Conference Session

Electrical/Electronic ET Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University; Lijian Xu, Farmingdale State College; Marjaneh Issapour, State University of New York, Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

developed the initial lecture material and several lab modules and FSC added additionallabs with same format that are deliverable as distance learning products through an LMS ortraditional handouts. The objectives are not to cause confusion in neither on-campus nor distanceoffering at different institutions. All the available course and lab modules are available atwww.ucdistancetraing.org.Implementation Strategies and Planning for On-Campus and Distance Hands-on Approach The EET 470 “Microprocessor/Microcontroller Based Designs” offered at ODU was in areal-time, hands-on distance delivery format where instructor lectured via Adobe Connect web-based video conferencing application. All the lectures were recorded and accessible online

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horst Brandes P.E., University of Hawaii; Joe D. Manous Jr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

claims, such adocument must be updated on a regular basis [4], [5], [6]. ASCE published the second version ofthe body of knowledge in 2008 (CE-BOK2) and now is in the final stages of preparing the thirdversion (CE-BOK3), which is scheduled to be published in the spring of 2019. Current plans callfor the CE-BOK to be revisited every eight years.Civil engineering work has evolved to encompass the distinctive and complementary roles of notonly engineering professionals, but also technologists and technicians. Such segmentation is notunlike that encountered in other learned professions, such as medicine or law, and it is critical tothe efficiency and success of the civil engineering workforce. ASCE, through Policy Statement535 [7], views the core of

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University; Jinsung Cho; Yasser Salem

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Construction Engineering

manner that allowsfor continuous improvement [1, 2].In addition to being an accreditation requirement for engineering programs, assessment effortshelp educators plan forward their education process with robust sound methods and data, ratherthan arbitrary methods based on trials and errors. The challenge of any program assessmentprocess has always been the development of a structured, systematic, and effective process thatencompasses all stakeholders, and provides opportunity for continuous improvement, as poorlyconstructed assessments can lead to loss of time, money, and educators’ energy [3]. Systematicassessments, though challenging, are necessary for program improvement [2, 4]. With the moveof California State Polytechnic University, Pomona’s

Conference Session

Assessment and Research Tools

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Steven Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati ; Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (Polytechnic Institute); Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Kaloki Nabutola, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Educational Research and Methods

have printedbooklets with the EGCI items, statistics, and other relevant data in front of them to mark up anddiscuss when making decisions about item development.A plan for housing and dissemination of the final CI needs to be confirmed early in thedevelopment process, along with alternate plans as necessary. How to protect the integrity andprivacy of the collected data also needs to be considered if the CI will be made available on theweb or on the cloud. Questions such as who can use the CI, how it is to be accessed, and howstudent data is to be protected need to be answered.ConclusionsCreating a valid and reliable concept inventory is not easy. Development, testing, and revisionswill take multiple iterations. The team responsible for the

Conference Session

Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W. Gatchell Ph.D., Northwestern University; Akinniyi Adediran Osuntoki Ph.D., University of Lagos; Akinwale Oladotun Coker P.E., University of Ibadan; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University; Tania Douglas, University of Cape Town; Kara M. Palamountain

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International

(and, in this case, visiting faculty)learn and apply the design process to develop a solution to unmet needs found in a localcommunity in Cape Town and/or brought from Nigeria, respectively. The needle disposaldevice described below was designed and developed by a group of visiting faculty from UIparticipating in this training program during the winter of 2017.Training opportunity – UI and UNILAG, NigeriaFrom 2013-2017 faculty from all four of the collaborating universities on this grant have metin Nigeria (alternating yearly between Lagos and Ibadan) for a week-longconference/workshop to plan the goals for the year, present on the past year’s work, and toplan deliverables of significance for the grant. During the F’16 event hosted by UI

Conference Session

Global and Intercultural Competency

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Warnock, University of Georgia; Galyna Melnychuk, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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International

