Conference Session

Design Thinking and Creativity

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, 2018 Design Thinking in Engineering Course DesignAbstractDesign thinking is a robust framework for creatively and effectively identifying and solvingimportant human problems. While design thinking is commonly associated with fields likeindustrial design, it can be applied to many problem types. For example, several recent examplesdemonstrate the applicability of design thinking to the design and development of educationalmaterials, courses, and systems. These results suggest that design thinking could be used as aframework to (re)design and develop effective engineering courses. The goal of this project is tounderstand how nine educators from different backgrounds did or did not use design thinking toredesign a sophomore

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto; Paul R. Chiarot, State University of New York at Binghamton

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Pre-College Engineering Education

camp program.The logistics were co-determined by the participating institutions and were based on the planned,annual activities of the experienced outreach organization. The experiences of the US studentcohort mirrored the activities (on a modified timeline) that participating Canadian studentsendured. For this project, we worked within a qualitative research paradigm to explore theelements of the collaboration. Data collection thus far for the project was conducted through twomethods: document analysis and open-ended survey. Document analysis examined the physicalartifacts [9] from the Canadian and US outreach groups, including agenda, program schedules,manuals, curriculum documents, and training materials. Documents were assessed

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phelana Pang, Seattle Girls' School

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

 a nine­day period.  Each day’s lesson lasted 2 hours, with a total of 18 hours for the entire unit.  Forty­seven students participated in the STEAM project over two years.  The unit consisted of lessons in neuroscience, sensory impairment, ethics, circuitry, programming Arduino microcontrollers, and the engineering design process.  Students then spent the last three days of the unit engaging in the creative process of planning, building, and testing a model of a device that substituted one sense with another (see Appendix A for an outline of the lessons). Two neuroscience lessons involved the discussion of sensory inputs, processing through the central nervous system, and motor outputs.  Since the class was multi­grade, 7th and 8th grade

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. LaShan Simpson, Mississippi State University; Ed Dechert, Mississippi State University

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Biomedical Engineering

form theirideas and create effective proposals. The written responses from the focus groups were based ontwo questions: (1) describe the writing you did in the course and (2) what would you changeabout the writing process for this course? The responses were coded thematically by thoserelated to the scaffold structure of the assignments and those related to the writing process.Based on the 45 students’ written responses at the beginning of the focus groups, almost a third(29%; n=13) of the students felt that they either needed more time between drafts to be able todevelop quality writing or the writing process needed to start earlier in the course. Students saidthe turn around times for different iterations of the scaffolded project were too

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Willis J. Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical Engineering

Associate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His teaching spe- cialty is on the topic of Biomedical Engineering Design and Bioinstrumentation and has taken initiative to develop hands-on blended learning based courses on the same topics. His research interest is on global health and engineering and currently working on projects in Honduras, Ethiopia, India and Vietnam. He has received the Recognition Award for Achievement in Global Engaged Scholarship in 2013 through the Wisconsin Without Borders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Professor of the Year Award in 2012, through the Biomedical Engineering Society at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a number of teaching awards

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Gavin, University of Wisconsin,Platteville ; Lisa Naderman, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #21640Connecting STEM Scholars with Employers WorldwideMelissa Gavin, University of Wisconsin,Platteville After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gavin worked for a government research nonprofit and since obtaining her master’s degree has worked for a variety of nonprofits in various roles. Currently, she is the Special Projects Coordinator for the Distance Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Gavin also teaches MEDIA 3010/5010 Business Communication and APC 3300 Technical and Professional Communication.Lisa Naderman, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Lisa Naderman

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Karl W. Reid, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Tech; Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

develop and expand the nation-wide Summer Engineering Experiences for Kids (SEEK)program. In partnership with education researchers from Virginia Tech and Purdue University,NSBE aims to expand participation in SEEK using the research-to-practice cycle to identify anddevelop best practices moving forward. This paper summarizes preliminary results from the firstyear of the three-year project, Strengthening the STEM Pipeline for Elementary School AfricanAmericans, Hispanics, and Girls by Scaling Up Summer Engineering Experiences. Findingsfrom this research suggest that over the course of the SEEK program students showed increasesin their conceptual knowledge (i.e., math, science, and engineering) as well as their attitudestowards these disciplines

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Sheila Ross, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

students that took traditional precalculus versus those thattook the “Engineering Applications of Mathematics” course. Their study showed promisingresults in favor of their new course. Salzman, et al., also adopted the work done by Klingbeil inmodifying their “Introduction to Engineering” course, with one of the bigger changes to theiroriginal course being a shift from open-ended design projects to mathematics focused projects.The data provided in [6] anecdotally shows that the math focused course was beneficial for thefollowing mathematics and science courses. There have been other studies on the impact of anintroductory mathematics course centered around engineering applications on student retention,motivation, and ability in later courses as

