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EDGD: CAD, CAM, and AI

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Rudy Ottway, Murray State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

relevant knowledgeand applicable skills that prepare students for a career in engineering or engineering technology.Jonassen, Strobel, and Lee [1] describe this preparation and transition as workplace transfer. ThePedagogy for Employability Group [2] suggests, when hiring graduates, employers seek thefollowing attributes:  imagination/creativity  adaptability/flexibility  willingness to learn  independent working/autonomy  working in a team  ability to manage others  ability to work under pressure  good oral communication  communication in writing for varied purposes/audiences  numeracy  attention to detail  time management  assumption of responsibility and for making decisions

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4 – Systems Thinking Integration and Systems Engineering Skills Evaluation

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adedeji B. Badiru P.E., Air Force Institute of Technology; LeeAnn Racz, US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

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Systems Engineering

as the homefor the Residency in Aerospace Medicine program. Also included are the initial and advancedtraining courses as well as consultation and research services for Occupational andEnvironmental Health and Public Health. Having these functions co-located facilitatesintegration of operational and research developments into the classroom. A Concept ofOperations for USAFSAM education and training courses begins with various stakeholdersperiodically meeting for a Utilization and Training Workshop (U&TW). In addition toUSAFSAM representatives, stakeholders include senior and junior leaders from differentelements of the operational Air Force community for the specific career field. During thismeeting, the participants discuss and agree to

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

mission-oriented and structured, may serve tobridge the gap in transition follow-up by providing the type of atmosphere veterans arecomfortable with. Furthermore, these organizations can remain available to student-veteransthroughout their entire collegiate career, providing a lasting reintegration tool.Another advantage that could be assessed with this research, is the ability of a student-organization to reengage the student-veteran with the community. Non-veteran studentscurrently interact with the community at a rate higher than that of student-veterans, 82%,compared with 68% [1]. Technical-based clubs typically involve community outreach eventsand/or competitions, the Kent State University High-Power Rocket Club provides both, that

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Sanjeevi Chitikeshi; Isaac L. Flory IV, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

maintained applications wherealong with mechanical and electrical systems, they will have the necessary background aboutmachining, electronics, logic control, and other skills that are related to the maintenance ofindustrial robots and automated equipment in integrated manufacturing systems.Some examples of mechatronics pathways at different education levels are mentioned here:  Mechatronics in High SchoolMechatronics has been added to the Virginia Career Technical Education Manufacturingpathway. The two lead faculty for the mechatronics area of specialization at Old DominionUniversity and Tidewater Community College served on a panel that introduced this curriculumin 2017, as part of the project Higher Education Pathways for Maritime

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Research Methods

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory Hixson, Rowan University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

; L. D. McNair. (2014). Graduate student and faculty member: An exploration of career and personal decisions. American Society of Engineering Education, Indianapolis, IN.Osterwalder, A. and Y. Pigneur. (2010). Business model generation: A handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and SonsOsterwalder, A., Y. Pigneur, G. Bernarda, A. Smith, and T. Papadakos. (2014). Value proposition design: How to create products and services customers want. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.Peer Group, “What is Design-based Research?” A PEER Tutorial for Design-based Research, Instructional Technology Ph.D. Students - The University of Georgia, November 2006. [website]. Available: http://dbr.coe.uga.edu

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech; Seungmo Kim, Georgia Southern University; Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech; Carl B. Dietrich, Virginia Tech

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Electrical and Computer

Board at Virginia Tech (IRB 15-464 Cognitive Radio Contest Assessment).To ensure that the survey would not present a demotivating prospect of long fill-in times, thepool of items for the survey is composed of a limited number of the total items from these vettedinstruments representing the constructs. Having been modified in diction to refer specifically toradio engineering, cognitive radio, and spectrum sharing (e.g. “Answer on the scales providedhow much you agree or disagree with the following responses to this question: Why did youparticipate in this competition?” followed by Item 1: “Because I think that participating in thiscompetition will help me better prepare for the career I have chosen.”), the items highlightactionable affective

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Course Tools and Practices

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John P Richards P.E., United States Military Academy

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #23891Lessons Learned from Implementing a Textbook’s Companion Website intoa Production Operations Management CourseLt. Col. John P Richards P.E., United States Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel John Richards currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the United States Mili- tary Academy in the Department of Systems Engineering, focusing on topics in project and operations management. He is a career Army Engineer Officer and previously taught in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He holds masters degrees in both Engineering Management (University of

