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FPD 5: Course Delivery Methods and Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #8754Effect of Flipping the Classroom on Student Performance in First Year Engi-neering CoursesDr. Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati Dr. Kathleen Ossman is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati. She teaches courses to freshmen engineering students that require the application of mathematics and physics to solving applied problems from a variety of engineering disciplines and utilize MATLAB for solving computationally intensive problems and analyzing data. She earned a BSEE and MSEE from Georgia Tech

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Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young University; Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Paper ID #8942An Experiential Learning Approach to Develop Leadership Competencies inEngineering and Technology StudentsDr. Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University Gregg M. Warnick is the Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership and Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The center provides oversight for leadership development and inter- national activities within the college and he works actively with students, faculty and staff to promote and develop increased capabilities in global

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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #9129Applying Self-authorship Theory among Chinese Engineering Doctoral Stu-dents in U.S. InstitutionsDr. Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Jiabin Zhu, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Education in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China. She obtained a B.S. in Physics from East China Normal University, a M.S. in Optics from Chinese Academy of Sciences, a second M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her primary research interests relate to the development of engineering students’ professional skills, the assessment of

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Design in the Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Felipe L. Carvalho, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University

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Biomedical

Paper ID #8891Biomedical Signal Processing: Designing an Engineering Laboratory CourseUsing Low-Cost Hardware and SoftwareMr. Felipe L. Carvalho, Florida Atlantic University Felipe L. Carvalho is a graduating senior in the Electrical Engineering program at Florida Atlantic Uni- versity (FAU), Boca Raton - FL. At FAU, he is a member of the Innovation Leadership Honors Program and as part of his undergraduate studies, is currently working on his Honors Project ”Biomedical Signal Processing.” Additionally, he is a co-op at BlackBerry, where he works closely with principles of telecom- munications and software testing. He

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Computing in the First Year

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan Eleanor Ita, Ohio State University ; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Katlyn Elizabeth Ashley, Ohio State University; Brooke Morin, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

including personal characteristics of test takers, various features ofcomputer-based testing systems, and test content. These researchers believed that once thesevarious factors are controlled, test mode effect can be eliminated.To our knowledge, there have been no test mode studies conducted with engineering students inan engineering course. Additionally, the rapid advance of technology and incorporation intostudents’ lives at earlier ages certainly plays a role in how students may approach a paper-basedversus a computer-based test. With this in mind, it is important to gather up-to-date data onstudents with the described demographic. We believe that analyzing test mode effect with first-year engineering students in an engineering course could

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FPD 10: Teamwork

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University; Bruce Ankenman, Northwestern University; Penny L. Hirsch, Northwestern University; Adam Goodman; Koshonna Brown, Northwestern University Center for Leadership

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First-Year Programs

.) Matthieu, J. and Rapp, T. “Laying the foundation for successful team performance strategies: The roles of team charters and performance strategies.” Journal of Applied Psychology, 94:1 (90-103), 2009.6.) Katzenbach, J.R. and Smith, D.K. “The Discipline of Teams.” Harvard Business Review, 71(2) (111-120), 1993.7.) Hirsch, P. “Improving Interpersonal Communication in Engineering Education: New Light on Teaching Teamwork.” Association for Business Communication and New Zealand Communication Association Asian- Pacific regional meeting, Auckland, NZ, December 10, 2003. Bransford, J., Brown, A., and Cocking, R. “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Mary Cardenas

96 Electronic Laboratory Notebooks versus Paper Laboratory Notebooks: A Comparison of Undergraduate Experimental Engineering Laboratory Submissions Mary Cardenas Harvey Mudd CollegeAbstractElectronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) are computer-based solutions for creating, storing,retrieving, and sharing electronic files. Such electronic records are now considered equivalent topaper-based records, when it comes to patent filing as well as other legal and technical issues.Advantages of ELNs include the ability to search electronically; electronic linkage

