Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

valuable in professional life (96%), improved their leadershipskills (92%), and had gained appreciation for the value of project planning (100%) and technicaldocumentation (96%). It is anticipated that lessons learned from the project sequence willprovide the framework for cross-disciplinary freshman and sophomore assignments in hostinstitution’s PBL curriculum in the future.Keywords: Project management, Rube Goldberg machines, Project Based Learning1. IntroductionAccreditation of engineering programs has long provided a means of quality control of graduatesin the United States.1 In recent years, this practice has come to reflect an emphasis on theoutcomes of student learning rather than on restrictive earlier notions centered on what is

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Eusebio Mata, LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

, findings indicate that students’ attitude and concerns are influenced positivelyand follow-up data collection will confirm what academic and career choices these studentsmake.Introduction According to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 2012report, predictions of the lack of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)graduates will lead to a workforce shortage of one million individuals in the STEM field [1].Data collected from 2004 through 2009 show unsettling results: enrollment of students seeking abachelor’s degree in the STEM fields was about 28 percent of the total in the whole U.S. [2]. Notonly are enrollment rates in STEM majors a big problem, student retention rates for STEMmajors are low, at

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Summer Scarlatelli, Museum of Discovery and Science

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

humans’enjoyment of scientific discovery. We provide here a process to invigorate the interest ofAmerica’s talented students in science degrees via a community outreach program with one’slocal science museum.We address this critical need to recruit students into STEM programs by (1) building robustaffect-informed support for their knowledge construction during immersion experiences with alocal science museum and (2) engaging them in teams in the development of smart phoneapplications relevant to science exhibits, in a formal course at a university.We have recruited 66 above-average high school students over the past two years, thanks to agrant to our local science museum (MODS, or the Museum of Discovery and Science, Ft.Lauderdale, FL) by a major

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-On Activities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

the student sustainability committee (SSC) atthe University of Illinois. Goal of the four-hour practicum course required for the Master of Engineeringin Energy Systems degree (ENG 572/573) at the University of Illinois [1] is to provide all students with aproject or practicum (internship) opportunity to gain practical experience as well as develop written andoral communication skills. This year all new students in the program were required to sign up for onehour of ENG 573. (The remaining three hours are to be fulfilled in later semesters.) To provide the skillsfor group work and help develop written and communication skills, students formed groups andparticipated in the student sustainability competition organized yearly by the SSC. These

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Figure 1. Figure 1: Slides from Fall 2011, showing the first version of the “grocery store” prompt presented to the studentsOver time, the lesson plan for the first day has evolved to explicitly include prompts designed toreliably get students to reflect on stakeholders involved in a given design situation and on theirrole and professional ethical responsibility in that context. The lesson plan in Spring 2017 lookedthus: A grocery store is losing customers; annoyed customers are leaving the store because the checkout queues are too long. There isn’t space to simply add more checkout lanes. You are hired as a consultant by the store owner to solve this issue. Individual Brainstorming Spend 3 minutes thinking

Conference Session

Reflection

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Dale Levine, Stanford University; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

andunderemphasized aspect of an engineer’s education. CPREE defines reflection as“exploring the meaning of experiences and the consequences of the meanings for futureaction” and emphasizes the importance of taking action as a result of ascribing meaningto experiences.1 Surveys may be one of several tools that may create opportunities forreflection; others include “exam wrappers” and “homework wrappers” that encouragestudents to explore how they feel about an assignment or task as part of making meaningof it2,3 (and stimulating the kind of reflection that can lead to action).The current study bridges these two frameworks of behavioral interventions andreflection to consider the “extra-ordinate” dimensions of survey-taking and explores howsurvey participation

Conference Session

COED: EE Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicholas F Polys, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

sample for theintervention.This structure allowed for fairness despite having a group acting as a control; the game wasultimately delivered to all participating students to benefit them. Both groups were deliveredeach of the successive quizzes as scheduled. No material contributing to topics covered in thequizzes was presented during this timeframe. The timeframes of game intervention and quizdistribution are displayed in Table 1 below: Table 1: Timespan of quizzes and intervention Day 1 2 4 4 6 Event Quiz 1 Group A Quiz 2 Group B Quiz 3 conducted received game conducted

Conference Session

Graduate Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Hyungsok Choe, The University of Texas, Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Luis L. Martins, University of Texas, Austin; Anita Patrick, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

is relatively sparse, and thephenomenon has been investigated mostly using qualitative studies. Furthermore, researchidentity development has been studied with non-engineering doctoral students, but very fewresearchers have investigated engineering graduate students’ research identity, even thoughengineering graduate students engage in research and develop research proficiency during theirgraduate studies. In this quantitative study, we incorporate findings from previous qualitativestudies of engineering identity and researcher identity to 1) assess engineering identity andinvestigate its relationships with key factors affecting engineering identity development and 2)investigate researcher identity development among other graduate programs