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Materials

parts of complex systems, a considerationrealized at the beginning of the design process [18]. In the ABET requirements and criteria, formechanical engineering technology, the programs prepare graduates with knowledge, problemsolving ability, and hands-on skills to enter careers in the design, installation, manufacturing,testing, technical sales, maintenance, and other endeavors typically associated with mechanicalcomponents and systems [18]. Therefore, the optimal methods of instruction are to bring somedesired outcomes in knowledge and skills in materials and manufacturing technology forundergraduate students in the engineering technology programs. Figure 1: Transforming student learning-outcomes by m-POGILFigure 1 presents a schematic

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; William E. Howard, East Carolina University; Brian Sylcott, East Carolina University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #22452Machine Design: Different Pedagogical Approaches to Achieve Targeted Out-comesDr. Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University Robert Scott Pierce is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina Univer- sity. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993. Prior to his teaching career, he spent 14 years in industry designing automated equipment.Dr. Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dr. Rungun Nathan is an associate professor and program chair for mechanical engineering in the division of engineering at Penn State Berks

Conference Session

MET and Mechatronics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R. Haughery, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

between the two groups, while course grades were not different formajors vs. non-majors. We also analyzed covariates of ACT, GPA, age, and technical experienceand found that GPA and age were significantly associated with higher grades. Interestingly,technical experience had no impact on students’ grades (good or bad). A few interestingimplications can be drawn from our study, as follows:  Non-major students were able to perform to the same academic level as major students, when given a technically rigorous experience that was significantly removed from many of the non-major’s career goals.  Students who were given a more hands-on, technically rigorous project did better academically in the course.  Age was an

Conference Session

COED: EE Topics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Ephraim Nielson, Utah Valley University

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Computers in Education

andredesign certain features of the modules I developed. The mental work it took to problem solving,in turn, gave me a better understanding of hardware design and is a practical tool that I can use inmy future career.”References[1] F. Folowosele, T. J. Hamilton and R. Etienne-Cummings, "Silicon Modeling of the Mihala¸s– Niebur Neuron," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 1915-1927, December 2011.[2] D. Johnston, S. Wu and R. Gray, Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995.[3] T. Pearce and J. Williams, "Microtechnology: Meet neurobiology," Lab Chip, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 30- 40, January 2007.[4] J. Wijekoon and P. Dudek, "Compact silicon neuron circuit with spiking and bursting behavior

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Conservation and Optimization

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher Shehadi, Purdue University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

14% August 1,416 1,240 14% September 1,262 1,087 16%Project assessmentThrough the implementation of the project, the involved student gained extensive experience inthe field of HVAC, energy and cooling load calculations, controls and measurements, statisticalanalysis, and commercial software utilization that can help in future career placing. Projectoutcomes were evaluated against ABET learning outcomes summarized in Table 6. Performanceassessment and feedback were done through the evaluation of biweekly submitted reports by thestudent. There were four main categories toward the final GPA of the student: biweekly reports(15%), draft report (10%), final report

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Panel: Embedding Writing in Experiential Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Debbie Morrow, Grand Valley State University; Tracy Volz, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University; Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Kenneth Lamb, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; William A. Kitch, Angelo State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Nevada Las Vegas (BSCE and PhD) and from Norwich University (MCE). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #22876Dr. William A. Kitch, Angelo State University Dr. Kitch is Professor and Chair of the David L. Hirschfeld Department of Engineering at Angelo State University. Before starting his academic career he spent 24 years as a practicing engineer in both the public and private sector. He is a registered professional engineer in both Colorado and California. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Panel: Embedding Technical Writing with

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisa Warford, University of Southern California

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

; Littlefield, 2001, pp. 101-118.[14] L. Romkey, Attracting and Retaining Females in Engineering Programs: Using a Science, Technology, Society and the Environment (STSE) Approach, ASEE Annual Conference, 2007.[15] A. Diekman, E. Brown, A. Johnston, and E. Clark, “Seeking Congruity Between Goals and Roles: A New Look at Why Women Opt Out of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Careers,” Psychological Science, vol. 21.8, pp. 1051–1057, 2010.[16] N. Noddings, Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy. Berkeley: University of CA Press, 2002.[17] L. Winner, “Do Artifacts Have Politics?” Daedalus, vol. 109.1. pp. 121-136, 1980.[18] V. Held, Feminist Morality: Transforming Culture, Society, and Politics. Chicago

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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Materials

