Conference Session

Graduate Studies Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University; Megan Huffstickler, Pennsylvania State University; Keefe B. Manning, Pennsylvania State University; Margaret June Slattery, Pennsylvania State University

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Graduate Studies

allocated funding suggests a perceivedimportance of the program for increasing the number of students involved in research.One of the goals of many REU programs is to increase the likelihood that involved students willgo on to graduate school in the STEM disciplines. As compared to a matched sample ofundergraduates who did not participate in an REU program, Zydney and colleagues (2002) foundthat participating students had an increased likelihood of attending graduate school and felt thatthe program improved their career trajectories. Similarly, Seymour and colleagues found thatstudents felt that their research experience allowed them to have a clearer picture of their post-graduation plans and felt more prepared for their career or graduate school

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

used by multiple faculty in different courses. A morerobust comparison would require an interrater reliability study to fully ensure that the assessmentrubrics designed are being consistently used. In addition, variations due to class size were notinvestigated. Segmenting the data collected based on class size may reveal whether learningeffectiveness is compromised in large classes.At the University of New Haven where students are taking multiple modules, we plan to aggregateacross modules to assess an overall EM Learning Index, 𝑖𝑒 , based on all modules students take thatwould be a measure of average student learning of EM Learning Outcomes by completing multiplemodules. This overall index can be computed by Equation 4

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Nuri Zeytinoglu P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Masoud Mojtahed, Purdue University Northwest; Matthew William Wooden, Purdue University Northwest; Ikechukwu I Nnachi, Purdue University Northwest

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Design in Engineering Education

desire to design and build anything on earth need to be familiar withgeotechnology as a result, the engineering geology must be required as a core civil engineeringcourse subject. Lack of knowledge in geotechnical engineering leads insufficient knowledge andunderstanding of large or small scale civil engineering projects’ needs. Thus, the civilengineering students might lack the minimum requirement for an ABET accredited civilengineering program. Hopefully, the article serves the purpose to inform pertinent college anduniversity administrators to become aware of the need and importance of geotechnics in theircourse planning and curriculum development and improvement.Virtually all construction projects on earth have to be built or on the ground

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger, Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Vanzin; Robert L. Siegrist, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

ofthe most commonly used approaches for term weighting (Aizawa, 2003) and is describedfurther in Section 4. Such term frequency analyses have been used in numerouseducational contexts, from examination of Master’s thesis and PhD dissertations toidentify common topics (Rivera & Larrondo-Petrie, 2017), to engineering term languagegaps between professors and students in freshman-level engineering courses as a barrierto learning (Variawa et al., 2013; Variawa & McCahan, 2012).2. Course Description and Student DemographicsOur university’s onsite course focuses on the selection, design, and implementation ofdecentralized systems for water reclamation and reuse. Topics include process analysisand system planning, engineered and natural system

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Sourajeet Roy, Colorado State University; Andrea M. Leland, Colorado State University; Laura B. Sample McMeeking, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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Electrical and Computer

to advance its mission through well-planned communication strategies and impactful in- dustry partnerships. She received the College of Engineering Outstanding Administrative Professional Staff Award in 2010 and 2017, respectively, and the Colorado State University Distinguished Administra- tive Professional Award in 2017. Leland holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Organizational Communications and Marketing from the University of Central Missouri.Dr. Laura B. Sample McMeeking, Colorado State University Laura B. Sample McMeeking is the Associate Director of the CSU STEM Center. She earned a Master of Science degree in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology and a Ph.D. in Education and Human Resource Services from

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Abigail M. Richards, Montana State University

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

increase student learning. These benefitscould include more opportunities for teamwork, an avenue for collaborative learning intraditional lecture-based courses, development of professional skills by preparing and deliveringtechnical presentations to diverse audiences, curricular integration, and engineering identityformation. The benefits of teamwork are well established and updated ABET criteria includespecific language on teamwork as an outcome: ‘Establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines,manage risk and uncertainty, and function effectively on teams.’ [2]. Furthermore, a previousstudy focused on a single institution showed that their engineering graduates valued ABETcriteria related to teamwork highly [3]. This teamwork facilitates a

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

break thetraditional lecture dominant pattern when cooperative learning protocols are deployed. Thepaper will illustrate how cooperative learning can advance academic success, quality ofrelationships, psychological adjustments, and attitudes toward the college experience. Whatneeds to be done to move the process forward? What are the key components of successfuldeployment of active learning in general and cooperative learning in particular? How tofoster and expand the community of engineering faculty who use cooperative learning?What plans, efforts, and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalize pedagogies ofengagement including cooperative learning at the department or college level?Next, it identifies barriers to reformation in

