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Bring Your Own Experiment: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kerri Anne Thornton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Maqsood Ali Mughal, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #33674BYOE: An Evaporative Cooler with Virtual ConnectivityProf. Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Sabuncu holds a Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from Old Dominion University. Dr. Sabuncu’s professional interests spans from engineering education research, history of science and engineering, thermo-fluids engineering, and microfluidic technology. Dr. Sabuncu is eager to discover next gener- ation workforce skills and to educate next generation of engineers who will carry industry 4.0 forward considering the needs of the global world.Prof. John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Industry and Practice Topics

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Secil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Michigan State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Bora Cetin

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #33792Engineering Faculty’s Beliefs About Teaching and Solving Ill-structuredProblemsSecil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Secil Akinci-Ceylan is a PhD student in Educational Technology in the School of Education, co-majoring in Human-Computer Interaction at Iowa State University.Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Yiqi Liang is a PhD student in Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at Iowa State Uni- versity.Dr. Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Michigan State University Dr. Kristen S Cetin is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in the

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Thermal Fluid Experiment Related

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Matthew J. Ford, Cornell University; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering

interests include solid mechanics, engineering design, and inquiry-guided learning.Dr. Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University Soheil Fatehiboroujeni received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Merced in 2018. As a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Soheil is working in the Active Learning Initiative to promote student learning and the use of computational tools such as Matlab and ANSYS in the context of fluid mechanics and heat transfer.Dr. Hadas Ritz, Cornell University Hadas Ritz is a senior lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and a Faculty Teaching Fellow at the James McCormick Family Teaching

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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

wrote frequently about engineering practices or becoming anengineer and related words; thirteen students mentioned engineering less than five times acrossmultiple pages and six students (25% of the sample) did not refer to engineering at all. A studentwho strongly identified as an engineer, and who had never flown on an airplane or left the U.S.,traveled to China. This aerospace engineering student wrote about an image taken from thewindow of the plane: “I was a little worried before the plane took off from Dulles. What if Ihated it? Then what would I do with my life? Would I still want to be an aerospace engineer? Allmy fears vanished as soon as the plane took off. It was thrilling!”This quotation also exemplifies the overall tone students

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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

Paper ID #31179Team Effectiveness in Predicting Student Learning: An Analysis of FirstYear Engineering StudentsDr. P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati P.K. Imbrie is the Head and Professor of the Department of Engineering Education and a Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics University of Cincinnati. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is an ad- vocate for research-based approaches to engineering education, curricular reform, and student retention. Imbrie conducts both traditional, as well as educational research

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Course Transformation in ECE

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Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

interests include creating systems for sustainable improvement in engineering education, conceptual change and development in engineering students, and change in faculty beliefs about teaching and learning.Prof. Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Timothy Bretl is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. He received his B.S. in Engineering and B.A. in Mathematics from Swarthmore College in 1999, and his M.S. in 2000 and Ph.D. in 2005 both in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. Subsequently, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, also at Stanford University. He has been with the Department of

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 20

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Vemitra M. White, NASA Marshall & Stennis Space Flight Centers/ Texas State University ; Debra Prince, Mississippi State University; Jamel Hill Alexander, DoD

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

grades 5-9. The Batmen Academy provided handson activities that represented eight different fields of engineering (mechanical, civil, chemical,biomedical, electrical, computer science, industrial, and aerospace). Activities included but notlimited to: 1. Civil Engineering (Balsa Wood Bridge) 2. Electrical Engineering (Solar Rover Robot Activity) 3. Aerospace Engineering (Mars Robot Build) 4. Computer Engineering (Robotic Coding) 5. Biomedical Engineering (Pill Coating Activity) 6. Chemical Engineering (Bath Bomb Activity) 7. Mechanical Engineering (Roller Coaster Activity) 8. Industrial Engineering (Cookie Design/Manufacturing Activity)The Wonder Women Academy were taught the same concepts

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Fluid Mechanics

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Kamau Wright, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford

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Mechanical Engineering

give a general gist of the course, and highlight areas for improvements that should beconsidered with regard to the course and simulations. An example of how comments were combined andsummarized is given here. These two comments in Section B:  “Maybe give some options for each sim such as for sim x give an option for ME and acoustics or other, this way students can focus on the concentration they care about/are most interested in”  “While COMSOL simulations are interesting, perhaps more varied simulations would be helpful for those who aren’t as interested in aerospace or air flow”were combined into Table 7 as the following:  About topics: need more variation for students with interests outside of

