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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Laura Bayerle; Marietta R. Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

higher GPA than men as a result of their self-doubt.8-11 Inaddition, between 5th and 9th grade, gifted girls, perceiving that smarts aren't sexy, hide theiraccomplishments, indicating a strong argument towards providing girls with a segregatedenvironment while pursuing STEM interests.12 Key findings with respect to increasing studentinterest in STEM indicate that the most important methodologies for high impact programs Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State Berksinvolve exploring STEM long term,13 inspiring career exploration,14 and exposing participantsto role-models. Although hands-on activities generate an interest in STEM, it is the interactionwith role-models that is instrumental in generating a

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Emily Alexandra German, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Niki Taylor Taheri, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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apply theseconcepts in the form of a working speaker. In order for Vaughn’s Society of Women Engineers tofocus on minority students, a Title 1 Elementary School, i.e. a school with high numbers or Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State Berkspercentages of children from low-income families and therefore requiring assistance from thegovernment, was chosen.This paper will present the rationale behind the choice of building a speaker as an engineeringworkshop topic, which is arranged in the second section. Secondly, the content of the workshopand how it was introduced to the students shall be provided in the third section. The result of theworkshop and its conclusion shall follow in the last two sections

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Ge Jin, Purdue University Northwest; Michael Tu, Purdue University Northwest; Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University Northwest; Justin David Heffron, Purdue University Northwest; Jonathan Kakahiaka White

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)raise general awareness of cybersecurity and help all students understand appropriate and safeonline behavior, and 3) increase diversity in the US cybersecurity workforce. As described in theintroduction section, PNW GenCyber camp recruited 51.3% of underrepresented minority highschool students, and met the goal of increasing diversity of summer camp participants.To raise general awareness of cybersecurity and safe online behavior of high school students andincrease their interest in cyber security, we developed game based cyber security learning modulesto meet the GenCyber program goals.The topics of cybersecurity education games were selected in the following areas: Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Charles M Ouellette, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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/AfricanAmerican and White students (p=0.0002), and between male and female students (p=0.0016) werefound to be statistically significant. After taking an environmental science course at theundergraduate level, our results suggest that these differences are no longer significant.Keywordsenvironmental attitudes, environmental literacy, behavior Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State BerksIntroductionThe need for environmental knowledge began with the origin of the human population. There wasa need to vent smoke from enclosed spaces (e.g., tents, caves, etc.) to improve air quality andreduce eye and lung irritation. The need for more informed environmental attitudes to guide policycame to the forefront based upon a

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Summer Scarlatelli, Museum of Discovery and Science

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #19961A Pipeline of High Achievers to STEM ProgramDr. Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University Ravi Shankar has a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madi- son, WI, and an MBA from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. He is currently a senior professor with the Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at Florida Atlantic Uni- versity. His current research interests are on K-12 education, engineering learning theories, and education data mining. He has been well funded by the high tech industry over the years. He has 7 US patents

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Nashwa Nabil Elaraby, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Diversity

operational amplifier model,and shows how it is represented by a Bode plot equation. This step shows the students how toalgebraically prove the roll off rate on the Bode plot. Lab procedures are included to test andverify the frequency response of a compensated operational amplifier. The closed loop frequencyresponse is then proved algebraically for both the inverting and the non-inverting configurations,and lab procedures are included to test them. The third section provides the overall evaluationresults of the applied lesson and the last section provides a discussion on the paper content. Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUI. Methodology:(a) Negative Feedback Models:The negative feedback configuration

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Peibo Guo, Conestoga High School; Kail Jialang Yuan; Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

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Diversity

2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic SectionSpring Conference: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Apr 7 Paper ID #20843Develop Web-based Modules to Educate High-School Students in StudyingMicrobial Fuel Cell DynamicsMs. Peibo Guo, Conestoga High SchoolMr. Kail Jialang YuanZuyi Huang, Villanova University Zuyi (Jacky) Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University. He teaches Chemical Process Control (for senior students) and Systems Biology (for graduate students) at Villanova. He is enthusiastic in applying innovative teaching methods in class to educate students with modeling and

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic SectionSpring Conference: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Apr 7 Paper ID #20845Improving Physics education among Engineering Technology studentsDr. sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College Sunil Dehipawala received his B.S. degree from University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka and Ph.D from City University of New York. Currently, he is working as a faculty member at Queensborough Community College of CUNY. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Improving Physics education among Engineering Technology studentsSunil Dehipawala, Vazgen Shekoyan

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Benito Mendoza, New York City College of Technology; Pamela Ann Brown, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

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Diversity

section aims to make the students put together their ideas and tie themto their background knowledge to become part of its permanent knowledge.Finally, in the Reflect section, students describe the knowledge they acquired from the lab orexperiment and how they can apply it to other scenarios. Usually, students have to mention whatthey learned and how it complements something they already knew. Also, they have to sharehow their view or ideas changed after they completed the lab. Finally, sometimes, we ask theiropinion about the lab assignment; what they liked or did not like, or some ideas to improve the Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUlab. This section makes students talk about of their experience

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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JIAJUN XU P.E., University of the District of Columbia

