Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui H Wang, Jacksonville University; Festus Ogbaisi, Jacksonville University; Martins Slaboh, Jacksonville University; Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Maria Javaid, Jacksonville University

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

department, we have more students in ME thanin EE. However, it is imperative for all students to have the basics of EE in order to work on therobotic projects. In this case, we mix students from two programs together in the engineeringorientation course. “What topics should be covered in this course?” is always a question and achallenge for the instructors. After 3-year practices and continuous improvements, we decide tocover not only the basics of ME and EE but also diverse soft skills trainings especially theproject management trainings. Three teaching assistants (two juniors from EE and one juniorfrom ME) are assisting a professor in the lab sections. This paper studies the outcomes of severalactivities such as the ethics debates, self-identities

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gaffar Barakat Gailani, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Yu Wang, New York City College of Technology; Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

program director of a mechatronics project in the New York City College of Technology/CUNY. For the past 15 years, Dr. Zhang has been working on bringing mechatronics technology to the undergraduate en- gineering technology curricula and on helping high school students to learn mechatronics through FIRST Robotic Competition events.Dr. Yu Wang, New York City College of Technology Dr. Yu Wang received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2009. Currently she is a professor in the Department of Computer Engineering Technology at New York City College of Technology. Her primary area of interest includes engineer- ing education, formal methods for modeling

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ERM Technical Session 13: Student Learning and Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Pagano, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Leon Liebenberg MASEE, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

is intrinsically motivated,engaging and enjoyable. Perhaps there are qualities of play which can be leveraged to benefit thelearning process. This line of inquiry brings us to the guiding research questions for this work.Are there aspects of play which can be used to inform pedagogies which improve learningoutcomes and student experience? What aspects of play are important for learning? How canthese be emulated in engineering design projects to create meaningful learning experiences?Literature ContextOne of the primary reasons to pursue play in education is that well-designed playful activities arecommonly associated with enjoyment, engagement and immersion. In their seminal presentationof The Adult Playfulness scale, Glynn and Webster

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ERM Technical Session 13: Student Learning and Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karolina Doulougeri, Eindhoven University of Technology; Gunter Bombaerts, Eindhoven University of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26179The Influence of Learning Context on Engineering Students’ Perceived BasicNeeds and MotivationDr. Karolina Doulougeri, Eindhoven University of Technology Dr. Karolina Doulougeri is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Technological University of Eindhoven. Her research focuses on engineering students’ motivation and deep learning strategies, coaching in design based learning and educational redesign of engineering courses. She received her PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Macedonia, in Greece. She has worked in several international research projects focusing on students and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University; Roya Solhmirzaei, Michigan State University; Hadi Salehi, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

involve their experience with writing and programming, as well astheir university schedule and location. Based on the responses from these questions, each pair ofstudents are matched with another pair of students with complementary skills. Another uniquecharacteristic of this course involves students having the ability to change teams after the firstdesign project. Students may desire to change teams if they feel that the rest of their team isunderperforming, or if they feel that the other students on their team are overly demanding.These practices are informed by the above studies to encourage students to develop moredependent learning styles.A self-reporting measure of team performance was given to first-year engineering students toexamine

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International Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yongming Tang, Southeast University; Jiahua Lu, Xilinx; Yanfang Deng, Nanjing Integrated Circuits Industry Service Center; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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International

offered as an alternative to an internship for undergraduate andgraduate engineering students as part of a university-industry-government collaboration in China.Many Chinese colleges and universities are still troubled by the lack of effective internshipresources, lack of opportunities to study new technologies directly from industry, and the poorcontinuity of university-industry cooperation projects. This paper describes the first offering ofan open FPGA summer school led by Southeast University, Xilinx, and ICisC, a governmentbased industry service company. The summer school was held for 15 consecutive days in July2018 in Nanjing. It included two stages: technical training and project development. Xilinxprovided the training content and

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Lai, Carnegie Mellon University; Elaine Soohoo, Carnegie Mellon University; Diane L. Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad M. Zapanta, Carnegie Mellon University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

Evaluator (PEV) for Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work-in-Progress: Approaches to Introduce Biomedical Engineering Designin a Short Summer CourseAbstractRising high school seniors from all over the country take summer college courses as a trial runfor choosing potential majors before applying to colleges. In the initial offering of the summercourse described in this paper, high school seniors took a six week, introductory, project-basedcourse in biomedical engineering (BME). This introductory course incorporated bothengineering design and clinical applications. Students were introduced to basic principles ofBME design by exposure to the process of

