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Humanitarian Engineering, Social Entrepreneurship and Communitarian Innovation in the Global South

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Duarte, Universidad Sergio Arboleda; Luis Alejandro Angel; MARÍA PAULA FLÓREZ JIMÉNEZ P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda; Camilo Andrés Navarro Forero P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda Colombia South America ; David Leonardo Osorio P.E., Universidad Sergio Arboleda.

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Community Engagement Division

quinoa should ASOPROQUINUA produce? This new approach to thechallenge was based on the lack of knowledge about standardization and good production practiceswithin the group of associates. Currently (in 2018), the students are designing with the Association,tools to quantify production while accompanying it in the participation of the program proposedby the Government. Under this last dynamic, the students have learned how to plan a productionprocess with incomplete information and other difficulties that the Association has, related to thelack of knowledge from an organizational and business perspective. 4. ConclusionsThe Humanitarian engineering approach is a growing perspective in the academic context. In thecase of Humanitarian Engineering

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah De Rosier, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic Emilio Riccoboni, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Paul Michael Rothhammer-Ruiz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Student

PolytechnicState University of San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly). The platform is shown below in Figure 1. Thecourse and platform are being developed by students at Cal Poly, in collaboration with aprofessor who has a vision for the course. What follows is a description of how the course willprepare students for careers in industry; a look at similar courses at other universities; anoverview of the course; a summary of the SSIV development; and a plan for evaluating thecourse. Figure 1. The Small Scale Intelligent Vehicle (SSIV) in its current state of development.Tailoring the Course to Meet Industry NeedsAt Cal Poly, we wanted to make sure that our course in intelligent vehicles would effectivelyprepare students for a career in the industry. To better

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Active learning in BME, Session II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering

satisfied with the amount and quality of feedback about my progress 3.94 ± 0.98 toward course objectives that I received in this course.Grading Strategy and Student MotivationStudents were asked to respond to the following open-ended prompt: “How did having a choiceof grading strategy affect your motivation and learning in this course?” Out of 51 responders, 15(29%) reported that the choice of grading strategy increased their motivation and incentivizedand/or improved their learning in the course. Twenty-two students (43%) reported that thegrading strategy had no effect on their motivation, and 14 (27%) of these students indicated thatthey planned from the beginning of the semester to complete all assignments independently ofthe

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PCEE Biomedical Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vahideh Abdolazimi, Drexel University; Jared Andrew Ruddick, School District of Philadelphia; Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University; Richard Edward Giduck, Drexel University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

majorinfluence on secondary students’ motivation to study STEM fields in and after high school.This work explores a team of ExPERTS (Experiential Practices in Education Research andTeaching in STEM) composed of an engineering Ph.D. student, a biology undergraduate studentpursuing secondary certification, and a high school biology teacher. There are two main reasonsthat identifies this work as unique; First, the teamwork that requires individuals to be responsiblein lesson planning and performance based on their background an expertise; Second, the topicselection of the Module series which is around optics and its implementation in biology andbiomedical research, that not only introduces different areas of STEM fields concerning itsinterdisciplinary

Conference Session

Supporting Faculty in Course Development and Pedagogy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Easton, Kansas State University

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Continuing Professional Development

2017, the author was awarded the permanent title of University DistinguishedTeaching Scholar at Kansas State University. This award is only given to one faculty member ayear and carries the responsibility of improving faculty teaching for a year. The author chose todevelop a workshop on improving student engagement in the classroom. The workshop coverstechniques to passively engage students and several active learning techniques. Understanding that faculty time is valuable and that the author had not been to any teachertraining over the past 15 years, the author chose to create an extremely short workshop that onlylasted one hour. The plan was to offer four workshops during the first semester and several thefollowing semester. The first

