Conference Session

Pedagogy and Its Impact on Faculty and Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hiro Iino, Iowa State University; Pinar Melek Celik, Iowa State University; Bryan Alan Lutz, Iowa State University

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Continuing Professional Development

Journalism & Mass Communications, a B.S. in Psychology, and an M.S. in Human Computer Interaction from Iowa State University.Ms. Pinar Melek Celik, Iowa State University Pinar M. Celik is a PhD candidate at School of Education at Iowa State University with a concentration in Curriculum and Instructional Technology. Pinar also serves as Learning Experience (LX) Designer to ISU faculty. Pinar’s research interests include integrating instructional technologies into traditional-, asynchronous online-, and blended-learning environments.Mr. Bryan Alan Lutz, Iowa State University Bryan Lutz is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Professional Communication and a course designer for Engineering Learning Online at Iowa State

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

workshop. Thus, the workshopshad an asynchronous and a synchronous component.One workshop was devoted to myRIO projects, one to microcontrollers, and the final one to dataacquisition/instrumentation boards. While both myRIO and microcontrollers are embeddedplatforms, they are applied in quite different contexts. The myRIO is a packaged embeddedsystem that uses a graphical programming language that does not require students to know howto program in a traditional language. Microcontrollers require users to know how to program andhow to do more detailed hardware integration. As a result of these distinctions, they are useddifferently in projects and their targeted audiences are unique. The myRIO is a second-generation version of the CRIO, which was

Conference Session

ETD Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gangjian Guo, Bradley University; Joseph C Chen P.E., Bradley University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Professor and Chairman Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering & Technology Bradley University, IL, 61625, USA AbstractBradley University plays an important role in educating ABET accredited manufacturingengineers to major industries, such as Caterpillar or John Deere nearby. In recent years, ourconstituencies have voiced that plastics product design and injection molding process beconsidered key competences in our manufacturing curriculum. It’s always crucial and beneficialfor plastics engineers to understand the whole picture of plastics product development, from theproduct conceptual design to the product validation. Therefore, the

Conference Session

Practices for Student Learning Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Amit J Lopes, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

intriguing was the fact that even students that were awarded competitive academic scholarships (top grades and very high SAT scores) left their respective engineering programs after their first year, expressing anxiety with core engineering course (calculus) affecting their ability to maintain their required GPA and thus result in loss of their scholarship [4]. Consequently, there is a need to develop a first-year engineering curriculum that takes into consideration the diverse academic, social, cultural, and economic backgrounds of an incoming class of students. Although academically well prepared, today’s student lack the discipline to be individually responsible for the largely self-directed study required in college [5

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Venkata Rama Chaitra Thota, University of Cincinnati; Nan Niu, University of Cincinnati; Wentao Wang, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Software Engineering Division

, waterfall-style development, we chose an existing software system for ourstudents to build upon. Both baseline systems are relatively mature: iTrust was established in2007 and Mapbox started its development in 2010. Although written mainly in Java, iTrust is aWeb application, whereas Mapbox is a mobile app. This leads to distinct integrated developmentenvironments for our students to use: Eclipse for iTrust and Android Studio for Mapbox. Table 1. Basic course information Semester Spring 2015 Spring 2016Enrollment # of students 62 103information # of teams 15

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pistrui, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

a secondoffering is planned for 2017 albeit with a more accessible project.References1. Goldman, S., & Carroll, M., & Zielezinski, M. B., & Loh, A., & Ng, E. S., & Bachas- Daunert, S. (2014, June), Dive In! An Integrated Design Thinking/STEM Curriculum Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.2. Biggers, M., & Haefner, L. A., & Bell, J. (2016, June), Engineering First: How Engineering Design Thinking Affects Science Learning Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.3. Menold, J., & Jablokow, K. W., & Kisenwether, E. C., & Zappe, S. E. (2015, June), Exploring the Impact of Cognitive Preferences on

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

organizations, while striving to contribute value for stakeholders. An internship alsoprovides an immersive experience in the messiness of the real world, where a student willobserve situations that highlight inevitable distinctions between theory and practice. In addition,topics and issues that may not have been part of their formal academic curriculum make eachinternship unique and enriching, as each student becomes deeply knowledgeable concerning bothtechnical and social concerns specific to their internship context.The experiential learning from internships can support three changes that have been promotedfor professional education for many decades: “First, a new philosophy and new outlook whichwill comprehend the human and social as well as the

