Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g) an ability to communicate effectively h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning j) a knowledge of contemporary issues k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for

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Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Leadership Development

, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Perceived Importance of Leadership in their Future Careers Relative to Other Foundational, Technical and Professional Skills among Senior Civil Engineering StudentsAbstractMany demands are placed on undergraduate students to possess a broad range of foundational,technical, and professional knowledge and skills when they graduate. Expectancy value theory(EVT) indicates that students will be more motivated to learn topics that they believe will beimportant in their future, due to utility value. Self-efficacy beliefs also contribute to learning.Given this framework, the research

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, nonverbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a

Conference Session

Works in Progress II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eline Boghaert, University of Waterloo; Jason Grove P.E., University of Waterloo

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Educational Research and Methods

performance, butdata analysis is ongoing (due to ethics considerations the data were only recently released foranalysis). A major weakness of the blended model is the capacity of students for self-directedlearning and so we have identified a need for the course to address metacognitive outcomes – inessence, the course needs to provide support to help students “learn how to learn”. Some studentsstated that they could not learn using online content and “needed to be taught,” as if this is aninherent fact rather than a skill that can be developed. In particular, sections who traditionallystruggle with this course did not find the online content effective for learning and were lesssatisfied with the blended model. Future course offerings may include a

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Andre Millard, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

required to submit a written outline oftheir planned arguments and a short video introducing their topic before the in-class debates nearthe end of the semester. This activity is meant to emphasize that there are always both positiveand negative consequences of technology, an important theme particularly of the second course.Throughout the course, the instructors tried to use historical content to develop studentspreparing to enter technical professions. For example, during one class period, students workedin small groups to investigate an engineering disaster and write a short essay addressing whatwent wrong, what ethical issues surrounded the disaster, and what the effects of the disaster werein terms of changes to government oversight, societal

Conference Session

Accreditation and the BOK

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Swenty P.E., University of Evansville; Matthew K. Swenty, Virginia Military Institute

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Civil Engineering

address uncertainty Probability and statistics At least 4 technical areas appropriate to CE Proficiency in at least 4 CE areas Experiments in at least 2 CE areas Experiments in more than 1 CE area Design in at least 2 CE contexts Design throughout CE curriculum Sustainability in design Basic Concepts: project management, business, Professional Practice Issues: Procurement of public policy, leadership work, bidding vs QBS, design/construct interaction Professional ethics Professional

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivier Putzeys P.E., University of Maine; Masoud Rais-Rohani P.E., University of Maine; Serge Raymond Maalouf, University of Maine

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Mechanical Engineering

wavy fibers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Redesign of an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Course to Keep Students Engaged and InterestedAbstractAn Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course is redesigned by integrating activities thatinvolve experimentation, exploration, analysis, and discovery. The course includes a briefintroduction of principal subject areas in the major and basic training with select software tools.Technical subjects are supplemented by presenting and discussing other important topicsincluding engineering ethics. Behaviors that promote future success such as class attendancealong with teamwork, communication, and other soft skills

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacey E. Tucker-Kulesza, Kansas State University; Grace J. Liang, Kansas State University; Eric J. Fitzsimmons, Kansas State University; Jeff Zacharakis, Kansas State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

classroom strategy to foster social responsibility," Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 373-380, 2006.[9] K. Meyers and B. Mertz, "A large scale analysis of first-year engineering student essays on engineering interests," in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Washington, D.C., 2011.[10] J. H. Pryor, K. Eagan, L. P. Blake, S. Hurtado, J. Berdan and M. Case, "The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2012.," Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the Higher Education, Los Angeles, 2012.[11] N. A. o. Engineering, "Changing the conversation: Messages for improving public understanding of engineering," National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2008.[12] G. Hein and A. Kemppainen, "First-year

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock J. LaMeres, Montana Engineering Education Research Center; Jessi L. Smith, Montana State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, longitudinalstudy of over 300 engineering students at 4 universities nation-wide, students rated theirprofessional/ethical responsibility as engineers, their concern for understanding the consequencesof technology, their degree of social consciousness, and their concern for understanding howpeople use machines. Ratings were collected twice during their college career and once 18months following graduation. The results of Cech’s study revealed that engineers, both asstudents and then when working in industry, showed a linear decline for concerns about publicwelfare across the time points. This report highlighted that engineering students over timeshowed diminished prosocial trait endorsement. Cech’s findings further motivate the study ofprosocial affordance

