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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University; Robert Bass, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

model of a street intersection with working LED traffic lights and crosswalk switches, allunder real-time MATLAB program control. The project is divided into a research stage, aconstruction/programming stage, and a final demonstration. At the end of the research period,students write a report describing their work and evaluate their own performance and that of theirteammates using CATME. This information gives both the team and the instructor criticalfeedback on the team’s working dynamics and interaction. Another peer evaluation is done afterthe final demonstration. For long-term planning, each team is expected to define the major goalsand timeline needed to complete their project. From this, they are asked to generate a traditionalGantt chart

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Faculty Development Lightning Talks

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Kenya Crosson, University of Dayton; Aaron Altman, United States Air Force Research Laboratory; Elizabeth Hart, University of Dayton; Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

and criteria used to assess this, and developed a rubricthat formed the basis for the Professional Strategic Plan Development Tool (PDT).In December of 2017, the leadership of the P&T Re-visioning Committee used the informationobtained from the literature review, relevant Academic Senate Documents, existing SoE Policies,and the PDT, to write a draft of the Criteria and Procedure Policy for Evaluation and Promotionof Faculty, Faculty of Practice and Lecturers and Tenure of Faculty. The initial draft wasreviewed by the Dean of the SoE, and representatives from the Office of Diversity and Inclusionand the Women’s Center. Feedback provided by these groups was used to make modifications tothe draft which was then released to the entire Re

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Liberal Education Division Technical Session 11

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Hannah Sabo; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, Walden, & Trytten, 2007; Secules, Gupta, Elby, & Turpen, 2018). Our team has been engaged in the iterative redesign of a pedagogy seminar for engineering peer educators working within a college-level introduction to engineering design course. Using tools of discourse analysis, we analyze how technocratic stances are reproduced or challenged in engineering peer educators’ talk during pedagogy seminar discussions. We study peer educators, in particular, because they are in a unique position to do harm if the ideologies of meritocracy and technocracy aren't challenged. Likewise, they are in a unique position to do good if they actively disrupt these ideologies in

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kamau Wright, University of Hartford

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

the instructors and helping support all thestudents, the assignment of three sub-groups created a clear structure where students had pointsof contact in between sessions, and for subsequent break-out sessions or activities which requiredgroups, it was easy to fall into these mentor groups. It should be noted that all Peer Mentors hadreceived training in the Guaranteed 4.0 Program and were able to check students’ bullet pointnotes and other assignments. In this week, the instructor lectured on the concept of forming goals using the“S.M.A.R.T” technique. Students were tasked with writing down goals for the semester and/oryear, and then reviewing a few ancillary resources online about the acronym of “S.M.A.R.T.”They were then tasked with

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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A. Ayanna Boyd-Williams, North Carolina A&T State University; Shea Bigsby, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T State University; Evelyn Sowells-Boone, North Carolina A&T State University; Mark A. Melton, Saint Augustine's University

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Minorities in Engineering

leadership studies at North Carolina A&T State University. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision making, intellectual sustainability in higher education, corporate social responsibility and ethics, and East Asian higher education systems. She has presented numerous workshops on issues related to minority affairs, graduate admissions and funding opportunities, intellectual capital management and investment, core professional development competencies, and graduate research and teaching assistant training and assessment.Dr. Shea Bigsby, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Shea Bigsby is the Coordinator of Graduate Writing Services in the Graduate College at North Car- olina A&T State

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Manufacturing Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Jong-Hoon Kim, Washington State University

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Manufacturing

., & Kidd, J., “Implementing Peer-Review Activities forEngineering Writing Assignments”, in Proceedings of the 2017 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 2017. Available:https://peer.asee.org/28483AppendixTable A. Lab 5 Report Assessment Rubric Your lab report score (130 max) = (AA score + CCT score + TC score)×5 + 70 Novice (1) Competent (2) Proficient (3) Exemplary (4) Audience The writer establishes The writer is The writer mentions The writer clearly outlines Awareness no purpose or clear somewhat effective objectives of the report the objectives of the report (AA

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Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa J. Didiano, University of Toronto; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Jonathan Turner, University of Toronto; Mark Franklin, University of Toronto & OneLifeTools; Jason H. Anderson, University of Toronto; Markus Bussmann, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Julie Audet P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Graduate Studies

, University of Toronto, and holds the Jeffrey Skoll En- dowed Chair. He joined the FPGA Implementation Tools Group, Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA, USA, in 1997, where he was involved in placement, routing, and synthesis. He became a Principal Engineer at Xilinx in 2007 and joined the university in 2008. His research interests are all aspects of tools, archi- tectures, and circuits for FPGAs. He has co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed research publications, 4 book chapters, holds 29 U.S. patents, and was Program Co-Chair for FPL 2016, Program Chair for ACM FPGA 2017, and is General Chair for ACM FPGA 2018. He is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor of LegUp Computing Inc.Prof. Markus Bussmann, University of Toronto Dr