Conference Session

Motivation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jiawei Zhang, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rebecca Kramer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

thetheorized utility of the experience for promoting student engineering self-efficacy andmotivation. Following an overview of theory behind the curriculum, we describe how theseprinciples align with the student experience while fabricating soft robots. Finally, we offerpreliminary reports on initial states and changes in student perceptions as they participated in thecurriculum.Girls in STEMAmong areas of concern for technology and engineering education, is the participation of adiverse body of students 1. For our field this includes female students, and a number of effortshave been made to understand factors related to this disparity 2, 3. In middle-school and high-school, as students are often first exposed to these elective courses, interest

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

al.3 provide an in-depth summary and critique of prior research that focuses on post-transfer transition processesfor community college students who transfer to four-year institutions.3 In their review, theauthors identify, define, operationalize, and synthesize findings for five concepts that mostfrequently emerge in the existing body of literature; among them include: integration,involvement, environmental pull, capital, and transfer receptivity. In the following paragraphs,we briefly introduce each concept, explain its relevance to transfer student persistence, and pointto a small number of relevant studies for readers who seek a more in depth review. In this context, the concept integration is inspired by Tinto’s theory of

Conference Session

EET Papers 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Samy El-Tawab, James Madison University

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Engineering Technology

engineering department and lately more instructional resources becameavailable 2, making SDR technology excellent choice for teaching both undergraduate andgraduate courses in communications. An example of instructional packages are offered byNational Instruments, including hardware platforms, software packages and communicationrelated teaching modules. Integrated curricula with SDR, across areas such as communications,signal processing, computer programming, electromagnetics, and embedded systems, wereintroduced in six US universities, in each case with a major laboratory component 3.Comparisons between course levels, majors, laboratory components, hardware and programmingenvironment used were discussed for the six universities participating and the

Conference Session

Make It!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Song, Alamo Colleges District; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Daniel M. Sherry, Alamo College

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Manufacturing

-creditAdvanced Technology Manufacturing Academy (ATMA) as our core curriculum for this project.ATMA Robotics and IST Course OverviewIn this course, we applied an innovative Integrated Systems Training (IST) approach whichprovides instruction encompassing the entire integrated system in our curriculum core. Itincluded robotics, electrical and electronic, pneumatic, mechanical, PLC, and control systemsand devices. Students gained an understanding of how these components and subsystems workindependently and also how they interact with the other related sub-systems of an automatedmanufacturing system, including PLCs.In addition to providing this instruction and hands-on learning experience to the ATMA students,a web-accessible automated system was developed

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Schmueser Ph.D., Clemson University; Johnell Brooks, Clemson University; Shayne Kelly McConomy, Clemson University; Pierluigi Pisu, Clemson University; Andrej Ivanco; Robert Gary Prucka, Clemson University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

executetrade-offs, balancing competing priorities, and communicating with colleagues that havedifferent technical backgrounds. This paper presents the implementation of a system-based,sponsor-partner, collaboration focused, learning approach within the curriculum of theDepartment of Automotive Engineering at Clemson University which meets these real-world design engineering needs.The program implementing this real-world approach is called Deep Orange (DO). TheDeep Orange initiative is an integral part of the automotive graduate program at theClemson University International Center for Automotive Research. The initiative wasdeveloped to provide first-year graduate engineering students with hands-on experience ofthe knowledge attained in the various

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Ranalli, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Susan E Chappell, Penn State University

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College Industry Partnerships

in the areas discussed previously. Programming of this type wasfirst offered as a pilot for Information Sciences and Technology students in 2012-2013 at a sistercampus. The program introduced 20-25 students to alumni/industry experts and recruiters fromseveral local Fortune 500 firms. As a result of the real-world projects, industry lecture series andpanel discussions during the pilot study, 6 students (25%) received offers for and acceptedinternship and/or full-time positions with these organizations. We adapted this program to servethe engineering curriculum at Penn State Hazleton in 2013.This employer engagement model we employ is integrated with existing classroom activities andhelps to bridge the gap between the support services that

Conference Session

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose M. Marra Ph.D., University of Missouri; So Mi Kim, University of Missouri; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah; Shann Bossaller, University of Missouri

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

success in engineering practice (ABET, Inc., 2016)1. Metacognitionis key to the development of life-long learning, yet is rarely directly addressed in engineeringeducation. Metacognition, defined as “knowledge and cognition about cognitive phenomena”(Flavell, 1979, p. 906), is a higher-order thinking skill and provides the key to developing life-long learning skills necessary for ABET and for an effective work career. This paper will reporton the authors’ study of the development of metacognition and life-long learning skills ofgraduates of the Iron Range Engineering (IRE) program, an innovative problem-based learningprogram that integrates metacognition instruction with engineering content. The IRE programoffers a unique setting for studying