Paper ID #22042Development of Students’ Intercultural Knowledge and CompetenceDr. James Warnock, University of Georgia James Warnock is a Professor and founding Chair for the School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Georgia. He has been a big proponent of self-directed learning and active learning in his classes. James is also the Adjunct Director for training and instruction in the professional services department at ABET. In this role, he oversees the development, planning, production and imple- mentation of the ABET Program Assessment Workshops, IDEAL and the assessment webinar

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce E Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Paul Keenlance, Grand Valley State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the process. In the second term of the capstone(EGR 486), the students begin the build phase of the project. Completion of the course isindicated by the sponsor’s signoff of the resulting prototype, which is expected to meetall specifications as agreed to earlier.The capstone process thus described has worked well at our institution for many years.Recently, however, large increases in enrollment have put a stress on our ability to locateacceptable projects that meet the criteria. Five years ago we required about a dozenprojects to handle our senior class of about 65 students; now, in the most recent cycle, wehave about 130 seniors, necessitating around 25 projects (project space is another issue,but there are plans in the works to address

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Binod Tiwari, California State University, Fullerton; Pradeep Nair, California State University, Fullerton; Susamma Barua, California State University, Fullerton

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First-Year Programs

have noticeably increased. The student-self assessment surveyresults also show that the course, specifically the hands-on projects, helped the students todeclare the major within their first year and develop their academic course plan. In this course,students get access to, and explanation of a four-year graduation road map as well as the coursesequence offered in all four engineering disciplines so that students can plan ahead to take thecorrect courses in subsequent semesters. This enabled them to stay on track with the study planeven after declaring their majors. On the other hand, students who thought of engineering as oneof their areas of interest, but subsequent to taking the EGGN 100 course decide that engineeringmay not be a suitable

Conference Session

COED Modulus Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

was spring break) to completetheir projects. These five specific deliverables enabled assessment of both technical and soft-skills inalignment with ABET accreditation criteria. For example, the preliminary proposal required: self-organization into groups, description of problem context, a proposed approach (plan), the definition of done/ measures of success, and relevant prior-work and references. The midterm report and final report bothclosely followed a typical conference paper outline – instructions for the presentation of these results wasintentionally limited, though the instructor provided a LaTX template. Some of the sections containedwithin the template included: an executive summary, an introduction with relevant references, a

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Frary, Boise State University

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Materials

: participantsThere were 26 students enrolled in the course in the fall of 2016. For a student following atypical four-year plan, this course is taken in the fall of the third year. The demographiccharacteristics of the students are summarized in Figure 1. There were 20 males and 6 females.Of the students in the course, 14 graduated from high school in 2013 or later (i.e., were, at most,three years out from high school (HS)), 4 graduated from high school in 2010 to 2012 (i.e., were4 to 6 years out from HS), 1 graduated from high school in 2007-2009 (i.e., was 7 to 9 years outfrom HS), and 7 students graduated from high school in 2006 or earlier (i.e., were 10+ years outfrom HS). As a point of reference, in fall 2016 when the study was conducted, Boise

Conference Session

Learning Outcomes and Pedagogical Strategies: Problems of Alignment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Graham, Johns Hopkins University; Tobin Porterfield, Towson University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ensuringthat colleges and universities integrate these skills in their curriculum [4]. To determine whichprofessional skills are important for career success, researchers have queried academics,students, and practitioners in a range of engineering disciplines and country contexts. Chan et al.identify 38 skills including critical thinking, conflict management, and time management [5]. Astudy of practicing engineers in New Zealand maintained the importance of communication andethics but added career planning, leadership, and project management [6]. In addition to confusion over what makes up this professional skill set, no consensusexists on what to call this group of skills. Some research uses a single term, while others usemultiple terms

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Félix Langevin Harnois, École de Technologie Supérieure; Jerome Harrison, École de Technologie Supérieure; Prasun Lala, École de Technologie Supérieure; Ghizlane El Boussaidi, École de Technologie Supérieure; Christian Desrosiers, École de Technologie Supérieure; Catherine Laporte, École de Technologie Supérieure