Conference Session

Strategies for Effective Education in Manufacturing

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger P.E., National Science Foundation ATE Centers; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University

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Manufacturing

career academies that could acquire significant additional state funding.Tiered bonus funding was defined for degrees of implementation of the defined criteria. Thecriteria for a “Gold Star Career Academy” included: 1) documented local workforce needs; 2)alignment to an industry-endorsed credential achievable by high school students; 3) teacher andstudent credentialing; 4) implementation of industry advisory committees; and 5) articulations toassociate of science degree programs in the state.At the National level, the National Manufacturing Association (NAM) also recognized thedeleterious impact of retiring skilled workers and a growing skills gap. Their counter measure contribution was the development of a

Conference Session

Student Division Innovative Research Methods Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Julie P Martin, Clemson University

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Student

make decisions to adapt his or her approach aschallenges arise, additional data is needed, or when the initial process does not go as planned.Research is in fact a rather “messy” process. In my own dissertation research, I also encounteredthis inherent “messiness.” This publication is intended to communicate the challenges Iencountered during my dissertation research study as I observed and interviewed tenundergraduate students working on a cross-disciplinary project team.This manuscript is written as an audit trail 1–4 in first person, active voice, following theAmerican Psychological Association (APA) guidelines 5. By writing this paper as an audit trail,I can be transparent about decisions I made during my dissertation work as well as

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University; Ramin Khakzad

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

popularity of each food station, measured in number diners visiting that food-station, was firstobserved. Then the arrival rate of the customers and the number of workers were recorded. Basedon the collected data, several scenarios were developed to assess the system. The simulation resultsuggests that adding food-servers to the top 3 most visited food stations can dramatically reducethe overall waiting time. In addition, offering special deals, could further improve the result.1. IntroductionOne of the challenges teaching a simulation course regards example models students are assignedto develop. Albeit simple and generic models can teach students the basics, the usability of whatthey learned comes often from real world examples. Samples include

Conference Session

Professional and Regulatory Issues in Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Graeme W Troxell, Colorado State University; Wade O. Troxell, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1374

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Engineering Ethics

, and there are still more practicingengineers who do not belong to a professional society at all. This raises the question as to how engineers are bound to a code of ethics, even ifthey eschew membership in a professional society. A number of views have beenproposed, but one of the more popular views begins by defining a profession as a groupof people who seek to cooperate in the service of a shared ideal [1]. A code of ethics is,on this view, essential for any group of people organized towards some ideal of serviceand whose activities are interested in benefitting non-members. This is too broad adefinition of profession, since it captures groups and activities that few would want toconsider professions. Furthermore, it makes no mention

Conference Session

Installation, Integration, and Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sung Joon Suk, Western Carolina University; Steven Anthony Sciara, Western Carolina University; George D Ford, Western Carolina University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

power loss. In summary,both non-cell interconnect ribbon breakages and encapsulation browning were primarily at faultfor the power loss I-V (current-voltage) (Belmont, 2013).Figure 1. Winter exposure. (Google Earth, 2017)Figure 2. Summer exposure. (Google Earth, 2017)Figure 3. Sun path December 21, 2016. Lat. 35.2919 (SunCalc 2017)(Redline shows panel exposure to sunlight, yellow lines show highest sun exposure and end of panel sunlightexposure.)Figure 4 . Sun path June 21, 2016, Lat. 35.2919 (SunCalc, 2017)(Redline shows panel exposure to sunlight, yellow lines show highest sun exposure and end of panel sunlightexposure.)A common-sense approach to determining the angle at which the solar array is positioned wouldbe to mount the array to

Conference Session

ME Demonstrations and Laboratories

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey C. Hayen, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

students enrolled in this course are initially led throughthe derivation of an equation governing the motion of the system, which is a non-linear ordinarydifferential equation (ODE). However, because this derivation is based upon Rayleigh’s energymethod [1, 2], and because of the energy-conservation property of simple harmonic motion, theessential parameter characterizing the vibration can be determined from this equation without theneed to formally solve the ODE obtained (although courses on rigid-body dynamics and ODEsare prerequisites for this course). This important procedure is briefly outlined in the next sectionof this article.This derivation also provides an excellent opportunity for students to review and reinforce theirunderstanding of

