Conference Session

Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy; Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

applicable to outsideinstitutions, the exercise is illuminating because it shows how internally, an institution mayendorse principles associated without andragogy, without explicitly acknowledging the term,thus potentially misaligning stated goals with behavior. Because the institution’s primary goal is to train officers to serve in the United StatesArmy, the authors examined the Army’s Leader Development Strategy. This documentdescribes the rationale behind leader development, the environment in which the training occurs,and the strategy for developing leaders. One excerpt that stood out is how the documentdescribes leader development as a “career-long synthesis of training, education and experiences”and goes on to describe the “self

Conference Session

First Year Computing Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren E. Johnson, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Computers in Education

necessary reading, math, science or problem-solving skills to join the United Statesmilitary forces 17 . Military leaders, such as Major General Charles Luckey, discussed theimportance of pre-kindergarten (PreK) education and how it would provide the foundation forcognitive and character development 18,19 .Often, a college education is considered to be a big investment in a person’s career capabilities.Yet the research shows that the early childhood years help form the foundation of a person’scognitive functions 12 . Therefore, early childhood developmentally appropriate practices and toolsis an investment in a person’s education as well.5 VideosMany researchers agree that showing videos to children in early childhood leads to poordevelopment

Conference Session

Mechatronics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R. Haughery, Iowa State University; D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University; Amy L. Kaleita, Iowa State University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

20 to 500+), sophomore and junior level courses on mass and energy balance applications to biological systems engineering, numerical methods, electric power and electronics for technology students, senior design, as well as a long-standing residential/online graduate course on the fundamentals of biorenewable resources and technology. He has leveraged this interest into over $10M in teaching-related grant funding over his career and has contributed broadly to the literature in areas of curriculum, student risk characterization, and mentoring. He believes well trained, curious, thoughtful people are crucial to a university’s research effort, and similarly to the function and survival of society. For this reason

Conference Session

Engineering in Societal Context

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

., Fripp, J., & Fripp, W. (2017), Waterborne Disease CaseInvestigation: Public Health Nursing Simulation Journal of Nursing Education 56(1):39-427. McClelland, M., & Kleinke, D. (2013), Improving Lives Using Multidisciplinary Education:Partnering to Benefit Community, Innovation, Health, and Technology Journal of Nursing Education52(7):406-4098. Noone, J. (2009), Teaching the Three Apprenticeships: Designing Learning Activities forProfessional Practice in an Undergraduate Curriculum Journal of Nursing Education 48(8):468-4719. Penprase, B., Oakley, B., Ternes, R., & Driscoll, D. (2013), Empathy as a Determining Factor forNursing Career Selection Journal of Nursing Education 52(4):192-19710. Davis, M. (2003

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guenter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Christian J. Steinmann, HM&S IT-Consulting

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Paper ID #18308Visualizing the kinetic theory of gases by student-created computer programs ¨Dr. Gunter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences Throughout his career, Dr. G¨unter Bischof has combined his interest in science and engineering appli- cation. He studied physics at the University of Vienna, Austria, and acquired industry experience as development engineer at Siemens Corporation. Currently he teaches Engineering Mathematics at Joan- neum University of Applied Sciences. His research interests focus on automotive engineering, materials physics, and on engineering education.Mr. Christian J. Steinmann, HM

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Mark T. Holtzapple, Texas A&M University; Bonnie J. Dunbar Ph.D., Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

X X XMechanical X X X X X X XNuclear X X X X X X XAs an integrated curriculum, the FC used engineering accounting to provide the followingbenefits for students: (a) reinforce student learning, (b) broaden understanding, (c) provide alearning framework, (d) match engineering practice, (e) link disciplines, (f) improvevisualization, (g) increase retention, (h) smooth transitions between subjects, (i) establishrelevance to engineering career, (j) decrease compartmentalization, (k) connect with learningpreferences, (l) avoid haphazard presentation, (m) develop teaming, and (n

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James B. Pocock, U.S. Air Force Academy; Anthony Barrett, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Diversity