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Gillen, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Gary R. Kirk, Virginia Tech; Holly Larson Lesko, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Director for the VT PEERS (Partnering with Educators and Engineer- ing in Rural Schools) program at Virginia Tech. This NSF funded program is housed in the Engineering Education Department and provides contextual, culturally relevant engineering curriculum and support in partnership with educators and local industry in three targeted rural schools systems in Virginia. Ms. Lesko leads the implementation team for VT PEERS and facilitates relationships with the educational and industry partners in the project. Her past research focus on rural and vulnerable community development through art and collaborative narrative praxis and influences her current engagement and practice. She has worked to address policy needs in

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Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colleen Elizabeth Bronner, University of California, Davis; Alin Wakefield, University of California, Davis; Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Kara Moloney Ph.D., University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

parents are frequently unable to help them navigate their educational pathway. 2) Knowing the Rules or Ambiguity: LIATFG graduate students may be unclear about the expectations of graduate study. They may perceive that their peers know the “rules of the game” while they do not know what is expected or how to navigate the system. 3) Living in Two Worlds: Families of LIATFG students are often supportive of college, but may be less understanding of the value of graduate education. LIATFG students may not feel they fully belong to either their family/culture, or within academia. 4) Seeking Support: LIATFG students can have difficulty building the necessary support systems (whether they be social, academic and/or

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Pre-College Engineering Education in the Formal Classroom

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cara N. Morton, Washington State University; Kira J. Carbonneau, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

self-evaluation. Reading &Writing Quarterly, 19(2), 159-172.Schunk, D. H., & Hanson, A. R. (1985). Peer models: Influence on children's self-efficacy and achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 77(3), 313.Sungur, S., & Güngören, S. (2009). The role of classroom environment perceptions in self- regulated learning and science achievement. Elementary Education Online, 8(3), 883- 900.Usher, E. L., & Pajares, F. (2006). Sources of academic and self-regulatory efficacy beliefs of entering middle school students. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 31(2), 125- 141.

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

collaboration, quality of peer evaluation, the strategy of teamformation, and communication among team members can raise issues related to the genderand race. These problems can be solved by educating students to deal with possible issuesand understand the importance of diversity. Also, facilitating teams during the semester isessential for reducing any conflict related to gender or race. But, the most important one isthe perception of professors because no problem can be solved if professors do not believethe importance of gender and race in teamwork AcknowledgmentWe would like to thank Dr. Godwin for her guidance in writing this paper. We also want tothank Maizey Benner for her contribution

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ERM Technical Session 18: Student Learning and Problem Solving

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Ferrar, Temple University; Pete Watkins, Temple University

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Educational Research and Methods

Initiatives. After graduating in 2015, he joined the BEARS Lab (B&E Applied Research and Science) in the nuclear engineering program at the University of Florida as postdoctoral researcher where he investigated spent fuel storage and cancer treatment. Throughout his graduate and postdoctoral experiences he participated in teaching, student mentorship, and faculty development as an instructor and advocate for learning inno- vation. He joined the Temple University faculty in 2015, where he focuses on Engineering Entrepreneur- ship, Social Networking and Connections in Higher Education, Peer-to-Peer Mentorship, and Open and Inclusive Education.Pete Watkins, Temple University Pete Watkins is an Associate Director in

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Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lilian Maria de Souza Almeida, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

best medium option tocommunicate with the target audience. Contemporary engineers are also required tocommunicate globally, since interactions with peers and other audiences located in differentparts of the world are very common in most industrial segments.The communication challenges of engineers in industry include difficulties with public speakingand miscommunication in writing. Expertise in these two communication aspects need to bemore appropriately developed among engineering students in order to prepare them to theindustry demands. Cross-generational communication challenges or difficulties related tocommunication between older and younger generations of engineers were also one of thecommunication challenges revealed in this study

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill M. D. Motschenbacher, North Dakota State University; Melissa Vosen Callens; James Nyachwaya, North Dakota State University; Emily A. Berg, North Dakota State University; Jared Ladbury, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Paul Kelter, North Dakota State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

mechanization and post-harvest maize production in Wang’uru, Kenya and Iganga, Uganda. She also served for four years in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Sacramento (AOE-1) as an Interior Communications Electrician.Dr. Melissa Vosen Callens, Melissa Vosen Callens is currently an assistant professor of practice in instructional design and commu- nication at North Dakota State University, Fargo. Her areas of research and teaching interest include Popular Culture and Online Education. Her writing can be found in The Ultimate Walking Dead and Phi- losophy, English Journal, Communication Teacher, Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History, and A Sense of Community: Essays on the Television Series and Its Fandom