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Computing Research

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariangely Iglesias Pena, Iowa State University; Stephen B. Gilbert, Iowa State University; Jamie Payton, Temple University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

sites based on their research projects, thereis still a need to provide new PIs with guidance on the different aspects of an REU site such asidentifying resources that can assist in recruiting women and underrepresented minorityapplicants, providing training for graduate students acting as mentors, and strategies for keepinga mentoring connection to undergraduate researchers after they return to their home institutions.Currently, REU site preparation and orientation for new PIs is a face-to-face process thatrequires careful planning and significant travel costs. The REU PI Guide, a set of web-basedresources at https://www.vrac.iastate.edu/cise-reu-pi-resources/, was developed to share bestpractices of experienced PIs and build capacity within

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Mary Fraley, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

life forms a stable routine, I look for ways to change it. I’d rather be bored than surprised. If I were to be informed that there’s going to be a significant change regarding the way things are done at work, I would probably feel stressed. When I am informed of a change of plans, I tense up a bit. When things don’t go according to plans, it stresses me out. If one of my bosses changed the performance evaluation criteria, it would probably make me feel uncomfortable even if I thought I’d do just as well without having to do any extra work. 4Appendix: ENG1102 Entrepreneurial Intentions Survey - Fall 2017 6. For each

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Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark

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International

involving participants from different countries and cultures may differ greatlydepending on the educational traditions of the students’ homelands. We describe our internationalactivities with a focus on international students’ projects performed in cooperation with technicaluniversities abroad in order to offer the students the possibility to train their international skills.Developing and planning of such activities often gives some more practical challenges, such asdifferences in how engineering programs are designed, the differences in academic calendars andthe amount of credits given for projects and courses in different countries. In some cases, thedifferences in academic calendars are so big, that it is a major obstacle in arranging

Conference Session

Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Thomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville; Gerold Willing, University of Louisville

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Civil Engineering

-college collaboration aimed at reducing attritionamong STEM majors. Faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences, the J.B. Speed School ofEngineering, and the College of Education and Human Development, work together in tacklingidentified hurdles that contribute to poor retention and thus lower graduation rates in ourrespective undergraduate STEM programs.The University of Louisville’s 2020 Strategic Plan, a business and growth blueprint for thecurrent decade, states that we will “Implement STEM initiatives leading to more graduates withscience, technology and mathematics majors; more students majoring in engineering; and anincreased cohort of science teachers for K-12.”. The 2020 Strategic Plan sets year-by-yeartargets using 2008 graduation

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Design and Implementation of Graduate Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meredith Welch-Devine, University of Georgia; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; K. Paige Carmichael, University of Georgia; Janet E. Rechtman, University of Georgia; Brandy B. Walker, University of Georgia; Julie A. Coffield, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Department of Pathology. In 2006, she served the College as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. After eight years, she returned to faculty and developed a passion for the best practices of facilitating learning and the mentoring process.Dr. Janet E. Rechtman, University of Georgia Dr Janet Rechtman is a Senior Fellow at J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development at University of Georgia. With more than 30 years of experience as a volunteer leader and consultant to nonprofit or- ganizations, Janet provides technical assistance to nonprofit organizations in areas of strategic planning, evaluation, marketing and communications, as well as individual coaching and leadership development. Her doctoral

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breigh Nonte Roszelle, University of Denver; Karen Kaye Langenberg, Indigo Education Company; Jason Andrew Roney, University of Denver; Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

students as seniors, comparing the maleversus female students.Another area where gender showed differences was the change in skills reported by thestudents between freshman and senior year. As shown in table 1 there was some change ineach skill for both genders, however the women had much greater variance betweenfreshman and senior year. The male students did not have any area that changed more than10%, while the women had several. They had a greater than 10% decrease in DecisionMaking, Flexibility, Futuristic Thinking, Goal Orientation, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership,Persuasion and Presenting. The two areas they had a greater than 10% increase wereDiplomacy Tact and Planning Organizing.Table 1: The percentage change in soft skills between

