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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

ofcollaborative research programs. Unfortunately, adjuncts are marginalized by the academicsystems in place today; and their contributions to the academic process are undervalued. Next,the paper reports on the success story of an adjunct, a practitioner with good credentials, who“teamed-up” with a “full-time” faculty, in an attempt to bring the practice to 4thyear students in ageotechnical/ foundation engineering class. The success achieved in meeting course objectives,was attributed, in large measure, to proper planning and coordination that preceded coursedelivery. Plus, the willingness, experience and abilities of the adjunct in addressing the practicein the locale. The positive outcome of this experience has encouraged other faculty members tosearch

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gouranga Banik, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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knowledge that converts ideas into successful products or processes. As a result, many of the same skills such as exploring, mentoring, planning, organizing, scheduling,controlling, communicating, and leading could be used in both careers with minor modification.Dealing with people is always difficult and requires great skill. This is especially true whendealing with students. Many students are in a class not by choice, but simply because it is arequirement for graduation. In some cases, these students are uninterested in the subject,unmotivated, and quite simply bored. However, relating the subject matter directly to real worldindustrial and consumer applications tend to spark their interest. Actual products involvingautomotive components, robotic

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That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech; Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Tech; Darren K Maczka, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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2007, the field site was proposed but notselected. At that time, E. Bravo, who was a REU fellow, assisted in developing a prototype for awireless data collection system16. He selected two simple water quality sensors, and establishedserial connection with a microcontroller between each sensor and windows laptop used to viewthe data from the sensors. In 2008, LabVIEW, a programming environment developed byNational Instruments, was selected to be used for data acquisition. During that summer, theinitial detailed design, layout and implementation plan for the LEWAS field site was established.J. Kenny, the REU fellow in 2008, contributed in the integration of a LabVIEW program on awindows laptop for reading water quality data from a multi-probe

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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Colin Cerretani, University of California, Berkeley; Marjorie S Went, UC Berkeley

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2In the next sections of this paper we step through each of the five characteristics of effectiveteamwork, and present tips, strategies, insights, and elaborations on how to bring eachcomponent of the model to life in your teaching teams.2.1 Promotive InteractionPromotive interaction is about committing to face-to-face team work time and embracing theopportunities to move your teaching and planning work forward during these meetings.Meet your graduate teaching assistants for an orientation meeting during the month beforeyour course begins. Just as the first day of class is an important moment for setting the tone andpolicies for your course, this instructors’ orientation meeting is a crucial time to get yourinstructional team working well

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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny L Lo, Virginia Tech; Kacie J. Hodges PE, Virginia Tech Dept of Engineering Education; Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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 course, deadlines and time  expectations); in the future,  requirements was essential.   debriefings with partners would be  useful to share suggestions.  We needed to  Our department has a strong  Directly connecting students back  connecting students  advising team that works with  to university issues, university  in a streamlined  first­year students on course  deadlines, and resources in a  way to university  registration, academic plans for  purposeful manner improves  advising, calendar,  study, major choices, etc.  To  students’ connections to the course

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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planning and execution of the faculty development program.Dr. Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University Dr. Martin-Vega joined NC State University as its Dean of Engineering in 2006. He has also served as Dean of Engineering at USF in Tampa, Florida, as Chair of the Department of Industrial & Mfg Systems Engineering at Lehigh University, as the Lockheed Professor at Florida Institute of Technology, and as a tenured faculty member at the University of Florida and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. He has also held various positions at the National Science Foundation including Acting Head of its Engineer- ing Directorate. He is currently President-Elect of ASEE and his research and teaching interests

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Listening and Negotiation

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Cheryl B. Schrader, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development, Engineering Leadership Development Division, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Immediate Past-President of WEPAN, was PI on Tech’s NSF ADVANCE grant, a member of the mathematical and statistical so- cieties Joint Committee on Women, and advises a variety of women and girl-serving STEM projects and organizations. She is a past Vice President of ASEE and current Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Dr. Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas Kim LaScola Needy is Dean of the Graduate School and International Education at the University of Arkansas. Prior to this appointment she was Department Head and 21st Century Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engi- neering from the University of Pittsburgh

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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

, but could,if properly planned, shed funds that could be used to support other academicendeavors.I believe there are feasible action plans that should be adopted to pave the way forpotential collaboration between industry and academe. These would include:i) First, seeding and propagating the idea, that gaining practical experience enhancesyoung instructors’ teaching competence without adversely affecting his/her researchcapability. A faculty member should strive to do both!(be a good teacher and aresearcher at the same time).Simply stated, the prevailing perception that time andeffort should be spent mostly pursuing research and research funds, and that time andeffort spent enhancing one’s teaching competence does not count toward promotionand

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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

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innovative teaching and learning practices derive directly from the outcomes assessment plan that he helped devise and implement as ABET Coordinator. Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad del Turabo, PO Box 3030, Gurabo, Puerto Rico, 00778. Tel. 787-743-7979 x 4182 E-mail: jcmorales@suagm.eduDr. Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University Dr. Michael Prince is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University and co-director of the National Effective Teaching Institute. His research examines a range of engineering education topics, including how to assess and repair student misconceptions and how to increase the adoption of research- based instructional strategies by college instructors