. Gillmartin, M. M. Grau, S. Sheppard, and H. L. Chen, “Not all the same: A look at early career engineers employed in different sub-occupations,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, June 23-26, 2013.20. MP. Beaufait, D. Chen, C. B. Dietrich, C. Dietrich, and G. M. Vanhoy, “Transition from undergraduate research program participants to researchers and open source community contributors,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, June 26-29, 2011.21. K. Luchini-Colbry, “Exploring the experience of undergraduate research: a case study using Facebook,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, June 23-26, 2013.22. A. Bellini and S. Guceri, “Mechanical characterization of fused deposition modeling

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Libraries

Mines Leslie Light is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division at the Colorado School of Mines, and the Director of the Cornerstone Design@Mines program. She received a B.S. In General Engineering, Product Design from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Entrepreneurial Management. Prior to joining Mines she spent 20 years as a designer, project manager, and portfolio manager in Fortune 500 companies and smaller firms in the Silicon Valley and abroad. She is passionate about bringing the user-centered de- sign principles she learned at Stanford and in her career to Mines’ open-ended problem solving program

Conference Session

ET Administrative Issues

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University; Robb E. Larson, Montana State University; Daniel Miller

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Engineering Technology

bestvalue-added path to success.Quality Improvement Program Review – the Overall Current StateAs previously stated, our program improvement activities are guided by a documented CQI Plan.The stated goals of this plan are for the MET Program at MSU to: • Support the mission and vision of the University (MSU), College of Engineering (COE), department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (M&IE) and Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Program. • Prepare students for successful MET careers which suit our program constituents. • Maintain ABET-ETAC accreditation. • Define the MET program mission, educational objectives, and educational outcomes, define assessment tools and evaluation criteria, and

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Coleman D. Floyd

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

drives student engagement, as they becomeinvested in the projects that they develop, and the open-ended nature of the problems promotesthe idea that students must continually strive to update their skills throughout their careers. Thiscourse structure reinforces the integration of these systems in a mechatronics course. However,students also used prior knowledge from other courses to demonstrate and explain their devices.As students were able to measure physical parameters, they began to see utility in their labproject and could easily find additional applications for their mini-projects. The short term goalsare to evaluate existing course work and integrate more applications and demonstrations thatcould make an impact to the student’s learning

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Vinit Kishor Agham; Vediya Sitaram Raghuvanshi, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur; Jayantrao Bhaurao Patil, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur; Pramod Jagan Deore

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineering education, 2008. 97(3): p. 235-236.12. Prem Krishna, e.a., INAE 2037 - VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES. 2014, INAE: New Delhi, India.13. Potnis, S. and P. Waychal. Integrating Creativity and Innovation in Indian Engineering Education System. in IACEE 14th World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education. 2014. Stanford.14. Reichheld, F.F., The one number you need to grow. Harvard business review, 2003. 81(12): p. 46-55.15. Caird, S., General measure of Enterprising Tendency test. 2013.16. Caird, S., Testing enterprising tendency in occupational groups. British Journal of management, 1991. 2(4): p. 177-186.17. Ishiguro, J., What Influences Entrepreneurial Career Choice?: An Exploratory Analysis Of The

Conference Session

Motivation, Attitudes, and Beliefs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Adams, Kansas State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University

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Educational Research and Methods

96) On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the smartest), how would you rate your intelligence as an engineering student?7) Tell me about an experience that convinced you of this… a) Why was that experience important to you? b) What would you have to do to move up on the scale?8) Tell me about your strategies to be a good engineering student a) Where do you think these strategies come from? b) How have these strategies developed since you started engineering school? c) How will these strategies prepare you for your future career?Responses to Challenges9) Tell me about a specific part of engineering school that has been difficult for you. a) Why do you think it is/was difficult for you? b) What did you do when you realized it is/was

Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Michael Allen, University of California, Riverside; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; Kelly Downey, University of California, Riverside; Alex Daniel Edgcomb, Zybooks

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Computers in Education

feedback to correct mistakes.If CS 1 only has MSPs, when will students learn to write larger programs? Our thoughts: ● Majors will learn to write larger programs in CS 2. ● Non-majors, if they need to program in their careers, are more likely to have to write programs similar to the MSPs, like writing a small add-on function for a statistical analysis tool, for google docs, for a database query, etc. If they need to write more substantial programs, they will probably take a CS 2 class (or more). ● With the above said, we note that we intentionally ran the experiment in a more “extreme” manner, to see what effect would occur. Going forward, our instructors plan to give one large assignment mid-quarter and one

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Tech; Ingrid St. Omer, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