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Materials

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),among many other institutions, sponsor research to include undergraduate students. Russell,Hancock and McCullough found that undergraduate research opportunities often increase astudent’s interest in STEM careers and higher degrees, with 68% saying their interest increasedeither “somewhat” or “a lot” (Russell, Hancock & McCullough, 2007).One of the benefits of undergraduate participation in research is improved student retention.Nagda et al found that “faculty-undergraduate research partnerships are most effective inpromoting the retention of students at greater risk for college attrition, African Americanstudents and students with low GPAs” (Nagda et al, 1998).Accreditation of engineering

Conference Session

Professional Skills Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

prerequisite instruction by theprogram to that point in their academic careers. Knowing that the groups are similar from theoutset, a comparison can be drawn between the slopes of the regression lines (which indicate theimprovement of student performance over time) shown in Figures 7 and 8. Although the largerslope for the experimental group compared to the control group (1.36 vs. 1.01) implies that Figure 8. Presentation scores for students taking CHE 331 in the semesters in which the Assertion-Evidence presentation format was assigned. The distributions of student scores are depicted through display of the maximum and minimum, first and third quartile, and median scores (high and low error bars, top and bottom of the box, and middle line of the

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tania Celli Machet, The University Of Sydney; David Lowe, The University of Sydney

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Engineering in the Fac- ulty of Engineering and Information Technologies at The University of Sydney. Before this he was a Director of the Centre for Real-Time Information Networks (CRIN) - a designated research strength at the University of Technology, Sydney focused on blending embedded systems and telecommunications in addressing real-world problems. He is also the CEO of the not-for-profit organisation The LabShare Institute, and past President of the Global Online Laboratory Consortium. Professor Lowe has published widely during his more than 20 year teaching career, including three textbooks. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Non-Expert Sensor Based Laboratory

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Neal A Lewis, University of New Haven

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Engineering Economy

matter whether a replacement analysisfocuses on a personal vehicle or an industrial forklift? In other cases, personal finance willrequire extensions of current coverage. Projects may be financed by bonds, but these bonds arealso investments available to individuals and retirement funds.We suggest that the shift in types of retirement funding and the seemingly ever increasing levelof student debt create an obligation for faculty teaching engineering economy to increase thefinancial literacy of their students. Students who cannot do more than “scrape by” when theyreceive their degrees or afford continuing education throughout their career are unlikely to excelas engineers. Students who cannot save for retirement or next month’s loan or mortgage

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. ASEE/IEEE Proceedings Frontiers in Education Conference, S3B, 7to 12.[27] Dewey, J (1948). Reconstruction in Philosophy. Boston. Beacon Press.[28] Dewey, J (1916). Democracy and Education. New York. Macmillan.[29] loc.cit ref 10 p174[30] Postman and C. Weingartner, C (1969) Teaching as a Subversive Activity. New York.Delacorte Press.[31] loc.cit ref 10.[32] ibid p186[33] ibid p161[34] Vesilind, P. Arne (2005) (ed). Peace Engineering. When Personal Values andEngineering Careers Converge. Woodsville, NH. Lakeshire Press.[35] Riley, D (2008). Engineering and Social Justice. Morgan and Claypool.www.morganclaypool.com[36] Bucciarelli, L. L (2003). Engineering Philosophy .Delft. Delft University Press.[37] Harari, Y. N (2016).Homo Deus: A Brief

Conference Session

Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Reed Martin, Pennsylvania State University; Joseph Ranalli, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Jacob Preston Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto

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Mechanical Engineering

into their lives outside the university, • maintainable with only minimal computer familiarity, • compatible with other widely used analysis tools, • reliable and accurate enough for professional work, • sufficiently documented for self-training, • sufficiently powerful for professional use, • simple enough for novice use.There are a number of other excellent resources that fail one or more of these constraints. Propri-etary codes are likely to offer sleek and powerful interfaces, but they are expensive and will onlyport into students’ careers if their companies happen to invest in the same software (i.e. [11]).Many open educational platforms are written with a narrow audience in mind [5, 4] and may notport well to a broader