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Groups are held on an ad hoc, by need basis (e.g. often before a particular submissiondeadline). At the time of writing, these activities have been taking place regularly for the past 11months. Most impressively, they are now being planned, organized, and led by the studentambassador and other lab members. Our team still conducts workshops, but the other activitiesare run by the students. These observations show that implementing a SC-CoP in a lab contextcan be self-sustaining.4 OutcomesIn this section, we analyze the outcomes of our projects on students’ writing habits, whilefocusing on the potential benefits that became manifest from this experience. We created asecond voluntary survey to monitor any change in the difficulties students

Conference Session

Studies in Engineering Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University; John S. Gero, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Morteza Pourmohamadi, Tabriz Islamic Art University; Sarah Abdellahi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Lilian Maria de Souza Almeida M.Sc., Utah State University; Yuzhen Luo, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering students, and dyads ofprofessional expert engineers through a study of their cognitive processes while designing. It usestools and processes developed in previously funded NSF projects to provide a uniform basis forcomparing students and professional experts that is independent of the educational andexperiential background of the participants.Outcomes of this research provide a cognitive foundation to inform and improve engineeringeducation models while expanding our understanding of how students evolve to acquire expert-level design skills. The results inform leaders in engineering education and developers ofinstructional materials and curricula, as well as teachers and designers planning classroomstrategies, of initiatives in formal

Conference Session

Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzette R. Burckhard P.E., South Dakota State University; Joanita M. Kant, South Dakota State University; Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; Ross Peder Abraham, South Dakota State University; Richard Reid P.E., South Dakota State University

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Educational Research and Methods

intentional and longer conversations with students across all four class years helped me identify issues in scheduling, advising, campus support, housing, employment, dining and other campus offices that affected the students. Many of these topics might not have been communicated in the typical once a semester meeting with an advisee, but meeting as much as twice a month with the mentees provided the opportunity for increased depth and breadth of our conversations." (Faculty mentor #1) "While I do try to work on my advisees on more holistic planning when they meet with me each semester in their course plans, it pales in comparison with the opportunities we can meet in the OMEGA scholars. (Faculty

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Bhaskar C. S. Chittoori, Boise State University; Sondra M. Miller, Boise State University; Thomas A. Robbins

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the interviews concluded with anexploration of the participants’ perceptions of how sustainability and resiliency relate to the workof practicing civil engineers, and how they plan to use what they know about sustainability as acivil engineer. The interviews lasted between 15 and 50 minutes length, depending on the depthof students’ experiences with sustainability and resiliency, and their willingness and ability totalk about those experiences. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim.We analyzed the interviews inductively using sensitizing concepts [16] derived from thepreviously presented literature on sustainability and resiliency. The interviews were open-codedto capture the different ways that the participants understood and

Conference Session

MET and Mechatronics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Dai Vian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nancy L. Denton P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, and final written report. A post-project survey (see appendix B forcomplete survey questions) served as the concluding project requirement and assessmenttool.LimitationsThis was the first implementation of this laboratory project. Although students knewfundamentally how to produce injection molded parts and perform tensile tests fromprevious lab experiences, they still encountered difficulties during the project. Forexample, it was hard to set the injection molding process temperatures high enough tomelt the ABS pellets and ensure complete fill of the mold cavity. Similarly, because ofthe relatively high ductility of these thermoplastics, final length measurements were notvery precise. The schedule of the project was affected and some planned

Conference Session

Curriculum and the Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor Taratukhin, SAP America; Natalia Pulyavina, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

thefocus of the problems, the necessity of the clear vision of the difficulties. The investigation oftarget users needs is added to the "insights" concluded from the previous two stages, andwithin these areas there is a clear target for the shot at bull's-eye of the chosen concept. That is,after the information about the problems in this or that area is collected, it needs to select a fo-cus. The focus in this case is the combination of the "task" and the "person" in one sentence,that is, the formulation of the task, at which it is planned to work, focused on a specific user. Inorder to create the innovation, we need to solve what is not solved by the others, and every-thing else can be copied. That means, to focus on those problems and tasks that

