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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

at military colleges.Unless they are a cadet or midshipman, they simply are not allowed to register for these coursesnor can they hold leadership positions in the cadet ranks. However, veteran students are wellsuited to assume leadership roles and responsibilities in and out of the classroom. Their militaryexperience often fosters growth of these soft skills and make them effective and admired leaders,even at a military college where their academic peers have experienced a more structured andrecent leadership curriculum. Faculty and traditional students at civilian or military colleges canbenefit from these qualities if they are aware of their skills and experiences. The classroomexperience and extracurricular activities can be enriched

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

engage in self-directed learning as the needarises. Instructors in this system serve as facilitators, both asking questions to get students tothink about critical factors and answering student questions when they arise. This strategy situateslearning within a context that will mirror what engineers face in practice, and encourages a patternof lifelong learning. In engineering education in particular, researchers have found that ProblemBased Learning approaches had an advantage over more traditional strategies in terms of the devel-opment of soft skills (problem solving, teamwork, self-directed learning) without sacrificing gainsin factual knowledge [9].Though problem based learning has its advantages, it also has limitations. In thermodynamics

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Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession – and ASCE

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

vision statement notes that “the growing availability of professional Master’s degrees provides increased opportunity for graduates and practitioners to meet such a need.”26  NCEES Position Statement 35 observes that “future demands for increasing technical and professional skills have resulted in the need for additional education beyond the bachelor’s degree for those entering the engineering profession” and advocates four alternative educational pathways to attain this expanding engineering body of knowledge.27  In its “Vision for the Future of Structural Engineering and Structural Engineers,” SEI observes that future structural engineers will need enhanced technical expertise, soft

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

., 2004. Teaching Geotechnical Engineering using Professional Practice. International Conference on Engineering Education.Kumar, S. & Hsiao, J. K., 2007. Engineers Learn “Soft Skills the Hard Way”: Planting a Seed of Leadership in Engineering Classes. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 7(1), pp. 18-23.Ogle, Jennifer, Plumblee, J., & Vaughn, D., & Gordon, A. 2016. “Enhancing Student’s Learning Experiences through Translational Research in Multidisciplinary Engineering Education,” 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA.Ozgen, S. et al., 2013. Assessment of Engineering Students’ Leadership Competencies. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 13(2), pp. 65-75.Peace Corps

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Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

beenproviding students with supplemental philosophical and cultural background to the engineeringdiscipline, and soft-skills with practical preparation to help them get started in their career, theadvent of the ELI mandate at our school makes S1-2 an ideal place to embed the ELI elements.Three signature elements of the ELI graduation requirement at Messiah College have beenformulated to ensure authenticity, per the Kolb model, but also uniquely orient a student “…tooutcomes related to enhanced career preparation and community engagement.” The ELIsignature elements are 1) learning objectives, 2) learning outcomes and 3) the ELI deliverable.Students are required to design their learning objectives at the beginning of the experience infour areas: a

Conference Session

ETD Freshmen Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest (College of Technology); Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University Northwest; Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University Northwest; Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University Northwest (College of Technology); Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest; Yoonill Lee, Purdue University Northwest; Hassan Abdullah Alibrahim, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

learningoutcome of the course. The laboratory performance of the course is performed in teams of twostudents. This mode provides a platform for horizontal learning through active and engageddiscourse and discussion. Students are empowered to charter their learning and feed theircuriosity. The course culminates in a Final Project which is based on students own research froma set of selected topics of interest in the field of Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology. These projects were assessed based upon its comprehensiveness and originality.Students are required to master the soft skills of comprehensive report writing on a weekly basisand of Technical Project Report writing and project oral presentation based upon the Team’sFinal Project. These

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Laura J. Dietz, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Environmental Engineering

regulators. College professors that incorporate industry experience into theirdidactic activities through group projects, and peer and external feedback of oral presentationsmay build students’ professional, ‘soft skills’, such as communication and teamwork, that candifferentiate them to potential employers and provide them with the skills necessary for careeradvancement.Bringing industry and research experience into the classroom by utilizing real world projects andguest speakers when discussing examples and applications of theory are recommended teachingpractices for engineering professors (Loendorf 2004; Loendorf 2006; Lewis 2008; Banik 2016).The Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) recommends “real-world”engineering design