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

because they tend to distract instructors from their main functions, i.e., theirteaching, research and service to the department and the college. On-campus facilitiesand institutional arrangements such as consulting and enterprise incubators should beinvestigated by appealing to other professional models, i.e., medicine, law, veterinarymedicine, etc. Some of these activities are at the very least self-supporting, but could,if properly planned, shed funds that could be used to support other academicendeavors.I believe there are feasible action plans that should be adopted to pave the way forpotential collaboration between industry and academe. These would include:i) First, seeding and propagating the idea, that: gaining practical experience

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology; Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

, involve many different types of data, not onlyengineering (technical) data but also relevant economic, social, cultural, geographic, historicand other data. This highly integrated set of technical and cultural experiences provided an authenticcontext in which the students could develop observational, analytical and interpretive skills thatwent beyond that feasible in a conventional laboratory setting.Learning GoalsThe overarching goal of this accelerated, seven day field course was to produce authenticengineering experiences and artefacts integrated with the development of cultural awareness.Through participation in it, the goal was for students to develop their ability to: • Plan & execute an open-ended engineering investigation in an

Conference Session

Enhancing the Statics Classroom

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Russell Pearce, Whatcom Community College; Todd R. Haskell, Western Washington University; Kordel J. Clarks, Student Representative - Whatcom Community College

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Mechanics

novices and experts navi- gate between macroscopic, symbolic, and small particle representations, and how pre-service elementary teachers translate an understanding of energy concepts from physics to other disciplines.Mr. Kordel J. Clarks, Student Representative - Whatcom Community College Kordel Clarks is an Engineering Student who plans to graduate from Whatcom Community College in June of 2018 and plans to transfer to the University of Washington. He is pursuing a degree in aeronau- tical engineering. He is also a recipient of WCC’s SEECRS (STEM Excellence through Engagement in Collaboration, Research and Scholarship) program and a member of Washington’s All-Academic Team. c American

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Environmental Engineering

forcingstudents to answer questions during discussion”). Other students responded positively to thecourse content (i.e., “I learned a lot of practical environmental health information that I plan touse in practice”). Future work should: 1) follow-up with students to identify the value of thecourse in their professional practice after graduation; 2) assess changes in student attitudes andbeliefs from before and after the course; and 3) replicate the course at other institutions toevaluate the effectiveness of the course content and delivery approach independent of thepersonality of the instructor and with a variety of student types.IntroductionThe field today known as “environmental engineering” emerged formally with the creation oftwo organizations

Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Tech; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

object-orientedprogramming practices. The students enrolled in these courses are primarily computerengineering and computer science majors.The second set of participants are the project clients. Over the four years covered by this study,four different sets of clients were used. In 2014, the clients were engineering education studentsdeveloping materials in support of educational outreach activities. The software applicationswere designed to augment lesson plans developed as part of a series of teacher workshops thatthe students helped to deliver in the Dominican Republic. Due to the departure of the instructorleading the then-annual trips, in 2015 the focus shifted to having ASEE student chapter membersserve as clients in support of their

Conference Session

Studies in Engineering Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicky Wolmarans, University of Cape Town; Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

) that can be used tocategorize the complexity of the requirements of a design task, and consequently can be usedto plan a trajectory of design projects. The model is presented at a high level of abstraction,and the projects presented in this paper are intended to illustrate examples of particularcharacteristics. They are not provided as an example of a sequence of actual concreteprojects. As a conceptual paper we present abstract principles that can be applied to anydesign project in order to focus student attention on particular knowledge and skills and theirrelations to other knowledge and skills without overwhelming students with a complexcontextually embedded design project with no form of scaffolding or structuring ofexpectations in

Conference Session

Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Marie S. Call, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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International

feelthat citing financial restrictions is a more acceptable response [7], Other studies indicate thatfinancial constraints are not so much evidence of an active barrier to participation as a retroactivejustification for the decision not to participate [8]. Most studies believe that the apparentfinancial barrier is more of a misinformation barrier. There is often more financial aid availablethan most students are aware and this combined with the possibility that students tend tooverestimate the cost of study abroad in their minds [7].B. Socio-Economic BackgroundWhile the financial barrier is probably over-cited and blown out of proportion, it is important tonote that lower income students are less likely to plan to study abroad than higher

Conference Session

Design Thinking and Creativity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Kelly Guerin, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

betaking the course. In general, since this knowledge did not come from specific users, insightsapplied to the entire group of students, or the potential variation in the group. Their focus wasinsights in two areas: student preparedness for learning and factors that could affect interest andmotivation. The team sought a general understanding such that they could plan content andactivities that were appropriate and engaging for the entire class.This technique may have stemmed from deep knowledge of prior students that has grown into acomposite image over time, and the assumption that future students will fit into this composite.For example, the instructor’s insights came from having taught the same class several times inthe past. However, since