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Andrew Pierce, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Purdue University

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Community Engagement Division

Process Self-Study Assigned reading of human-centered design process along with completing quiz. Ethics 4 part YouTube series includes common design ethics scenarios, moral, professional, and ethical codes, and ethical frameworks.Design Reviewer RecruitmentConsistency is a challenge among 40 sections and conducting design reviews twice per semester,once at the midterm and once in the final weeks of the semester, are a mechanism to increaseconsistency that involves external reviewers. The design reviews also provide needed technicalrecommendations for the projects, as well as giving the student teams an opportunity to practiceprofessional skills. Design

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Energy Efficiency and Power Grid Security

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Y. Grinberg, Buffalo State

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. 7. Event oscillography of SEL-411L relayAssessment and EvaluationThe testbed project was one of the projects in a senior design two-semester sequence, now in itssecond cycle. Besides technical component, students were assessed in team building skills(ETAC ABET outcome 3e), project management skills (IEEE Program Criterion 4), design andresearch skills (ETAC ABET outcomes 3d and 3f), documentation and presentation skills(ETAC ABET outcome 3g), as well as ethical, social, and professional development skills(ETAC ABET outcomes 3h, 3i, 3j, and 3k). Direct measurement assessment tools were used,including peer assessment of team contributions, NSPE-based ethics exam, papers onengineering ethics, social issues, project management test, as well as

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Jordan, Baylor University

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Materials

idea. It took engineering beyond just worked out problems. It also helped me understand the importance of engineering and being good stewards.  I enjoyed the topics and found them practical  It’s good because it’s an important topic of materials and it can be eye opening for some.  I enjoyed it. It might be a field I study in grad school  I thought it was very interesting, it taught us more about the ethical side of engineering decisions. Especially the green design section.  I think it is a good idea because as engineers we need to consider how our actions might affect Earth and the generations that come after us.Some examples of more neutral response are shown below:  Unopposed, but it didn’t help the

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

courseis currently offered each semester (fall, spring, summer) and reaches 450+ students eachacademic year. The course exists to introduce topics relevant to the technical manager inthe 21st century. Core topics historically covered in the course include: managementpractices, leadership, communications, project management, working in the globalenvironment, risk management, systems engineering, product development,entrepreneurship, ethics, and quality management.As part of a campus-supported course redesign effort, this high-enrollment course wasconverted to an online format in 2014. Prior to the redesign, students participated in atraditional, classroom-based lecture format of the course delivered in a large lecture hallwith capacity of

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion: Concepts, Mental Models, and Interventions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean M. Eddington, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rucha Joshi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Torres, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her academic and research interests include the profes- sional formation of engineers, diversity and inclusion in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, leadership, service-learning, and accessibility and assistive-technology.Dr. Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette Andrew O. Brightman serves as Assistant Head for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Engi- neering Practice in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His research background is in cellular biochemistry, tissue engineering, and engineering ethics. He is committed to developing effective ped- agogies for ethical reasoning

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Craig B. Putnam, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

; and/or c. develop entrepreneurial engineering activities. 2. Engage in life-long and continuous learning, including advanced degrees. 3. Exert technical leadership over multi-disciplinary projects and teams. 4. Contribute as responsible professionals through community service, mentoring, instructing, and guiding their professions in ethical directions. 5. Communicate effectively to professional and business colleagues, and the public.The PEOs shape the curriculum in specific ways, especially regarding entrepreneurship, multi-disciplinarity, and ethics, as described later.2.3. STUDENT OUTCOMESAlthough Robotics is not recognized as a distinct engineering field by ABET, the program wasdesigned to be

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Accreditation and the BOK

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #21056What Do First-year and Senior Civil Engineering Students Think About Rais-ing the Bar on the Education Requirements for Professional Licensure?Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the ABET assessment coordinator for the department. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3 – Course and Program Outcomes