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Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wangling Yu, Purdue University, North Central; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest; Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University Northwest; Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

learning. The students maintain an online portfolio of their work. The microcontrollerbased system designed in the laboratory to perform a specific task is the core measurement of thelearning outcome of the course. The laboratory exercises are performed in teams of two students.This mode provides a platform for horizontal learning through active and engaged discourse anddiscussion. Students are empowered to charter their learning and feed their curiosity. The courseculminates in a Final Project using AVR microcontrollers to make closed-loop control systems,and demonstrate knowledge learned in the course. These projects are assessed based upon itscomprehensiveness and originality. Students are required to master the soft skills ofcomprehensive

Conference Session

Aspects of Engineering Literacy and Community and Industry Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas at El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas at El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Erik Lopez; Deena Mustin, UTEP Academic Technologies ; Robin Munoz, Academic Technologies; Jackeline Munoz; Sarah Huizar, UTEP Academic Technologies Learning Environments; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, Carnegie Mellon University; Celena Arreola; Tetyana Zhyvotovska, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

methodology towards assessing this project has been adapted over the course of sevenyears. The original methodology was based on the learning outcome of whether students couldcomplete the soldering of a circuit board. Upon reflection, the first year’s methodology whileadequate limited the focus and didn’t capture the full range of skills development of the students.The original methodology was focused around the deliverable itself to assess the success of theproject and learning objectives. In the second and subsequent years, additional assessments havebeen added to try to capture the full magnitude of the process. These assessments focus on specificskills obtained, level of collaboration and transfer of skills between majors, soft skills learned

Conference Session

Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

experts atchallenging students to develop excellent listening skills, cultural sensitivity, ethics, andempathy13,14. While engineering programs require students to take courses in the arts,humanities, and social sciences, students often compartmentalize these human-centric skills as“liberal arts” skills instead of weaving them into their technical expertise. There are numerousexamples of engineering programs or courses that have incorporated arts and humanities intodesign courses to encourage students to practice integrating human-centric skills with theirtechnical knowledge.15-17 A major challenge faced by this approach is that these courses are oftenseen as design courses and the “soft skills” offered by the arts and humanities faculty are just

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleshia Huber, Binghamton University; Jill Dixon, Binghamton University; Sandy Card, Binghamton University

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Engineering Libraries

information needs. The projects also provided acomprehensive design review of two library spaces, including proposals for possible extensiverenovation, from an engineering perspective.Literature ReviewSenior design capstone projects are common within engineering education as a tool to synthesizewhat students have learned throughout their undergraduate program4 and to gain additionalvaluable “soft skills”5, 6 such as teamwork and communication skills, and to model the engineer-client relationships that will be needed in their professional careers. According to Goldberg7,senior capstone projects are “the most important courses our engineering students will take intheir undergraduate programs. They provide students with an opportunity to apply what

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jewell Amanda Brey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Danianne Mizzy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

best suit the individual projects.Working with and alongside each other, the students gain both hard and soft skills and have theopportunity to pursue interests outside of the classroom. The project encourages undergraduateparticipation to maximize facilities use for both personal and academic projects, and also buildsand amplifies the maker community.The general undergraduate population is the third tier that benefits from the completed projects.The campus-wide value of each project is demonstrated through capstone events to showcaseeach finished project. These large-scale, high-visibility capstone events are designed to inspireundergraduates to become involved in future projects and discover the potential of the makercommunity.Each project

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas; William N. Collins, University of Kansas; Molly A. McVey, University of Kansas