Conference Session

Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Elizabeth G. Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Richard L. Wood, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert M. Erdmann, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Marilyne Stains, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Civil Engineering

a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over 25 research projects. She has authored or co-authored over 50 papers and served as committee chair for over 25 Masters and Doctoral students. Since 2008, she has served as one of the faculty advisors for the University of Nebraska’s Chapter of En- gineers Without Borders-USA. Dr. Jones has received numerous awards for her leadership, mentoring and teaching including most recently the 2015 Holling Family Distinguished Teaching / Advising / Mentoring Award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering and the 2014 Engineers Without Borders-USA Peter J. Bosscher Faculty Advisor Award for Outstanding Leadership.Dr. Richard L. Wood, University

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Camille Birch; Celina Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

full offering of our curriculum through a new honorssection of a large introductory bioengineering course.The introductory course aims to provide broad exposure to several areas of research inbioengineering such as cancer diagnostics, medical device development, regenerative medicine,global health, and synthetic biology. The course emphasizes critical reading of scientificliterature and technical writing, and broadly covers the engineering design process, creativeproblem-solving techniques, engineering ethics, social constraints, and other design principles.Students complete an end-of-course team project where they design a solution to a global healthproblem of their choice.Learning ObjectivesWe aim to engage early engineering students in

Conference Session

Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noa Bruhis; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #23834Exploring Whitewater Rafting Guides’ Values of Learning and TeachingNoa BruhisDr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering pro- grams and Tooker Professor at the Polytechnic School in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation project courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).KeywordsSTEM, computational thinking, drones, programming, middle schoolIntroductionActive learning has a positive impact on students’ cognitive engagement and thus on learning1-3.Active learning can be in many forms such project-based learning, collaborative learning, andcooperative learning. However, an important element to consider is that the active-learningstrategy must support cognitive engagement to foster deeper learning. Authentic learningenvironments have been shown to particularly effective for cognitive engagement of learners. Thetwo important attributes of an authentic learning environment are real world relevance andcompeting solutions to the problems being solved4. More recently, the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

“report a lowersense of belonging” [34] in comparison to their white and male counterparts [35] – [37].Belonging to STEM fields is dependent on self-efficacy, which is the “confidence in one’sability to successfully perform a given task” [34]. For a mentee to feel positive about their field,the mentee’s perception of the relationship with the mentor is significant. Prunuske et. al. [30]determined that mentees’ confidence improved when they actively participated in researchprojects and acquired “the skills necessary for professional socialization.” They also determinedthat the personality of the mentor was more significant than the research project. In addition, thementees wanted mentors who would communicate and engage with them. When studying

Conference Session

Virtual Reality, Simulation, and Optimization of Manufacturing

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Fraley, Tennessee Technological University; Astrit Imeri, Tennessee Technological University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

studies from the Department of Computer Graphics Technology. He has re- ceived federal, regional, and international grants for his work. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Comparative Study on Affordable Photogrammetry ToolsAbstractThe objective of the Project MANEUVER (Manufacturing Education Using Virtual EnvironmentResources)1 is to develop an affordable virtual reality (VR) framework to address the imminentdemand for well-trained digital manufacturing (DM) professionals. One important part of ProjectMANEUVER involves studying, evaluating, and identifying cost-efficient ways to generate 3D solidmodels for use in VR frameworks. To this end, this paper explains the research effort to

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Collection

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Janet K. Lumpp, University of Kentucky; Joshua Parsons; Shannon Lee Sampson; Brad A. Hubbard, University of Kentucky

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First-Year Programs

). Not at all of this is without harsh – and sometimes inconsistent – criticisms of theprogram itself. One such bone of contention among faculty is the level of required work withinthe FYE courses. Some faculty had heard from students that the coursework was relatively easy,including a few who explicitly described the work as “GPA boosters.” Other faculty had heardthe opposite, that the work was difficult given the number of credit hours required. The numberof credit hours for the design-centric course in the three-course FYE program is two semesterhours, and this includes the construction of a team-based project, significant team formationtraining, and other activities normally present in three- or four-hour courses. Another potentially

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Caroline Batson, University of Mississippi

