-op opportunities are becoming more common amongstengineering students. When compared to other majors, however, engineering students are lesslikely to participate in out-of-class activities.11 Out-of-class activities are defined as any activitythat occurs outside of the formal classroom, including curricular activities, co-curricularactivities, and extracurricular activities. Research in engineering education has shown that out-of-class activities are linked to numerous positive outcomes including students’ professional,intellectual, and leadership development, as

Conference Session

Student Division Innovative Research Methods Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie E Sekeres, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Student

male instructors to useself-disparaging humor (Bryant, Comisky, & Dolf, 1979). Utilizing their categorizations canprovide insight into humor’s use in the STEM classroom and the effects thereof.MethodsThis study utilizes an exploratory mixed methods design that incorporates quantitative analysisof instructor behaviors in the classroom with qualitative excerpts of faculty comments. The datautilized in this paper was collected as part of a larger study examining the use of evidence-basedinstructional practices in foundational STEM courses.ParticipantsParticipants for this study included 48 STEM instructors from a first-year engineering curriculumin a College of Engineering, Physical Sciences, and Mathematics curriculum in a College of Artsand

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Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamison Taylor Bair, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

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Student

evaluate a module of asenior design curriculum and give undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students anintroduction to lean manufacturing goals, tools, and best practices. This was accomplishedthrough an in-class lecture, group discussions, along with pre and post surveys.Survey results demonstrated that students were able to develop an effective understanding oflean manufacturing, could successfully identify wastes according to lean principles, and proposeways to implement lean tools and techniques on university-scale design projects. This allowed usto validate that students could apply lean manufacturing principles to a variety of prototypeprojects, giving them hands-on experience with lean practices. From the results of this study, anumber of

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Anna Danielle Newley, Sonoran Schools; Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Student

research agenda includes epistemological beliefs in science and evolution education. He is recently engaged in professional development activities supported by several grants targeting to increase elementary teachers’ knowledge and skills to integrate science, language arts, and engineering education within the context of Next Generation Science Standards.Miss Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Ezgi Yesilyurt is a PhD student in curriculum and instruction/science education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is working as a graduate assistant and teaching science methods courses. She received her MS degree and BS degree in elementary science education. She participated European Union Projects in which

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Avery Noren, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; Kendra Lynne Andersen, Texas A&M University; Kanika Gakhar, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems and Control Laboratory; Angela Olinger, Texas A&M University; Preetam Palchuru, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; Scott Thien Tran, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; John Valasek, Texas A&M University

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Student

individual’s scheduledid not impede the critical path.One challenge of the working group approach is that an “Integrations” team needs to be assignedearly. Integrating each of the subteam pieces proved to be one of the most time consuming andchallenging portions of this engineering challenge. In addition, individuals on the integrationsteam must have a deep understanding that constantly updates as each working group iteratesthrough their design. Tools such as GitHub and Google Drive assisted with this aspect of theengineering design as version control and up to date documentation was critical to systemfunctionality.Approach Taken: Systems EngineeringSystems engineering, in practice, is the succession of several structured design phases plannedwith a

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College; Mary Ann Jacobs Ed.D., Manhattan College; Alexandra Emma Lehnes, Manhattan College; Kathleen Christal Mancuso, Manhattan College; Anthony Scotti, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Student

leadership in their professional guideline series [3]. In AIChE’s body ofknowledge, it lists necessary psychomotor skills of listening and interpreting, speaking andpresenting, communication, leadership, presentation, and teamwork [4]. In general, everyengineering disciple these professional skills for a successful engineer.Despite the standards set by these societies, usually in an engineering curriculum there is noformal course on professional skills. Typically, during the capstone senior design courseundergraduate engineering students are exposed to some of these skills such as presentation andteam work. Occasionally the center of career development at an institution will offer sessions onprofessional skills usually focusing on interviews and

Conference Session

Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Huq, Colorado State University; Wenlong Xu, Colorado State University; Sanli Movafaghi, Colorado State University; Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University

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Student

Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the Col- orado State University. She received her B.S.E. (2011) and M.S.E. (2014) in Structural Engineering from the Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Evaluating the effectiveness of implementing active learning opportunities for first year engineering students who are taking math, physics, and chemistryIntroductionUndergraduate engineering students are typically required to take introductory math,chemistry, and physics concurrently with their first-year engineering curriculum.According to previous studies, success in these core courses is an integral part of asuccessful engineer's training

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa Capobianco, The College of New Jersey; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee

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Student

curriculum of a classroom. This is reflected in the disjointedness betweenstandards they should be comfortable with and the way they use them in their lesson plans. Thesepreservice teachers spend 2 to 3 days a week in a classroom and rotate between different gradelevels and classes. This removes them from familiarity with the overall curriculum, standards,and strategies.Aligning the lesson components to the standard is an important skill for all teachers to have, andit is evident that some of our preservice teachers struggled with this skill. The idea of forming anentire lesson around appropriate standards is something that takes time and practice. A full-timeteacher would likely follow the curriculum of given standards. As a teacher is forming