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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Robert S. Emmett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Natasha B. Watts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Photography to Deepen Global Engineering CompetencyAbstractThis work in progress examines how engineering students going abroad visualize theirexperiences through photography and asks how do students learn to see themselves as engineersin a global context? The project is integrated into a first-year global engineering course andbuilds on published educational assessment research of this program [1, 2, 3]. Through lecturesand discussion sections that travel overseas for two weeks after exams, the course seeks toincrease students’ global engineering competency (GEC), assessed by several instrumentsincluding the Global Perspectives Inventory (GPI). In 2019, instructors designed a photoelicitation-reflection as a

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Learning Strategies

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Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology; Yanqing Gao, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

effectiveness of student learning andcompetitiveness of the manufacturing industry. A datum-based model for practicing GD&T hasbeen developed. In this paper, the authors will introduce an algorithm to automate theimplementation of the datum-based GD&T model. Both the model and the algorithm were usedin teaching GD&T. The course assessment was done in 2018 and 2019. The assessment fulfilledexpectations.IntroductionThe quality of a part is dependent on the geometric specification (ideal target geometry andtolerance) of its components. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) is an importantstep in product design [1]. Tolerance modelling has been a topic of research for many years [2]. Sofar, ten GD&T representation models have

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Advances in Additive, Hybrid, and Digital Manufacturing Education

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University; Sameer Hamoush, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

weathervane prototype.To have a better understanding of Additive Manufacturing, students watched various videos onthe history and projected outlook of using 3D printing. Also, students researched various conceptssurrounding Additive Manufacturing. Dr. Megri taught the students to stress analysis and, alongwith Ms. Wallace trained the students on constructing and presenting their work at the end of theworkshop. Mr. Morgan worked with the students on several projects: 1) designing and 3D printingtools holder; 2) designing safe children playground equipment. On the last day of the workshop,the students gave PowerPoint presentations on their designs and 3D prints. Parents were invitedto the presentations

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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Catalina Cortazar, P. Univ. Católica de Chile

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

article focuses on the continuous improvements made to a cornerstone course. Theseimprovements are related to how to determine work topic, team composition, and teamassessment methods for each semester.Cornerstone courses are engineering design courses that provide first-year students with an earlyintroduction to competences for solving real-world problems [1]. This type of course is usuallytaught using project-based learning (PBL) methodology, which introduces students at earlystages to ill-structured problems. PBL methodology has proven to have several benefits forstudents by enabling them to generate original opinions and express individual standpoints,improve their active participation in self-learning processes, enhance communication skills

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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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Amber Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Materials

paper outlines the current versions of the activities that I use to supportstudent writing in MSE 281. All of the full documents are included at the end as appendices.Initial Exposure to Technical WritingJust before students begin working on their first lab report, I assign them a technical journalarticle to read [1] and a set of questions about the article to answer. The article is short (3.5pages including many graphs) and related to a topic that we are currently covering in lecture(solid state diffusion). The article I use was found with help from my university’s engineeringlibrarian. The students must answer questions related to both the content of the article (e.g. Whatis the diffusivity of copper when the carbon content is 0.6% and the

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

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Thomas Neil Dempsey, Forestville Central School; M. Raymond Ng, Cathedral Preparatory School ; Zachary Rhodes; Jiawei Gong, Pennsylvania State University; Faisal Aqlan, Pennsylvania State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

teachers were trained to fabricate DSSCs as partof an ongoing NSF RET program. The materials and equipment used for producing DSSCs arebasic, and a standard procedure was formulated for the work to be replicated in a regular classroom.DSSCs were constructed using fruit juices from blackberry, raspberry, mulberry, blueberry, andstrawberry. The absorption spectra of fruit dyes, along with food dyes, were examined in contrastto the solar spectrum. Teachers demonstrate the working principle of DSSCs and integrate hands-on activities into the K-12 curriculum. As the outcome, students should be able to (1) explain howa dye-sensitized solar cell converts sunlight into electricity; (2) design and build a dye-sensitizedsolar cell from basic components; (3