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Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul Andrew Branham, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Neha Choudhary, Purdue; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Molly H Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Purdue University; Corey A Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emilie A Siverling, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; M. D. Wilson, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #10980A community of practice approach to becoming an engineering education re-search professionalDr. Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette Robin S. Adams is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a PhD in Education, an MS in Materials Science and Engineering, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Her research is in three interconnecting areas: cross-disciplinary thinking, acting, and being; design cognition and learning; and theories of change in transforming engineering education.Ms. Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice L Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #9343From the mouths of students: two illustrations of narrative analysis to under-stand engineering education’s ruling relations as gendered and racedDr. Alice L Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice L. Pawley is an associate professor in the School of Engineering Education with affiliations with the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and Division of Environmental and Ecological En- gineering at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in chemical engineering (with distinction) from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering with a Ph.D. minor in women’s

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Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering. Thereare several guiding principles of constructivism 14,20,24,36,41:1. Understanding comes from interactions with the environment. A learner’s knowledge comes from his/her pre-existing knowledge and experience; and new knowledge is formed when connecting previous experience to the new content and environment.2. Conflict in the mind or puzzlement is the stimulus for learning and determines the organization and nature of what is learned.3. Knowledge involves social negotiation and the evaluation of the viability of individual understanding.The literature suggests that a change in the development of curriculum in teaching IFEM coursesis worth exploring. When compared to

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SD Technical Session: Tricks of the Trade

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Colleen Marie Croyle, The Ohio State Univeristy ; Alison N. Snyder; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Student

to pursue it in the future as it seems to be apromising line of work with great potential. If we did not venture out of our comfort zones forthis project, we may not have uncovered our interesting results. Page 24.496.11Additionally, we would like to offer recommendations to recent graduates of Ph.D. programs inengineering education. First, when applying to jobs be opened minded and never give up. Basedon the results of our work, many individuals outside of the engineering education communitystill do not understand what engineering education is or the value that engineering educationdegree holders bring to the academic setting. With that

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on engineering as an innovation in P-12 education, policy of P-12 engineering, how to support teachers and students’ academic achievements through engineering, the measurement and support of the change of ’engineering habits of mind’ particularly empathy and the use of cyber-infrastructure to sensitively and resourcefully provide access to and support learning. Page 24.528.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Enhancing the STEM Curriculum Through a Multidisciplinary Approach that Integrates Biology and Engineering

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khaled Sobhan, Florida Atlantic University; Edgar An, Florida Atlantic University; Ryne A. Sherman; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic university ; Nicolas A. Brown, Florida Atlantic University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Science Board-Sponsored Workshop on “Moving Forward to Improve Engineering Education (Summary Notes)”, November 7, 2006, Georgia Institute of Technology.30. R. M. Ryan, and E. L. Deci. “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: Classic Definitions and New Directions,” Contemporary Educational Psychology, Vol. 25, pp. 54-67, 2000.31. J. Bransford et. al., How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition, National Academies Press, Washington, DC.32. A. E. Black and E. L. Deci, “The effects of instructors’ autonomy support and students’ autonomous motivation on learning organic chemistry: A self-determination theory perspective,” Science Education, 84, 740-756, 2000.33. G. C. Williams, and E. L. Deci, “Internalization of

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10091Game-Aided Pedagogy to Improve Students’ Learning Outcomes and En-gagement in Transportation EngineeringDr. Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech Dr. Montasir Abbas is an Associate Professor in the Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineer- ing at Virginia Tech. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Khartoum, Sudan (1993), a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1997), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from Purdue University (2001). Dr. Abbas has wide experience as a practicing transportation engineer and a

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Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariana Tafur-Arciniegas P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; K. Anna Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

promote an interest in STEM careers. They also highlight the potentialfor engineering to be a natural integrator for science, math, and technology. They explain howengineering habits of mind, such as system thinking or creativity that are inherent to theengineering design process may support science, math, and technology learning.In particular, the Museum of Science at Boston13 has developed a set of units called Engineeringis Elementary (EiE). Cunningham and Hester4 suggest that, through this resource, elementaryteachers can integrate engineering with science in order to improve students’ engagement andproblem-solving skills and increase students’ technological literacy. EiE units connects sciencetopics such as weather, water, or sound to