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reducing the possibility of a leak.System Test:The complete system was attached to the down spout of a typical DC house. The installationtook 20 minutes and did not include difficult alteration. The hardest portion of installationinvolved removing the bottom section of the downspout in order to slide the pre filter fitting intoplace.Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUThe system fit into the confined space, and did not collect unwanted bugs or rodents. About 4gallons of water was collected during a rain fall and filter almost 90% of all large and smallparticles with pre filtration. The dissolved solids filter is still in test phase. The images belowshow the large and small particulate filters capacity to keep out material

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Jose M Reyes Alamo, CUNY - New York City College of Technology; Yu Wang, The New York City College of Technology; Renata Budny, New York City College of Technology

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. At that time, theCCLs and department chairs also decide whether they will continue for two more years or if theyare going to be replaced by a new CCL. A diagram of the Course Coordination Process atCityTech is shown in Fig. 2. Currently, all departments at CityTech have CCLs involved in thesecond two-year cycle of course coordination. The Department of Computer EngineeringTechnology is no exception. This department in particular found some interesting parallels Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUbetween the course coordination efforts and the ABET accreditation process, which is explainedin next section. Figure 2 - Diagram of the course coordination process at the New York City College of

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Rex Taibu, Queensborough Community College-CUNY; George Tremberger Jr, CUNY-Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

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minus one would be a measure of the relative gain using the (post-pre)/pre concept.The learning assessment rubric of Highly Competent, Competent, and Needs Improvementversus Participant Deliverables was used. An improvement was observed in the grades ofdiscussion sections of lab reports. The student relative gain was about 0.2 (N = 22 and N = 20,two classes) in the assessment model using highly competent =1, competent = 0.8 and needsimprovement = 0.6). The rubric guideline is displayed in Table 1.The assessment result suggests that the modeling of liberal arts writing in the context ofdiagrammatic kinematics thinking would help students to improve on their physics lab reportwriting. Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Mehdi Shokouhian, Morgan State University; Monique H. Head, Morgan State University

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truss member using method of joint. The second samplehomework assignment for CEGR 304 students is also a triangle shape truss with two pinsupports and two concentrated loads with magnitude of 2.9 kN acting in vertical direction. Forthis homework, students should also determine internal forces for a 4-member truss using eithermethod of joint or method of section. Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSU Sample Problem (ARCH 311-MSH) Sample Problem (CEGR 304-SG) Determine the force in each member of the truss. Set P_1 = P_2 = P . (a) Determine the force in member AB. (b) Determine the force in member BC. (c) Determine the force in member

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Jackson, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Jiawei Zhang, Purdue University; Rebecca Kramer, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

and evaluation. DBR parallels principles of design as we teach them in our technologyand engineering classes: “Design has its own distinct ‘things to know, ways of knowing them,and ways of finding out about them’” so it investigates “the man-made world” through“modelling, pattern-formation, [and] synthesis” toward values of “practicality, ingenuity,empathy, and a concern for ‘appropriateness’” (p. 221-222)11. DBR leverages the complexity ofeducational environments; opportunities for iteration in different contexts (to see what works,when); and product-based nature of curriculum design. We have partnered with EngineeringbyDesign (EbD), a K12 engineering curriculum provider, and seven high-school teachers in ruraland suburban Mid-Atlantic

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Teaming & Collaborative Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eileen Haase PhD, Johns Hopkins University; BaDoi Nguyen Phan, Johns Hopkins University; Harry R. Goldberg, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

learning styles,” presented at the Spring Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, 2016.[3] J. E. Caldwell, “Clickers in the large classroom: current research and best-practice tips.,” CBE Life Sci Educ, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 9–20, 2007.[4] A. Kabalan, “Think–Pair–Share: A Case Study in an Electrical Engineering Class,” asee.org.[5] L. K. Michaelsen, W. Watson, and J. P. Cragin, “Team learning: A potential solution to the problems of large classes,” … Behavior Teaching …, 1982.[6] H. Lodish, D. Baltimore, A. Berk, and S. L. Zipursky, Molecular cell biology. 1995.[7] B. Alberts, Essential Cell Biology, 3rd ed. New York: Garland Science, 2010.[8] D. Richardson, “Kinemage.”[9] M. L. Epstein and G

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Using Real-World Examples

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

education for sustainable development,” Int J Sustain High Educ, vol. 10(2): 184–199, 2009.8. J. DeWaters, S. Powers, "Work in progress – energy education and energy literacy: Benefits of rigor andrelevance", Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th ASEE/IEEE, San Antonio, TX, 2009.9. Tseng, B., R. Chiou, P. Mandal, E.D. Smith, R. Belu, and O. Salcedo - Fusing Green Energy intoManufacturing Engineering Education to Cultivate Technical Success, 2014 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Indianapolis, USA, June 15-18, 2014 (CD Proceedings).10. R.G. Belu, Embedding Renewable Energy into the Engineering Technology Curricula, ASEE Mid-Atlantic Sec.,Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, Oct. 28-29, 2011 (CD Proceedings).11. ABET, Criteria for

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Claudia Marin-Artieda, Howard University