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Sustainability and Social Responsibility

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Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Kari Zacharias, Concordia University; Brandiff Robert Caron, Concordia University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

account titled “A Century of ASEE and Liberal Education,”O. Allan Gianniny (1995) highlighted the recursive nature of attempts to optimize thecontribution of the humanities and social sciences (HSS) to engineering education [1]. Amongthe numerous reports on the improvement of engineering education, Gianniny cites WilliamWickenden’s 1930s Report of the Investigation of Engineering Education, 1923-1929. In thechairman’s report that introduces Vol. 1, Charles F. Scott expresses aspirations and concerns thatstrongly resemble those expressed over the last 20 years: “the functions of the engineer havebecome more complex and are interrelated with many activities of modern life…. The strictlytechnical activity is comprised in engineering but it is not a

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 6 - Energy & Thermodynamics

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Farshid Zabihian, California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

/assignment completion improved from 68.5% to86%. It should be noted that the impacts of spring semester versus summer semester could not beassessed with the existing data. Other than this, all other aspects of the two classes were identical.The comparison of the student feedback for these two courses in the-end-of-the-semester and in-class evaluations indicated that the overall student satisfaction was improved and they had a morepositive learning experience. Page 1 of 12IntroductionVarious forms of distance education have been around in the past few decades. However, theonline delivery of courses and curriculums have revolutionized distance education. The number ofstudent enrollment in distance education

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Team Facilitation and Effectiveness

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P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati; Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; Gibin Raju, University of Cincinnati

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Educational Research and Methods

measure the effectiveness of such experiences is of both academic andindustrial importance.Even with the increased emphasis on the use of student teams in academia, research studies thatrigorously attempt to assess team effectiveness are limited. Team effectiveness is an essentialelement of the overall collaborative experience, and the work presented herein will address thefollowing research questions: 1) How do differences in perceptions of team effectiveness(measured by constructs of learning, interdependency, goal setting and potency) explainvariability in individual learning? 2) How do differences in perceptions of team effectiveness(measured by constructs of learning, interdependency, goal setting and potency) predictvariability in team

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Cultural Issues in Engineering: International Division Technical Session 2

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Arshia Khan, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Ona Egbue, University of South Carolina, Upstate

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International

introduced by geographical borders. In addition, this paperdiscusses best practices for effective collaboration, guidelines developed for this collaborationand similarities and differences among the team members that contributed to a stronger and moreproductive team. Furthermore, this study sheds light on important factors that led to moreeffective collaboration that is transferable to other teams.Introduction:According to the Accelerating Change for Women Faculty of Color in STEM: Policy, Action,and Collaboration report in 2013 [1] there were approximately 6,400 female faculty of color,while there were 19,800 white female faculty, 20,500 colored male faculty, and 65,100 whitemale faculty. Female faculty of color face many challenges in addition to

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Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering

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Caleb James McCollum, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

senior years. Additionally, the weightingof graded events shifted longitudinally through major courses. Graded events worth < 5% of thecourse grade were most prevalent in the sophomore year, and events worth ≥ 5% occurred mostfrequently in the senior year. Implications for our university’s environmental engineeringprogram are discussed, to include opportunities for scaffolding events across courses. Themethods presented in this study can be used by other environmental engineering programs toidentify gaps in technical communication education and methods for improvement within theircurriculum.1. Introduction1.1. BackgroundEngineers need strong communication skills to effectively convey ideas to a range of audiences(Kamarudin et al. 2012). Many

Conference Session

Professional Development for Graduate Students

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Dennis W. Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

/science degrees can limit success in leadership roles, wheresoft/professional or people skills may dominate the approaches required. Indeed, numeroussurveys and curriculum outcome assessments promote the need for professional skillsdevelopment during the educational process [1-6].Engineers are taught to address complex technical problems using fundamental principles andrubrics that allow progress to be made toward an optimal solution. Technical leadershipresponsibilities include oversight of technical problem-solving, but in addition, leaders mustaddress the added complexity that exists when engineering/scientific and people problemsintersect; these situations are referred to as sociotechnical issues. Effective methods to solve suchproblems