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Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD); Giacomo Nannicini, SUTD; Roland Bouffanais, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Elica Kyoseva, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Jean Wan Hong Yong, SUTD; Dario Poletti, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Robert E Simpson; Aditya Prasad Mathur

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #8653Integrated 2D Design in the Curriculum: Effectiveness of Early Cross-SubjectEngineering ChallengesProf. Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design Dr. Otto is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Product Development Pillar at the Singapore Uni- versity of Technology and Design. He teaches the design courses as well as disciplinary courses including thermodynamics, and is very interested in multidisciplinary education.Mr. Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design BSME Carnegie Mellon 2008 MSME University of Texas at Austin 2010 PhD

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FPD 2: Building Community

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Liron, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Bereket Berhane, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #9852Multi-Course Alignment for 1st Year Engineering Students: Mathematics,Physics, and Programming in MATLABCaroline Liron, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Caroline Liron is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Department, at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), where she has been teaching since 2005. She obtained her bachelor’s in aeronautics and space from EPF, Ecole d’Ing´enieur (France), and her M.S. in aerospace engineering from ERAU. She currently teaches Introduction to Programming for Engineers. She is involved in devel- oping and maintaining the hybrid version of

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Tara Kulkarni

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Service-Learning Projects in Environmental Engineering Courses: Models of Community Engagement Activities Tara Kulkarni, Member, ASEE institutions engaged in S-L. For example, the Service Center at Abstract—The curriculum for an introductory environmental the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) refers to S-Lengineering course was enhanced with the addition of Service- as “a pedagogy that involves the interaction of academicallyLearning (S-L) based

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Moe Tajvidi P.E.

insight of integrated thinking in learners mind. The advantages of PBL aresummarized as4: (1) Improved communication and teamwork skills; (2) Increased motivation; (3)Better understanding of professional practice; (4) Improved application of knowledge to realisticproblems; (5) Improved student satisfaction and (6) Increased student learning. In a generalconclusion, PBL is intended to expose students to real engineering practice experience whichincludes its style and language. Since it does not fit completely within the cognitive domain oflearning, PBL created this opportunity because of its practical aspect. PBL gives the students thechance to look at the input data as results of questionable analysis not solid untouchableassumptions. In

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Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Alejandro Mejia, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - College of Education; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University; Indhira Maria Hasbun, Utah State University; Daniel L. Householder, Utah State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

designersgenerate, evaluate, and specify concepts for devices, systems, or processes whose form andfunction achieve clients’ objectives or users’ needs while satisfying a specified set ofconstraints” (p. 104). 15 Although there are different descriptions of the design process, 16, 17 mostof the models of engineering design are viewed as largely cognitive and tend to focus onrelatively uniform frameworks for thinking and “habits of mind.” This line of research has led toclaims that certain types of cognitive activity over a particular duration of time can lead to betterdesigns. 16, 18However, we do not view engineering design as a strictly cognitive activity that is separate fromrelationships, material worlds, cultures, and everyday experiences. Instead, we

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International Division Technical Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Walter von Reinhart

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International

Paper ID #10741INTEGRATING STUDY, RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIPS IN A YEAR-LONG INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM ABROADDr. Sigrid – Berka, University of Rhode Island Dr. Sigrid Berka is the Executive Director of the International Engineering Program (IEP) at the Uni- versity of Rhode Island, and also the Director of the German IEP and the Chinese IEP, responsible for building academic programs with exchange partners abroad, internship placements for IEP’s dual degree students, corporate relations, and fundraising for the IEP. Bi-annually the IEP organizes the Colloquium on International Engineering Education. Under Sigrid’s

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Teaching Dynamics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #10820Learning Engineering Dynamics with a Videogame: A Look at How StudentsPlay the GameDr. Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University Brianno Coller is Presidential Teaching Professor at Northern Illinois University. Early in his academic career, he studied complex dynamics and control of nonlinear systems such as turbulent boundary lay- ers, turbomachine instabilities, aeroelastic instabilities, bicycle dynamics, and traffic. More recently he has been studying the complex nonlinear dynamics of students learning engineering in the context of a videogame