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3: Spatial Visualization

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziang Xiao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yuqi Yao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Chi-Hsien Yen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Sanorita Dey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Helen Wauck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Brian Woodard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Angela Wolters, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Design Graphics

configurations. Thefront-end of the platform is written by JavaScript, Python, and HTML. The back-end of theonline platform is a Structured Query Language (SQL) database which stores students’information, grades and activities. These programming tools were chosen to create a stable,secure, and scalable online platform. The online platform has two major functions: An interface for answering multiple choicequestions and a free-hand sketching tool for answering drawing problems. The interface for themultiple choice questions (Figure 1) allows the student to answer questions by clicking on thecorrect answers, and the system will time-stamped all user actions and automatically determine ifthe final answers submitted are correct. For example, the

Conference Session

Projects in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Manufacturing

Energy Manufacturing Piezoelectrics can also be used to collect energy from motor vibrations by connecting apiezoelectric sensor to the outside casing of an electric motor and mounting it in a direct or indirectconfiguration as shown in figure 1. Vibrations resulting from the motor being used will result inforces resonating into the sensor, which will cause an electrical charge that can be harvested andstored for powering equipment in structures that utilize motors as a form manufacturing production.The indirect method of mounting a piezoelectric sensor in the cantilever configuration allows thesensor to have more deflection to produce the maximum amount of power

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yashu Kang, Chung Yuan Christian University; Yao-Jen Chang, Chung Yuan Christian University; Shaou-Gang Miaou, Chung-Yuan Christian University; Chen Li-Yu, Chung Yuan Christian University; Yao-Sheng Chang, Department of Tourism and Leisure Management, Chung Chou University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. Baseline, game-based intervention, and maintenancephases all occurred within the special education classroom. In the baseline phase,students measured the showering skill levels of the children when no training gameswere used. During the game-based intervention, the children played the game and alsotook a shower on their own in their home’s shower room as the skill of showeringnaturally occurred in that location. In the maintenance phase, the game training waswithdrawn and the children took the shower independently.The game was called Take a Shower! and was designed according to an analysis of the25 identified steps for taking a shower. The children were guided through each step inthe task analysis by the game (see Figure 1). For example, a water

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Guilford, University of Virginia

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Design in Engineering Education

, testing, and (sometimes) iteration. Examples of this include the approach (oftenreplicated) to teaching design popularized by Ulrich and Eppinger [1]. Excellent reviews of theapplications of end-to-end approaches, particularly in early college-level engineering designcourses, can be found in the works of Wood and coworkers [2], [3].It is evident, however, that the coverage of the design process is biased in many realizations ofthis approach; problem identification, research, and brainstorming are easily taught in atraditional classroom, whereas fabrication, testing, and iteration are often emphasized less,presumably because they are demanding of faculty time, and require greater physical resources.Indeed, some texts (e.g. [4]) and courses on

Conference Session

Applied Frameworks

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

successful flight, but rather as a daunting set of dials, knobs, and buttons to learn. New flightstudents, after all, do not start their studies in a Boeing 747.In a study by McNeill et al., students identified the Internet and software as “resources that couldbe consulted to help find information”.7 This suggests that understanding how students interactwith these computer-based resources is important for understanding the entire process. In fact,given that computing technology shapes both practice27 and thinking28 we know that these digitalresources are more than just a knowledge repository. Computer use interacts with the problemsolving process in at least three ways: 1. By shaping epistemic beliefs and emotion - Jonassen argues that both

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Cara Sperbeck, York College of Pennsylvania; Matthew Jones, York College of Pennsylvania; Patrick David Lynn, York College of Pennsylvannia

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

have taken him to Los Alamos where he worked on modeling the transient dynamic attributes of Kinetic Energy munitions during initial launch. Afterwards he was selected for the exchange scientist program and spent a summer working for DASA Aerospace in Wedel, Germany 1993. His initial research also made a major contribution to the M1A1 barrel reshape initiative that began in 1995. Shortly afterwards he was selected for a 1 year appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point where he taught Mathematics. Following these accomplishments he worked on the SADARM fire and forget projectile that was finally used in the second gulf war. Since that time, circa 2002, his studies have focused on unmanned systems

Conference Session

Pre-College: Resource Exchange

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Colleen Sage, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Anna Sage - annasage@uwm.edu Dr. John Reisel - reisel@uwm.edu(P12 RESOURCE EXCHANGE)LESSON 1—RENEWABLE/NONRENEWABLE ENERGY GUESS WHO GAME & WORD SORTTarget Grade: 4th Grade Next Generation Science Standard 4-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine Vocabulary: information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their effect on the environment. -Energy Learning Targets/Objectives: Students will be able to identify coal, natural -Fossil Fuels gas, petroleum, wind, sunlight, and water by their energy uses and classify each