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Minorities in Engineering

Education: Innovations andResearch, Public Knowledge, Vol. 15, No 3, 2014, 14-20.[6] C. Marin C., M. Mosleh, “Stimulation of Scientific Interest and Higher Confidence Throughthe Engineering Ambassador Programs Experience”, ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference, Ney YorkNY, October 21-22, 2016.[7] H.A. Aglan, and S.F. Ali, “Hands-On Experiences: An Integral Part of EngineeringCurriculum Reform”, Journal of Engineering Education, 1996 - Wiley Online Library[8] D.W. Knight, L.E. Carlson, J.F. Sullivan, “Improving Engineering Student Retention throughHands-On, Team Based, First-Year Design Projects”, 31st International Conference on Researchin Engineering Education, June 22 – 24, 2007, Honolulu, HI[9]- Ailes, C. P., Coward, H. R., McCollough, J., Roessner, J. D

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., University at Albany/SUNY; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; John Kelly, North Carolina A&T State University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University

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Electrical and Computer

member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at MSU since August 1994 and currently serves as the Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering. Dr. Astatke is the winner of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) ”National Outstanding Teaching Award,” and the 2012 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Region ”Distinguished Teacher” Award. He teaches courses in both analog and digital electronic circuit design and instrumentation, with a fo- cus on wireless communication. He has more than 15 years experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous web-based course supplements for electrical engineering courses. Dr. Astatke played a leading

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

committee member for IEEE Globecom, ICC, ICCCN and VTC conferences, and a reviewer for several international journals and conferences.Dr. Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University Agnieszka Miguel received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Wash- ington, and MSEE and BSEE from Florida Atlantic University in 1996 and 1994. Dr. Miguel’s profes- sional interests involve image processing, machine learning, and engineering education especially active learning, diversity, retention, and recruitment. Her teaching interests include MATLAB, circuits, linear systems, and digital image processing. She is a member of the IEEE, ASEE, SWE, and Tau Beta Pi. Cur- rently, Dr. Miguel is the Chair of the ASEE

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Multidisciplinary Design Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Nicole Hesson, York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Education, 2017 Benefits and Challenges of Transitioning to Community Service Multidisciplinary Capstone ProjectsAbstractSignificant research has shown the positive benefit of service and community-based learning onstudent diversity, engagement, and retention. Elements of service-learning have beenincorporated across disciplines into traditional classes as well as capstone experiences. Whileproviding significant benefits, challenges also exist in managing relationships with externalclients, finding administrative support for these experiences, and engaging students in moreopen-ended projects.Recognizing these benefits, new capstone projects have been introduced at our mid-sized mid-Atlantic college over the last two

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Clinical, Patient, and Innovation Experiences in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Huffstickler, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Keefe B. Manning, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Margaret J. Slattery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Biomedical

Design and Perform an experiment and 4 collect data (test the hypothesis) 6 Idea evaluation 5 Analyze the data 6 Interpret the data and draw conclusions 7 Implementation Planning 7 Publish results 8 Monitoring 8 RetestContext of Study: The CREATE REUThe first year of this NSF funded Biomedical Engineering REU program was held over 10 weeksduring the summer of 2016 at a large Mid-Atlantic

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John C. Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie PhD, University at Albany-SUNY; Ali Reza Osareh, North Carlina A&T State University; Lisa D. Hobson, Prairie View A&M University

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Outstanding Teaching Award,” and the 2012 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Region ”Distinguished Teacher” Award. He teaches courses in both analog and digital electronic circuit design and instrumentation, with a fo- cus on wireless communication. He has more than 15 years experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous web-based course supplements for electrical engineering courses. Dr. Astatke played a leading role in the development and implementation of the first completely online un- dergraduate ECE program in the State of Maryland. He has published over 50 papers and presented his research work at regional, national and international conferences. He also runs several exciting summer camps geared towards

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The Best in DEED

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Emilia Dewi Tanu, University of Maryland, College Park

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Design in Engineering Education

courses.While LA programs were initially developed for science and math courses, many LA programssupport LAs in a wide range of disciplines. This paper describes a pilot adaptation of the LAprogram for engineering design courses that we have developed at the University of Maryland,College Park Campus. All LAs assist in 14 separate sections of University of Maryland’sengineering design course for first-year undergraduate students. Our seminar integrates topicsfrom the discipline-general LA pedagogy seminar (cognitive science of learning, facilitation ofclassroom discourse, collaboration, metacognition) with topics especially relevant to engineeringdesign (design reviews, design thinking, expert-novice practices in engineering design,engineering

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Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jill Marshall, University of Texas, Austin; Ara Winter, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology; Yang Liu, University of New Mexico, Department of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

recordedstudent activity; they coded the qualitative data, including detailing how they developed thecoding scheme and how reliable their coders were. For instance, one study found that studentsspent more time engaged in mathematical and graphical modeling than physical modeling, incontrast to previous research findings, but seldom used mathematical modeling to inform theirdesigns, echoing findings in the previous section about the challenges to integrating engineeringand mathematics content successfully [72]. In a study of high school students who hadcompleted engineering courses, student design process was compared to expert design process,finding that the students spent significantly less time gathering information, making decisions,and evaluating the