Conference Session

Engineering in Societal Context

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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), and assummarized in numerous, readily available sources, Nightingale’s environmental theoryrepresents the first grand theory of the modern practice of nursing (see: www.nursing-theory.org). The theory includes seven assumptions that focus the nurse on taking care ofthe patient’s environment in order to achieve wellness and cure illness, namely: 1. Natural laws; 2. Mankind can achieve perfection; 3. Nursing is a calling; 4. Nursing is an art and a science; 5. Nursing is achieved through environmental alteration; 6. Nursing requires a specific educational base; and 7. Nursing is distinct and separate from medicine.The ten environmental factors described by Nightingale include: ventilation andwarming; light and noise

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Student Experience

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Austin Spencer Bohlin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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, researchers have analyzed project deliverables andconceptual design outcomes as meaningful representations represent students’ innovationcompetency.7–9Yet, innovation is a complex phenomenon. Current understanding of innovation involves notonly outcomes and individual characteristics, but the environments that support innovativeoutcomes10–12, and more prominently, the processes that innovators13,14 and innovative teamsorganizations15 utilize. In this study, we investigate the breadth of student understanding ofinnovation processes. More specifically, we ask: 1. To what extent do engineering students acknowledge unique phases of innovation as part of their personal innovation processes? 2. To what extent do engineering students acknowledge

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James D Burns, Purdue Univeristy; Bob E. White P.E., Western Michigan University

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, there are challenges to this approach, not the least of which is the relatively short timestudents have to learn and apply a new programming language. As with most instructionalchallenges, finding the right approach for the situation is more desirable than attempting tobalance between extreme options (leaving students to learn on their own versus providing acomplete tutorial on VBA programming). Our intent here is to introduce the approach taken forthis course in order to highlight those aspects we believe are most critical to success.InstructionOverviewThe project begins during the first week of class and concludes during the last meeting. Theproject is administered in three phases, with the model-building activities performed duringPhase 1

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Oral Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason R. White, University of California, Davis; Ahmet Palazoglu, University of California, Davis

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Chemical Engineering

senior design projects in the Plant Design Projectcourse.After the completion of the assignment, students were voluntarily surveyed to gauge theirperception of the effectiveness of the assignment as a measurement of their ability todevelop a preliminary design idea. They were also surveyed to measure their perceptionof how strongly the ABET outcomes for the course mapped to this assignment. Studentperformance on the assignment was assessed on the basis of the students ability to 1)communicate in writing effectively, 2) design a preliminary process to meet a societalneed within realistic constraints, 3) understand ethical responsibilities and potentialsafety issues, 4) understand the impact of the proposed design project in a global,environmental

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Behnaam Aazhang, Rice University; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); L. Franklin Bost, Virginia Commonwealth University; Joseph R. Cavallaro, Rice University; Edwin K. P. Chong Ph.D., Colorado State University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jocelyn B. S. Cullers, Boise State University; Sonya M. Dennis, Morehouse College; Yingfei Dong, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Prasad N. Enjeti, Texas A&M University; Afroditi V. Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; David Garmire, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Jay George; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail S. Hohner, University of Michigan; William L. Hughes, Boise State University; Amos Johnson, Morehouse College; Charles Kim, Howard University; Hale Kim, INHA University; Robert H. Klenke, Virginia Commonwealth University; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kevin James Lybarger, University of Washington; Stephen Marshall P.E., University of Strathclyde; Subra Muralidharan, University of California, Davis; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Francisco Raul Ortega, Florida International University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; David M. Rizzo; Candace Renee Ryder, Colorado State Univerisity; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Seyed Masoud Sadjadi, Florida International University; Scott Munro Strachan, University of Strathclyde; Mohsen Taheri, Florida International University; Gary L. Woods, Rice University Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brian C. Fabien, University of Washington; Phiilp Johnson, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Robert Collins, Univesrity of Strathclyde at Georgia Tech; Paul Murray

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- ciation for the complexity/severity of problems within urban education, as well as the unique opportunity to sequentially observe, assess, and address fractures within the said learning environment. For his con- tributions to teaching, research, and service, Will is the recipient of multiple awards such as: (1) Boise State’s Professor of the Year Award in 2015, (2) Boise State’s Golden Apple Award in 2011, (3) National Effective Teaching Institute Fellow in 2011, (4) ASEE New Engineering Educators Award in 2011, (5) W.M. Keck Foundation Award in 2011, (6) National Institutes of Health Career Award in 2011, and (7) Cal Poly President’s Community Service Award in 2008.Dr. Amos Johnson, Morehouse College Amos Johnson is a

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vetria L. Byrd Ph.D., Purdue University; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Computing & Information Technology