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephany Coffman-Wolph, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the female STEM student data. Using the emerging themes, suggestions ofpossible action for colleges and universities to take within their STEM program to increase thesuccess of the STEM students and STEM female students were made in this paper.Questions from the SurveyAs described earlier, the approximately twenty minute survey was composed of a wide variety ofquestions. The authors developed all the questions to the survey with the feedback andsuggestions of others who often work with the STEM student population on our campus. Beloware example questions from the survey (Table 1).Table 1: Example Survey Questions Are you majoring (or planning to) major in a STEM field? Yes No Are you or have you been a

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abigail M. Clark, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #22175Work in Progress: Baseline Survey about Community and IdentityAbigail M. Clark, Ohio State University Abigail Clark is a graduate student at The Ohio State University. Prior to coming to OSU, she earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio Northern University and spent several years working at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Her research interests include women in engineering. She is currently a Master’s student in STEM Education and is planning to pursue a Ph.D. in Engineering Education.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Assistant Professor in

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Mehdi Mashayekhi, Ohio State University; Hannah Meckstroth, Ohio State University

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Engineering Economy

increasingly transferred the responsibility to save and invest to individuals.”As of 2014, only 2% of American employers had a defined benefit (pension) plan, down from28% in 1979. Today, employees are expected to save for themselves; in the same study, 34% ofemployers offer only a defined contribution (401K/403B) plan, which is up significantly from7% with plans in 1979 [8]. With these underlying social changes, students graduating fromengineering programs today will need to be more financially savvy and recognize their need tosave for their own retirement, but are they prepared to do this?Fortunately, large volumes of baseline data on different populations and their financial literacyskills exist. Through her research at George Washington

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University; Kerrie Pieloch, Suffolk University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

was January 1st, 2014. The first four scholars were current Suffolk students in the EEprogram who were graduates of Boston schools and had expressed financial need. The awardaimed to help students balance their need to work with their need to concentrate on their studies.There was also a fifth Boston student who had a Nathan Miller scholarship from Suffolk, whowas not awarded the scholarship but participated in many of the program activities. The originalplan had been to award six scholarships in year 1, six in year 2, and three in year 3 all tofreshmen students from Boston schools. Since four awards had been made to sophomores andjuniors from Boston schools, the plan changed to award three in year 1, six in year 2, and three inyear 3.Some

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of weekly journaling assignments (4) focused on several topics, including: theparticipants’ fears and anxieties about the new program and major; current and future academicexpectations; future academic and career related activities; and mentorship. Participants wroteabout their goals for the academic year; obstacles to accomplishing these goals; strategies forovercoming potential obstacles; and their professional goals, both immediately and five yearsafter graduation [12]. The participants’ journal entries were used to plan and deliver a series ofworkshops.A total of twelve workshops were conducted by WCU’s Student Support Services, including:Career Service, Writing and Learning Tutoring Center, Math Tutoring Center, and the

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Okere, Washington State University; Chris Souder M.S., California State University, Chico

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Civil Engineering

- struction of Bridge Structures for Cal Trans in Oakland, CA following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Water storage facilities for the City of Sacramento, new Bridge and 2 miles of road construction includ- ing a pump station in Oroville, CA, an expansion of the Sacramento River WTP facility for the City of Sacramento and various estimating assignments for both heavy highway and water treatment facilities throughout Northern California. These projects as a whole had total revenues in excess of $420 million. After leaving Kiewit, Chris pursued an Interdisciplinary Masters Degree in Construction Planning at Cali- fornia State University, Chico while teaching full time in their Construction Management program. Today, Chris

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra J. Groen, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

study and outline ourresearch methods, including data collection and analysis plans. As this project is currently in theinitial phase, we conclude with a discussion of challenges encountered, strategies for overcomingthose challenges, and next steps.IntroductionCurrently available statistics suggest that between 11 and 15% of U.S. college students identifyas individuals with disabilities [1, p. 135]. At the same time, research on K-12 environmentsindicates that students with disabilities leave high school with lower college aspirations [1], areless likely to have access to college preparatory programs [1], and, most salient to this project,are “often discouraged from taking science and engineering courses”; when they do enroll, theyare often