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bartlett Michael Sheinberg, Houston Community Collelge; Amanda Smith Hackler, STEM Evaluations and Educational Consulting Services, LLC

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Diversity

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Materials

recruit underrepresented students who plan to major in one of the STEM areas. HCC is one oftwo community colleges in the six-member AMP Alliance. There is a great deal of synergyamong HCC AMP and REEMS objectives and activities. In addition to the required communityservice required of AMP students, HCC AMP students are encouraged to join the REEMSstudent cohorts in university tours, meeting university faculty, advisors, and administrators,participation in student development workshops. The REEMS PI also serves and the HCCprogram director for the HCC AMP program. Both AMP and REEMS students seek commonoutcomes: participation in programs that provide direction, structure, and motivation. Fourteenof the REEMS students from the 2015/2016 and 2016

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhidipta Mallik, New York University; S.M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

presentations, videos, sample programs, etc. Each session’slecture was followed by hands-on learning activities that allowed exploration and reinforced thesessions’ material. While few hands-on learning sessions engaged teachers to perform assignedactivities individually, a vast majority of hands-on learning sessions engaged teachers in two-person groups. Group discussions, co-generations, etc., were also conducted. To build teacheragency, they were also engaged in creative activities such as new lesson planning, developing andassessing activity sheets for existing lessons, and developing and testing teaching and learningstrategies using robotics. The project team also conducted a battery of pre-/post-surveys andcollected feedbacks from the

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, simple programming and operation, easytroubleshooting, flexibility in assembly, configuration, and reconfiguration, simple power supply, easystorage, and appropriateness of its functions and capabilities in explaining middle school science and mathcontent [1-2,4,6,8,9,16,19].Figure 1: A LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robotic system developed by the teachers to be used in teaching and learning of middle school STEM lessons.4. The Development of Robot-aided STEM LessonsThe project facilitation team and the PD program participants collaborated in different ways to plan anddevelop several robotics-aided STEM lessons for middle school classrooms. The teachers shared a fewexisting middle school science and math concepts that they deemed pedagogically

Conference Session

Curricular Transformation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Steven Joseph Abramsky, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Meetingslasted 1–2 hours and featured discussion of the course to be redesigned, negotiation of coursecontent, planning assessments and pedagogy, and collaborative decision-making and artifactbuilding. While not every team member participated in each meeting, at least three teammembers participated in all meetings. We focused on meetings during the month preceding andthe month and a half after the beginning of the semester due the heavier focus on planning anddesign of the course (later meetings tended to discuss logistics of implementation and feedbackon planned activities). In total, we analyzed 15 meeting transcripts from 17.6 hours of audio, plusdetailed notes from an additional 6 meetings that were not audio-recorded. Interviews,reflections, design

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fu Zhongli, National University of Defense Technology; Zihan Lin, National University of Defense Technology; Tianqi Zhang, National University of Defense and Technology; Zhao Zhao, National University of Defense Technology; Tong Wu, National University of Defense Technology; Huang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Zhang Jianing, Changsha SunVote Limited, China; Changfang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Yan Xu, Changsha SunVote Limited

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

support of active learning, current practices of information technology, and suggestions for redesigningclasses. We're trying to solve a number of relevant problems, including: What are the key components ofsuccessful deployment of active learning based on BOPPPS model? How to expand participatory teachingmethods to achieve interaction with students that is necessary for the realization of the engineering educationobjection? What plans and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalize pedagogies of engagementincluding active learning, at the department or college level?Literature Review/Background Before discussing active learning, our efforts have been devoted to distinguishing the different types ofactive learning most frequently

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; M. Claire Horner-Devine, University of Washington and Counterspace Consulting

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

-person observations. The data presented in this paper is a subset of the large data set describedabove. We center our experiences building a coherent group of diverse scholar activists withprior experience in nation-wide social/intellectual movements to broaden participation inacademic science and engineering. Our findings in this paper are based on ethnographic researchactivities aiming at intentionally breaching personal and professional identities and data thatemerged in team meetings as the group planned the two symposia: LATTICE I, for early-careerfemale faculty in EECS and LATTICE II, for early-career URM female faculty in engineering.We collected data in a variety of ways: semi-structured interviews, group interviews, detailedmeeting

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

with an outcome-oriented mindset.Kern Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (KEEN) lists the following title at their website:“Engineers with an Entrepreneurial Mindset Transform the World”. [5] Engineers equipped withan entrepreneurial mindset will understand the bigger picture, recognize opportunities, evaluatemarkets, and learn from mistakes to create value for themselves, for their employers and forsociety. KEEN is a 33-plus network of universities and colleges and has continued to grow [5].Recently, more universities and faculty are engaged to include an entrepreneurial mindedlearning (EML) into the engineering curriculum. Several universities involved with KEENdeveloped detailed four-year plan to implement EML in their curriculum

