Conference Session

Exploring Research Methodologies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Algeo Wilson IV, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; James Blake Gegenheimer

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Engineering Education, 2016Curiosities Regarding Exam Review Sessions at LSU’s College of EngineeringIntroduction As enrollment increases at Louisiana State University (LSU), it becomes morechallenging for students to be actively engaged with their professors and in their own learningprocesses. The larger class sizes and reduction in state funding contribute to a poorer learningenvironment (1, 2). This struggle is compounded in sophomore level courses, where many studentsconsider dropping out of their respective engineering programs (3). In 2014, the authors publisheda paper discussing how these barriers can be somewhat alleviated by offering peer led activelearning sessions through Supplemental Instruction (SI) (4). The authors found that

Conference Session

Exploring Research Methodologies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deirdre-Annaliese Nicole Hunter, Virginia Tech; Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech

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Student

students and new faculty considering new research avenueswith limited resources, in an effort to maximize the usefulness of previously dedicated resources.IntroductionIn the worlds of statistics and quantitative research, the term ‘data mining’ is used to refer totechniques that help researchers investigate new findings from existing data sets[1, 2]. DataMining usually involves analyzing extremely large databases, but the methods involved areapplied to smaller sets of data as well. In all applications, the purpose of data mining is todevelop new knowledge from existing information.In qualitative research, we often use the term secondary analysis for the repurposing of existingdata for new investigations[3-5]. Broadly, this includes any subsequent

Conference Session

Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Algeo Wilson IV, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University; James Blake Gegenheimer

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Student

STEM college students learn through the use of active learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Unsubstantiated Cutoff: Deeper Analysis of Supplemental Instruction Sessions in Engineering CoursesAbstract Active learning sessions such as those in the Supplemental Instruction model are oftenreported as successful when incorporated into high DFW (Drop, Fail, Withdraw), highenrollment courses (1). Research conducted by The U.S. Department of Education, Redish,Longfellow, and many others have reported significant benefits to students enrolled in coursesthat incorporate active learning strategies (1, 2, 3). The initial analysis of the impact ofSupplemental

Conference Session

Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaclyn Kuspiel Murray, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Student

compared separatelyacross all spatial assessments. A Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient matrix was developedto visualize correlations between assessments and gender. Male participants showed significant(mostly) moderate correlations between all tests at the p < .001 level. Moreover, femaleparticipants suggested different strengths of correlation and significance across all assessments.Introduction Investigation into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)professional knowledge has gained momentum since funding became available throughgovernment agencies and private sources. Spatial skill level is a known predictor of STEMachievement.1 Currently, K-12 instruction emphasizes both verbal and mathematical skills, butdoes

Conference Session

Exploring Research Methodologies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jack S Rossetti, Syracuse University; Michael Garrett, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University

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number ofviews of each video, how much percentage each visitor watched, the total amount of time eachvisitor spent on each video, the total amount of time, visitors, and views for each slide, and theaverage percentage of completion of each video. Figure 1 displays an example of the statisticaldata provided from the Office Mix website. Another noteworthy tool was the ability to look atthese statistics in any time frame specified by the user; Office mix allowed the user to look at thedata from week to week as well as over then entire semester. Figure 1: An example of an uploaded video’s analytic data recorded and provided from Microsoft mix at https://mix.office.com/Results and Discussion At the end

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khalilullah Mayar, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Student

Materials" (Rais-Rohani, Walters, & Vizzini, 2010, p. 1). Learning Staticsrequires a considerable attention as the course concepts serve as "the building blocks for futurecourses in engineering, mechanics of solids and design in particular. There is a commondisappointment among many educators in the students' abilities to apply the concepts todesign/analyze real systems in the subsequent courses" (Condoor, Jayaram, & Boyer, 2008, p. 1).This paper describes re-design of the Engineering Mechanics I (Statics) course based on theoutcome based learning and also student-centered learning theories by integrating the Content,Assessment and Pedagogy together in a single model abbreviated as CAP, and utilizing theBackward Design Process. In contrast

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Phillip Shelley, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Forrest Satterfield, Satterfield Technologies ; Rohit Borah, University Innovation Fellows, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Murray Dean Ladner III, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Version 1.In order to communicate our sustainability plan, we developed an order system was created usingPayPal and Podio, a project management tool, with simple algorithms created to measureoverhead (maintenance of the printers and the filament) and net profit from student payment.Students would be urged to make a request for a print through the order form on Podio, usingtheir own models or those created by the makerspace staff or online artists. The staff memberquickly makes the necessary adjustments for size and print detail, providing the student with aquote that can be confirmed and paid or declined.With the outline for the space and the space’s business plan completed, we created a detailedbudget and with the help of our mentors we secured

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadra Guizani, Purdue Univeristy; Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education

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creates a more open relationship between graduate students, making a betterenvironment for research and creation.IntroductionLaTeX is a document preparation system that is widely used to write research papers, theses, anddissertations. LaTeX is especially suited to create technical and scientific documents 1 . H´ector andNadra, the authors of this paper, needed to write masters theses and journal publications usingLaTeX. Both of us had no experience using LaTeX, putting us in the tough position of learningLaTeX in a very short amount of time. At the time, we were both students of the Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) department. We perceived the ECE climate as one in which LaTeXwas viewed as a tool that should have been learned implicitly