Conference Session

Practice I: Academic Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Matthew DeMonbrun, University of Michigan; Michael Geoffrey Brown, Iowa State University; Stephanie D. Teasley, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

an assistant professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education at Iowa State University. Michael’s program of research centers on the role of technology in the experiences of undergraduate stu- dents. His current projects focus on large undergraduate science and engineering lecture courses exploring how students use digital study resources, how faculty and instructors design and plan for the use of digital technologies in the classroom , and, how data from digital study resources (e.g., learning analytics) can be used with other forms of data to understand student learning and performance and ultimately, to improve instructional practices.Dr. Stephanie D. Teasley, University of Michigan Dr. Teasley is a Research

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Miley, Montana State University; Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Liz Kovalchuk, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

writing studio model, a model developed byGrego & Thompson for developmental writers [8] and modified for partnerships betweenwriting centers and writing intensive courses within the disciplines. The paper describes thewriting assignment and the studio model, and then offers preliminary findings from the firstsemester of implementation. The authors conclude with implications for engineering facultyteaching writing within their disciplinary courses.Course Description and Assignment DesignActing on input from the External Advisory Council, the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Department at the researchers’ institution has begun discussing ways of adding awriting component to a course at each level of the major. The department plans to start

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University; Lawrence Funke, Ohio Northern University; David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

resultsindicate that the benefits of PBL and the students’ technical competency was not sacrificed. Thisindicates that implementing projects using the framework discussed herein has a large potentialto further expose students to EML effectively. There can be some difficulties in implementingthis framework, namely student resistance to such a different type of project, and increasedworkload on the instructor, particularly the first time it is implemented. These difficulties dodiminish as the framework is used more both at an institution and in a particular course.There are some suggestions that the authors plan to implement in the future and areas requiringadditional research. The specific implementation at Ohio Northern University is in a class withtwo

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Bahaa I. Kazem Ansaf, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Michigan State University. From 2014 to 2016, he has been a Visiting Professor with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Missouri. Currently, he is Assistant Professor with the Engineering Department, Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is the author of two book chapters, more than 54 scientific articles. His research interests include arti- ficial intelligence systems and application, smart material applications and robotics motion and planning. Also, He is a member of ASME since 2014 and ASEE since 2016. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Inexpensive Digital Light

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2: Veteran Identity & Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas L. Davis, Kent State University; D. Blake Stringer, Kent State University; Maureen Regan McFarland, Kent State University

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Military and Veterans

for educational and communityoutreach. During the course of the design, build and fly competition portions of the challenge,the team directly led or provided support for three institutional camps and two communityoutreach events. These camps focused primarily on middle-school and high-school students thatare underrepresented in STEM education. Coordination for these outreach activities had to becompleted in tandem with the technical and operational tasks. This created another level ofdifficulty, specifically for the team’s leadership. Student-veteran attributes became apparent inplanning and conducting these events. The student-veterans treated these events like a militaryrange exercise. They planned, delegated responsibilities, and managed

Conference Session

Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth

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New Engineering Educators

obviously committed to teaching, enjoying his job (“truly amazing, themind of a child”) and accepting student feedback that spells trouble for him and the whole JediOrder. Yoda earns positive scores in each of these areas. The authors agreed that Yoda’sorganization was neutral. While having a clear lesson plan that captured the attention of so manyvery young students is impressive, allowing Obi Won to interrupt is a significant, if important,distraction. The authors disagreed on how to assess Yoda’s communication. While clearlyengaging young students at a level they could understand, “Yoda speak” is confusing to many.Ultimately, the largest Star Wars nerd among the authors insisted this not count against Yoda andassigned a positive score. However

Conference Session

Career Development for Engineering Professionals

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette (School of Engineering Education); Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Continuing Professional Development

practices as a Penaloza [7] way to enhance the talent pool Levensaler -Shortage of employees in the oil -Analyzing the competencies is key to [22] and gas sector is a major business succession planning as well as for future challenge particularly in Mexico recruitment purposes Reder [25] -The decline of student interest in -Promoting interest and brand image Power engineering domain causing through a Power engineering education a severe shortage of talent in the chapter to help with talent attraction industry. Wood [28] -The decline in the graduate Not Applicable students