Conference Session

Practices for Student Learning Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ergin Erdem, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

, implementation of Autodesk MoldflowTM as an instructional tool forpromoting a dynamic interactive classroom environment and providing seamless integration ofclassroom activities such as traditional classroom teaching, computer simulation ofmanufacturing process, and actual physical laboratory experience related with the process. In thatregard, Autodesk MoldflowTM is used as one of the tools that would be used for promotingpositive outcomes associated with the student learning. Autodesk MoldflowTM is used formodeling and simulating of the plastic injection molding process. During computer simulationlaboratories, specific examples of Autodesk MoldflowTM is introduced for providing ideas tostudents on how the manufacturing process would be improved by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

in the current engineering curriculum ?Interview AnalysisThis study’s data was a set of interviews with 27 engineering faculty members about theirexperience teaching core engineering classes and the mathematical abilities of their students.Faculty were selected to participate in the study if they had taught an engineering course thatrequired any course from the Calculus Sequence (Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, LinearAlgebra, and Differential Equations) as either a direct prerequisite or as a corequisite. Theseinterviews were approved by our university board governing human subjects research.Interviews with faculty were semi-structured, with an initial interview protocol but with room toask off-script questions to further explore

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, where he taught courses on Embedded Systems. Ad- ditionally, Dr. Alaraje is a recipient of an NSF award for a digital logic design curriculum revision in collaboration with the College of Lake County in Illinois, and a NSF award in collaboration with the University of New Mexico, Drake State Technical College, and Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The award focused on expanding outreach activities to increase the awareness of potential college stu- dents about career opportunities in electronics technologies. Dr. Alaraje is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), a member of the ASEE Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing Division, a member of the ASEE Engineering Technology Division, a

Conference Session

EET Papers 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Cohenour P.E., Ohio University

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Engineering Technology

integral windup. The student writes theProportional Integral Derivative (PID) control algorithm such that auto/manual transitions andgain changes are bumpless.The addition of the control system experiment cost less than $5.00 per student, but provides thestudent with a realistic control system problem complete with all of the vagaries of an in-plantcontrol system commissioning.IntroductionEngineering Technology and Management (ETM) students fill many roles in the work force.ETM students are generalist and most will become involved with control systems at some timeduring their career. The control system experiment described here is designed to give thestudents a working understanding of a control system so they are prepared for positions

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

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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

Early ChemE Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

, as well as creative problem solving skills [11-16]. Design projects are a promising way toprepare students for industry [17]. Authentic design problems that have meaning beyond theclassroom are most effective [18] as they allow students to integrate knowledge and practice[19].Commonly, instructors include a host of active learning instructional strategies to scaffoldstudent learning related to projects. Broadly, active learning instructional strategies have beenshown to better support learning than traditional lectures [4, 20, 21]. We employed an activelearning technique used commonly in the past—particularly in elementary classrooms—calledjigsaw [22], which is well backed by learning theory [23, 24].Jigsaw is a technique in which students

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn Gaudette, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

work, posters, presentations and final projects), a pre/post analysis of a scenarioinvolving a hazardous chemical and a video-recorded session of teams analyzing anambiguous scene indirectly related to course content.Background and Context“Humanitarian Engineering Past and Present” is an experimental first-year, two-termcourse designed and taught by an interdisciplinary team of faculty from engineering,humanities, and entrepreneurship and innovation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI), a technology-focused university in Worcester, Massachusetts. The university isbest known for its 47 year-old project-based curriculum.“Humanitarian Engineering Past and Present” provides a deep, integrative learningexperience of benefit to both STEM and non

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University; Tiffany Wild, The Ohio State University; Se Jeong Yang, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

master high-orderconcepts (Jones, Minogue, Oppewal, Cook, & Broadwell, 2006).Professional Development Curriculum Math and science teachers from the public state school for the blind who participated in the120 hours of professional development activities received 15 weeks of an asynchronous onlinecourse in science, math, and engineering content and education for students with VI. The initialhalf of the course was based on the textbook “What is Life?” Phelen, 2015) and the teacherscompleted modules for each chapter on the textbook LaunchPad program. The second half ofthe course consisted of readings and reflections on teaching STEM content to students withvisual impairments, a review of inquiry-based teaching methods, infusing dramatic