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Students in Colleges of EngineeringIntroductionCommunication skills used by all engineers include writing, reading, speaking, and listening.Whereas reading and listening focus on comprehension, writing and speaking are forms ofexpression. Engineers employ technical writing with the goals of being accurate, brief, clear,and easy to understand. Engineers use many forms of written communication: on the job, theycompose technical memoranda, project reports, and proposals for new business; while ingraduate programs, they may assist professors with technical reports and publishable articles,while individually writing their thesis or dissertation. Written English has many conventionsintended to impose order on the chaotic English language. While the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leda Lunardi, North Carolina State University; Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Katherine Cimorelli, North Carolina State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, scholars havereported that the interactions with like-minded peers helped them achieve success in theirundergraduate career at NC State University.AcknowledgementsThis program was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DUE# 1259630.The authors thank all the students and mentors that have participated in this project, the input inthe early phase of the project with Dr. M. Fuentes, Dr. A. Mitchell, Dr. J. Picart, Dr. C. Zelnar,and Dr. M. Stimpson. We are thankful for the support and assistance of the Dean of the Collegeof Engineering, NCSU College of Engineering Minority Engineering Program, NCSUEngineering Place and the local Society of Women Engineering (SWE) Chapter.References 1. NC State STEM Scholars https://www.ece.ncsu.edu

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Programs for the Future

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabeel Yousef, Daytona State College; Ron Eaglin, Daytona State College

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Industrial Engineering

Technol- ogy and Infrastructure for the NSF Center for e-Design at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Yousef developed a strategic plan for information technology for the center. Dr. Yousef authored several refereed publications including book chapters, journal papers, and conference papers. He was also either the PI or the Co-PI in many research projects related to Cost Engineering, Cost and Quality Effectiveness, Cost Modeling, System of Systems Interoperability, Supply Chain Management, Decision Support Systems, Knowledgebase Systems, and Database Management. During his career Dr. Yousef earned the award of Excellent Service from the department of Industrial En- gineering and Management Systems in 2006, and

Conference Session

Hands-On Skills in BME

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen R. Thickman, University of Washington

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Biomedical Engineering

scalingdata. It is not expected that students can write a program to analyze data, but they should becomfortable using a command line programs whether in Java, Python, MatLab or R. As this is afast-changing field, we try to use the most current computational tools. Many of these arecurrently being developed in the programing language R. Therefore, students are introduced to Rand R Studio in the course. These freely available tools run on Mac and Linux environments.Students complete analysis-based reports at the end of each analytical module.Through a final project, students have the opportunity to explore and expand their interest ingenomics. Students have chosen a variety of topics including: defining the criteria for a new typeof sequencer

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Pawan Ramchandra Galande

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

unit, soil and irrigation water analysis laboratory, nursery,earthworm production unit, medicinal and aromatic plant garden, sheep and goat farm, fruitorchard mother block, shade-net, and hydroponic project. The college has departmentallaboratories that are renovated and furnished with state of the art equipment. The college isaccredited by the university through 2018-19 and offers a three-year diploma program, whichadmits 90 students after graduating from high schools. The admissions are based on students’performances in the high school graduation examination, which is a government managed state-wide examination. The main objectives of the diploma program are, 1) to develop competence amongst itsstudents for solving problems related to

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shiloh James Howland, Brigham Young University; Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew Katz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics

select results from an NSF-funded project aiming to address some of thesegaps in the literature. This longitudinal study was conducted across four universities and focusedon the ethical development of undergraduate engineering students. Preliminary analysis ofinterviews from the first phase of this study identified a number of major themes in the data set,two of which are important to highlight here: 1) influences on students’ ethical perspectives (e.g.,academic curricular, extracurricular activities, family, etc.) and 2) learned outcomes, defined asinsights, learning, or realizations related to ethics, morality, and values. Deeper investigation ofthe relationship between specific influences and students’ insights related to ethics can provide

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lessons Learned Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice E. Grimes, Air Force Institute of Technology; Sharon Claxton Bommer, KBRWyle; Adedeji B. Badiru P.E., Air Force Institute of Technology

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

College at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He is a registered professional engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. His areas of interest include mathematical modeling, project modeling and analysis, economic analysis, systems engineering, and efficiency/productivity analysis & improvement. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Lessons Learned: Program Structure for a Formalized New Faculty Orientation Alice Grimes Air Force Institute of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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ASEE Board of Directors

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

understand the content ofthe design project, they are able to address the boundary between being precise and being clear.For even an experienced technical writing teacher, who might have twenty different researchtopics in a class, the ability to comment on precision is challenging. Another advantage of our approach is the depth of the content. Assuming that a student ina typical technical writing course spends 3 hours outside of class for every hour in class onassignments and assuming that 2 of those hours are spent on the writing, the student would spendat most 15 hours researching the topic of the document sequence. However, because eachstudent in Effective Engineering Writing has one entire design course (with 2 hours of largelecture and 3