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Francis, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Michael Manno, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Materials

already full curriculum. This paperdescribes how 3D printing (3DP) and computer-aided design (CAD) were integrated into aMaterials Science and Engineering (MSE) curriculum and the impact of the integration over thepast five years. The integration focused on two senior-level courses that include both a lectureand a lab component as well as a design project. The fall course addresses materialsperformance and failure, including plastic deformation, fracture, fatigue and creep, and thespring course focuses on materials processing, including traditional routes such as extrusion,injection molding, forging and powder compaction, as well as a variety of 3DP (additivemanufacturing) methods. The lab activities and design projects incorporated into these

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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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Vicki V. May P.E., Dartmouth College; Charles R. Sullivan, Dartmouth College; Honor J. Passow P.E., Dartmouth College; Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Dartmouth College

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

reasons including: affordability, energy efficiency,minimalism, sustainability, portability, flexibility, and more.An interdisciplinary team of students, faculty, and researchers from Dartmouth, as well asindustry partners and community members is collaborating to design, analyze, and build a tinyhouse at the Dartmouth Organic Farm. Tiny house design-build provides a context for theconcepts learned in class and a tangible outcome but more importantly it engages students inauthentic, interdisciplinary, experiential learning and will result in the formation of a communityinterested in tackling issues related to energy, housing, and the environment. Through the tinyhouse project, students will:• Collaboratively design an innovative tiny house that

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Kuhn, University of South Florida; Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

materials perspective. With this mindset, we postulate that materialsresearch is entering discipline unspecific mindset, meaning that researchers across disciplines areinterested and able to contribute to solving key problems. That is, researchers in materialsscience and engineering projects self-select based on interests which are independent ofacademic training. This hypothesis will be tested by analyzing the correlation between academicmajor and department of the research advisor for ~ 150 applicants to the NSF-site REU programat the USF FMMI. REU applicants are mainly from science (chemistry and physics) andengineering (chemical, mechanical, biomedical, materials, and electrical) disciplines, and areasked to rank three projects of interest

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; A.M. Aramati Casper, Colorado State University; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Christina Paguyo, University of Denver; Jody Paul, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Ronald R. DeLyser, University of Denver

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, engineering program accreditation, and outcomes based assessment for both engineering programs and general education, and inclusive excellence for engineering an computer science programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Partnership for Equity: Cultivating Inclusive Professional Identities for Engineers and Computer Scientists across Four Unique Institutional ClimatesThe Partnership for Equity (P4E) project is funded under the NSF IUSE (ImprovingUndergraduate STEM Education) program. The goal of the project is to cultivate inclusiveprofessional identities in engineering and computer science students. The project definesinclusive professional identities

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Luis Eduardo Paredes, Guru Labs, L.C.; Jacob Morris, Utah Valley University

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Computing and Information Technology

Tech Engineering Technician with Inovar. He received his BS de- gree in Computer Engineering from Utah Valley University. His research interests include microcontroller programming with real-life applications regarding the medical field and finding reliable, cost efficient re- placements for known and accepted devices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Design of a Bluetooth-Enabled Wireless Pulse OximeterAbstractCapstone courses play a crucial role in Computer Engineering (CE) curricula. The principlepurpose of a Capstone project course is to offer a summative opportunity for graduating seniorengineering students to apply their professional skills and knowledge in a single

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

defined and its elements identifiedand modeled in PowerWorld®. Simulations reveal that all loads cannot be served all the timewith available generation. The nature and size of priority loads vary most with seasons and alsowith time of day. Battery storage is not effective because the public utility cannot afford enoughof it. Simulations show that steady state stability is readily achieved and maintained, includingvoltage and frequency stability. Graduate students led the study and, under their direction,undergraduates contributed greatly to the work: They defined the project, they brought resourcesfrom their education to bear for characterizing, modeling, analyzing, and improving the proposedmicrogrid, and they effectively and efficiently modeled

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnathon Demetrio Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Alexander John Norway, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Victoria Joyous DuPriest, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

national labs and industry to maintain course projects with real world application. The products of the class and research projects are then tailored to hands on activities for k-12 STEM education outreach. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engineering Design Applications in the Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Authors: _____ New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyIntroductionAt the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), mechanical engineering majorsare required to take an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course. In essence, this course istheir first impression of

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Lynn Wade, Northern Arizona University; Karin E. Wadsack, Northern Arizona University School of Earth & Sustainability; Benjamin L. Ruddell, Northern Arizona University; Brent A. Nelson, Northern Arizona University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

systems in operation.Additionally, campuses and large building complexes often have an abundance of operationalHVAC systems and energy usage data, but comparatively few resources to analyze and monitortheir performance. Recognizing this need and opportunity, we worked with the facilitiesdepartment at our institution to use the campus energy operations as a source for student projectsin multiple departments and at both undergraduate and graduate levels. These projects includedmonitoring HVAC operations to identify system faults, interpreting HVAC control logic toidentify zero-cost energy savings, quantifying the potential benefit of energy efficiency retrofitsin campus buildings, using campus energy load profiles to design alternative power