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Major Choice

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J.w. Bruce, Tennessee Technological University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

a greater percentage than working engineers.As to persistence in engineering, a number of studies [1], [2], [4], [5], [14] found that students’abilities, perception of abilities, especially in mathematics play a big part. Another largecontributing factor to persistence is student aspirations and how well the discipline – or moreaccurately, their perception of the discipline – lines up with their career aspirations and personalinterest. To improve retention, engineering programs need to ensure that students recognize howtheir career aspirations and personal interests align with their chosen field early in their studies.Toward this end, an accurate picture of student interest is needed.Study PopulationThe authors teach an introductory course

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy III

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Maher Shehadi, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

in the pre-lab questionnaires. Thepercent increase in the average scores for all labs range between 22-75%. The percent increase orimprovement was seen to increase through the labs from lab 1 to 5; a trend that would requirefurther investigation to see if it was related to improved performance as the course progressed ordue to more familiarity in one topic than the other.Keywords: active learning, team oriented, interactive learning, student centered, students’ survey, prepost questionnaires testing.IntroductionFluid mechanics is a traditional required course in the engineering and engineering technologyprograms. Students from different majors including mechanical, electrical and/or civil engineeringare required or are interested in taking

Conference Session

Student Learning Assessment Methods

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Aditya Akundi, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Manufacturing

Simulation Data, applications to Industrial and service system designs. Tounderstand student learning and the grasp of the concepts discoursed during the course,Natural Language Processing techniques have been used to qualitatively measureconcept association by the students.SIMIO Tool - Introduction and Background Simulation of Intelligent Objects (SIMIO) is an object-oriented modelling tool thathelps in building and executing dynamic models to analyze, understand and predict asystems performance. Object-oriented modeling has been around for 50 years, firstintroduced by the modeling tool known as Simula [1]. The method used in these kinds oftools involves the user selecting objects from a library and placing them into a modeling“canvas

Conference Session

Alternative Methods of Teaching and Learning Mechanics

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Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Amie Baisley, University of Florida

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Mechanics

parallel to the particle F = ma by adding, for planarmotion, for example, the equation M = J, where M is the net moment, J is the mass moment ofinertia, and  is the angular acceleration. One casualty of the process of lumping distributedeffects is that students have a hard time developing a sense that the location of mass matters, asdoes the nature of distribution of forces. The distribution of mass manifests in J, but itscomputation is separated from balance of moment and is often just extracted from a table.The Mechanics ProjectTextbooks and most traditional learning environments have yet to embrace what is known aboutstudent learning [1]. The way information is organized in the traditional layout promotesgrouping problems based on the special

Conference Session

Learnin' Lessons about Faculty Development

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Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University

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Faculty Development Division

experience and interest in interactive teaching. We define interactive teachingbroadly to include teaching that moves beyond lecture to engaging students in working with thecontent during class. This could include strategies as simple as a think-pair-share questions, shortitems with clicker response systems used during lecture or entirely flipped classrooms wherestudents spend the majority of class time working on tasks individually or collaboratively. Wefocus on the development of a community defined as “the development of a shared identityaround a topic or set of challenges. It represents a collective intention - however tacit anddistributed - to steward a domain of knowledge and sustain learning about it.” [1] (p. 9)ProjectOur lessons learned

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 7

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Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas at El Paso; Ann C. Gates, University of Texas at El Paso; Sanga Kim, University of Texas at El Paso ; David S. Knight, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

degrees awarded each year [1]. As such, in 2006 a team of faculty from seven Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) formed the Computing Alliance for Hispanic Serving Institutions(CAHSI) to create a unified voice for consolidating the strengths, resources, and concerns of HSIsand other groups to address the shortage of computing professionals, especially Latinx. Over time,the number of CAHSI institutions grew; and, in 2018, CAHSI was awarded an INCLUDES grantfrom the National Science Foundation to maximize its national impact using a collective impactframework. For CAHSI INCLUDES to be a successful alliance, it must contribute to reducingthat gap, which is an economic and educational equity imperative [2].The national CAHSI INCLUDES Alliance has