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

is currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education.Dr. John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin John Heywood is Professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin- The University of Dublin. He is a Fellow of ASEE and Life Fellow of IEEE. he is an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. He has special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. He is author of Engineering Education. Research and Development in Curriculum and Instruction. His most recent book is The assessment of learning in Engineering Education Practice and Policy. IEEE Press/Wiley

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yogesh Bhandari, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Akshay Vora, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Sengavi Thirupathy; Rashi Singh, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Oscar Azofeifa

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, the studentsare prepared to effectively integrate energy system development over a broad spectrum of technologieswith the socio-economic requirements to successfully implement them and to compete in the globalenergy market. Thus, the second part of the course module focused on improving the presentation Draft of a paper submitted for presentation at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, June 25-28, 2017.skills. In this part, authors critically evaluated the paper they had selected. The topics ranged fromoptimizing energy storage for California (potential of solar and wind in that region with scoping ofbattery such that renewable could supply constant power for an entire day) to review of the currentstate of

Conference Session

New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

goal was to prepare graduates forengineering practice by equipping them with contextual (also sometimes called “professional”)skills. These calls for reform resulted in the EC2000 accreditation criteria, which require, amongother things, that graduates demonstrate the ability to integrate “realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, andsustainability” into the design process, including the development of new products. This ability,in turn, rests on other abilities including an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams; anability to define and solve problems; an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;an ability to communicate effectively; the

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Haggard; Fabio Matta; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

integrate student learning of nanotechnology across the civil andenvironmental engineering curriculum [7].The problem-based learning framework is embedded with assessment instruments, such asdecision worksheets, that are intended to capture student knowledge and critical thinking. Thisparticular research project aims to assess methods for evaluating critical thinking fromillustrative and written responses on worksheets completed in an engineering-focused classenvironment. It is proposed that this can be accomplished by: examining how students absorb,process, and apply new information through multiple iterations of similar active learningexercises, when new information is presented between each iteration; examining how groupdynamics influence

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Institutional Change & Perspectives on Diversity

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

current RED projects. Next it moved into two hypothetical cases, to allow for an in-depthdiscussion of revolutionary and not-so-revolutionary ideas. The session concluded with tips for arevolution.In this session, Villa began by explaining that a revolutionary curriculum is one that substantiallyshifts fundamental understandings of learning and the content, practices, and structures ofeducation. This includes a systems level approach that addresses social, contextual, andorganizational processes in addition to curriculum. The approach needs to address coreentrenched historical and cultural norms and core beliefs and values of faculty, students, andother stakeholders in the community.Next Koretsky and Salzman discussed traditional ways of thinking

Conference Session

Life After Graduation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois, Chicago; Fazle Shahnawaz Muhibul Karim, University of Illinois, Chicago; Samuel Thomas Harford, University of Illinois, Chicago, PROMINENT Labs; Hereford Johnson, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Educational Research and Methods

this course on high school students14. Theirfinding indicate that life skills and consumer’s education courses ultimately increase the rate inwhich students save and accumulate wealth throughout their lives.As an extension of financial curriculum and Consumer’s Education provided in high school,courses in engineering colleges have been developed to teach students about life and careerskills15. In respect to the number of students who take high school courses for life skills andpreparation, few universities provide professional development through specific classes andsmall groups. Harvard University began offering these life courses before 2007; and providedclasses for soft and life skills such as “How does health insurance work?, When should I

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University

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College Industry Partnerships

were then placed into one of two main themes/classifications inorder to answer the research questions. The first classification represented articles whose aimwas to identify the essential competencies that should be developed through an engineeringeducation, and the second theme of articles tended to define approaches for implementing thesecompetencies into education based curriculum or programming.ResultsThe following paragraphs elaborate upon the literature and each article’s relative positioning inthe themes focused on responding to the research questions in this paper.Theme 1: What are engineering Competencies?Five of the 23 articles were appropriate for the first theme, looking to identify essentialengineering competencies. Among the five

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Randall L Musselman, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Systems Engineering

effectiveness of the locator system will depend upon successful integration of thetechnological components and the user procedure. During the transmitter hunt, the user mustunderstand the characteristics of the transmitting antenna with an unknown orientation and thepossible influences of a complex propagation environment. The user must choose a receiverdesign and a search procedure with an understanding of the limitations of each systemcomponent.Design ProblemTarget Concepts in Antenna Theory The UAV locator context is interdisciplinary with aspects related to antenna theory,communication techniques, electronics, system integration, etc. The concern of this paper isantenna design and performance, but the antenna topics can be discussed in