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devanandham Henry, Regent University; Charles Daniel Turnitsa, Regent University; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

- cilitator Classes Taught: •Introduction to Computer Science •Ethics for Computer Science •Operating Systems •Computer Archi- tecture •Software Engineering •Database Fundamentals •Parallel and Distributed Programming •Mobile and Smart Computing •Introduction to Programming •Hardware & Software Research Interests: Computer Science Education, STEM Education, Online Learning, and Cyber Security c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Establishing an Engineering Core – What Does Every Engineer Need to Know, Particularly About Systems Engineering?1. IntroductionAn ABET accredited undergraduate or graduate program lays the foundation for the engineeringcareers of many in

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Design and the Capstone Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Quincy Marshall, Kennesaw State University; Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

ofengineering staff from the sponsoring business provides increased interdependence and thus amore productive cooperative-learning experience.To illustrate the industry impact on system requirements, details of the Spider are presented. Fourmagnetic wheels hold the Spider to ferromagnetic surfaces. The Spider drags behind it a Table 1: Learning outcomes and assessment toolsCourse learning outcome Assessment toolDevelop minimum success criteria for a mechatronic system to be Preliminary reportimplementedManage team tasks by assigning leads for mechanical, electrical, Peer evaluationand coding system componentsExplore case studies in professional ethics

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International Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Hassoun, Notre Dame University - Louaize, Lebanon

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International

Deviation 21.223 Figure 3 – Partial View of a Sample Team ALP Competition Results Table.To motivate students to continuously improve their problem-solving skills, while ensuring a highlevel of transparency, ethics, and accountability, an online competition is organized among classteams for the purpose of obtaining the highest Active Learning Performance (ALP) grades. Inthis regard, while the (student) ALP grade is essentially the average grade obtained by thestudent on the quizzes conducted in class augmented by the bonus points that he/she obtained onthe OTR, as mentioned previously, the Team ALP is defined as the sum of the ALP grades of allteam members. The bonus points are first posted by the moderator on the OTR, through the so

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Poster Session - Engineering Leadership Development Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Arindom Sen, University of Calgary; Emily Wyatt, University of Calgary: Schulich School of Engineering

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Engineering Leadership Development

engineeringeducation curriculum.IntroductionAs societies rapidly advance, and populations grow to unprecedented levels, engineers are facedwith solving increasingly complex problems of a magnitude not previously seen. Solving theseproblems will require more than just the technical and analytical abilities that have traditionallybeen taught in engineering undergraduate programs. Rather, engineers of the future will berequired to possess key non-technical attributes which enable them to also understand andnavigate social, political, economic, cultural, environmental, and ethical aspects of the technicalprojects on which they are working [1]. Engineering educators must meet the challenge ofproviding their students with professional attributes and essential

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

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Programmes (AHEP) requires academic programs to includenon-technical competencies such as working with information ambiguity, communication,innovation, project management, teamwork, and ethics (AHEP, 2014). The American Society ofEngineering Education (ASEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE) want graduates from engineering programs to possessboth technical and non-technical skills (Dukhan and Rayess, 2014). A study of engineeringgraduates’ perspectives on the importance of various ABET technical and non-technicalcompetencies, found the non-technical skills of working in teams, data analysis, problem solving,and communication were critical to graduates’ professional success (Passow, 2012

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First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Dugat Wickliff, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

University of Houston. She is founder of a nationally recognized pre-college initiative program, FreshStart, which has served more than 2000 students since its inception. Dr. Wickliff is blessed to work daily in the area of her passion – developing young professionals – in her role at Texas A&M University. She is a Professor of Engineering Practice. At Texas A&M University, she has taught Capstone Senior Design, Statics & Dynamics, Engineering Ethics, Engineering Leadership and Foundations of Engineering courses. She has also taught Project Management and Risk Management courses for the University of Phoenix. Dr. Wickliff has been honored with University of Houston’s Distinguished Young Engineering Alumni