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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Peter Mark Jansson, Bucknell University; Peter Sawirs Kaladius, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

trials when there is a mass distribution asymmetry,significant local celestial mass alignment will yield regular results). The team also expanded ourcontrol trials database where the device batteries were loaded with comparable electrical demandand energy from its DC drive motors using solely resistive lamps (as shown in Fig. 1). Thissuggestion was offered by colleagues at Dresden University during a presentation of the resultsat Aerospace Corporation in California [view Ref. 7 Youtube presentation]. These controlsenabled us to have more accurate statistics and to reinforce a solid understanding of batteriesdischarge behavior in a control (or more normal) setting. The list below (in Table 1) is a subsetof all the challenges identified but

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Hybrid and Online Teaching of Mechanics

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Carlos R. Corleto, Texas A&M University; Matilda (Tillie) Wilson McVay, Texas A&M University; Doug Beck, Texas A&M University; Ashley Schmitt, Texas A&M University

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Mechanics

research interest include, Deformation & Failure Mecha- nisms, Materials Science, Fracture Mechanics, Process-Structure-Property Relationships, Finite Element Stress Analysis Modeling, Failure Analysis, ASME BPV Code Sec VIII Div. 1 &2, API 579/ASME FFS- 1 Code, Materials Testing and Engineering Education. Professionally registered engineer in the State of Texas (PE).Dr. Matilda (Tillie) Wilson McVay, Texas A&M University Associate Professor of Instruction, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University from 2006 - present (2020) Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Mechanical Engineering, from January 2017 - 2019 Lecturer, Department of Aerospace Engineering

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First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

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Kevin J. Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rachael Ohu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sherman Mumford, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda A. Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #29193Work in Progress: A Holistic Approach to the First-Year EngineeringExperienceMr. Kevin J. Lindsay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Kevin J. Lindsay Freshman Lecturer and Advisor; MAPS Program Director B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1999 M.S. in Physics, Clemson University, 2003 MBA, Loyola University in Maryland, 2010 I came to UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. My 10 years of experience at STScI culminated in my final duties as a Senior Research and Instrument

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Preparation for Graduate Research

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Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Bruce Gluckman, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Graduate Studies

of Virginia, 1993) is a professor of Engineering Science and Me- chanics at Penn State. In addition to teaching engineering mechanics courses ranging from sophomore level statics to graduate level mechanical behavior of materials, he researches structural health monitoring for aerospace, mechanical, and civil infrastructure applications. He is a member of ASEE, ASNT, ASME, ASCE, ASM, SES, and Sigma Xi.Prof. Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State UniversityDr. Bruce Gluckman, Pennsylvania State UniversityDr. Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University Thomas A. Litzinger is Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State. His

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Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Engineering

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Indhira María Hasbún, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

institutional systems toward educational transformation as they pursue their goals of serving undergraduate Latinx engineering students.Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University As an assistant professor of engineering education at Florida International University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech in Spring 2014. Prior to attending Georgia Tech, Alexandra received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from MIT (2007) and a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of Virginia (2010). Alexandra comes to

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Work in Progress: Assessment, Evaluation and Hands-on Activities

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Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University; Nicole Joy Sweeney, Complexly

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

werefollowed by seven episodes #18-24 discussing material characteristics and types (Properties,Metals and Ceramics, Polymers, Electric Power and Conductors, Semiconductors, Nanomaterials,Biomaterials). A few additional episodes, #25-28, covered a general range of other commontheoretical areas (Process Control, Statics and Dynamics, Ethics, Safety). The fifth component, #29-43, sought to provide an introduction to many areas of appliedengineering, including areas of important current research as well as describing the subsets ofmajor engineering branches (Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Further EnergyResources, Batteries, Robots, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Drug Discoveryand Health, Biodevices, Genetic Engineering

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Education and on the Advisory Board for the Journal of Engineering Education. He was selected as a Fellow of ASEE in 2008 and of ASME in 2012. He holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State, an M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from RPI, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-In-Progress: Impact of the Entrepreneurial Mindset for Innovative Teaching (EMIT) AcademyAbstractThis work-in-progress paper describes the development and evaluation of an innovative facultydevelopment initiative that incorporates entrepreneurial mindset (EM) and