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Civil Engineering

important to note that mentors had to have earned a C orbetter in the remedial chemistry course- so the mentors were not only the highest achievingstudents, and that these students went on to outperform the students who were higher-achieving atadmission. In addition, 75% of the mentors were minorities or female, showing strong support forthe implementation of these types of programs for the retention of minority and female students inSTEM.In addition to learning gains, the experience of mentoring has many benefits in the developmentof professional soft skills and interpersonal growth (Miller, 2004; Terrion and Leonard, 2007;Seymour and Hewitt 1997). In a study of long-term effects of mentoring in a PLTL setting inChemistry (Gafney and Varma-Nelson

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin B. Wheatley, Colarado State University; Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University

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First-Year Programs

relate to software skills, and how ”soft skills” project to success as engineers. His areas of technical research include finite element analysis and skeletal muscle mechanics.Dr. Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University Tammy Haut Donahue joined the faculty at Colorado State University (CSU) in December of 2011. She came to CSU after spending eleven years in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological Univer- sity. Her PhD was in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California at Davis where she earned the Allen Marr Award for distinguished dissertation in Biomedical Engineering in 2000. She is an Asso- ciate Editor for the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and an Editorial Consultant for

Conference Session

Developing and Establishing Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Carolyn J. Lawrence-Dill, Iowa State University; Julie A. Dickerson, Iowa State University; Patrick S. Schnable, Iowa State University

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Graduate Studies

, plant science, and data sciencegraduate students in the area of predictive plant phenomics (P3), with the goal to developresearchers who can design and construct crops with desired traits to meet the needs of a growingpopulation and that can thrive in a changing environment. To meet this goal, the P3 NRTprogram will train next generation crop scientists to have broad technical skillsets as well asstrong “soft skills” in communication and collaboration. A companion paper (Dickerson et al.,2017) provides an overview of the P3 NRT program, whereas this paper focuses on a new coursedeveloped as part of the P3 NRT.One of the challenges associated with providing the students in the P3 NRT program with theneeded multidisciplinary skills to thrive is

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University; Christopher M. Weyant, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Steven Wrenn, Drexel Unviersity, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University, ExCITe Center; Lunal Khuon, Drexel University; Kristin Imhoff, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Kevin Ayers, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Leonid Hrebien, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); James E. Mitchell, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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First-Year Programs

the projects,and self-evaluated their relevant knowledge and abilities before and after the projects. Earlyresults presented in this paper indicate an improved level of student satisfaction with the newcourse structure and the pilot mini-projects.IntroductionThe goal of introductory general engineering laboratory courses is to engage, challenge andexcite first-year students about engineering. This report discusses the restructuring of a three-quarter general engineering laboratory course sequence (ENGR 101/102/103) to ensure thesegoals are met, while improving soft skills and student understanding of engineeringconcepts. The effort, guided by faculty representatives from each department in the college,included the development of two

Conference Session

New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

challenging according to the students’ feedback. The interaction between Staff with students is considered as the assessment and assignment of managing the printers. The staff must know from front to end how the printers work, tutor the students that will aid in overseeing/troubleshooting the print models. The staff should be able to educate the part-time students how to provide one to one or a huge class of students, the proper workshop for 3D designing and printing. The part- time students should develop soft skills such as replying emails with proper feedback on how could the model be optimized for 3D printing and professionally answer students’ question in 3D designing and printing.CHARGE SYSTEM:“If you want 3D printing you have

Conference Session

The Best in DEED

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

earlier in the undergraduate experience through more exposure to open-ended problemsin their courses prior to Capstone.IntroductionEngineering capstone design courses have been extensively studied due to their unique ability to teachintegration of engineering principles as well as professional soft skills. Students are provided a chance toprepare themselves for practicing real-world engineering design prior to entering the workplace whilesimultaneously learning project management, resiliency, and teamwork skills [1]. We have observed greatengineering students become disillusioned quickly with the capstone process when they encountercustomary levels of uncertainty in their projects. We have students who have, up until the onset ofcapstone in their

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Prins, James Madison University