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego; Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jana Milford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michelle Ferrez, University of California, San Diego

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

into future plans for makerspaces on the Boise State campus. As an undergraduate and graduate student, she has been involved with the Society of Women Engineers, and also taught a materials science laboratory course as a graduate teaching assis- tant. She has volunteered at numerous STEM outreach activities on and off of the Boise State campus throughout her time as a student and is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM and helping girls and women to recognize that STEM is a path that is open to them if they want to take it.Ms. Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University Katherine directs the Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) program at Washington State Uni- versity. She holds a Master

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Bork, University of Michigan; Candace Rose Wiwel, University of Michigan; Max William Blackburn, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

class. Figure 3. Classroom A set up for (a) small groups using double tables, (b) small groups using single tables, (c) lecture, (d) project demonstrations, and (e) project presentations. Each yellow rectangle represents 1 table that can seat 3 students per side. Figure 4. Panoramic photo of Classroom B arranged for lecture.We are planning to follow five instructors as they teach the same (or a similar) second- or third-year engineering science course during two consecutive academic years. These instructors willbe recruited from among those teaching large, introductory engineering courses based on: 1)their willingness to learn more about the flexible classroom, 2) their

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Zahira H. Merchant, San Francisco State University

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Civil Engineering

’ devices does not dictate accessibility.A total of eight mobile apps as listed in Table 1 are planned for the course. Six apps, Bending,Deflection, Stress, Torsion, Axial, and Pressure Vessels, will provide students the opportunity toset up their own practice problems and get instant feedback on the solutions. These apps allowstudents to explore and master the concepts covered in the course by giving them ampleopportunity to practice outside the classroom. Table 1: List of Mobile Learning Apps App Concept Covered

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Anna Montana Cirell, Arizona State University; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Audrey Boklage, Arizona State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

). Not valid if referring to engineering labs.Aspirations, goals, This is related to future goals after These goals must be This does not include a studentdesires, or plans graduation, short term goals, such as described in the future from describing an experience prior to making more and developing more the moment of the interview the interview and a future goal; for skills, or more aspirational goals such forward. Can include future example, “In third grade I wanted as helping people or pushing coursework or

Conference Session

Elementary Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Lehman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

understandingof what design entails and how to translate this propositional knowledge into practice. As aresult, students in the teachers’ classrooms learned how to engage in engineering practices,gradually developing knowledge of how to identify essential features of a design problem, gatherinformation that informs the problem, plan, construct, test, evaluate, and optimize a designsolution. In this manner, teachers and students, over time, became active, legitimate participantsof the community of practice, generating new knowledge of both science and engineering coreideas, crosscutting concepts, and related skills.Context of the StudyThe context of this study was a large, multi-year university school partnership that included theparticipation of over

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mourya Reddy Narasareddy Gari, North Dakota State University; Gursimran Singh Walia; Alex David Radermacher, North Dakota State University

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Software Engineering Division

shown to increase the fun elements and also acts as a motivation factor forstudents to become more active in learning. In future, we plan to conduct systematic literaturereview on the effect of gamification beyond just CS/SE by expanding it to STEM baseddiscipline. Additionally, we plan to continually improve the design and usability of SEP-CyLEby using most influential game elements. While there are some studies underway, we plan toreport the results and conduct additional studies guided to builder a larger body of evidence onusefulness of gamification in CS/SE education.7. Acknowledgements:This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grants DUE-1225742and DUE-1525112. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vishal R Mehta, Ohio Northern University; David R Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University

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Manufacturing

abid for a souvenir supply contract with the university. Just like with most project-based learningmodules (PBLs), following was the hook statement – “Your university is planning to celebrateits 150 years of existence in few years. They are planning to sell souvenirs to market the brandand cover the cost of celebrations. Your startup company is bidding for the supply contract.”Student groups were required to select materials and manufacturing process for those articles. Inaddition, they were to compare the selected manufacturing process with other manufacturingprocess. Student teams were required to meet with the customer to find out type and number ofsouvenirs required. The customer in this case was instructor. Deliverables included

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Yother, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue Polytechnic Institute; James M. Thom, Purdue University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

. After incorporation ofthe course modifications that have been identified by following the methodology, studentsatisfaction evaluation scores doubled.IntroductionIn established courses in long-running programs, courses may be stable for a long time, whichcan produce to consistency, but also may lead to staleness of the educational delivery.Community colleges are often more prescriptive where the outcomes and lesson plans aresupplied to the instructor by the administration. At a typical four-year university there is agreater level of academic freedom to innovate courses and bring in new material. This can leadto content drift. There are, however, collegiate programs that have regulatory constraints. Thisarticle seeks to document a process to