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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Vincent Huerta, Arizona State University; Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Marvyn Arévalo Avalos, Arizona State University ; Wen Huang, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #18246Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Mindset through Design: Insights from The-matic Analysis of First-year Engineering Students’ ReflectionsMr. Mark Vincent Huerta, Arizona State University Mark Huerta is a PhD student in the Engineering Education Systems and Design program at Arizona State University. He earned a B.S. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Arizona State University. Mark possesses a diverse background that includes experiences in engineering design, social entrepreneurship, consulting, and project management.Dr. Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel

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Military and Veterans

through these non-traditional students.This paper discusses some of the professional skills recognized in veterans. It then providesexamples of veterans in leadership roles in three different programs and activities. Oneexperience will be a project leader in the ASCE concrete canoe, another is the role of veteranleaders in a senior design project in electrical engineering. Finally, the last experience describesthe veterans assuming leadership roles in the student chapter of ASME. Based upon thefeedback and peer assessments, these veterans played significant roles in their organizations’ andteams’ activities and eventual success.IntroductionThe Citadel has a well-known and highly-ranked engineering program. Most recently, it has beenrated as one

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First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

resources, opportunities for re- search and design, and collaboration on educational and technological projects. Ms. Jean-Pierre has taught Mathematics, Problem- Solving and Academic Success Seminars at Polytechnic University and Columbia University. In addition to her experience in academia, Ms. Jean-Pierre has practical experience in developing online technology and multimedia products having worked in corporate positions at Google Inc. and iVillage Inc. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Evaluating a Flipped Lab Approach in a First-Year Engineering Design CourseAbstractThis complete research paper will investigate the continuation of a flipped

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First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emma K. Frow, Arizona State University; Barbara S. Smith, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Biomedical

include primingstudents for subsequent ‘design spine’ courses and their final-year BME capstone experience, anddeveloping interactive project-based teaching at scale. The two faculty who teach this course(Frow, Smith) have co-developed the content over the past two years; we also meet biweeklyduring the academic year with faculty members teaching the other BME ‘design spine’ courses, tocoordinate program content and learning outcomes across courses.Our semester-long course focuses on global healthcare markets and device design for low-resourcesettings. The course revolves around an open-ended, team-based design project (Smith et al. 2005).A core aim is to foster curiosity and creativity1 in students’ first formal experience of engineeringdesign

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Changing the Engineering Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Kidd, Old Dominion University

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Educational Research and Methods

directly involved in at least 20 different engineering projects related to a wide range of industries from petroleum and nat- ural gas industry to brewing and newspaper industries. Dr. Ayala has provided service to professional organizations such as ASME. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Committee of Spanish Translation of ASME Codes and the ASME Subcommittee on Piping and Pipelines in Spanish. Under both member- ships the following Codes have been translated: ASME B31.3, ASME B31.8S, ASME B31Q and ASME BPV Sections I. While maintaining his industrial work active, his research activities have also been very active; Dr. Ayala has published 90 journal and peer-reviewed conference papers. His work has been

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael R. Penn, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kristina M. Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

) hasrecently dedicated two special issues of the Journal of Professional Issues of EngineeringEducation and Practice to sustainability (ASCE, 2011 & 2015). Within these issues are reportsof case studies, course modules and entire courses dedicated to sustainability, as well as effortsto integrate sustainability throughout curricula. Cruickshank and Fenner (2012) and Bielefeldt(2013) summarize several pedagogical approaches to teaching sustainability concepts. Thefollowing paper presents a single-lesson approach to introduce the concepts of sustainability andsustainable design, at the local infrastructure project scale, to civil and environmentalengineering students. The foundation for the lesson was initially developed at the 2ndInfrastructure

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Pre-College: Teacher Impact on Student Mastery

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Denise W. Carlson, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

School of Science and Technology, where she also created and taught a year-long, design-based engineering course for seniors. Forbes earned her PhD in civil engineering, with an engineering education research focus.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan has led the multi-university TeachEngineering digital library project, now serving over 3.3M unique users (mostly teachers) annually, since its inception. She is founding co-director of the design-focused Engineering Plus degree program and CU Teach Engineering initiative in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. With the intent of transforming en- gineering to broaden participation

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Pre-College: Teacher Impact on Student Mastery