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That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, Middle Tennessee State University; Ahad S. Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; Walter W. Boles, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

use a software interface that wouldsolve the problem in real time as the instructor speaks and not just highlight the content while thevideo progresses. Equations needed little more attention and explanation. Overall, the short videoshelped students in this pilot study not only to prepare for the final exam but also to learn at theirown pace and understand key concepts of Statics. We plan to address these challenges in the futureresearch.Student Evaluations for Fall 2015Figure 6 shows student evaluations (scale 1 to 5; rescaled to compare different averages) for theinstructor of ENGR 2110 for the Fall 2015 semester. Generally, the instructor is evaluated bystudents based on following categories: (i) Presentation Ability, (ii) Organization and

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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theattention that SET garners. Peer review has been proposed as a possibility for both formative andsummative assessment,12,13 in part because fellow faculty members are often able to evaluate aninstructor in ways that students are not able (for example, the instructor’s familiarity with thecourse material and whether the course is meeting its curricular goals). However, such evaluationprograms require a fair amount of planning and discussion amongst the faculty. One of thegreatest challenges is that all faculty do not hold identical views about what effective teaching is,leading to potential conflicts in assessment.Another alternative to SET is classroom observations by a so-called “expert,” frequently anadministrator or member of a Center for

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Krista Lynn Adams, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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New Engineering Educators

’ drawings. As with the second year, the two groupsdiscussed their prior experiences with science and engineering. Each team developed a plan tosupport communication throughout the project to promote healthy team development. The planincluded specifics on the responsibilities and practices the group would follow in order tocomplete the project. When the afterschool clubs began, both education students and engineeringstudents were in attendance for almost all club meetings. The largest change during this iterationof the cross-disciplinary project was the process for identifying the club theme. In prior years,teams independently chose their club topic at the first in-class meeting. In the third year, theengineering students on each team identified a

Conference Session

Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Thomas Quigley, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Kathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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 an array of active learning approaches that pique their interest and spark excitement about the possible outcomes for their students. After initial exposure to new activities, contextual questions naturally arise for educators, and a clear understanding of the essential features for successfully implementing a teaching strategy becomes necessary. Reflection activities represent one approach for active learning that educators reasonably have questions about before adopting the approach.  Reflection is a topic that can have various meanings. For this project, reflection was conceptualized with the following definition: looking back on the past experience(s), to interpret and make meaning of those experiences in order to plan for the future [1

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Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Matthew Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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New Engineering Educators

engineers: designing for the future of the field, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford, CA.17. Armacost, R. and Pet-Armacost, J. 2003. “Using mastery-based grading to facilitate learning,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO.18. Freeman, R. and Lewis, R. 1998. Planning and implementing assessment, Kogan Page, London.19. Walvoord, B. and Anderson, V. 1998. Assessing student learning: A common sense approach, Anker, Boston, MA.20. Huba, M. and Freed, J. 2000. Learner-centered assessment on college campuses: Shifting the focus from teaching to learning, Allyn & Bacon, Needham Heights, MA.21. Morgan, C., Dunn, L., Parry, S., and O’Reilly, M. 2004

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Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gillian M. Nicholls, Southeast Missouri State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

LMS what the names of the randomizedparameters are. Having the text of the question written out allows copying and pasting of thetext into the LMS when constructing the question. For example, Figure 1 shows the text of acalculated question that has two randomized parameters with {Emp} = the number of employeesand {Produce} = the number of boxes produced in a year. This example was constructed withinthe Moodle LMS. Charles Shoe manufactures handmade wooden jewelry boxes. A total of {Emp} employees each work 160 hours per month carving and assembling the boxes. In 2016 the company plans to make {Produce} boxes to meet expected global demand. What is their productivity at this level of production

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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith P.E., Tuskegee University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

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Diversity

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experiences questionnaire: Tentative norms for the fourth edition. Bloomington: Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning, Indiana University. 21. Pascarella, E. T., Cruce, T. M., Wolniak, G. C., & Blaich, C. F. (2004). Do liberal arts colleges really foster good practices in undergraduate education? Journal of College Student Development, 45(1), 57-74.22. Kuh, G. D., & Hu, S. (2001). The effects of student-faculty interaction in the 1990s. The Review of Higher Education, 24(3), 309-332.23. Pike, G. R., & Kuh, G. D. (2005a). First- and second-generation college students: A comparison of their engagement and intellectual development. Journal of Higher Education, 76(3), 276-300.24. Pike, G. R., & Kuh, G. D

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That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Twin Cities; Jacob John Swanson, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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, and seminar courses. First, faculty actively strove to help the students embracefailure. Second, students on each design team were required to weekly record both completedtasks from the previous week and planned tasks for the next week. Finally, students wereallowed to evolve the requirements of their project as a function of time. These interventionsdiffer from traditional approaches where failure is often discussed as something to avoid, teamscreate detailed Gantt charts early in a project but fail to adhere to or update the schedule, andproject specifications are established in stone soon after the commencement of the project.Faculty encouraged an open discussion of failure in several ways including dedicating seminartime to discussing the