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho; Lance Gerard Funke, University of Idaho; Chris Hoene

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Instrumentation

project is a feasibility study anddesign for the installation of threeNLine Microsteam™ turbines(MSTs) in the University of Idaho’scampus steam power plant. Asshown in Figure 1, there are threenatural gas boilers as well as oneprimary wood boiler that produce thesteam. Natural gas is the backupenergy source, used only inemergencies. Wood chips, acompletely renewable local resource,is the primary energy source. Thesteam exits the boilers at a pressureof about 170 psi and feeds into acommon manifold. The pressure isthen reduced to 35 psi for campusdistribution by three pressureregulating valves (PRVs) connectedin parallel. This pressure reductionmethod wastes a great deal ofenergy. In the present topology, thereis no way of capturing the energy

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University; Zhuming Bi P.E., Purdue University Fort Wayne; Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University

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Electrical and Computer

ICIA2017). He is an ASEE, INFORMS, and IEEE member. He is currently an Associate Editor of The 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IEEE-IROS 2019) .Prof. Zhuming Bi P.E., Purdue University Fort Wayne Zhuming Bi is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Department of Civil and Mechanical En- gineering, Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. He served as a Senior Engineer at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of USA (2016), a Senior Project Engineer at Northern Ireland Tech- nology Centre, Queen’s University Belfast of UK (2007 – 2009), a Research Scientist at the Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute of National Research Council Canada (2003 – 2007), a

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge E. Bohorquez, University of Miami; Ramón Benjamin Montero, University of Miami

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Biomedical Engineering

Miami Dr. Montero is an Assistant Professor in Professional Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engi- neering under the College of Engineering at the University of Miami. Dr. Montero has over a decade of experience in scaffold fabrication techniques for tissue engineering applications particularly with the electrospinning and bioprinting processes. He has worked in the private sector managing animal labora- tories as well as R&D projects for various private companies and start-ups. Currently, Dr. Montero is part of the faculty team managing all senior design capstone projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress - Introduction to Design Thinking and

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Instrumentation

measurements and instrumentation course. The module consists of five hours oflectures, which covers the theory, and a design lab project. The lecture covers the IoT conceptssuch as analytics, webservers, communication and data protocols. The design lab project requiresstudents to implement the theory into a practical application.In this paper, the detail of the module is described. It is expected that our experience can behelpful to other engineering instructors seeking to develop an IoT course or just adding a sectionto their measurements and instrumentation course.Measurements and Instrumentation Measurement and Instrumentation (M&I) course is commonly offered for electrical andmechanical engineering or technology students. The main objective

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Why don’t commuter-school students pursue startups? AbstractThis paper reports the results of an empirical study of why student teams at commuter schools,particularly with underrepresented populations, do not pursue their course projects as startups.The study was conducted at a large public university at which 98% of undergraduate studentscommute to school, 84% are employed, and 80% are Hispanic-American. Interviews wereconducted with 16 students in an engineering major, a participation rate of 47% of the subjectpool. The interviews covered the students’ reasons for pursuing or not pursuing their courseproject after the conclusion of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa A. Shay PE, U.S. Military Academy; Tanya Thais Estes, United States Military Academy; David Paul Harvie, United States Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

project teams with a total of 112 students. The teamsrange from triples of computing majors to over a dozen students from six different majors andfour different departments. Reflection periods occur several times throughout the academic year,not just at the end. Some reflection consists of periods of silence spent individually. Otherreflection takes place in the context of lively group discussions. These techniques were developedby the authors, a team of three faculty who have co-taught this course for several years and whowanted our students to pursue deeper, more creative solutions to problems, to form more cohesiveteams, to be more deliberate in their decision-making and to avoid the last-minute rush tocompletion right before the final

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jingyu Wang, University of Oklahoma; Noah C. Golly, University of Oklahoma; Blake Herren, University of Oklahoma; James Ian Macdonald, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Education with Integrated 3D Printing ApproachAbstractRecent advances in additive manufacturing have allowed the integration of multiple mechanicalengineering fields including design, materials, mechanics, and manufacturing, for enhancedexperiential learning and education. This paper reports the education projects and programsbeing developed at the University of Oklahoma to improve undergraduate mechanicalengineering education using 3D printing technologies and systems, emphasizing three coretopics: design, solid mechanics, and manufacturing. The interaction of design, materials, solidmechanics, and manufacturing is carried