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Bosman, Marquette University; Brooke K. Mayer, Marquette University; Patrick McNamara, Marquette University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

organizations to ensure competitiveness and survival. In recent years, the entrepreneurialmindset has increasingly been recognized as important within the engineering arena [2].Engineers need to design new products and services with a focus on the value proposition anduser needs, and not simply based on technical and functional concepts taught in the traditionalengineering classroom. A recent survey of engineering students found two-thirds of the studentsthought entrepreneurship education could broaden their career prospects and choices [3].In Spring 2015, the researchers collected survey data from 363 students, 21 engineering faculty,and 19 industry representatives asking respondents about the benefit and need for incorporatingthe entrepreneurial

Conference Session

Construction 2: Teaching Using Projects, Case Studies, and Service Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert B. Austin, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

creativeproblem solving (Jonassen 2006, 2011, Williams and Pender 2002). Anderson and Mourgues(2014) recommended that projects should be broad, with architectural, environmental, structural,equipment, legal, estimating, planning and scheduling, and management components.Pournaghshband (1990) cautioned that projects must be sufficiently complicated that a groupeffort is required.The earlier version of the BGSU capstone course involved a single PBL assignment. However,given the diversity of students’ career interests, the revised version of the course now has twoPBL assignments: a design-bid-build heavy civil project and a concept level, design-build mixeduse commercial development (which involved electrical, mechanical, and heating, ventilation,and air

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

engineering courses [14][15][16], 2) Toincrease student engagement by introducing more active-learning elements in the classroom[17],and more importantly 3) To increase students’ retention of knowledge so that they are betterprepared to move forward for their advanced courses and their engineering career [18].How were students selected?Students were eligible to take the course if they had obtained approved college credit for SingleVariable Calculus II or if they had scored 5 on the Advanced Placement Calculus BC exam. Infall 2016, 26 first-year students were self-enrolled in this class.How were common gaps identified?During the early development of the course, we surveyed our Calculus instructors and certaintopics were identified as the common gaps

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Goodwin, University of South Florida

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, they get connected with career services and are provided information on how to registerfor the next semester. At this university due to space constraints, the one hour course could onlybe offered on Friday. For the fall semester, there were two sections, each made up of about 400students. One of the changes that was made was in how the communications were written whensent to students who had not completed the first assignment or had missed a class in the firstthree weeks.The first assignment in the class was for the student to meet with their advisor to go over theweekly study plan and a semester planner. Students were asked to complete this within the firstthree weeks of the semester. The purpose of this assignment was to introduce students

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Donaher, Clemson University; Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Jeffery M. Plumblee II, Clemson University; Aaron S. Gordon, Clemson University; Khushikumari Patel, Clemson University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

disciplines as well as experts in the areas of economics, public policy, andothers. Grand Challenges critically address quality of human life and sustainability but also serveas a challenge to engineers and society by bringing disciplines together to craft the solution. In2015, over one hundred twenty schools had written letters of commitment to President Obama,pledging to produce engineers who were well equipped to tackle these Grand Challenges [2].Grand Challenge Scholars ProgramThe Grand Challenge Scholars Program (GCSP) formed to meet the needs of schools committedto educating engineers trained to tackle these challenges in their future careers. Since itsinception, universities have been free to create their own versions of the program. The

Conference Session

Construction 1: Special Topics in Construction Education: BIM, Simulation, Sustainability, and Safety

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha; James D. Goedert Ph.D., P.E., University of Nebraska, Durham; Asregedew Kassa Woldesenbet, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha

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Construction

. Goedert is a Professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at the University of Nebraska’s College of Engineering. His Ph.D. is in the Interdisciplinary Area of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska. His MBA is from Indiana University and his undergraduate degree in Construction Engineering Technology is from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Goedert is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Indiana and Nebraska. His entire career has been ded- icated to the construction industry beginning in a family owned construction company. He spent eight years in the residential and commercial construction industry before joined academia. He taught con- struction engineering and