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Mechanical Engineering

"soft skills" (a.k.a."essential skills") as advocated by ABET 2000. A more recent example is provided by Boylan-Ashraf who includes hands-on lab activities as part of an arsenal of active strategies applied in anintroductory solid mechanics course (based on presented topical coverage the course would serveas a course in statics). Indicated advantages of active strategies include their increasedlikelihood (compared to lecture-based activities) to provide experiences that are significantenough to build connections as well as a strong association with improved self-efficacy. It isfurther suggested that hands-on learning may promote student retention.Developing contextual knowledge for the "machines" topic In spite of the potential advantages

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

you test them.”“Be comfortable with ambiguity and be able to adapt and learn.”“Division of labor is tough. Sometimes leadership is about taking a step back.”“In consulting, lead by example. Show people what can be done.”“Be humble, assertive and authentic with customers”“Take control of your own learning. Adapt to work with people in dispersed locations.”“It’s important to take responsibility when your boss doesn’t know how to proceed. Becreative.”“Leverage the situation you have. Give yourself goals.” C)   SkillsThe importance of both hard skills and soft skills in innovation management were highlightedduring internships, including skills associated with “innovator’s DNA” (Dyer et al, 2009).Example Skills takeaways:“Six sigma is a tool to

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louise Chan, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jacob John Swanson, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Mark Ahrens, Normandale Community College; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Design in Engineering Education

Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 657-662, 2003.14. C. E. Hmelo-Silver, “Problem-based learning: What and how do students learn?,” Educational psychology review, vol. 16, no. 3, Sept. 2004.15. S. Kumar and J. K. Hsiao, “Engineers learn ‘soft skills the hard way’: Planting a seed of leadership in engineering classes,” Leadership and Management in Engineering, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 18-23, Jan. 2007.16. M. Frank et al., “Implementing the project-based learning approach in an academic engineering course,” International Journal of Technology and Design Education, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 273-288, Oct. 2003.17. R. N. Savage et al., “Integrating project-based learning throughout the undergraduate engineering

Conference Session

CoED: Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida

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Computers in Education

practices for the course, which utilize handwritten image files that are retained forstrengthening the learner’s soft skills through one-on-one clarification with Content GTAs.Instructional challenges include the cold-start problem of building a viable test bank of digitizedquestions, whereas only selected topics in engineering fields have digitized test banks availablefrom textbook publishers. Additionally, the efforts invested to digitize should have significant re-use potential to preclude reinventing the wheel for a longer-term payoff that can be pooledamong alternate faculty teaching a course at their institution. Organizational challenges relate tochange theory of the participants involved, both instructors and students alike. An

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

among students, and to provide constructivesuggestions to curriculum design. Future comparisons of current findings and priorstudies that were performed in a North American or a European context will also helpdeepen our current understanding of engineering leadership in different culturalcontexts.Acknowledgement This research was supported by Chinese Ministry of Education, Humanities SocialScience Study Program (15YJC880147).Bibliography[1] Kumar, S. & Hsiao, J. K. (2007). Engineers learn ‘soft skills the hard way’: Planting a seed of leadership in engineering classes. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 7(1): 18-23.[2] National Academy of Engineering (NAE). (2004). The Engineer of 2020: Vision of Engineering in the New

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan David Ortega, Purdue University, West Lafayette / Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia; Ruth A. Streveler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Audeen W. Fentiman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal, Purdue University; Sayan Biswas, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University; Brandon S Coventry, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University; Abdel-Rahman Hassan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret L McNamara, Purdue University; Smirti Nandan Paul, Purdue University

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Student

other things, these programs considered the inclusion of facultyprofessional development and the so-called ‘soft skills’ as a formal part of the doctoral training6 .Similarly, in the past decade, academic consortiums and national offices have supported the creation ofprograms aimed at training doctoral students in STEM disciplines, mostly for future teaching duties.Although such programs contribute to preparing students to assume academic or other professionalpositions, their ultimate goal is to improve the quality of undergraduate education7 .Some scholars have considered, designed, and documented initiatives that target engineering graduatestudents to help them successfully transition into faculty careers. Drawing from the general