Experiences Purdue UniversityAbstractEvidence of the importance of visualization can be seen in the role visualization continues toplay in informed decision making [1-4], data analysis [5], explanations of complex data sets [6-8], detection of trends and patterns [9], and storytelling [10-12]. The need to diversify a fieldwith such far-reaching influence is imperative [13]. Visualization is the process of transformingraw, complex data into a visual representation that provides insight. In order to prepare the nextgeneration of researchers and scientists to make transformative and innovative discoveries in adata-driven world, exposure to the process, tools and techniques of data visualization must beginearly. Many

Conference Session

The Big Picture in Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Donna M. Riley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, continue to draw concern from the EngineeringEducation community as well as from other member professional societies, most notably theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers.1 Criterion 3 covers the familiar “a-k” student learningoutcomes in engineering, while Criterion 5 covers the overall structure of the curriculum (e.g.,relative amounts of math and science, engineering fundamentals, and humanities and socialscience content). ABET’s seemingly abrupt departure from a common ideal of a liberallyeducated engineer—after two decades of alignment among ABET’s EC2000 “a-k” learningoutcomes and goals articulated in numerous blue ribbon reports from the National Academiesand the professional societies2-5—raises a number of questions.The process has offered

Conference Session

CoED: Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Varun Agrawal, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

Capstone Designcourse which provides an opportunity for senior engineering students to synthesize practicalsolutions for real-world, open-ended design problems. Every year more than 1500 students inover 300 teams from the Georgia Institute of Technology participate in the semi-annual GeorgiaTech Capstone Design Expo to showcase their work from the Capstone Design course, with teamsize varying from 4-6 students upto 11 students each.Past research 1 2 3 4 5 shows the positive impacts of these Capstone Design experiences and projects,thus proving the utility of such a course not just for students but for the community and industryat large. To enable the student teams for success, it is critical to ensure that the team formationprocess is student

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heather Lysbeth Henderson, West Virginia University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University ; Christina Paguyo, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University

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“personal identification with the duties, responsibilities,and knowledge associated with a professional role” (Eliot and Turns, 2011, p. 631).Development of an engineering identity thus requires students to (Stevens, O'Connor, Garrison,Jocuns & Amos, 2008 ; Trede, Macklin and Bridges2011): (1) understand the roles of engineersand acquire the necessary disciplinary content through doing; (2) interact with others in theprofession and be recognized as an engineer (identities are inherently social), and (3) engage insensemaking to reconcile the beliefs and identities the student brings with them to engineeringwith the expectations placed on them by the profession. The process of developing a professionalidentity is impacted by the socialization

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan

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for helping current “buoyant believers” maintain ahigh level of resilience and confidence, the present investigation uncovered detailed informationabout how Black male students in engineering and engineering-related fields developed suchtraits. 12,29 Research participants identified attributes such as a) childhood adversity, b) a refusalto quit, and c) prior academic success, which ultimately led to their collegiate achievements.Attribute 1: Childhood adversitySeveral research participants who were labeled as “buoyant believers,” described childhoodadversity which helped them learn how to focus on and fight for academic opportunities evenwith limited resources and outside discouragement. For example, Charles, a senior aerospace

Conference Session

ETD Learning Approaches

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rex C. Kanu, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

time. But on the average, the class lectures anddiscussions, may last about 30 minutes to 1 hour in a 2-hour lecture period. To reinforcedmaterials covered in the videos and the class lectures, the students work in teams consisting ofthree to four students per team on questions and calculations problems on the topic underconsideration.A unique feature of the flipped classroom is the videos used in this process. They were off-the-shelf videos obtained from different sources. This is important because Schmidt and Ralph6observed that “the most successful flipped classrooms report that they utilize videos of the content that they have gotten from a variety of places. By obtaining videos from other sources the students indicate

Conference Session

Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (4)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Shannon M. Sipes, Indiana University ; Jacob W. Benton, Primoris Services Corporation; Traci Aucoin, GEAR UP; Gloria E. de Zamacona Cervantes, Saint Louis University; Adam O'Neill, Saint Louis University; Sana M. Syed, Saint Louis University

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Education designed to increasethe number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondaryeducation [1]. It provides states and local community-education partnerships with six-to-sevenyear grants to offer support services to high-need, middle and high schools. State grants arematching grants including multiple school systems that must include a scholarship component,while partnership grants focus more on collaborations among a school system, institutions ofhigher education, local and state education entities, businesses, and community-basedorganizations. The support services include critical early college awareness and activities liketutoring, mentoring, academic preparation, financial literacy, and career education to

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Elfer, Tulane University; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nathan M. Hicks, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Kaitlin Fair, Georgia Institute of Technology