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

program development. Recently, she co-developed the curriculum for the new Minor in Global Engineering offered by the CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science starting in fall 2016. Dr. Sandekian earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder, a Spe- cialist in Education (Ed. S.) degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Northern Colorado, and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Student Affairs Leadership at the University of Northern Colorado in December 2017. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Finding the Rainbow Needles in the Engineering Haystack: Connecting with a Hard-to-Reach

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Developing New Engineering Educators

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Erin McCave, University of Houston

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New Engineering Educators

Olin, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Alexandra received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include engineering design education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), student preparation for post-graduation careers, approaches for supporting education research-to-practice.Dr. Erin McCave, University of Houston Erin is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. She joined the University of Houston

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Make It!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waqas Latif; Richa Bagalkotkar - Khokhar; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Amir Elzawawy , Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Milana A. Natanova, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University

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Manufacturing

the strength of the intensity remainsunchanged. This project was partially sponsored by Maxon Precision Motors, Inc, a leadingcompany in building micro-motors used in humanoid robots, commercial aircrafts, cameralenses, race cars, cardiac pumps and other high precision industrial applications.Keywords: Flow Visualization, Laser, Scanning Mirrors1. INTRODUCTIONIn the aviation and aerospace industry, work in the area of Fluid Flow Visualization is conductedin wind tunnels using various flow visualization systems which replicate the actual environmentthe object will face in the real world. The current best flow visualizer uses concave lenses tocreate a fan like projection of the laser to create a plain over the fluid flow which lacks

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First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Usama Zahid, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Evin Scott Groundwater, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yanfen Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andrew Michael Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dallas R Trinkle, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly Ritter, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; P. Scott Carney, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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First-Year Programs

Physics Department. As the project evolves, we are also developinga comprehensive interdisciplinary training program to train engineering and English graduateTAs to co-teach effectively and provide meaningful student feedback.Our pilot course, Writing in Engineering Fields, was offered for the Spring 2017 semester. Thesection was open to engineering freshman and was advertised via email and posters as an alternative to the current freshman Rhetoric course. Enrollment was offered on a first-come–first-serve basis. Twelve students from a variety of engineering disciplines enrolled, includingphysics, bioengineering, aerospace engineering, electrical

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Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Gilbert Ramirez, Cañada College; Javier Robert Piccolotti; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Tim L Mitchell Jr; Matthew Ward Carlson, Cañada College; Shane Sharp, San Jose State University; Jesus Alexis Caballero, Cañada College

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Pacific Southwest Section

, in 2006, the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from University of Rhode Island, Kingston, in 2009 and 2013 respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University. Her research interests include embedded systems, wearable technologies, neural-machine interface, and cyber-physical systems.Mr. Tim L Mitchell Jr ˜Matthew Ward Carlson, Canada College Matthew Carlson is a sophomore at Ca˜nada College in Redwood City, CA, who is studying mechanical engineering. His research interests include 3D-printing and aerospace engineering, and hopes to pursue an engineering career after attaining a bachelors degree.Shane Sharp, San

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Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Estelle M Eke, California State University, Sacramento

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Pacific Southwest Section

in the Spacecraft Navigation Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and then taught for two and half years in the Department of Aerospace Science Engineering at Tuskegee University before joining California State University, Sacramento. While at Tuskegee University, she received the Teacher of the Year award in Aerospace Engineering for two consecutive years. At Sacramento State, she was named Outstanding Teacher in the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2000. She teaches courses in the areas of Computer Applications in Engineering, Dynamics, and Controls. Her research interests are in optimiza- tion and robotics. She also serves as a design judge for FIRST Robotics competitions at the

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Technical Session 13: Digital Learning

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jared Dean Mitten, Ohio State University; Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University; Kathleen A. Harper, Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

Board of Directors’ Advisory Committee on P-12 Engineering Education and ASEE’s Projects Board.Dr. Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University Richard J. (Rick) Freuler is a Professor of Practice and the Director for the Fundamentals of Engineer- ing for Honors (FEH) Program in Ohio State’s Department of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering. He teaches the two-semester FEH engineering course sequence and is active in engineering education research. He is also affiliated with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and conducts scale model investigations of gas turbine installations for jet engine test cells and for marine and industrial applications of gas turbines at the Aerospace Research

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First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen A. Harper, Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