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

such a project, students will beinterviewed by peers and the instructor. All students will participate in a mock interview. Everystudent is responsible for writing at least one chapter of the final document (book).Example:The following project might be one possible choice for the students with Electrical and ComputerEngineering major:Name of the project: Automation of the appliances in a house. This project controls appliancessuch as: Radio, TV, Garage door, Shower, Coffee maker, Microwave, Telephone, Refrigerator, etc.Main Hardware: ZigBee or WiFi, IP gateway, Microcontroller.Main Software: Graphic User Interface (GUI) was written using a high level language (JAVA,C++, C#, VBNET).Every student will select one of the appliances for controlling

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frances Harackiewicz P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Lizette R. Chevalier P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Omer Salih Elsanusi, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Karen Sue Renzaglia

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

SIUC and completing the baccalaureate degree. To ensure scholars advance academicallyand professionally, they are integrated into a mentoring and support network of staff, peers, facultyand professionals. Together they engage in a diverse set of professional development activities.Goal 2: Improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, with a focus onacademically talented low-income students (Quality Educational experiences in EnergyScience/engineering) Energy Scholars join a learning community through a common curriculum and facultymentored hands-on learning experiences. Individual assistance is provided for scholars to secureinternships and research opportunities that focus on collaborative interdisciplinary

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CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Bowers, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Kate Fisher; Zachary Holman, Arizona State University; Mathew D. Evans, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

andwriting in multiple mediums and interacting around physical tools and artifacts23, 24, 25 in serviceof design goals.Thus, our model distinguishes communicating with others about your work, communicatingabout other’s work (such as offering), and reading the research literature. Engineers mustcommunicate about their own work and its value accurately, clearly, and succinctly to multipleaudiences26 . Not only must engineering apprentices learn to “speak like engineers” in the lab22,they must also learn to write like scientists outside of the lab, communicating discipline-specificideas to knowledgeable industry members, customers, community stakeholders, and engineersfrom a diverse range of disciplines, translating across a wide set of semiotic

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #25992Board 57: Identifying and Disseminating Transformative Professional Devel-opment of STEM Undergraduates Who Perform Outreach: Progress in Year1Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of teaching in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 2018) and The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer-Verlag, 2013). He is also founder of the popular websites Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science (www.craftofscientificwriting.com) and the Assertion-Evidence

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

using Apple i-pad Pros toefficiently write feedback on student work using the Apple pencil. Giving feedback to studentsquickly is one of the primary roles of both faculty and facilitators in this program.Active, integrated learning includes a range of activities from field trips, conference presentations,peer to peer teaching, workshops and trainings in the fabrication lab and electronics lab, STEMoutreach events, as well as workshops on professional expectations. Online gamificationresources such as Kahoot [14], Quizlet [15], and Plickers [16] are regularly used. In Design,students email and meet with clients, vendors, and subject matter experts. Teams travel toindustry client locations in a program-provided vehicle.Written reflections

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ERM Technical Session 5: Assessment

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan M. Hicks, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Educational Research and Methods

finalstage, these analyses will be processed to create a set of recommendations to reduce variability.Context. This study is contextualized in a first-year engineering program at a large publicuniversity. Analysis is centered in the second course of a two-semester sequence of courses.This course typically has over a dozen sections of over 100 students each spring semester. Eachsection usually employs an instructor, a graduate teaching assistant, four undergraduate peerteachers, and two undergraduate graders. For any given assessment, each grader typically gradesone-third of the section responses and the peer teachers split the remaining responses. All of thegrading is generally overseen by the graduate teaching assistant, though specifics vary

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Deirdre D. Ragan, The Citadel; Jason Geathers, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

focused on underrepresented populations, specifically women and minorities, whileothers are implemented for the entire engineering student population. Mentoring efforts include:demographic-specific advisors, faculty advisors, peer mentors, faculty mentors, and engineeringindustry mentors. The School has taken a four-year approach to its mentoring efforts. Overallobjectives of the mentoring program are multifaceted: 1) to help new students transition to highereducation and identify with their particular program; 2) to help students who are struggling inupper level courses and in leadership positions or conducting undergraduate research; and 3) tohelp students with their transition to the engineering profession.This paper describes how one

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Computer-Based Learning in Chemical Engineering Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

place students on a higher performance leveland can lead to fading or scaffolded achievement [7].Recent research raises concerns about over-scaffolding learners; while they sometimes performbetter on short-term knowledge gains than peers who are not scaffolded, they also reportedlydevelop negative attitudes toward the subject matter [8]. Instead, providing goals, such as adesign challenge, can better organize their learning. Other forms of scaffolds can also providebenefit. For instance, scaffolds that organize student work on ill-structured problems can supportthem to think about the problem and learn as they do so [9].The design process spans definition of problem, navigation of the scientific literature forbackground, brainstorming multiple

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Assessment of Student Learning and Skills