Conference Session

Teams, Capstone Courses, and Project Based-Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly A. McVey, University of Kansas; Carl W. Luchies, University of Kansas; Adrian Joseph Villicana, University of Kansas

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

of pharmaceutical education, 74(2), 35.Dana, S. W. (2007). Implementing team-based learning in an introduction to law course. Journal of Legal Studies Education, 24(1), 59.Haidet, P., Kubitz, K., & McCormack, W. T. (2014). Analysis of the team-based learning literature: TBL comes of age. Journal on excellence in college teaching, 25(3-4), 303.Kumar, S., & Hsiao, J. K. (2007). Engineers learn “soft skills the hard way”: Planting a seed of leadership in engineering classes. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 7(1), 18- 23.Layton, R. A., Loughry, M. L., Ohland, M. W., & Ricco, G. D. (2010). Design and validation of a web-based system for assigning members to teams using instructor

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

unprepared [27]. Students report gaining soft skills such asteamwork and project management [29] and research shows the effectiveness of jigsaw inengineering classrooms [30, 31]. We were interested in jigsaw for two main reasons: first, wewere concerned that some students might be social loafers, meaning they would not put as mucheffort in [32]. Past research has shown that providing a meaningful task can prevent socialloafing, but we also sought to address this by reinforcing the idea that every student wasaccountable for group work. Second, because we divided our students into three (interrelated)topic areas, we wanted them to have opportunities to learn from each other and share informationacross topics. This was in part because we were not sure

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics, Internationally

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prakash G Bapat, Business Ethics Foundation; Aravind Joshi, Business Ethics Foundation; Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation; Nupur Kulkarni

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Governmental Organization to pursue and proliferate ethical behavioural practices at the sprouting age of undergrad engineering students .Dr. Aravind Joshi, Business Ethics Foundation The author has worked with State Bank of India, one of the largest Public Sector Banks in India for 30 years in various capacities at different geogrphies. Post voluntary retirement in year 2000, the author has completed Master´s degree in Personnel Manage- ment and completed Doctorate in Human Resources Management. Author has been working as a facilitator and professor in reputed business schools and corportate concerns in India. The author has published various articles in Management and Soft skills in News papers, magazines and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Umit Ozgur, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

these and other 21st century skills in our students [8] [9] [10]. It is important to note that the other ECE teams did not employ a systematic advising approach. However, almost all ECE teams score high in all these ABET categories as all ECE faculty work hard to ensure the teams are successful and that we develop students’ soft skills as well as their technical skills. While it is not possible to isolate the effect of each individual rule of engagement employed, we believe that the overall systematic approach described here is responsible for improved success of the projects. Conclusion The methods proposed here require medium to high level of involvement on the part of the faculty mentor, primarily in the first semester of

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University; Tingxuan Li, Purdue University; Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

learning, whileDenson, Buelin, Lammi, and D’Amico​6​ developed a web-based tool as creativity assessment tomeasure the innovation of students’ design products. Kelly, Capobianco, and Kaluf​7​ usedthink-aloud protocols to assess student cognition during the design process, and found that theyemphasize brainstorming more than other aspects such as testing or refinement of designsolutions. Non-cognitive assessment tools aim to assess students’ “soft skills” such as interests,perception, or attitudes. These skills are important in learning and instruction, because theresearch has found them to be correlated to students’ learning outcomes, such as self-reportedlearning gains or the scores on the standardized tests.​8​ Douglas and Strobel​9​ developed a

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

the engineering community of practice. What isunclear from the engineering identity research and related literature is if students are providedopportunities for reflective learning regarding their leadership experiences, the fourthenvironmental condition. As shown through the discussion of engineering identity this reflectionis typically left to chance at best or, at worst, actively discouraged through the viewpoint thatleadership is a “soft” skill not worthy of consideration in an engineering curriculum. Thequestion of incorporating effective reflective learning is central to the work underway.Moving engineering students from a positional to relational understanding of leadership has twobenefits: first, they should have a more stable sense