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd France, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

thatwould directly impact the community and foster students’ appreciation for the relationshipbetween engineering and social responsibility.Fostering students’ “Base Skills,” a facet of the professional development realm related tosocially responsible engineering, as defined by Canney and Bielefeldt,1 aligns with the project’sconnection between technical abilities and resultant societal benefits. This connection is viewedas imperative for developing future engineers’ attitudes towards human-centered design and theirroles in society.2,3 Similarly, ABET calls for holistic skillsets that encompass both technicalskills and “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility,” while the NationalAcademy of Engineering has emphasized the

Conference Session

Assessment and Research Tools

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn R. Gaudette, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Laura A. Robinson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Wodin-Schwartz P.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Educational Research and Methods

. Her training is in nineteenth-century literature, but for the past 9 years she has taught engineering ethics, first-year en- gineering courses, and humanities for engineers. She has also worked with students and colleagues to develop role-playing games teaching engineering within its complex humanistic context. NOTE: this paper has co-authors.Dr. Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Leslie Dodson is a Faculty Teaching Fellow in Undergraduate Studies at WPI. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado-Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science, ATLAS Institute. Her current research interests focus on the intersections of international development, human-centered de- sign and

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); Bruce Alan Race FAIA, FAICP, University of Houston

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Architectural Engineering

Engineering Education, 2018 Develop and Test an Interdisciplinary Course of Sustainable Urban Design and Technology Innovation Xiaojing Yuan, Bruce Race University of Houston, xyuan@uh.eduAbstractArchitecture and engineering technology students are entering professions that demandinnovation and interdisciplinary leadership. Community policies, building codes, professionalorganizations’ ethics, and emerging business models are shifting. Urban development policy andbuilding practices are emphasizing climate and people friendly cities. Cities are pursuing policiesfor new and existing development to meet aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) energy, waste, andwater targets

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Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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International, Minorities in Engineering

perspective on how individual professions studytheir engineering education profession as it relates to diversity and inclusiveness. Each year, thenominations resulted in five or six finalists arising from different divisions which included the K-12 and Pre-College Engineering, First Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering andSociety, Mechanical Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation, andMultidisciplinary Engineering Divisions in 2015, the Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering,Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Women in Engineering Division and thePacific Southwest Section in 2016, and the Aerospace Division, Diversity Committee, LiberalEducation/Engineering & Society Division, Mathematics Division, and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

) assets are important to a company’s valuation and its stakeholders • Employ methods to protect valuable trade secret and confidential information IP assets • Use trademarks, industrial designs, and copyrights to protect brand value • Describe how to file patents Resolving Ethical Issues • Assess, and later reassess, your position on an ethics scale • Define ethics in the context of professional settings • Explain why ethical behavior and the trust it engenders are essential for all engineers especially entrepreneurial engineers • Analyze ethical dilemma case studies and explain who resolved them and how • Apply three methods for resolving ethical dilemmas Generating new ideas based on societal needs and business opportunities • Differentiate

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Icaro Dos Santos

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Biomedical Engineering

this article is todescribe the approach, in particular how it attempts to alleviate the issues above, and a plan toassess its success as it is phased in to the curriculum.Course DescriptionOur Professional Topics in BME course is a two-credit course that runs in the fall trimester. It ison track for junior year students, who begin the four-trimester senior design sequence thefollowing spring trimester. The course meets for two lecture periods for each of the ten weeks inthe term. It runs as a single section of approximately 50 students, meeting in a large lecture hall.The course outcomes are as follows: • Identify what constitutes human subject research and describe the IRB approval process • Identify ethical considerations for

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

performance of an engineered artefact. Morerecently virtual laboratories based on computer simulation and remote labs where physical orvirtual equipment is accessed at a distance using the internet have become accepted under theumbrella of “laboratory”. The proposed new ABET Criteria 3 (Student Outcomes) has broadenedsomewhat in respect of experimentation, thereby presenting an opportunity for discussion aroundlaboratory contexts.This paper argues we should adopt a more expansive understanding of what counts as a“laboratory”; one that recognizes the reality that practicing engineers must be adept at creatingand conducting investigations that take into account not only technical factors but also the socio-cultural, economic and even ethical aspects