Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie Pisano, University of Virginia; Hui Ma, University of Virginia; Bernard Fulgham, University of Virginia; Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia; Diana D Morris, University of Virginia; Monika Abramenko, University of Virginia

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Mathematics

of years I became a lecturer in the Engineering Department at the University of Virginia where I am teaching now full time. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Redesigning the Calculus Curriculum for Engineering StudentsIntroductionThis paper provides an overview of year two in our calculus redesign project, marking thesecond step in a three-year plan to make over the calculus sequence. In our previous paper [0] wediscussed the motivation for the Calculus curriculum redesign at our institution, as part of agreater effort to improve and innovate the calculus sequence in many universities in the US. TheMathematical Association of America, MAA, with support by NSF, has published

Conference Session

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hernán Gustavo Cortés-Mora, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Jose Ismael Pena Reyes Pena Reyes, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Jairo Andrés Peña, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - PEAMA Sumapaz; Nicolás Gaitán-Albarracín, Universidad Nacional de Colombia - GITIDC; Joana Carolina Chaves Vargas

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Community Engagement Division

economic development for the town. 7. References[1] Junta Administradora Local Rural de Sumapaz. Plan de desarrollo Económico, Social,Ambiental y de Obras Públicas de la Localidad Veinte de Sumapaz, D.C., 2016.[2] P. Franco and J. Betancur, “La flora del Alto Sumapaz (Cordillera Oriental, Colombia)”.Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 23 (Suplementoespecial): pp. 53-78, 1999.[3] Alcaldía Local de Sumapaz - Secretaría Distrital de Gobierno Comisión Ambiental localde Sumapaz, Plan ambiental de Sumapaz 2013-2016. Bogotá, Colombia., 2012.[4] Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Consejo Universitario. “Resolución 887 de 2015 yAcuerdo número 025 de 2007”. Sistema de Información Normativa, Jurisprudencial y

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Alberto G. De La Cruz; Alfredo Villanueva; Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

Engineering Technology (EET) shouldcover the following topics:1) Robots and Degrees of Freedom2) Representation of Rigid-Bodies in 2D and 3D Space3) Kinematic Chains and Forward Kinematics4) Velocity Kinematics and Statics5) Inverse Kinematics6) Dynamics7) Control Systems, Actuators and SensorsActuators, Sensors and Control Systems are important elements of the EET program. We madea point to emphasize these areas of Robotics in the Laboratory section of the course.Course LayoutWe felt the textbook that best fit our needs was “Modern Robotics Mechanics, Planning andControl” by Kevin M. Lynch and Frank C. Park. One of the many advantages of the textbook isshort video lecture segments provided on-line for students to view. The videos covered

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mendez, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering courses. This paper will describe theimplementation of standards-based specifications grading (SBSG) in a sophomore-levelthermodynamics course, offered in a hybrid (approximately 80% online) format, in a mechanicalengineering curriculum.Description of CourseThe course was offered in a hybrid format for the first time in the 2017 fall semester. The coursewas taught in a traditional in-person format in the 2016 fall semester by the same instructor usingSBSG. The original plan for the hybrid course involved a face-to-face meeting approximatelyonce every two weeks, for approximately two hours (one lecture hour and one recitation hour).However, the instructor found out a few months before the start of the course that she would beout of the

Conference Session

Computing Technology Applications-I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yu Cai, Michigan Technological University

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Computing and Information Technology

products.The widespread adoption of LDAP is due to its flexibility, scalability, and compatibility. A computer network related program named Computer Network & System Administration (CNSA) was introduced at MichiganTechnological University in 2003 [3]. The purpose of this program was to serve the needs of industry by educating and training studentsto succeed in the field areas of systems administration and network engineering, with an emphasis on network security. An integral partof the CNSA curriculum is a three credit hour course on Directory Services (DS). In the DS course, students are exposed to topics like planning, designing, implementing and troubleshooting various directory serviceproducts, including Microsoft Windows Active Directory

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Best Papers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn T. Wrate P.E., Northern Michigan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Displacement Transducer Mounted on Circuit Breaker with locking pliers and bolts7. Run Test in T-Doble Software a. Select or create test plan. b. Click Run Test. c. When beeping begins, press and hold Safety Switch. The beeping then becomes a constant tone. d. When tone stops, release Safety Switch and view results. Figure 4. Students Creating the Test Plan for the Travel Time Test Figure 5. Students (Trayton Duncan and Kevin Wood) Observing the Circuit Breaker Travel Time Test 8. Break Down a. Remove leads from apparatus b. Disconnect safety ground cableAnalyzing the Travel Time Test ResultsClosing and Opening TimeAccording to [2] the time between when the close coil is

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Global and Intercultural Competency

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Daniel, Swinburne University of Technology; Nick John Brown, Engineers Without Borders Australia