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srinjita Bhaduri, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Van Horne Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder; Peter Gyory, University of Colorado, Boulder; Hannie Ngo; Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

scientists and STEMeducation researchers from the University of Colorado, and the I Have A DreamFoundation(IHAD). IHAD is a national program, organized into local chapters, that supportslow-income youth through long-term educational and cultural enrichment programs(www.ihaveadreamfoundation.org.)Youth who were part of the program were asked to develop a solution to a problem: how tosurvey and provide relief to a town that has been damaged and isolated due to a natural disaster.We outlined the engineering practices that youth needed to engage in during each session inorder to make progress on the driving questions for each session. Engineering practices [21] thatwe emphasized included asking questions and defining problems, planning and carrying

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Teresa J.K. Hall, South Dakota State University; Albena Yuliyanova Yordanova, South Dakota State Univeristy ; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Management

economic pressure5. While the lean approach to management isstill emerging in the university settings, American, Canadian, and British universities are themost committed to its implementation. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabian, African, and Asianuniversities are also adopting lean principles in their practice6.Both newly developed and established administrative processes are potential opportunities forimprovements7. Most projects focus on operations such as financial transactions, facilitiesmanagement, human resources and library services. Based on documented results by earlyadopters in higher education, clear continuous improvement is part and parcel of organizationalstrategic planning and applied within daily operations at forward-thinking

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Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Shannon N. Conley, James Madison University ; Samy El-Tawab, James Madison University

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Diversity

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International

energy monitoringcapabilities, and six back up units in the event of malfunction or damage to a node. All unitswere switchable through an iOS application accessible by the end-user from any place in theworld which is connected to the internet. For security reasons [18, 19], the application can limitaccess to a certain area (using IP addresses) or a specific city, but for testing purposes, the teamdecided to rely on the encryption of the username and password given to users and storedsecurely in the cloud database [20].The team considered differences between the US-energy power and the target AC units’ physicalspecifications. The plan was to start the installation of one unit to ensure the procedure could bereplicated with additional AC units

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto

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First-Year Programs

domestically and internationally. His work spans various engagements with engineering ed- ucation, including collaborations with the Royal Canadian Navy on resiliency projects, graduate students on multi-institutional studies of teaching assistant efficacy and engineering curriculum planning, as well as using sentiment analysis and natural language processing to interpret large-scale student feedback. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Bridges and barriers: A multi-year study of workload-related learning experiences from diverse student and instructor perspectives in first-year engineering educationIntroductionThis paper reports on the work of a multi-year

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnam Mirzaei, California State University, Northridge; Ana Cristina Cadavid, California State University Northridge; Vicki A Pedone, California State University Northridge; Werner Horn; Harvey Rich

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

bearing can successfullycomplete as it descends unaided through polyethylene tubing. Figure 1. Roller-coaster-physics activity exercised at orientation meetingThroughout the 3 weeks, the projects emphasize hands-on activities, the development ofcritical thinking and teamwork skills, and close connections to the faculty mentors. AllSITE members gather for brown-bag lunches on the first two Fridays to share progress ontheir projects, including how problems were overcome and plans for the following week. At the conclusion of SITE, each team makes a professional presentation describing their solution to the real-world problem that required integration of knowledge from the different disciplines. In attendance are the SITE

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

since Spring 2009, a newwebsite and new recruiting methods were implemented in Fall 2014, which may have changed studentunderstanding of credit-use policies from Fall 2014 forward. The most recent cohort consisted of studentswho first enrolled in VIP in Fall 2016, allowing students one more semester (Spring 2017) to participatein VIP again before the analysis. We initially planned to include fewer cohorts, to focus on differences bynumber of semesters of participation (one to six). However, statistical tests limited the analysis to twogroupings of one semester and of two or more semesters. While not ideal, this allowed the inclusion ofmore recent cohorts, as students planning to complete four semesters would still be grouped with the “twoor