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mo Hu, Virginia Tech; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

involveaccessing memories, reasoning and planning to organize concepts and connections. Brainfunctional connectivity, which is defined as the temporal dependency of cognitive activationpatterns of different brain regions [29] also support reasoning process during systemsthinking. Thus, brain regions of interests in this paper to study cognition of systems thinkinginclude pre-frontal cortex, which is associated with reasoning and working memory [30] andposterior parietal cortex, which is associated with planning and sequence processing [31].Research QuestionsUsing the three different assessment tools (concept map scoring, self-evaluation, andcognition measured by fNIRS) to measure systems thinking, this study investigates bothbehavior and cognition of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2: SE Applications

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sergio Luna, Stevens Institute of Technology; William D. Miller, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hoong Yan See Tao, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dinesh Verma, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gregg T. Vesonder, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

capabilities of the constituent parts.The mission engineering competency model establishes the proficiencies for practitioners toperform effective mission engineering based on interviews and open source literature. We alsodetail the relationships between mission engineering, systems engineering, and system ofsystems engineering.What is Mission Engineering?There is no single definition of mission engineering, also referred to in the published literature ascapability engineering. For example, the US Department of Defense (DoD) defines missionengineering as “the deliberate planning, analyzing, organizing, and integrating of current andemerging operational and system capabilities to achieve desired war fighting mission effects”[1]. A more general

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Conservation and Optimization

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

show a planlayout and the interior of the office, respectively. The office had a desk, chair, computer, printer,and filing cabinets similar to a standard office. In addition to that, the office had a round meetingtable with four chairs around it. Two of the office walls are adjacent to other offices, the thirdcontains a large 1.8 m×1.2 m double pane window, and the fourth wall has the entrance door thatleads to the building hallway. The hallway was generally kept at a higher temperature than thetesting office and the adjacent offices. The room ceiling is made up of squared acoustic tiles with0.6 m on each side and has two triple-bulb fluorescent light fixtures. Figure 1. Office plan layout

Conference Session

Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd France, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

appropriate plans forthe semester. These one-hour workshops/lessons were recommended for the initial weeks of thesemester only, replaced by weekly “progress check-in” meetings once product designs wereestablished.Other recommendations for the course format are summarized in Table 1.Table 1: Summary of course recommendations Topic Recommendation Notes Provide list of One student recommended setting more specific Fabrication available tools – guidelines to prevent choosing strengths: “I wouldn’t tools require students to necessarily try to branch out and try to learn new things choose 2 to 3 because I’d focus on what I already know I’m good at.” 2 to 4 students per Creating multiple

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

) generic 3D view with surrounding environments   shown in Figure 2. T00 was attached to the wall next to the room’s thermostat to represent thetemperature of the actual thermostat connected with the actual AC system for the room. Toensure experimental consistency, all thermocouples were 7.62 m (25 feet) long and were thencalibrated against two known temperatures [boiling 100 ˚C (212 ˚F) and freezing 0 ˚C (32 ˚F)].Distilled water was used in both calibration tests. Figure 2. Plan view for the room with locations for window, door, thermocouples, air-supply and return ducts All thermocouples were connected to an “Automation Direct” programmable logic controller(PLC) unit (model: H2DM1E

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

designer and the situation that may assist in adeeper understanding of the problem (Adams et al., 2003). Likewise, Ambrose has called forengineering curricula with “opportunities for reflection to connect thinking and doing,” and the“development of students’ metacognitive abilities to foster self-directed, lifelong learning skills.”(Ambrose, 2013, p. 16-17). Ambrose highlights a gap in the formal inclusion of metacognitiveactivity in the engineering curriculum (Ambrose, 2013). Regular reflection plays a critical rolein the construction of metacognitive knowledge and self-regulatory skills – or planning for,monitoring, and evaluating one’s own learning, knowledge, and skills (Schraw, 1998; Steiner &Foote, 2017). Metacognition is “knowing about