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professional development and community, creatingASEE Student Chapters unified through the national Student Division.1 The purpose andeffectiveness of these Student Chapters have been reviewed every few years by studentsinvolved in these Chapters.1-5 Further discussion of professional development communities in thebroader field of discipline-based educational research (DBER) have also been discussed withinthe engineering education community, specifically for those who would like a graduatecommunity focused on professional development but are not at an institution with others who areinterested in engineering education.6 This paper takes a broader look at graduate communities,sharing experiences from graduate students who have developed and led graduate

Conference Session

Developing and Establishing Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexa Kottmeyer, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies

programs is Mohr et al.1, who exploredstrategies to effectively recruit students into these innovative programs, including how studentsdiscovered the programs and how different recruiting materials influenced students’ decisions toenroll in the program. However, the study focused on the strategies used to recruit students overthe student’s motivation for entering a one-year Master’s program in general and how studentsviewed the program compared to a traditional Master’s degree. Additional articles explore thedevelopment and implementation of one-year programs2,3,4. Gross, Mohr, and Pessiki2 describethe development of a Structural Engineering professional, 10-month Master’s degree program.Initial assessment data from an alumni survey highlighted

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Marius D Ellingsen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; John Ziadat, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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, the mechanical engineering occupation hadthe lowest female representation (6%), and a low non-white population (11%) [1]. This under-representation trickles down to populations of undergraduate students studying mechanicalengineering. Women and minorities make up more than two-thirds of the United Statesworkforce, yet only represent 23% of engineering graduates [2].Many groups’ research has indicated a number of items that work to deter women and minoritiesfrom pursuing and persisting in engineering. Johnson and Sheppard [3] found that women had ahigher potential for disillusionment with engineering and the assumed engineering lifestyle, aswell as being less interested in the often competitive engineering education. The ability to payfor

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession – and ASCE

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janey Camp P.E., Vanderbilt University; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers; Carolyn Sofman, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

, iPhone and Android platforms featuring animatedinfographics, videos and state-specific data and placement of stories to make the informationmost readily available and applicable to the American public, as was done in 2013. Figure 1: Sample of the displays of the 2017 Report Card on multiple devicesThe Failure to Act Economic Study SeriesASCE’s Infrastructure Report Card grades are a comprehensive assessment of infrastructureconditions across the United States. But what does D+ infrastructure mean for the nation’seconomy?In 2011, ASCE commissioned a series of economic reports called Failure to Act, to provide anobjective analysis of the economic implications for the U.S. on the current investment trends inkey infrastructure sectors. In 2016

Conference Session

Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Christian Matheis, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

program of praxis and theory will be introduced. Then considering differentstages in a liberatory process, the role of critical thinking in liberation struggle will be discussedand evaluated. Finally, paper focuses on contribution of liberatory scholars and in particularPaulo Freire and Gloria Anzaldúa in addressing promising components of critical thinking suchas relation, communication, and imagination. This paper aims to raise awareness regardingliberation scholarship as a resource for researchers and practitioners in engineering education.IntroductionThe necessity of addressing critical thinking in higher education has been demonstrated by manyscholars. 1-4 Within the context of engineering education, changes in accreditation criteria are

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Kayleigh Millerick, Texas Tech University; Kay J. Tindle, Texas Tech University; Lesley Cremeans, Texas Tech University; Stephanie J. Jones, Texas Tech University

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issues.Despite these statistics and the national focus on diversity, work to improve diversity of facultyin institutions of higher learning, particularly in STEM, is questioned. Justifications for the needfor faculty diversity in STEM is usually justified by because (1) it is the right thing to do, (2)females represent at least 50% or more of the college population but the percentage is notreflected in STEM, (3) including females in the process of design adds dimensions to the design,improving the solutions ability to serve society, just to name a few. However, these reasons donot resonate with all members of an academic community and other theory based and evidencebased approaches need to be made to justify the need for diversity of faculty in STEM

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

methods of preserving students aswhole people within these reductionist, mechanistic environments of large-scale undergraduateengineering education.IntroductionThe research context is a next-tier broadening participation program initiated in 2009 at a largeresearch-active public university, with data collected as a part of an extensive programevaluation and assessment from 2012-16, funded in part by the National Science Foundation.Aspects of the performance-enhancing year program have been detailed in prior publications [1–4], thus only an overview is offered below to situate a specific Pre-Calculus for Engineerscourse that is the locus of the data and analysis presented in this paper.The Engineering GoldShirt Program (GS) in the College of

Conference Session

Makers, Making, and the Maker Movement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Marjorie B. Bequette, Science Museum of Minnesota; Lauren Causey, Science Museum of Minnesota