Conference Session

Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

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Chris Wiley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Libraries

mandates and levels of encouragement have extended to journalpublications and publishers. Yet current literature indicates data sharing is infrequent despiterecommendations and mandates. This article examines one hundred and one research datapolicies and publisher statements to understand data sharing policies, trends and patterns withinscholarly journals. More specifically, it addresses the following research questions: (1) What arethe data sharing policies of these research journals, (2) Have these policies improved since theJoint Information Systems Committee (JISC) study, and (3) What are current journal articlesapplicability to Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability (FAIR) SharingPrinciples. Examining these journals

Conference Session

Technical Courses and Liberal Education

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

young adults are shocking. Today, suicide ratesamong teens and young adults have reached their highest point in nearly two decades.Approximately 1100 college students commit suicide each year, making it the second-leadingcause of death among college students. Roughly 12% of college students report the occurrenceof suicide ideation during their four years in school, with 2.6% percent reporting persistentsuicide ideation [1]. Burnell reports on a recent study published in Depression and Anxiety thatsurveyed more than 67,000 college students from more than 100 institutions. The results showedthat one in five students have had thoughts of suicide, with 9% making an attempt and nearly20% reporting self-injury. Suicide rates for teenage girls ages 15

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Lafayette College; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University; James Devin Cunningham; Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University; Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University

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Industrial Engineering

apositive impact on the students’ motivation, engineering identity, and knowledge gain over thelong run and when used across the curriculum. Moreover, IE instructors interested in providingan immersive and integrative learning experience to their students could leverage the VRlearning modules developed for this project.1. IntroductionLike the majority of engineering curricula, the structure of the Industrial Engineering (IE)curriculum consists of a set of courses that are ordered in a sequence such that later courses buildupon the knowledge learned in the earlier courses, with each course usually being taught by adifferent instructor 1. This traditional course-centric curriculum structure has limited ability toestablish the connection between

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

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Casey Thelenwood, Grand Valley State University; Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Brent Michael Nowak, Grand Valley State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

community.As industry needs and student populations continue to shift over time, GVSU is committed tomeeting changes in demand. To ensure success, five key avenues through which PCEC engageswith community partners were identified and a comprehensive communication strategyhighlighting opportunities for engagement and support was developed. The five key avenues are:1) K-12 Pipeline Development, 2) Experiential Education, 3) Applied Research & Development,4) Talent Recruitment, and 5) Continuous Learning.K-12 Pipeline DevelopmentCreation of a strong talent pipeline that will prepare today’s young people for the STEM careersof the future is a challenge [1], [2], [3] in West Michigan, as it is throughout the country. PCECis rising to that challenge by

Conference Session

Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

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Catherine Marie Hamel, University of Maryland; W. Ethan Eagle, University of Maryland

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Educational Research and Methods

“Conceptual Fluency Approach.” As far as we know, this style of assessment approach has onlybeen tried in the introductory mechanics courses at Michigan State University [1], thus theassessments were adapted to accommodate learning goals of an introductory thermodynamicscourse, which remained unchanged. This work also builds on other prior work in the area ofthermodynamics instruction that has illuminated areas of conceptual difficulty and retention ofconcepts [2]-[7].If successful, the Conceptual Fluency Approach achieves greater “fluency” in fundamentalthermodynamics concepts and long-term retention of these concepts for future courses, such asheat transfer or fluid mechanics. Part of achieving this fluency is assessing students in a way

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 4

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Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Engineering Physics and Physics

publicpolicy, this paper will provide the student a better understanding of the rationale for the how andwhy of frequency re-use in the AM broadcast band, and the Federal CommunicationsCommission (FCC) policy of limiting an AM broadcaster’s transmitter power and airtime.TheoryRadio wave propagation - Radio wave propagation can be roughly divided into two categories,ground-wave and sky-wave propagation [1-3]. Ground-wave propagation is where the wavepropagates within the earth’s troposphere whose height extends to about 10 km from the earth’ssurface. There are several means in which a ground wave travels. These include the following:(a) the direct wave, whereby the signal travels directly between the transmitter and receiver.While this is line of sight