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University; Don Heiman, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. For example, Richard Feynman was famousfor persuading scientists and mathematicians to explain complex ideas using only simpleterminology. This can also be extended to the connection between theory and experiment. RobertMillikan stated “The fact that science walks forward on two feet, namely theory andexperiment…….”[1] Although the understanding of physics may start from theoretical conceptsexplained in the lecture room, those ideas when complemented with laboratory experiments revealthe simple truths via observations and analysis. Physics is experiential.Indeed, experiments in the Advanced Physics Lab (APL) are different from those in theintroductory physics lab (IPL). APL experiments should be carefully designed to go beyond thesimple

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector A. Ochoa, Stephen F. Austin State University; Christopher J. Aul, Stephen F. Austin State University; Dan Bruton, Stephen F. Austin State University; Collin J. Timmons, Stephen F. Austin State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, andhow we are able to locate an object using an antenna. Due to the complexity of designing atracking circuit, each group was given the circuit diagram of Figure 1. Then they were asked tobuild the circuit on the breadboard using standard laboratory components. It needs to be notedthat each team built their own inductor (coil) using magnet wire. As a result, each tracking circuitwas working at a different frequency. Antenna R2 C2 L1 U1 2.2kΩ 33pF

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

by providing a “baseline”against which to judge how: (1) drivers broadly shape different discipline curricula, (2) curriculaevolve in response to changes in drivers, (3) different types of institutions respond differently tothese drivers. Such an understanding can help inform policy development within these driversystems. For example, understanding how curricula respond to drivers may inform choices madein updating and modifying accreditation criteria, professional bodies of knowledge (such asASCE’s BOK), or curricula. Understanding engineering curricular responses to drivers, even ina preliminary way, may help institutions make informed decisions in response to future changesin accreditation standards, whether they are across all of ABET

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Lucy Lenhardt, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Christi Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Academia and the Role of a Multidisciplinary Professional SocietyAbstractThe Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a global professional society of over 30,000members with a mission to “Stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineersand leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving thequality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity”1. SWE is an organization that is deeplyrooted in industry. The founding members were employed by firms that are a result of theindustrial revolution, and thus the focus of its membership is on those that work for industry,consultants, and often themselves. This focus has unintentionally left a large population of itsmembership, the

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Valerie Martin Conley Ph.D., University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

-networking paradigm is proposed which brings together twostakeholder groups: 1) underrepresented minorities (URMs: herein emphasizing Blacks, Latinos,Native Americans) who are aspiring (i.e., progressing) engineering faculty and 2) accomplishedengineering faculty who have gone through entire full time careers in academia and hold emeritiroles. Increasing Minority Presence within Academia through Continuous Training (IMPACT)seeks to create a synergistic pairing of these two sets of stakeholders based primarily, but notexclusively, on technical expertise. URM faculty have an opportunity to engage in activitiesdesigned to further their socialization process into the engineering academic profession and gainaccess to the vast insights, greater

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

variety of sustainability assessments, ranging from indirect todirect measures of student learning, are available but a comprehensive review of the field isneeded to make the assessments more accessible and implementable by educators from acrossengineering disciplines.A systematic review of ASEE conference proceedings was conducted to identify and discuss thequality of available methods for assessing student knowledge of and interest in sustainability.First, a search of the ASEE PEER database for the terms “sustainability + assessment” yielded1001 results. Records with relevance indexes above 1.0 were screened based on their abstractsand appraised by their full texts according to four inclusion criteria: (1) The study was publishedduring 2011 to

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University

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College Industry Partnerships

argue educational institutions should develop and assess students’competencies based on these professional demands.This research systematically reviews literature related to this topic. This review seeks to answertwo questions: 1) What are the competencies engineering students must have to be successful inthe world of practice? 2) How can engineering education help students to develop thesecompetencies? A total of 30 articles were identified as relevant and reviewed. Two themes wereapplied: 1) Identification of engineering competencies 2) Approaches to address competencyshortfalls. Review of the literature suggests that while educational institutions are mostly alignedwith engineering competencies hailed as important to ABET, there is still

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Work

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Educational Research and Methods

Jacobs Excellence in Education Award, 2002 Jacobs Innovation Grant, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distin- guished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 8 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 59 journal articles, and 133 conference pa- pers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 21 M.S., and 4 Ph.D. thesis students; 38 undergraduate research students and 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 400 K-12 teachers and 100 high school student researchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 59 graduate GK-12 Fellows

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

Collection

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

studied three groups: 1)students deemed prepared for the first semester general chemistry course and not required to takea remedial course, 2) students who were deemed unprepared and who took the remedial course butdid not serve as mentors, and 3) students who were deemed unprepared, took the remedial course,and then served as mentors. The results are striking. Students who came into the program lessprepared but then served as mentors went on to have higher grades in the general chemistry courseand the subsequent chemistry course than either of the groups- even the students who were deemedmore prepared at the onset. In addition, these students went on to take more chemistry courses thaneither group.In the Amaral and Vala study (2009) it is