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K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 1 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madison J. Gallipo, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet L. Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Science in the properpedagogy required for teaching project-based engineering design. This multi-day training, heldin August, included discussion on identifying and explaining the different engineering disciplinesand practice in teaching hands-on engineering activities. Teachers also learned what makes agood engineering student and how to effectively teach different engineering habits of mind. As aresult, these teachers knew more than the average high school teacher about what engineering is,what the different disciplines entail and how to explain an engineering career path to students. Inshort, the training gave them the confidence necessary to encourage students to think about andprepare for careers in engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dark, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

Paper ID #8851The efficacy of case studies for teaching policy in engineering and technologycoursesMr. Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette Rylan Chong is a Ph.D. student in the Information Security Program and affiliated with The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University. He has a Master’s Degree in Information Security from Purdue University. He also has a B.S. in Computer Science from Chaminade University of Honolulu. His research area is on technology policy.Dr. Melissa Dark, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Engineering and Public Policy

Paper ID #8689Higher Technological Education and British Polict Making: A lost opportu-nity for curriculum change in engineering educationDr. John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin John Heywood MA MSc LittD (Dublin) M.Litt (Lanacaster). Professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College – The University of Dublin and formerly Professor and Director of Teacher Education in the University (1977 – 1996). In addition to a higher doctorate he is the holder of a Masters degree in engineering education (MSc). He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Educa- tion, a Senior

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Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

reflections isthat “doing something” was at the forefront of Watt’s mind, a more seasoned professor amongus, who was aware of other groups she’d been involved with that never moved past the planningstage. Bernal, though--our newest faculty member and an engineer--took for granted that theprogram would come to fruition. While the seasoned communication professor was impressedthat “we took the idea from inception to implementation in one year,” the new engineeringprofessor hadn’t considered one year to be a particularly quick timeframe. A related key traitthat all three share is accepting the need to do things “on the fly”; for instance, we agreed from

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

published on various aspects of communication in sociotechnical systems, including the use of sentence-headline design for PowerPoint slides. Page 24.1007.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Problem Framing as a Teachable Skill: A Practical Approach to Teaching Leadership CommunicationIn the preface to the 2011 edition of Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership (1995/2011),Howard Gardner notes “the explosion of interest in the topic of leadership” (p. xv) that occurredbetween the two editions of the book.4 The Engineering Leadership Constituent

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Design Realization

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Design in Engineering Education

and share their technical recipes with those interested. Done outsidethe confines of established engineering education curricular activities, Making comes from animaginative, creative mind-space and is a shareful practice. Making is defined by a do-it-yourself ideal and is historically rooted in efforts likePopular Mechanics magazine who demystified everyday stuff for hobbyists and the Whole EarthCatalog: Access to Tools5 who surveyed everyday tools for the counterculture movement of the1960s. Additional real-world touchstones are the growth of Radio Shack stores and the 1980stelevision program MacGyver where the lead character would resolve each episode’spredicament by fashioning an escape plan out of found objects6. Technology and

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Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael L. Jones, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #9931Living With Contradiction: Cultural Historical Activity Theory as a Theo-retical Frame to Study Student Engineering Project TeamsMr. Michael L Jones, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Michael Jones is a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto and professor of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at Sheridan College, Oakville ON. Michael’s research interests are in project-based learning in technology education, with his dissertation looking at how Formula SAE engineering student project teams engage information management contradictions

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Promoting Technological Literacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

p 1). Education is then, “the acquisition of theart of utilisation of knowledge” [4 p 6]. Looked at from the perspective of Whitehead’s formalphilosophy engineering and technology are creative activities. The stage of “romance” is notonly one of discovery but of creative exploration [8] It is a view that fits well with what anengineer seeks to do. Page 24.375.3 2 Stage 1: Romance: The stage of first apprehension (a stage of ferment). Education must essentially be a setting in order of a ferment already stirring in the mind: you cannot educate the mind in vacuo. In our conception of