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danielle Roslyn Montecalvo, American University; Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics and Physics

Paper ID #22361Voices of the Millennial Generation: Connections Between Physics, ScientificLiteracy and Attitudes towards Future Space ExplorationMs. Danielle Roslyn Montecalvo, American University Danielle Montecalvo is a May 2018 graduate from American University in Washington, D.C. with a B.A. in International Studies and Physics. She recently served as an intern on the Space Studies Board at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and for the Office of International and Interagency Relations at NASA Headquarters, where she worked on space policy initiatives and public outreach projects. In the

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julien Henri Arrizabalaga, University of Oklahoma; Matthias U. Nollert, University of Oklahoma; Rachel C. Childers, University of Oklahoma

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Biomedical Engineering

be obtained fromuniaxial tension tests, including: tensile strength, failure stress, regions of strain hardening, andregions of necking, 2) quantitatively assess the anisotropic properties of a material via uniaxialtensile testing, 3) experimentally demonstrate the time-dependent nature of a biomaterial’smechanical response, and 4) quantitatively assess the viscoelastic properties, such as creep andrelaxation, of a soft biomaterial via uniaxial tensile testing.In addition to the mechanical testing experiments for the laboratory course, we plan to let thestudents use these devices to complete projects and self-designed experiments related tobiomechanics at the end of the semester. We hope to explore the use of these devices to help inspirethe

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Dawood, New Mexico State University; Karen Trujillo, New Mexico State University; Patti Wojahn, New Mexico State University; Melissa J. Guynn, New Mexico State University; Luis Manuel Rangel Jr.; S. M. Yahea Mahbub, New Mexico State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

disciplines as part of our university’s Higher Learning Commission 10-year re-accreditation cycle. As Borderlands Writing Project Director, I also work with K-16 teachers to strengthen quality in using writing in their courses to help students learn, regardless of discipline.Dr. Melissa J. Guynn, New Mexico State University I am a cognitive psychologist with a primary interest in human memory.Mr. Luis Manuel Rangel Jr.S. M. Yahea Mahbub, New Mexico State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Metacognition: Helping Students Plan, Monitor, & Evaluate Study Skills & StrategiesAbstract: In STEM education, numerous studies have explored how instructors, pedagogy, andcurriculum

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University; Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #21859Engineering Deans’ Perspectives on the Value of Entrepreneurial Thinkingin Engineering EducationMr. Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University Mark Huerta is a second year PhD student in the Engineering Education Systems & Design (EESD) program at Arizona State University. Mark is also the Chairman and Director of Projects of a non-profit called 33 Buckets, which empowers rural communities in developing countries to develop solutions for their drinking water problems. Before enrolling in the EESD program, Mark obtained a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering at ASU.Dr. Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert G. Batson P.E., University of Alabama

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Diversity

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Mathematics

Paper ID #21065How to Make Engineering Statistics More Appealing to Millennial StudentsDr. Robert G. Batson P.E., University of Alabama Bob Batson is a professor of construction engineering at The University of Alabama. His Ph.D. train- ing was in operations research, and he has developed expertise in applied statistics over the past thirty years. He currently teaches the required courses in project management, safety engineering, engineering management, and engineering statistics within the undergraduate programs of the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department, and graduate courses in operations

Conference Session

Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Charles McIntyre, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Brandon Sorge, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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Diversity

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International

becausethey value that life style and they fully understand climate change issues.Unfortunately, the U.S., as a whole, is not moving in the same directions as Germany. However,some cities in the U.S. are actively pursuing sustainable agendas. Portland, Oregon leads the listfor the most sustainable city in the U.S. with half of its energy coming from renewable sources[9]. Other U.S. cities are leading the way with large scale recycling and composting programs.San Francisco, eliminates 80% of the city’s waste through its recycling and composting program.In addition, the city has approximately 700 LEED-certified building projects [9]. In order to havea greater and long-lasting impact, sustainability issues need to be addressed at the national, state,and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Martin Freisinger, U.S. Military Academy; Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy; Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

- - - XIntrinsic Motivation X X - -Readiness to Learn X X - X Often, andragogy is used in conjunction with project-based learning (PBL)3, but little isknown regarding whether undergraduate engineering students have developed the adult learningorientation which allows them to fully benefit from these techniques. Students may only view theproject as a means to a grade rather than a concrete experience from which to draw upon later intheir career. In project-based learning, students solve problems and learn, or often teachthemselves, topics in pursuit of accomplishing the project goal.23 Similar to Knowles’ idea ofactivity