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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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theknowledge of STEM in Elementary and Middle School students.KeywordsSTEM, Elementary, Middle, methods, technologiesIntroductionAt the elementary school level, STEM education provides an introduction to the STEM as wellas an awareness of STEM (California Department of Education, 2014). For middle schoolstudents, STEM allows students to begin the exploration of STEM-related careers. Finally, forthe high school, STEM prepares students for successful post-secondary education and beyond1.Among the four areas of the STEM, the research in technology and engineering education inelementary and middle schools is less mature because those subjects are not as commonly taughtin K-12 education. The nature and potential value of integrated K-12 STEM education are

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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John Robert Schedel Jr., United States Naval Academy; Angela Schedel, U.S. Naval Academy

Paper ID #243562018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Straws, Balloons, and Tootsie Rolls: The Value of Hands-On Activities in theEngineering ClassroomCmdr. John Robert Schedel Jr., United States Naval Academy John Schedel is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is a career Naval Officer, having served 22 years as a Navy SEAL and as an engineer- ing professor. He enjoys teaching a variety of undergraduate engineering courses related to structural engineering, mechanical design, project management, and economic forecasting

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia (UDC)

- ture, embedded systems, system on a chip, and renewable energy.Dr. Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia (UDC) Research Interests: Dr. Zhang’s research expertise and interests are neural networks, fuzzy logic, compu- tational intelligence methods, and their applications on pattern recognition, signal and image processing, time series prediction, renewable energy, and autonomous robot navigation. Career in Brief: Dr. Zhang received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering at the Wuhan University of Tech- nology, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. Her research was funded by

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Beth Carle, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology; MICHAEL E LONG LONG, Rochester Institute of Technology

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. Table 2 RIT alumni survey data Educational RIT RIT RIT MMET MMET MMET Outcome Importance Effective Gap Importance Effective Gap Problem Solving 97% 90% 7% 93% 88% 5% Critical Thinking 94% 86% 8% 88% 83% 5%Experiential –Learning and Critical ThinkingRIT is known as a leading experiential and career -oriented university. The majority of RITsprograms require students complete experiential learning (cooperative education or co-op), inaddition to their coursework. This gives our students the opportunity to apply and practice theirknowledge and essential skills within meaningful

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

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operation problems. Doing wellwould be equivalent to less working memory loading and less memory chunking19. Theconverse of “what is in the long term memory” could be used for career discovery whencounseling students. Cognitive engaging exercises would produce an encouragement for 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of Columbiaengineering sub-field selection and assessment data could be personalized to serve as aneffective career indicator. The initial enjoyable task of using a high school math tool familiar tothe students in their long term memory for physics learning is a practical starting point,consistent with recent neuroscience evidence for the Thorndike’s law of effect where a brainwould

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University

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instructor noticed a significant improvement in the writing at the last of semesterformal lab report, indicating students incorporated peer recommendations.KeywordsPeer review, engineering lab reports, technical writing.IntroductionPeer review is commonly used in higher education to enhance student learning. It has been reportedby many researchers 1,2 that peer assessment between students provides several benefits to thestudents; peer assessment provides feedback among peers and resembles professional practice, andin university environments also contributes to collaborative learning, that is something that theengineering students will perform in their real-life careers as long life learning skills. Peerassessment requires students to judge one

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Vasudeva Rao Aravind, Clarion University; Marcella Kay McConnell, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

energy applications, and educational technology. He has published his work in more than 15 prestigious journal articles and presented numerous invited talks and conference presentations throughout the world. His current research involves nanoscale structure property exploration through microscopy, and effective use of educational technology in the undergraduate physics classroom.Dr. Marcella Kay McConnell, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Marcella Kay McConnell began her teaching career in 2001 where she taught mathematics from basic mathematics for seventh graders to Advance Placement Calculus at Keystone High School and Karns City High School in Pennsylvania. In 2010, she took a position at Clarion University in a

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Lisa L Greenwood, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Maureen S. Valentine PE, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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ISO’s revisions of the ISO 14001 and 14004 environmental standards. In addition to her academic preparation and experience, she has over ten years of experience in envi- ronmental engineering in the aerospace industry. Dr. Greenwood seeks to build student capabilities in standards implementation through project-based learning and problem-solving, in order to prepare them for successful careers in environmental, health, safety, and sustainability disciplines, and beyond.Dr. Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Dr. Jennifer Schneider, CIH is the Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking in Academic Affairs and a professor in the College of Applied Science & Technology at RIT. She earned

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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, such as student level (grad or undergrad), career track (e.g, EE or EET),anticipated student course background, and other critical resources (e.g., time and money) affordedby the instructor, course, curriculum and department. 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of ColumbiaThe author teaches a communications systems (coms) course for senior level undergraduate EEstudents in the engineering department at Messiah College. These students usually have had mostof the traditional course background including circuits, devices, electromagnetics, linear systemsand possibly control systems, but occasionally a student may take one of the upper divisionalcourses concurrently with coms. Since the coms