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Helen Meyer, University of Cincinnati

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

. Currently, she is the Project Director of the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science Program.Dr. Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is Director for Engineering Outreach and Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati Ohio, USA. He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural mechanics, with research in steel structures, seismic analysis and design, and engineer- ing education. He has won five major university teaching awards, two Professorships, two national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2: Instructional

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; David Gill P.E., Western Washington University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

drawing is generated from the3D model. This paper presents the experiences and challenges of using MBD technology in anundergraduate manufacturing engineering curriculum for capturing design function andmanufacturing requirements through GD&T. It reviews a junior level Design for Manufacturecourse, where advanced concepts in GD&T are introduced, and where students are required todemonstrate their grasp of these concepts by utilizing MBD. To facilitate this methodology,students receive instruction in the use of CATIA’s Functional Tolerancing and Annotation (FTA)workbench which they are required to use in their assignments and project work. In addition toallowing the integration of annotation with the 3D model, the FTA workbench provides

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John C. Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie PhD, University at Albany-SUNY; Ali Reza Osareh, North Carlina A&T State University; Lisa D. Hobson, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Col- leges; ”Building Learning Communities to Improve Student Achievement: Albany City School District” , and ”Educational Leadership Program Enhancement Project at Syracuse University” Teacher Leadership Quality Program. She is also the PI on both ”Syracuse City School District Title II B Mathematics and Science Partnership: Science Project and Mathematics MSP Grant initiatives.Dr. Ali Reza Osareh, North Carlina A&T State University Ali Osareh received his PhD from Virginia tech in 1994. He has worked in the industry including wireless design before joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina Agricul- tural and Technical State University in 2000. He is specializing in Energy

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Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; James Deverell Watkins; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Communication Studies at James Madison University and has published research using qualitative interviewing, ethnographic and rhetorical methods to examine communication in diverse contexts ranging from aging families to university campus cultures. She has advised undergraduate and graduate students in ethnographic and qualitative interview projects on a wide-range of topics, has taught research methods at the introductory, advanced, and graduate levels, and has trained research assistants in diverse forms of data collection and analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Negotiating Tensions of Independence and Connection in Makerspace Cultures: A Qualitative

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Learning from Industry

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

vacant each year. Attrition inengineering industry is a persistent problem, threatening national goals related to technologicaladvancement and global competitiveness. As a result, educational institutions are asked toconsider practices that ensure both academic success in college, as well as post-graduationoutcomes in the workforce. Using survey data from a National Science Foundation funded study,titled Project to Production: Conditions and Processes for Educating the Engineer of 2020 (P2P),this study investigated the relationships between several high impact curricular and co-curriculareducational practices, such as undergraduate research and co-curricular design projects, and post-graduation retention in engineering. Results suggest that

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International Research Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin B. Wheatley, Colorado State University; Kristine Marie Fischencih, Colorado Sate University ; Lisa Abrams P.E., Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Harlal Singh Mali, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur; Anil Kumar Jain MD DNB MNAMS, Dr. P.K. Sethi Rehabilitation Center, Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur, India; Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University

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International

Paper ID #18210Improvement of an International Research Experience: Year TwoBenjamin B. Wheatley, Colorado State University Benjamin Brandt Wheatley was awarded a B.Sc. degree in Engineering from Trinity College (Hartford, CT, USA) in 2011. He spent one year in industry at a biomedical device company before returning to graduate school. He is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO, USA). His engineering education areas of interest include cultural competency, active learning approaches as they relate to software skills, and how ”soft skills” project

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Adam Stark Masters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.S Masters, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University S. Masters is a doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Masters received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Masters’ research interests include equity and social justice in engineering with particular attention to the experiences of women & LGBTQ

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracy Jane Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Carla Winsor, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Biomedical

sections; and inappropriate/poor design projects. These problems were directlyaddressed as we developed the new course, as outlined below.Implementation of Design PracticumThe new freshman engineering design course, Design Practicum, is a 2 credit hands-on, team-based introduction to engineering design. The class meets once per week for three hours, withlecture the first hour, and lab the second two hours. Students are introduced to design via theinvention, fabrication and testing of a device that solves a problem proposed by a real client.These projects cover a variety of engineering disciplines including bioinstrumentation,biomechanics, mechanical, and civil and environmental. Lectures address information retrievaltechniques, specification