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering

of Virginia must take a coreyearlong integrative laboratory sequence, typically during their third year in the program.Students are randomly assigned into teams of 3-4 students in the first semester of this sequence,whereas they are allowed to self-select teams in the second semester. At the end of bothsemesters, students complete mandatory peer evaluations that are used in calculatingparticipation scores each term for every student in the course. Throughout more than a decade ofteaching this sequence, the instructors anecdotally observed that many teams remained togetherin the spring after having been randomly sorted into teams in the fall semester. However, arigorous quantitative analysis of the impact of team assignment method on team

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2018 Best PIC and Zone Paper Presentations

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Joseph Ewing, University of Texas, Arlington

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ASEE Board of Directors

study and identified that students were ill-equipped todeal with the rigors of the engineering curriculum, particularly in the areas of problem solving,professional writing, and computer programming. Therefore, to address these areas, UTA hasrecently created a new first year engineering course that uses the Student-Centered ActiveLearning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies (SCALE-UP) method. This presentationwill include an overview of not only student performance broken down by several student groupsbut also early surveys showing student perception of the effectiveness of this method. The resultswill show that these pedagogies are effective in aiding students to learn the principles ofengineering. In addition, student surveys will show

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ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Lee Russell, Grand Canyon University; Maria Zafonte, Grand Canyon University

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Educational Research and Methods

- engineering-programs-2018-2019/#GC1[12] W. H. Guilford, “Teaching peer review and the process of scientific writing,” Advances in Physiology Education, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 167-175, 2011. Appendix ARate how important the following skills are to your future career in engineering: Very Important Somewhat Not very Completely Important Important important unimportantMath skills 1 2 3 4 5Verbal Communication skills 1 2 3 4 5Writing skills 1

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ERM Technical Session 3: Working in Teams

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bankole Kolawole Fasanya, Purdue University Northwest; Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, but the studies were based only on studentperspectives, whereas, student final grades were not included in the analysis to confirm studentsreport. Student classroom engagement greatly involves peer-to-peer interaction and not student-to-machine interaction. Nevertheless, student classroom engagement is complex and broad to behandled in one direction. Some researchers classified student behavior as a predictor of classroomengagement [11]. Likewise, Appleton, Christenson, and Furlong [12] classified factors thataffected student classroom engagement into two categories namely; the indicators and thefacilitators. The author further divided indicator factor into three categories namely: affective,behavioral, and cognitive and the facilitator

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ERM Technical Session 9: Persistence and Retention

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University; Jennifer Johnson, Northern Arizona University; Jennifer Marie Duis, Northern Arizona University; Pauline Entin, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

asfrequent interactions with faculty and peers and more participation in academic activities, is mostimportant for student persistence. Townsend and Wilson [4] concurred, identifying that theseinteractions contribute to a student sense of belonging at the institution. Rendón [18] found thatthe more students perceive an interaction as being positive, the more they view themselves as anintegral and valued member of their college, critical for an overall positive experience. A number of studies have identified academic integration in college as more importantthan social integration for transfer student persistence. For instance, Townsend and Wilson [4]found that community college transfers make their social connection in the classroom, and

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Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rezvan Nazempour; Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois, Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

Standards and Technology.Dr. Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago Peter Nelson was appointed Dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) College of Engineer- ing in July of 2008. Prior to assuming his deanship, Professor Nelson was head of the UIC Depart- ment of Computer Science. In 1991, Professor Nelson founded UIC’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, which specializes in applied intelligence systems projects in fields such as transportation, manufacturing, bioinformatics and e-mail spam countermeasures. Professor Nelson has published over 80 scientific peer reviewed papers and has been the principal investigator on over $30 million in research grants and con- tracts on issues of

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Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Tracy Q. Gardner, Colorado School of Mines; Jason C. Ganley, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

amongstall involved and motivate student engagement and cooperation. This in turn leads to studentsachieving significant technical and non-technical learning outcomes and the course is recognizedby alumni and recruiters as highly effective at preparing students for theworkplace. Furthermore, despite the intense pace and depth and breadth of skills covered andassessed in the course, the fail rate is effectively zero.The course is offered twice each summer, each 6-week session currently accommodating up to84 students, with a Student-to-Professor ratio of up to 12:1 (yes, 7 faculty per session!). Thereare also writing instructors, a lab manager, and at least two TA’s working full- to nearly full-timeto help manage the course. There is 1 experiment per

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Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy K. Dunford, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rohit Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

their students, and facilitating group work, among other activities12,25,26. The lecturebook acts as the Freeform equivalent of a textbook. It includes equations, derivations, example problems, and conceptual questions. There is also ample white space so that students may take Course Lecturebook notes or write-out solutions alongside the text itself, acting to foster student activity even during lecture13. Students may also use the lecturebook in conjunction with example solution videos posted on the course blog, facilitating Blended learning3