Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; Christy Brown; D. Andrew Brown, Clemson University; Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Patrick Bass, The Citadel; Michael A. Matthews P.E., University of South Carolina; Thomas T Peters, South Carolina's Coalition for Mathematics & Science; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ikhalfani Solan; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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. Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University Kris Frady is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Educational and Organizational Leadership and Development and Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University and Faculty Director for Clemson University Center for Workforce Development (CUCWD) and the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Center for Aviation and Automotive Technological Education using Virtual E-Schools (CA2VES). Her research and experiences include implementation of digital learning solutions, development of career pathways including educator professional development, and analysis of economic development factors impacting education and workforce development.Dr. Patrick

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, Campbell University

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Mathematics

the main function was asteep learning curve in a very short amount of time. This may account for the drop inaverage from 4.3 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2017.One of the outcomes that the new school of engineering hopes to achieve is to helpstudents identify as an engineer. This course appears to be helping with this goal with anaverage of 4.2 in 2017. Unfortunately this question was not asked of the 2016 group andtherefore there is no comparison.In Part III of the survey, students responded to the following questions using a LikertScale of 1-5: 1 = Strongly Disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Agree, 5 = StronglyAgree. The average for each question is shown in Table 4. 1. I have spent considerable time researching to decide on my career of

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jose Roberto Portillo, Universidad Galileo; Alberth E Alvarado, Universidad Galileo; Jorge Samayoa Ranero, Universidad Galileo

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effortsto mitigate the dropout of non-traditional students enrolled in engineering degrees by designing acalculus course taking into account important characteristics of the non-traditional students.In Universidad Galileo, Guatemala, most of the non-traditional students who are enrolled inengineering degrees take courses with schedules specially designed for those persons who are notable to pursue a career as a full-time student. Hereafter, we will refer to this subset ofnon-traditional students simply as ”part-time students”. Our experience with the first calculuscourse offered to part-time students is very similar to the scenario described in the previousparagraph, namely that many dropout or fail. Hence, in recent years, Universidad Galileo has

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Michael Vitale, East Carolina University; Lisa Greenberg, Florida Atlantic University

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Mathematics

electricalengineering. The broad goals of the collaborative are to increase representation of Hispanics orlow-income students in computer science careers, provide necessary course-specific academicsupport especially for gateway mathematics courses and introductory computer science coursesacross all three institutions.Project leadership is provided by a research-intensive university that has experienced a rapidincrease in the number of Hispanic and low income minority students who either are directlyenrolled at the university or who transfer from the two-local state colleges The two feeder statecolleges have more than 100,000 students whose demographics are represented as follows: 65%Hispanic, African-American, low income, or first time in college. Both state

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert G. Batson P.E., University of Alabama

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purpose of this paper is to recommend adapting new pedagogical methods to theaccepted topics in an introductory probability and statistics course for engineeringundergraduates—methods that better match the learning characteristics of Millennial students inour courses. In a nutshell, those characteristics may be summarized as: (1) They want relevanceto their major, and future engineering career; (2) They want rationale (for the textbook selected,and for specific course policies and assignments); (3) They revel in technology (to collect data,compute, communicate, and multi-task); (4) They want a relaxed, hands-on environment; (5)They prefer instructors who rotate among several classroom delivery methods.Considering the “Five R‟s” learning

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guenter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Benjamin Edelbauer, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Paper ID #21766Coordinate Transforms and Dual Bases: a Teaching Aid for UndergraduateEngineering Students ¨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.Benjamin Edelbauer

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division - Visualization and Mathematics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Davis, Grant MacEwan University; Shelley Lorimer P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University

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First-Year Programs, Mathematics

Alberta). Prior to her career at MacEwan, Shelley worked in industry as a research engineer and a consulting engineer for several years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Student performance on drawing Free Body Diagrams and the effect on Problem SolvingAbstractUsing data involving free-body diagrams on final exams from a first year Mechanics I course, abroadly defined rubric was created which assesses free body diagrams in six separate categories:overall quality, forces/moments, body, axes, dimensions, and resulting equations. Data from 238free-body diagrams and equilibrium equations were then assessed. Results of the study foundthat 45% of the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University

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Mathematics

mathematics instead of conceptual understanding, modernundergraduate engineering students have more difficulty with even basic algebraic and numericalanalysis. In addition, engineering students do not always see the relevance of learningmathematics to their future careers or even to their future college coursework [2].However, these same students are still graduating with engineering degrees and going to work inindustry or in research. One possible reason for this is the potential slipping of mathematicalstandards in universities. A study comparing the mathematics performance of students at acertain university in 1997 and in 1990 found that students with average grades in 1997performed just as poorly as students with very low grades in 1990 [3].This

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division - Visualization and Mathematics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adetoun Oludara Yeaman, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs, Mathematics

in Engineering Division, the Educational Research and Methods Division, and the Design in Engineering Education Division. She is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and is the Faculty Adviser for SWE at VT. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Developing a Coding Rubric for Students Visualization StrategiesAbstractThere are many calls for increasing the number and diversity of students pursuing STEM careers.Equally important is retaining those students who initially express interest in these careers. Oneof the myriad of factors that influences students’ success in a STEM major is their spatialvisualization ability. Fortunately, research has shown that spatial ability

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Sanders, California State University, Fullerton

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Mathematics

IntroductionEvery measurable quantity in the physical sciences is a tensor. Mass, distance, time, position,velocity, acceleration, momentum, force, torque, work, energy, pressure, charge, the electric andmagnetic fields, temperature, heat, entropy, stress, strain, moment of inertia, curvature—these areall tensor quantities. Every time we write down an equation, perform a calculation, take ameasurement, run a simulation, or perform an experiment, we are dealing with tensors in one wayor another. Indeed, the very laws that govern the universe are most conveniently formulated astensor differential equations. It is therefore no exaggeration to say that, as scientists andengineers, we work with tensors on a day-to-day basis throughout our entire careers. And so