, a Research Associate and President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota, and as an Assistant Professor and Director of the Advanced Microelectronics Laboratory at Northern Arizona University. Dr. St. Omer is an active member of IEEE, MRS, ASEE, and NSBE AE. She has also held several leadership positions at the national level during her academic career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Where Should We Begin? Establishing a Baseline for First Year Student Awareness of Engineering EthicsAbstractThe first year engineering design course at a research institution in the southeastern United Statescontains a unit in engineering ethics, most recently

Conference Session

Research Methods

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consortium; Molly H. Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jie Chao, The Concord Consortium; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Charles Xie, The Concord Consortium

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Educational Research and Methods

analysis to large-scale quantitative and longitudinal investigations. She is currently focusing on learning analytics research in open-ended domains such as engineering design and authentic scientific inquiry. With insights in learning sciences and a strong, computationally oriented mindset, she hopes to utilize learning analytics to investigate important questions with unprecedented granularity and generate actionable knowledge for the design of technology and curriculum.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) enay Purzer is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education. She is the recipient of a 2012 NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students approach

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

for Engineering Science majors, and is therefore takenby students with a variety of career interests within the broad umbrella of engineering. In thespring of 2017, when the data for this paper was collected, the class enrollment was 13 students.The class met twice weekly using a regular classroom format, with an additional weekly 3-hourlab session, where students worked on a semester-long design project.As part of the course requirements, each student was individually required to research acrowdfunding project and give a brief (5-10 min) presentation to the class, during which theywere to provide some insight into the design process itself. Specifically, students were asked tofocus on the following aspects of their chosen project in their

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey T Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Charles Xie

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

program which may make the sample less comparable toother engineering students at similar points in their academic career. As such, we delve deeperinto the context of the study. The study happened in an upper division project-based engineeringprogram which is part of the extended campus of a medium size public university in theMidwest. The course had a total of 28 students and 17 of the 28 fully participated and consentedto the research. Each semester the students in the program are placed on vertically integratedteams, meaning first and second semester juniors (J1s and J2s) are working with seniors (S1s andS2s), and assigned a project of the scope and scale of a typical capstone project. Students earnsix credits for completing this project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., Gullie Consultant Services; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; John D. Kelly, North Carolina A&T State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Corey A. Graves, North Carolina A&T State University; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Ali Reza Osareh, North Carolina A&T State University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; Demetris Geddis, Hampton University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Fred Lacy, Southern University and A&M College; Hamid R. Majlesein, Southern University and A&M College; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Shujun Yang, Alabama A&M University; Li Jiang, Tuskegee University; Ben O. Oni, Tuskegee University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois at Chicago

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

, and socially just. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and alumni are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She has received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Pradip K. Bandyopadhyay; Amy L. Freeman Ph.D., Tufts University; Ryan Scott Hassler; Mark William Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Mikhail Kagan, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Campus; Ann Marie Schmiedekamp; Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Bridges from Campus to Campus study (NSF IUSE#1525367) is to increase the number of underrepresented students (i.e., African American,Native American, Hispanic American students) in undergraduate Engineering majors. By doingso we strive to address the urgent need to expand the pool of undergraduates who earn a Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) degree. This paper describes progress in Year 2 ofthe project with a focus on Cohort 2.Goals: To improve retention in Engineering, this study conducts academic enrichment programsfor racially underrepresented Engineering students at three points in their career at thePennsylvania State University—entering first-year students, rising sophomores, and risingjuniors. The goals of the study are to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Erik N. Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

students to both get oriented to engineeringdisciplines, job functions, and overall career awareness, as well as to help students develop thegrowth mindset and success strategies needed to be a successful college student in a rigoroustechnical field. As such, many of the activities developed for the lecture and laboratoryIntroduction to Engineering curriculum are designed to help students grow in these vital areas.In developing the lab experience for this course, a primary objective was to identify and design aset of experiments that provided hands-on exploration in the major fields of engineering and theengineering design process, which could also work well in a remote learning setting. A relatedobjective was to identify a set of equipment to

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

programreports that students regarded team work, communication, and time management and/ororganization as “the three most valuable things learned” from the EPICS course. (26)There is strong evidence that supports the statement noted above (27) including assessment dataon the impact of PBL &design courses on student’ benefits, general outcome, & future career (28).Mills and Treagust (29) reviewed published evaluations of PBL programs in engineering andconcluded that students who participate in PBL early on, are more motivated, demonstrate bettercommunication and teamwork skills, and have better understanding of professional practice andhow to apply their learning to real problems; however, some may have less complete mastery ofengineering