ASEE Board of Directors’ Advisory Committee on P-12 Engineering Education.Dr. Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University Richard J. (Rick) Freuler is a Professor of Practice and the Director for the Fundamentals of Engineer- ing for Honors (FEH) Program in Ohio State’s Department of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering. He teaches the two-semester FEH engineering course sequence and is active in engineering education research. He is also affiliated with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and conducts scale model investigations of gas turbine installations for jet engine test cells and for marine and industrial applications of gas turbines at the Aerospace Research Center at Ohio State

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ERM Technical Session 1: Methods Refresh: Approaches to Data Analysis in Engineering Education Research

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manoj Malviya, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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Educational Research and Methods

research interests include graduate-level engineering education, including inter- and mul- tidisciplinary graduate education, online engineering cognition and learning, and engineering communi- cation.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant teaching professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine. She earned her B.S. in aerospace engi- neering from Syracuse University and her Ph.D. in engineering education from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is particularly interested in teaching conceptions and methods and graduate level engineering education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Jane Bork, University of Michigan; Candace Rose Wiwel, University of Michigan; Max William Blackburn, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

at the University of Michi- gan, focusing in Power systems and Energy. He is currently assisting Dr. Cynthia Finelli with research concerning the effects of flexible learning spaces and formative assessment techniques.Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson is a lecturer in aerospace engineering and a postdoctoral research fellow in engineering education research at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014, after which he served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Aaron also obtained a master’s degree from MIT in 2010 and a

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Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Elson, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Howard Evans, National University

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Engineering Management

interactions with major employers, listening to their responses toquestions about their greatest needs and the skill sets they find most difficult to fill. The SouthernCalifornia region, specifically the Los Angeles and San Diego metro areas, has a large contingentof aerospace and other government contractors. It also has some of the largest transportationsystems and pubic works infrastructures in the U.S. An online review of engineering curricula ofmajor colleges and universities in the U.S. shows there are altogether around eight MS systemsengineering programs (not including industrial and systems engineering degrees) and only one(not including NU SOET) in California.Designing the program Having perceived the need for a program in systems

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Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame; David LeDonne, University of Notre Dame; Steven Kurtz, University of Notre Dame; Joseph Blakely, University of Notre Dame; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Andrew Carter, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Barron, University of Notre Dame; Patrick Essien, University of Notre Dame; Megan Wysocki, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Ferro, University of Notre Dame

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 12.1200.2in previous summers. They ranged from sophomores to seniors and most of them wereEngineering majors (Aerospace, Chemical, Computer, Mechanical, Electrical).Godzilla - The Spark for the FireAn “engineering spark” hit the counselors around midsummer. As one group of highschool seniors traveled back home, a fresh group started to arrive on campus for thesecond session. Late one night the counselors were reminiscing about their experiences ascampers, comparing the small robots they had designed in previous years to those thecampers had just created. Despite the fact that the campers' robots would continuallybecome bigger and more complex, the general consensus was that the counselors couldout-perform the high school students on every

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K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Coordinator of the Biology Education program at UMES. Dr. Mitra obtained her Ph.D. degree in 2002 from the Department of Botany at North Carolina State University. She is actively involved in research in the fields of marine biology, environmental science and paleopalynology. Page 12.1380.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Technology Education in K-12: Revelations from Designing and Delivering a Robotics Lesson Plan for Pre-Service Teachers AbstractIn partnership with NASA, National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) and Bennett Collegefor Women, University of

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Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

percentage of first generation college students attending STEP Bridge droppedslightly between 2005 and 2006; the percentage of university studies students increased 15%.Students were surveyed to determine their intended major at the beginning of the program. Asummary of intended majors of STEP Bridge participants is provided in Table 5. Table 5. Summary of intended engineering major Intended engineering major 2005 2006 Aerospace and Ocean Engineering 7 (14%) 14 (21%) Biological Systems Engineering 1 (2%) 3 (5%) Chemical Engineering 3 (6%) 4 (6%) Civil and Environmental Engineering 6 (12

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno

been marked by materials.Each new technical innovation has required discoveries in materials to surmount barriersand limitations. This has led to an overlap between materials science and almost everyother engineering field. Electrical engineers use materials science and engineering toproduce computer chips, lasers, and superconductors. Structural materials such asconcretes for roads and metals for buildings and bridges are crucial to civil engineers.Mechanical engineers must consider the strength and long term reliability of the materialsused in their designs. Light weight, strong materials are continuously researched andtested by aerospace engineers. Biomedical engineers investigate alternative materials fortransplants, artificial limbs, and