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

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career. Youremotional health might not be as straightforward to manage. Graduate school has emotional highs(e.g. success in research, accepted papers) emotional lows (e.g. rejected papers, failed tests) andstress. I learned that my emotional health is not something I could ignore. Taking time foryourself is important during your graduate school career. The last lesson of the paper is aboutsetting goals and finding opportunities to achieve your goals. A common goal for earning yourdoctorate should be preparing you for your career in either academia or industry.My BackgroundI am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kettering University and I defended mydissertation on April 1, 2016, about 31.5 months after starting my Ph.D. in Systems

Conference Session

Listening and Negotiation

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

focuses on the topic ofnegotiation, with an emphasis on providing practical ideas and strategies relevant to academicprofessionals at both entry-level and mid-career who find that they need to negotiate a careeropportunity. The paper will review negotiation basics, as well as discuss what can be negotiated,how one might proceed to discuss these, and how listening is critical to negotiation. By viewingnegotiation as a “wise agreement”1 that seeks to meet the needs of both parties to the extentpossible, this paper presents several common cases or scenarios that illustrate the importance ofunderstanding the elements involved both from the faculty member’s perspective as well as fromthe perspective of their department head, dean or

Conference Session

Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Roger Haase, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Student

nanotechnology was improved, and that they would bebetter equipped to field questions that visitors to the museum might have.Due to the positive response from attendees, a second event was scheduled on a related topic:The origins of atomic theory. This presentation had a similar goal to the first: provide museumvolunteers and staff with a foundational understanding of the topic, which would in turn allowthem to improve the understanding of visitors. After this presentation, attendees were asked tocomplete a short survey about the presentation; the survey questions, and aggregated responses,can be seen in Figure 1. The survey was developed using well documented principles for Likertstyle surveys34,35,36,37,38, though due to its short length some

Conference Session

Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University; Tom M Leathem, Mississippi state university

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Diversity

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Student

of female engineers has increased from approximately 1% in the 1970s to 20%today while rates for females entering construction have shown minimal growth. This increaseseems promising, but there has been a decrease in the enrollment of female engineers since 2008in several countries (Beddoes & Borrego, 2011).Low female enrollment in engineering has long been acknowledged as a problem by engineeringeducation researchers. While the problem is well documented through admissions data,researchers are still in the process of identifying motivational factors for females into the field(Johnson & Sheppard, 2004). Architecture and Construction are experiencing similar issues withlower enrollment rates, but the fields have less data on this

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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that were identified by the participants will be discussed in therespective sections as well. Institutional. The institutional elements that were identified focus around the specific milestoneswithin the PhD process that are created by the institution/department that the student is part of. Table 1shows the different process components identified by the special session facilitators as well as thoseidentified by each of the participant groups. The components were aligned to help identify elements thatwere present for all groups and places there were gaps or differences between the groups.In general, all of the groups agreed on roughly the following pathway through the PhD process: 1. Apply and get into graduate school; 2. Complete

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Galczynski, University of Maryland - College Park

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Student

students in public universities is around 50%, while the graduation rates at private universities are around 69%1.This paper aims to broadly explore and discuss how student and professor expectations mayinfluence students’ conceptions of engineering identity, their acquisition of knowledge andskills, as well as their plans for navigation through the “engineering pipeline” by analyzing theinterview responses of two freshman engineering students and one engineering faculty member.MotivationsAs stated earlier, it is important to acknowledge that engineering identity is not necessarily asconcrete or fixed as research might suggest13,14,19. It is likely that each individual studentpossesses a different understanding of the engineering profession, as

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Emmanuel Early, The University of Houston-Clear Lake; Jose Daniel Velazco, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Miguel Rosales, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Edgar Cantu, AutoSol Inc.

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Diversity

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Student

Fridaysand our annual STEM challenge. We propose that a model similar to this could be successfullyand beneficially implemented more widely, with the goal of increasing both interest andretention in STEM fields.IntroductionThe goal of Bridges to STEM Careers is to increase retention rates and general interest in theSTEM programs offered by the university.1 The name itself refers to a bridge, reaching fromcommunity college, through university, all the way to a successful STEM career. The primarymethod of achieving this goal has been to forge mutually beneficial relationships among faculty,student mentors, and students. We believe that our goals are best effected on a personal levelrather than an institutional level, and that by focusing on

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian E Faulkner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Student

, lead by a graduate TA. The special MERIT section meets once a week, and is worth 1 credit hour on students’ transcripts in addition to the credit hours from the primary course (much like lab sections). MERIT is ​ not​ a remedial section. The students work problems that are very difficult for the median freshman. Each problem takes a group of four students an hour or two to solve. Problems are more open­ended than homework or exam problems and demand substantial thinking from the students. Students are evaluated on attendance and participation, rather than the completeness or correctness of their solutions. In this environment students have ample time to really understand concepts, rather than race toward the correct solution. After completing

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aileen Tapia, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Martinez, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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supports high schoolstudents interested in advancing to STEM degrees at institutions of higher education, and itprovides a near peer mentor experience that can assist the Junior Chapter members as theyproceed through the process of seeking and transitioning to university studies. We are workingto help students advance what we call the “SHPE driving pillars:” (1) academic development, (2)professional development, (3) outreach/community service, (4) leadership development, and (5)chapter development.The UTEP MAES/SHPE Student Chapter welcomes Junior Chapters with student membershipfrom all ethnicities for the purpose of increasing the number of Latino youth that enter andcomplete Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related careers