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erin Buehler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Gabrielle Salib, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

stakeholdersand students’ investment of time in their extracurricular Maker activities. Pines, et al. suggestthat establishing maker curriculum in addition to the traditional curriculum has allowed for thedevelopment of broader skillsets which cover knowledge beyond engineering, includingteamwork, creativity, innovation, collaboration, critical thinking, project management, andsystems engineering. These skills are highly valued in the technical workforce but not alwayspracticed or developed in formal education settings.Oplinger et al.’s “Making and Engineering: Understanding Similarities and Differences” [6]covers a general survey which shows that both making and engineering are perceived to beactive, project developing fields. Stronger correlations are

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rohit Dua, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Progress)Abstract The goal of this project is to address and contribute to the ever-growing demand todevelop innovative and interactive education modules, catered towards K-12 students, which willencourage them to pursue a career path in computer engineering, a STEM field area, upongraduating from high school. Even though kids are experienced in using consumer electronicgadgets, they rarely understand the basics of how these devices were built. Exposing them to thefoundations of computer hardware, may encourage them to think about how basic computeroperations are performed. In addition to developing multiple tools, to teach kids about theworking of logic gates, decimal-to-binary conversion, and representing positive and negativenumbers, in

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Connie Justice, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Rushabh Vyas, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Computing & Information Technology

in service learning projects, practica, internships, games, and simulations. The Living Lab for CIT was created out of the need to provide a business environment for students to give them a taste of a ”real” IT environment. A secondary purpose is to provide service to internal and external clients. The Living Lab has served many internal and external clients. Dr. Justice has consulted for and managed IT departments in small and medium sized businesses. Her areas of research include: experiential and service learning, information and security risk assessment, risk management, digital forensics, network security, network and systems engineering, network and systems administration, and networking and security

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Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

impacts (selected from among 18 potentialtopics listed on the survey): professional practice issues, ethical failures, engineering code ofethics, societal impacts of engineering and technology, ethics in design projects, ethical theories,risk and liability, sustainability, safety, and engineering decisions in the face of uncertainty.Among the professional issues courses described on the survey, 23 were undergraduate coursesrequired within civil engineering (and 8 also in environmental engineering). Four were coursesalready identified at institutions that graduate the largest number of civil engineeringundergraduate students (described previously). Online information that was found on theadditional professional issues courses was added to Table 2A

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University; Cameron Wesley Davis, Southern Methodist University; Laura A. Frazee, Southern Methodist University; Jennifer Diane Boehm, Southern Methodist University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

: technicalperformance, project feasibility, project innovation, and effectiveness of the presentation – andfrom the presentations, choose the top three teams which are awarded cash prizes. Thecompetition provides teams’ motivation and focus to perform at their best. Student educationaloutcomes from this IDE are described in a paper published in the 2015 ASEE Conference(Lagoudas, Boehm, & Wilson, 2015).During an Aggies Invent, the combination of a short time period, working in multidisciplinegroups, multiple deliverables, and competition puts teams under a tremendous time pressure toperform. This is by design and mimics an entrepreneurial endeavor. When students enter thework place, they will be required to deliver projects with limited time, budget, and

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hui Ma, University of Virginia; Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia; Stacie N. Pisano, University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Bernard Fulgham, University of Virginia; Monika Abramenko, University of Virginia; Diana D Morris, University of Virginia

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Mathematics

. TheMathematical Association of America has created a subcommittee on “Curriculum Renewalacross the First Two Years” (project CRAFTY) [1]. The MAA has also published a summary ofresults from the NSF-sponsored project [2] and two reports which focus on determining themathematical needs of partner disciplines [3]. Several new directions have emerged, and themost relevant ones can be grouped into three areas: Calculus re-sequencing [4] [5], activelearning methods [2] [6] [7] [8], and applications from engineering & sciences [9] [10] [11] [12].This paper discusses a calculus redesign project that is in progress in the School of Engineeringand Applied Sciences at the University of Virginia. It will focus on the following questions: 1. How did the

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Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Lynn Jensen Worden, University of Delaware; Jennifer Gallo-Fox