Conference Session

Makers, Making, and the Maker Movement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Johri, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Foundation’s Early Career Award in 2009. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (CHEER) published by Cam- bridge University Press, New York, NY. Dr. Johri earned his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design at Stanford University and a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at Delhi College of Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Situated Cognition Genres: A Situated Learning Approach for Examining Informal Learning in an Online Community of MakersAbstractThis theory paper revisits the situated cognition paradigm through the lens of Makers andMaking and argues that to better understand engineering learning in emerging

Conference Session

CoED: Computer Science Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Helms, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jason Freeman, Georgia Tech

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

. Carlstrom, A.D. Katz, A.Y. Chew, G.C. Ray, L. Laine, and D. Caulum, Career aspirations of youth: Untangling race/ethnicity, SES, and gender. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011. 79(1): pp. 98-109.25. Cooper, S., W. Dann, and R. Pausch. Alice: a 3-D tool for introductory programming concepts. in Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. 2000. Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges.26. Lau, W.W., G. Ngai, S.C. Chan, and J.C. Cheung. Learning programming through fashion and design: a pilot summer course in wearable computing for middle school students. in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin. 2009. ACM.27. Resnick, M., J. Maloney, A. Monroy-Hernández, N. Rusk, E. Eastmond, K. Brennan, A. Millner, E. Rosenbaum, J

Conference Session

Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Wicks, Union College

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

an economist. Theteam membership also rotates, so each student gets to work with most of the others. At theend of each project, students evaluate each team member in terms of their contributions inability to work together, contributions, and their overall performance from starting with theMost Valuable Player at the top of the scale. While students can be somewhat uncomfortablerating others, it is explained that is a preparation for their future careers where honest andconscientious judgements of the performance of others is often required.A grade for each student is based upon the ratings of their classmates, and the instructor'sevaluations based on posters, presentations and reports. The results of the two methods areusually remarkably

Conference Session

Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Susannah Howe, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

?”, there were no suggestions; instead, the students provided responses suchas “the most recent rubric was fine as is,” “I can't think of anything,” and “it is great as is.” OneSmith student noted that it would have been nice to use the rubric more frequently.The ONU user interface design students were also asked to view their term project as a wholeand reflect upon what they would take away from the experience and apply to their future classesand career. In their responses, students noted that the course gave a “unique view on how clientinteractions work” as “working with an actual client was something that I had never done priorto our project.” Two major themes emerged: that proper design implementation requires “anenhanced understanding of the

Conference Session

EET Papers 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James C. Sanders, Troy University; Govind Menon, Troy University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

more theoretical path, while engineering technology stayed as more appliedand practical majors13. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) uses the slogan“The degree is Engineering Technology, the Career is engineering” to emphasize that the careerpath for engineering technology is similar to that of engineering. However, if one is not carefulwhen designing the curriculum, graduates from engineering technology may need additionaltraining before they can make significant contributions for their employers18.Typically, engineering technology programs focus more on industrial applications and practicalskills needed in industry. Engineering technology curricula contain more laboratory componentsthan engineering programs. Engineering

Conference Session

Predicting Student Success

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyedhamed Sadati, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Nicolas Ali Libre, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

meshfree numerical methods. Given his multidisciplinary background, he was appointed as the director of research in the Construction Materials Institute (2011-2013) at the University of Tehran and assistant professor at Islamic Azad University. In that capacity, he had the opportunity of leading several industry-related research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Over the span of his career, Dr. Libre has authored and co-authored over 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 50 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 7 graduate students and mentored over 20 undergraduate students. He has collaborated with scholars from several countries, including Iran, China, Slovenia, Canada

Conference Session

Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Md Tarique Hasan Khan, Wayne State University; Kamyar Raoufi, Oregon State University; Kijung Park, Iowa State Univerisity; Tasnia Reza; Carolyn E Psenka, Wayne State University; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Karl R. Haapala, Oregon State University; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Iowa State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University