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in K-12 and the First Year

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Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

campuses across the globe and are integral to the educationof students throughout colleges of engineering [1]–[5]. These spaces house a variety ofmachining and rapid-prototyping tools and are meant to facilitate a creative and encouragingatmosphere to allow users to work their way through iterative design cycles [6]–[8]. The type ofopen-ended design projects that tend to occur in such spaces promote active learning, which hasbeen consistently associated with uniquebenefits over traditional lecture-basedteaching. Such gains include improvedlearning [9]–[12] and retention [13]; higherstudent self-assessment of associatedcourses [12], [14]; and improved retentionof students, particularly in underrepresentedgroups [10], [15]–[17]. However, pitfallsand

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: REU 2

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Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research, which is designed to provide initial orientation and training on how to conductresearch, followed by a period of intensive research experience under the mentorship of a facultyand a graduate student. The detailed IR-SEED REU program design was presented in [1]-[3].The IR-SEED REU site targets qualified rising junior and senior-level undergraduate students, aswell as community college students with special consideration given to underrepresented groups(Hispanics and women). Ten students per year were recruited. In the IR-SEED REU site, theresponsibilities of faculty mentors and graduate students included exposing REU participants toenergy research, and more importantly, and providing training to REU participants on how tocreate and arrive

Conference Session

Novel Strategies for Studying Liberal Education

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Michael Lachney, Michigan State University; Madison C. Allen, Michigan State University ; Briana P. Green, Michigan State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-tional programming language Logo, constructionism builds on and distinguishes itself from Pi-agetian constructivism [1]. It assumes that young people learn new information by actively re-constructing it within their existing knowledge frameworks but adds that this is best done whenmaking and doing things. This material learning through design lends itself to the focus on con-structing, building, and making that is encouraged in pre-college engineering education [2],[3].In school, constructionism has supported teachers’ implementation of sandbox software (e.g.Scratch) and modular hardware (e.g. LEGO) to move engineering design across curricula, in-cluding science, technology and math [2],[4]. In after-school or out-of-school contexts, construc

Conference Session

Concept Inventories in Mechanics

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Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics

Dynamics Concept Inventory (DCI) – The Past, Present, and FutureAbstractThe Dynamics Concept Inventory (DCI) was developed over 15 years ago as a tool forinstructors teaching Dynamics to assess their students’ gains in conceptual understanding ofthe material. Since its initial release, there have been hundreds of downloads of theinstrument, and the initial papers presenting the instrument have been referenced over 100times. In this paper, we will 1) present a brief history of the development of the DCI, 2)evaluate the ways it has been used since its release with the hope of encouraging moreengineering faculty members to use it, 3) summarize results from those who have used it, and4) present plans for future development and distribution.History of

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University; Clarissa Belloni, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

all four courses were compared to determine if student grades reflect a differencewith the addition of a humanitarian engineering project. The goal of this study is to betterunderstand whether humanitarian engineering projects may be used to improve the motivation,retention and educational outcomes of female engineering students.IntroductionHistorically, there has been a discrepancy in engineering between the retention rates of thosestudents who identify as male versus those identifying as female, with women earning 21.9% ofall engineering bachelor’s degrees [1]. Different engineering disciplines have been moresuccessful in increasing representation of women than others, specifically in the fields ofenvironmental, biomedical, and biological

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 8: Modulus Topics

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Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

withresearch areas such as communicating spatial information to the blind and visually impaired using mapsand graphs [1] or teleoperated minimally invasive surgical robots [2].With haptic technology, also known as kinesthetic communication or 3D touch, people get a sense of touchin a computer-generated environment, allowing them to interact with virtual objects in a more realistic way.This mechanical simulation aids the development and control of virtual objects and helps in theaugmentation of remote operations on machines and devices. Haptics has brought biomechanics,psychology, neurology, engineering and computing together in an interdisciplinary study of human touchand force feedback [3].In the real-world people act as both receptors and perceivers