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International

. Since the recording of program genderdata began in mid-2016, 45% of program participants have identified as female. In order tomaximise student participation and minimise disruption to university schedules each Summitis scheduled to run between semesters (Dec-Feb and Jun-Jul). Approximately half of studentshave their participation funded by Australian Government New Colombo Plan mobilitygrants. This grant requires the Summit form a formal part of a student’s university course,whilst most students use the experience as part of required work experience the HumanitarianDesign Summit Program has been integrated into formal curriculum such as research thesisprojects and as part of the ‘Engineering in a Humanitarian Context’ course at the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Pettis, Alabama State University; Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University; Ash Abebe, Auburn University; David Shannon, Auburn University

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Mathematics

amount of digitally stored data will increaseover the next decade as more people and companies conduct business online and use socialmedia, smartphones, and other mobile devices. As a result, businesses will increasingly needmathematicians to analyze the large amount of information and data collected. Analyses willhelp companies improve their business processes, design and develop new products, and evenadvertise products to potential customers.” A recent survey of senior Fortune 500 and federalagency business and technology leaders by the Harvard Business Review [3] reports that 70% ofthe respondents plan to hire data scientists. McKinsey Global Institute's May 2011 [7] researchreport indicates that the demand for big data analytical talent

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

engineering disciplines and the types of work they engage in. o Instruction on the use of engineering knowledge and technology in the classroom. o Lesson plan ideas incorporating engineering principles in authentic engineering problems. o Training on the engineering design process o Instruction on engineering analysis and design that is informed by appropriate engineering equations and methods o Ready access to one or more expert teachers in the field of engineering o Networking and collaboration with other science teachers • Which of the following engineering mechanics topics do you feel prepared and confident to develop and teach in your

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; Heechang Bae, Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

homeworkassignments enables students to develop greater cognitive level problem solving skills. Homework is a very valuable tool in learning engineering. Therefore, we are concernedwith our students whether they are copying the homework solutions available in internet and/orother sources. This has become especially evident when a student gets a perfect or near perfectoverall score for their homework grade, yet their test scores are very low. A study by Wichita StateUniversity [3] mentions that approximately 70% of students in the U.S. were involved directly orindirectly in cheating during exams, homework, term projects, reports, papers and presentationsusing different techniques. According to a paper [4] entitled, “The Theory of Planned Behavioras a

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis O'Connor, California State University, Chico

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Sciences.Students must be in good academic standing (GPA of 2.5 or better) and completed theirsophomore year. Junior and non-graduating senior students were also considered. Facultymentors with new or on-going research projects applied to the program by submitting a projectdescription and research plan. Through the application process, faculty project descriptions wereprovided to students to identify areas of interest and create student-faculty teams. To help enableand support these projects, students receive a $3500 stipend and faculty are reimbursed up to$250 for student research supplies. The first year of this summer program (2017), the CSC²program hosted a total of 31 students working across 14 different projects. Table 1 describes thestudent majors

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trung H. Duong, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Mechanical Engineering

robot and acomputer was developed. Modern and state-of-the-art programming environments, such asMATLAB Robotics Toolbox, or free version of Robotics Toolbox from Peter Corke, etc., can beused to communicate and control the robot. Bypassing the provided and outdated software retiredtogether with the robots by their manufacturers, students now have a greater flexibility to chooseprogramming languages as their preference. Moreover, they can utilize many open source and up-to-date libraries to create their own software to solve vast problems ranging from forward/inversekinematics/dynamics, path planning, to robot vision and learning in a graphical user-friendlyenvironment. This work was implemented at Colorado State University-Pueblo

Conference Session

Automation in Manufacturing

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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Manufacturing

. The yellow layers contain industry specific skills and knowledge and, therefore,provide specific information for mechatronics technicians with associate degree. The lower redlevels provide information about fundamental knowledge in mathematics, language arts, andscience. The bottom gray level defines employability and workplace skills. The competencymodel provides detailed information about the skill set that defines this occupation in a linkedspreadsheet compiled by the ETA from industry responses. Figure 2. US DOL Mechatronics Competency ModelTwo-year technical programs prepare students to become mechatronics technicians and typicallyinclude more than 40 credit hours of a 60-90+ credit hour degree plan in technical

Conference Session

NGSS & Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

plans to revise their science standards in the next two years. As of April 2018, thedraft science standards proposed in Arizona reflect the NRC framework, although they do notdirectly parallel the NGSS. Pennsylvania did adopt new standards in 2012 for grades pre-K – 3,however these are comparable in engineering integration to the grades 4-12 standards already inplace during Moore’s analysis, and so are not considered a meaningful change for the purposesof this paper.There are 20 states (AR, CA, CT, DE, HI, IA, IL, KY, KS, MD, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OR, RI, VT,WA, WI, WY) that have effectively adopted the NGSS since their release in 2013. Many of thesestates adopted them under a different, state-specific name, and some added a few state