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Student

, engineering, andmathematics (STEM), which the investigators describe as being in a “state of emergency.” Byintegrating traditional and sustainable engineering skills, the next generation of students maybecome more interested in careers in engineering [2]. Carew and Mitchell discovered thatdifferent concepts of sustainability exist within engineering, and this explicit contestation of theconceptual variation in the engineering classroom offers opportunities to improve undergraduatesustainability learning and teaching [4]. They suggested engineering education needs to employ adiversity of teaching and learning methods to address the role of values and assumptions insustainable decision making, rather than supporting a specific tool, sets of actions, or

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, California State University, Channel Islands; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); David Torres, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

articles and chapters, her research centers on the intersections of career, feminist praxis, lead- ership, and resilience. Fellow and past president of the International Communication Association, she has received numerous awards for her research, teaching/mentoring, and engagement. She has worked on Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, the Transforming Lives Building Global Commu- nities (TLBGC) team in Ghana through EPICS, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of ethics in design through NSF funding as Co-PI. [Email: buzzanel@purdue.edu]David Torres, Purdue University David is a third year doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb

Conference Session

Integrating Additive Manufacturing Practices in Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Fan, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; C. P. Yeh, Wayne State University; Jimmy Ching-ming Chen, Wayne State University

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Manufacturing

general engineering technology for Bachelor degrees as well as mechanical,electrical, and bio-engineering technologies. In addition, students will benefit from hands-onpractice and strategy analysis, and most important of all, prepare for a potential career in thefuture advanced manufacturing industry.AcknowledgementsReferences1. John N. Stuecker ,* James E. Miller , Robert E. Ferrizz , Jason E. Mudd , and Joseph Cesarano , III, “Advanced Support Structures for Enhanced Catalytic Activity”. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 43 (1): 51– 55.2. Smay, James E.; Cesarano, Joseph; Lewis, Jennifer A. (2002). “Colloidal Inks for Directed Assembly of 3-D Periodic Structures”. Langmuir. 18 (14): 5429–5437.3. Lewis, Jennifer

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Physics & Physics

improvements in the overall course GPA,the pass rate, and the grade distribution.Tracking students in three follow-on courses (engineering physics – E&M, statics, anddynamics), shows that students who took the physics - mechanics class in the new formatperformed better in those subsequent courses. Improvement was judged based on grade data forthe subsequent classes.In tracking these results, several important observations were noted. First, while there is a greatdeal of literature on assessing individual courses, very little has been done to track how a coursetaken early in a student’s career impacts later courses. In the present study, there was really noway to assess the impacts beyond using grade data.The use of grade data for assessing

Conference Session

Outreach, recruiting, and retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ryan Drew Anderson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jeyamkondan Subbiah P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ashu Guru, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Nathan C. Rice, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

workthat must be done to grow food. The National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes (NALOs) arebeing used to guide the incorporation of agricultural and natural resource information. TheNALOs were developed (Speilmaker & Leising, 2013) to define the knowledge and skills thatshould be achieved at specific grade levels to ensure an agriculturally literate society. In additionto increasing agricultural awareness, this game will emphasize modern agriculture and thetechnology involved to attract students to pursue careers related to agriculture.Systems ThinkingAs stated before, students playing this game will be able to think across systems and understandhow their decisions impact other systems. If a user decides to grow a certain crop in a givenseason

Conference Session

Efficient Authenticity: Modeling, Labs, Real-World Applications in Aerospace

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Omar Memon, University of Dayton; Dathan Erdahl Ph.D., University of Dayton Research Institute; Saad Riffat Qureshi, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Aerospace

were also working to complete their capstone designprojects, and many of them were traveling for interviews. However, the advantage of catchingthem at this position in the departmental study plan is that the students were also more aware ofthe potential benefit of the course on their career, and the concept of adding this course project totheir resume was very attractive. In spite of catching the students at the end of their collegeexperience, the classroom demographics were favorable. When making decisions on the applicability of any set of techniques or approaches toteaching a course, several factors must be balanced. The position of the course within thedepartmental curriculum could affect the course load and the ability of the