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

surveys were administered prior to and after this one semester course and focused on: (1)a priori knowledge and experience of the other group’s subject area; (2) effect ofinterdisciplinary project on interest in other group’s subject area; and (3) perceptions of othergroup’s profession and/or their skills. Survey results showed that neither ME nor ECE students had a prior exposure to theother discipline. After completing the course, ME students perceived that they knew more aboutchild development, play, and the design of children’s toys, and ECE students reported they betterunderstood the types of engineering disciplines. Interesting, ECE students less positively ratedtheir ME counterparts post versus pre-course in the following areas

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson, Department of Physics, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. He is a co- developer of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) and his work has been cited more than 1800 times and his publications have been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at

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Assessment & Grading in Mechanics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanics

senior design, while serving as advisor to many undergraduate research projects. For the last six years, Scott has been at York College of Pennsylvania where his concentration is on undergraduate education in mechanical engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Frequency of Exams and Student Performance in a Solid Mechanics CourseThis study compares several methods of examinations given in both an introductory solidmechanics course and a follow-up machine component design course. To help determine the bestfrequency of evaluating student performance, several examination schedules are compared foreach course. For the introductory solid

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Mechatronics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Nan Yao, Beihang University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

research is focused on mechatronics, digital manufacturing, digital thread, cyber physical systems, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Co-Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specializa- tion Mechatronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, VA on projects focusing on digital thread and cyber security of manufacturing systems. She has funded research in broadening participation efforts of underrepresented students in STEM funded by Office of Naval Research, focusing on mechatronic pathways. She is part of the ONR project related to the additive manufacturing training

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Van Fleet, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

, China in 2015.Participating students at our institution are required to develop a research project around one of theGrand Challenges. They may take courses designed with the Grand Challenges in mind, or develop aproject that applies subject knowledge. They must seek out opportunities to develop global perspectives,and participate in service learning projects. Our Engineering College web site sets out the programgoals: Research or Major ProjectAll GC Scholars will be required to initiate, complete and make a presentation on a research projectrelated to one or more Grand Challenges. Interdisciplinary CurriculumGC Scholars will be required to complete a curriculum that provides knowledge related to solving one ormore of the Grand Challenges. GCSP

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Tony Anthony Barringer, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Minorities in Engineering

Variability of Pavement Materials, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Pavement Management and Rehabilitation, and Statistics related to Pavement Materials. In the past, Dr. Villiers worked on several projects sponsored by various agencies including the Florida Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, and University Transportation Research Center Region-II. Some of his most recently completed and on-going work include the use of driving simulator to investigate patterns of drivers’ behavior during various rainfall event using different roadway geometries. Deliverables from this project may help Florida Department of Transportation and other agencies with future decision making, such as variable message

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Assessment and Liberal Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

education and major programs (AAC&U, 2009). Whether the actual course of study is described as disciplinary or interdisciplinary, American higher education is now engaging students with big questions and real problems. Almost invariably, those problems span conventional disciplinary boundaries. (p. xvi)Klein makes the argument that interdisciplinarity is gaining importance based onincreased requests for information and help from individuals, programs, and institutionsand a 2016 AAC&U report, Recent Trends in General Education Design, LearningOutcomes, and Teaching Approaches states, “[n]early all AAC&U institutions offersignificant integrative or applied learning projects.” (p. 6) The same 2016 reportsummarizes a

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CoED: Computer Science Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Curtis Cohenour P.E., Ohio University; Audra Anjum, Ohio University

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Computers in Education

project manager. He joined Ohio University in 2002 as a research engineer working for the Ohio University Avionics Engineering Cen- ter. He has worked on projects covering a wide variety of avionics and navigation systems such as, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), LAAS, WAAS, and GPS. His recent work has included research with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, aimed at understanding and correcting image geo-registration errors from a number of airborne platforms.Ms. Audra Lynn Hilterbran, Ohio University Audra Hilterbran is an instructional technologist in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University, Athens

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Carolina Dr. Pierce is the Director for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He is a USC Connect Faculty Fellow for Integrative Learning, and a Bell South Teaching Fellow in the College of Engineering and Computing. Dr. Pierce also serves as the ASEE Campus Representative for USC.Dr. Robert Petrulis Dr. Petrulis is an independent consultant specializing in education-related project evaluation and research. He is based in Columbia, South Carolina. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Thematic Problem-Based Learning Modules on Nanotechnology