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric M. Rice, Johns Hopkins University; William Smedick, Johns Hopkins University

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #22573Tools for Creating and Managing Student TeamsDr. Eric M. Rice, Johns Hopkins University Eric Rice teaches management and communication courses in the Center of Leadership Education in the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University where he also directs the Graduate Non- Degree Program. A sociologist by training, he has used his knowledge of organizations in his teaching and consulting practice with financial institutions, unions, fortune 500 companies and not-for-profit or- ganizations to develop strategic plans, design programs, create management and instructor training and materials, and

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology

Business Plan Competition at Farmingdale State College, spring 2017. Inspired by this research project, the team entered the Business Competition with the project named “STACK HOUSE”. The idea was to develop and market an educational coding toy to spark young girls’ interest in STEM. The team won the Long Island Business Plan Competition-regional level. It was the first time for_ Farmingdale State College students to win the grand prize at the regional level, product category level. The team won $10,000

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Richard A. Springman P.E., University of Toledo

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Mechanical Engineering

importance that life-long learning and intellectual curiosity have on people’slives.Our experience has been largely positive and we plan to expand our capstone project list toinclude more such projects.Project #1: EZ Loader – Fall 2017This project was developed by five students enrolled in the Engineering Technology Department.Two of them graduated with a major in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET), two with amajor in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET), and one with a major in EET with MEconcentration. The mechanical engineering majors designed and laid out the EZ Loaderprototype, including developing designs, machining, fabrication, and assembly for the mountingpoints, bevels, housings, the conveyor and the roller assembly. The electrical

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Preston Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto; Thomas L. Reinsfelder, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto

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Engineering Libraries

the question below to establish a baseline.RQ1: What is the current balance between open content and traditionally publishedcontent in engineering mechanics courses?Second, in order to understand how the adoption of OER might be expanded in engineeringmechanics courses in the future, we ask the second research question.RQ2: What barriers exist to the adoption of open resources in engineering courses, andhow might those barriers be overcome?To address the above research questions, the authors developed a plan to gather data from twosources: the first is publicly available information regarding the required course materials fromrandomly selected institution websites; the second is a survey instrument distributed toinstructors of engineering

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherish C. Vance, Texas A&M University; Bria Perkins, Texas A&M University; Jaida Bannister; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

institutionscontinue to push their goals and strategic plans of increasing the science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. Attempts to increase STEM enrollment atUniversities consistently include the same concepts; bridge programs, learning communities,research experiences and group projects [1]. While attempting to increase undergraduateretention of (URM), these experiences often focus solely on first-year students. In order to meettheir needs, diverse students must matriculate through the Colleges and Universities via thepipeline from secondary education to employment. NSF [2] reports show the attrition rates forblack and Hispanic or Latino students in STEM fields from 2007 to 2013 is low. When lookingat all the students earning

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Lynn Butler; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

added during the review process to provide sufficient choices for review by content experts.It is planned to include one nonsense consideration in its final state. Rest et. al. described thatmeaningless items, or M-items, are used to detect unreliable data.9 M-items are items on theDIT2 that are written with similar complexity and vocabulary to the other considerations but arenot relevant to the dilemma in question.9 The nonsense items on the EPSRI will serve as M-items, and will be used to detect unreliable data from the data pool in the further validation studythat will be conducted.Instrument Content ValidationThe validation of the EPSRI followed the content validation process outlined by Devellis.10 Theprocess involves having people

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico

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First-Year Programs

classes with a letter grade of C- or better. Thelong-term assessment of this study will track the success rate among tutored students in thetargeted courses throughout the school year. We will also monitor the retention rate of studentswho have used the service in their freshman and sophomore years. Given that 60% of ouradmitted students drop out or change major during the first two years of their academic career[3], the service is expected to improve retention rate through offering support to students in theirfirst engineering classes.References:[1] “California State University Graduation Initiative 2025, CSU Systems and Campus Completion Goalsand Plans”, September 9, 2016. https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/why-the -CSU-matters/graduation

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Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

disciplines and student groups. The survey also included an open-ended responsecomponent that will also be analyzed for themes and in the context of the survey subscale results.We also plan to use the quantitative survey data to identify candidates for interviews to furtherunderstand the relationship of stress, engineering identity, and engineering culture. Interviewswill allow participants to describe their individual experiences and allow us to identify commonthemes and triggers of student stress, anxiety, and depression as related to being an engineeringstudent.Ultimately, the results of the study will produce recommendations for faculty, advisors, andadministrators, who directly impact the climate and reputation of engineering programs