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Fall and Spring semestersince Fall of 2016 and 2017, respectively. These two courses have been revised for moreconcentration on an ARM architecture and its applications to equip students to create variousARM applications. The microcontroller architecture course covers Verilog HDL, MIPSarchitecture, and ARM architecture. Next, students take the following embedded system softwarecourse. In this course, a MSP430 architecture is covered, and the ARM Cortex M4F processorand its high level C programming techniques using Tivaware and TI RTOS (Real-time OperatingSystem) are covered. For the term project, students have a chance to build their own embeddedsystem applications using an ARM Cortex M4F processor or MSP430x5 series microcontrollers.In order

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 3: Working in Teams

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Gwendalyn Camacho, University of Washington ; Crystal Farh, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #24703Achievement Orientation, Engineering Students, and TeamworkDr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios.Ms. Gwendalyn Camacho, University of Washington Gwen Camacho graduated from the

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsy Ecclesiastre, University of South Florida; Robert Hogan Jr, University of South Florida

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Diversity

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Student

students to the technicaland design process aspects of their major through the use of group design projects. These groupprojects simulate the relationships between business partners, consumers, and design engineers.This course was implemented at the start of the 2017 Fall Semester and data collection for thisresearch document was initiated during the 2018 Fall Semester.ProjectsCurrently, the Foundations of Engineering Lab course houses several different project types:Robotics, Fuel Cell, Remote Sensing, Microscope, Speaker, App and Garden projects. Mostengineering disciplines are loosely reflected by at least one of these projects, with the exceptionof medical-related engineering majors. Students choose a project similar to their

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University ; Charles McDonald Cowan II, Wake Forest University; Justyn Daniel Girdner, James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

issues.”Undergraduate curricula need to be updated to train engineers to operate according to asustainable design paradigm. Indeed, numerous educators and researchers have reported onefforts to incorporate sustainable design principles into design courses and projects [4, 5].However, a systematic review of ASEE proceedings showed a lack of rigorously-developedassessment tools for capturing the efficacy of interventions on student sustainable design skills[6]. Rubrics in particular are a promising assessment tool because they can be used for studentsto scaffold application of sustainable design principles and also by instructors to quantify theimpacts of their course innovations [7, 8]. Sustainability rating systems developed forinfrastructure

Conference Session

Designing Opportunities for Youth Engagement in STEM

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Mary Anna LaFratta, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University; Lane Graves Perry III, Western Carolina University

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Community Engagement Division

, and particle swarm optimization.Prof. Mary Anna LaFratta, Western Carolina University Mary Anna LaFratta is an artist, designer and design and arts educator in graphic design in the School of Art and Design at Western Carolina University. She has worked with students and faculty in multidisci- plinary and mulitmodal projects for more than twenty years. She has participated in projects funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Art Education Foundation, and the National Science Foun- dation. Recently, her graphic design students worked in collaboration with the School of Music and the National Nanotechnology Initiative in making short animations to explain various aspects of nanotech- nology

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason R White, University of California, Davis

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #25300Board 14: Using Active Learning and Group Design Activities to IncreaseStudent Perceptions of a Course’s Educational ValueDr. Jason R White, University of California, Davis Dr. Jason R. White is a Lecturer with Potential for Security of Employment in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He earned his Ph.D. and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. In his current position, he has been working on integrating project- based learning into his courses and lowering barriers to success for transfer students. c American

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural Engineering

professionals and leadersin the AEC industry are in high demand regionally, nationally and internationally. From a globalperspective, AE programs are unique and sparse compared to civil engineering and architectureprograms. In total there are 22 ABET accredited AE programs in the United States that offerdegrees. These programs must be adaptable to the industry to remain current with, and ahead of,leading industry practices. To remain most relevant to industry, AE programs regularly evolvetheir senior capstone project experience. Since the building industry is so diverse, and the AEprograms themselves are often diverse from one another, the composition of capstone coursesacross programs has not been heavily studied in looking for critical trends. Thus

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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College Industry Partnerships

. And while the conventional focus on rhetoricalpositioning in technical writing courses can result in more careful student writers, this paper callsfor a return to producing effective authentic documents—those written work products thatdemonstrate awareness of known and unknown readers, document project management, and arewritten to make reading easy. Moreover, these authentic documents should be situational, andproduced in response to real project demands, as opposed to written products that exclusivelyattempt to imagine appropriate responses to hypothetical situations.Realizing this need, this paper identifies key pathways for developing and strengthening tiesbetween academic institutions and industry stakeholders that have been successful