Conference Session

Active Learning Methods in Action

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya A. Manohar, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Peter Y. Wu, Robert Morris University; Mary A. Hansen, Robert Morris University

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Educational Research and Methods

Provost for Research and Gradu- ate Studies. A Professor of Software Engineering, Dr. Acharya joined Robert Morris University in Spring 2005 after serving 15 years in the Software Industry. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Software Security, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Dr. Acharya is a co-author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals” and ”Case Studies in Software Verification & Val- idation”. He is a member of Nepal Engineering Association and is

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technology-II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas Febrian, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Kamyn Peterson-Rucker; Alia Melvin; Shane E. Guymon

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

satisfactionproblems are common problems in computer science. Furthermore, puzzles are also commonlyused in CS instructional approaches [11], [29]–[31], [59], [60]. The third problem was a shopping task, where the participants received a hypotheticalgrocery store floor plan and a shopping list. Using the given floor plan, the participants had todescribe their route for acquiring all items in the list including a gallon of milk, a jar of jam, afive-pound bag of flour, five pounds of chicken, and a bottle of fruit juice. No specific constraintwas given to the participants. At the end of this task, the participants were asked to describe theirusual shopping strategy. We believe people develop a general floor plan of their favorite stores, which

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleanor Leung, Minnesota State University Mankato, Iron Range Engineering; Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato / Iron Range Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of ”yes” or ”no” to assess the students’ answers. Figure 5: Escape Room LayoutNumeric Metrics and Student FeedbackDuring each competency, students were asked to write 2-3 reflections on how useful thegamification tools were towards their learning. They also completed paper and pencil surveys,which included questions on enjoyment, engagement, and value of the games played. An end ofthe semester, students completed an anonymous course evaluation focused on the specifics ofgamification tools. Limited data was collected because our program has less than 50 students inupper division, so the sample size is automatically small. We plan to track the use of these gameslongitudinally in order to reach meaningful

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers and Counselors

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard A. Gearns, Stony Brook University; Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

indicator of student success in transitioning from high school to college, with counselorsadvising less than 250 students more likely to speak to students about planning for college andtaking college entrance requirements [18]. Effective training of school counselors is necessary toeducate students about STEM majors and occupational choices [16]. Research has shown thatthis is particularly important for counselors serving low income populations, since thesecounselors often exhibit low expectations which may affect students’ science and mathematicscoursetaking and achievement [19], [20]. Counselors must be better positioned to assist studentsin aligning their career aspirations with the coursework necessary to achieve them [21]. This isessential for

Conference Session

Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzette R. Burckhard, South Dakota State University; Joanita M. Kant, South Dakota State University; Francis Arpan; Ross Peder Abraham, South Dakota State University; Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University

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Educational Research and Methods

% Caucasian 96% 100% African American 4% 0% Male 62% 79% Female 38% 21% GPA range 3.0-4.0 2.6-4.0 GPA mean 3.6 3.6 Recipients included all levels of undergraduate STEM majors, mostly engineering,with the majority including sophomores, juniors, and seniors, with only 15 percent freshmen(1 to 30 credits) (Table 2). Sixteen per cent of participants planned to attend graduate schoolin the first-year survey (with another 27 per cent indicating graduate school or employment).Thirty

Conference Session

Diversity and Global Experiences

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

(technical, formal presentations in front of an audience)  Oral communication (communicating ideas to other engineers)  Oral communication (communicating ideas to stakeholders or the public)Project Management Skills  Planning a schedule to meet deadlines  Prioritizing tasks  Delegating tasks across team members  Organizing resources and information  Making decisions collectively and effectivelyInterpersonal and Teamwork Skills  Dealing with difficulties effectively  Listening and being open-minded and respectful when disagreeing  Encouraging everyone to contribute ideas  Showing concern for the feelings of other team members  Making sure team members understand each other  Adapting to new ideas  Giving