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

propensity for innovative problem solving. The ESCPII is used as a predictivefactor and then a dependent variable in our research to determine whether students’ creativityand propensity for innovation predicts their college persistence or if the pedagogical practicessupport and cultivate creativity and propensity for innovation in community college engineeringand science students. Structurally, the CPPI-R is a questionnaire in which students respond toclose set questions associated with socio-demographics, type, duration, frequency, and usage ofpedagogical practices categorized as the three sub-constructs of (1) classroom and programperformance support, (2) college attendance support, and (3) program planning and executionsupport. These practices

Conference Session

Curricular Transformation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kenneth M. Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

spring2017, continuing through summer planning months and through the first course offering duringthe fall 2017 semester. This analysis is timely as the events have recently occurred and thedetails of each negotiation and adaptation are not yet obscured by the broad brush strokes ofinstitutional record.The bulk of data shared in this paper include auto-ethnographic observations and recollectionsbased on the lived experiences of the course instructor and coordinator, the assessment director,and supporting administrators and researchers (Ellis, Adams, & Bochner, 2011). Institutionalartifacts constitute a secondary source of data; they include presentation slides, emails and otherwritten communications, curricular flowcharts and other digital files

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

the United States, would be a cheap, viable resource touse in the remediation of heavy metals in water [45]. Melissa saw that there has been littleresearch into corn as a bio-sorbent for heavy metal, and saw the potential of it being used as anadsorbent. Thus, she proposed testing corn cobs for their effectiveness at removing Cadmiumfrom water.The proposal was approved by the NASA Space Grant Committee at NAU and Melissa startedworking on her research. While our study focuses on just one student, her situation is applicableto many others, who are more than likely experiencing similar struggles.Melissa has been meeting with her mentor once, every two weeks to discuss the plan. Mentorand mentee came up with a tentative schedule, plan for

Conference Session

Practice I: Academic Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

?” Student Immigration into and within Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 2008. 97(2): p. 191-205.24. Trenor, J.M., et al., The relations of ethnicity to female engineering students' educational experiences and college and career plans in an ethnically diverse learning environment. Journal of engineering education, 2008. 97(4): p. 449-465.25. Brainard, S.G. and L. Carlin, A six‐year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science. Journal of Engineering Education, 1998. 87(4): p. 369-375.26. Bell, A.E., et al., Stereotype threat and women's performance in engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 2003. 92(4): p. 307-312.27. Foor, C.E., S.E. Walden, and D.A. Trytten, “I wish that

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Bell, Stanford University; Mark Horowitz, Stanford University

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Electrical and Computer

HW 2 due 9 Friday MOS transistors and CMOS digital logic HW 3 released Lab 2a: Basic useless box 10 Monday Introduction to Arduino programming; how your code interfaces with the “real world” 11 Wednesday Doing math with logic; how we build computers out of transistors Week 4 12 Friday Introduction to the LED cube; planning and debugging; suggestions for building your cube HW 3 due Lab 2b: Computerized useless box 13 Monday Midterm review Wednesday Midterm (Everything through the end of week 4, including the

Conference Session

Hands-On Projects and Demos

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Ryan A Koppes, Northeastern University

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Chemical Engineering

connections between their introduction to new concepts,the application of those concepts in larger and more complex systems, and the opportunities toapply their gained knowledge and experience within an open-ended project. Discovery usescuriosity and imagination to build connections between fundamental phenomena and personalexperience. Discovery can be simply encapsulated within the statement of “What happens when .. .”, and allows for introduction to classroom concepts, experimental and analytical design.Development uses knowledge of these relationships discovered in the Discovery stage to developan experimental plan. This plan allows students to test hypotheses of system behavior and quantifyrelationships among variables, usually within an

Conference Session

Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Esther W. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University; Manish Kumar

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

students that they worked with in lab. Table 3 displays the results in order of whichbehaviors were most common. Note that this table includes all participants who participated inthe post-survey, regardless of whether they chose to participate in an interview or not. This wasdone to uncover a more comprehensive picture regarding mentors’ behaviors while mentoring,and because no comparison to the pre-survey was being drawn. The four most commonbehaviors include “sharing the big picture” and goals of the project with the REU student,organizing the research activities for the REU student, modifying the research plan/schedulebased on the student’s progress, and helping the REU student prepare a presentation. Table 3. Number of mentors reporting

Conference Session

Studies in Engineering Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Southern Methodist University, Lyle School of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

were given a pre-testsite design exercise. A local site was introduced through maps, images and a description of civicand civil issues. Students were given a base map and a set of site-planning building blocksdrawn to scale including roads, structures, drainage systems, trees etc. and a stack of transparentpaper and colored markers. After four minutes to ‘investigate and think about ideas’ the studentshad 35 minutes to draw site-plan ideas. (Figure 1) Asked to ‘do as many different design ideasfor the site as you can in the time’, ‘write notes on the drawings’, and ‘move on to new ideaswhen you are ready’, the exercise context was purposefully casual and accompanied byconversation and laughter. Afterwards, a one-page survey assessed student