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partners and collaborators into a series ofactivities intended for use during ongoing Science Center programming. As such, this paperfocuses specifically on the following research questions: 1) How are the types of familiar making activities identified by project participants aligned (or not) with the types of activities commonly associated with the Maker Movement? 2) How do the types of activities created during Making Connections align with the types of activities commonly associated with the Maker Movement? 3) What funds of knowledge were included in the activities developed as part of Making Connections?MethodsThe research questions articulated above are a subset of the larger research endeavors taken upduring the Making

Conference Session

Pre-College: Teacher Impact on Student Mastery

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Dixon, Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University; Jenny Vi Le, Ohio State University; Carlos E. Castro, Ohio State University; Madith Barton, Ohio State University; Olivia R. Richardson, Ohio State University

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and to inquire into the nature ofthe teacher learning about engineering that transpired over the course of the project. smART Project Background This study took place in two middle schools located in Columbus, Ohio. The firstschool, Metro Early College Middle School, (MECMS), has a student body of 300.MECMS, a semi-public, non-charter STEM school, is open to all students in the state, butmost reside in the city where the school is located. The school is administered by agoverning body comprised of representatives from school districts throughout the state,this study’s university partner, and industry collaborators. The socio-economicdemographics of the school’s student body are described in Table 1

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Engineering Workforce & Faculty Training

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sevinj Iskandarova, James Madison University; Oris Griffin, James Madison University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

employees in the team” (p.1, 2015)Rationale for the StudyIn educational settings, it is important to provide continuous diversity-related practices and tocreate a culture awareness workforce development plan. Some faculty may be apprehensive ofmoving from a familiar cultural environment to the new multicultural environment, or adaptingto a new work environment that may cause frustrations. Despite legislation and organizationalpolicies that attempt to manage and encourage successful engagement, and retain a diverseenvironment, faculty members are still challenged on how to deal with workplace diversityprofessionally. In order to address these challenges, the research addressed cultural awarenessprograms such as cultural

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

revision process greatly increased student engagement in the classand, as a result, increased student learning effectiveness.I. Introduction Laboratories have long been recognized as excellent tools for allowing students toobserve, discover and test new concepts. It is thus important for engineering schools to integrateinstructional laboratories as part of their undergraduate curriculums. However, good laboratoryinstruction must meet a broad range of objectives that include the capability to conductexperiments, to learn new subject matters, and to solve real world problems 1, 2. Designing anddelivering effective laboratory instruction remains a challenging endeavor for many engineeringfaculty. Since most laboratory instructions are

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B. Pocock, U.S. Air Force Academy; Anthony Barrett, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Materials

study published in the International Wood ProductsJournal (Zziwa, Ziraba, & Mwakali, 2010). Testing gave structural engineers using thesematerials another data point with which to compare the reasonableness of their designassumptions. The four species selected were Caribbean Pine, Eucalyptus, Cypress and Musizi.USAFA received two batches of wood samples from EMI. To facilitate fitting into the luggageof individuals transporting them to the U.S. from Uganda, the size and number of samples werelimited to those shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Wood Samples before Harvesting Specimens for Testing.Specimen preparation and testing was conducted as closely as possible in accordance withASTM D143 - Standard Test Methods for Small Clear

Conference Session

Predicting Student Success

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanon Marie Reckinger, Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University

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constant rate until thedrop deadline. Most students who withdrew did not participate in any or very few in-classactivities. Of the 123 students who were enrolled in the class when final grades were posted, anadditional five students were removed from the study due to low participation in-class activities.All five of the removed students had a final score in the class of <35%. The full demographics ofthe class can be found, broken down by section, in Appendix 1. The gender diversity in thiscourse is slightly better than the national average of female’s receiving a bachelor’s degree inMechanical Engineering. There are approximately 19.5% females who completed the class andwere included in the study, the national average of females who receive

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Bailey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Computing & Information Technology

able to forecastdemand, and thus it is important to understand what drives student preferences for particularscheduling time slots. Measuring these preferences can be challenging, however, for at least thefollowing three reasons. (1) Revealed preferences (what students actually choose) can differsignificantly from stated preferences (what they say they will want at a future time), requiring theuse of actual scheduling data to infer preferences or utilities. (2) The utility that students derivefrom particular choices is multifactorial, so that in a computer-based testing facility, for example,students may prefer to take their exam mid-afternoon, but they may also prefer to take it as closeto the end of the exam period as possible, and it can be

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Andreasen, University of Delaware; Heather Walling Doty, University of Delaware; L. Pamela Cook, University of Delaware

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figurebelow (figure 1) indicates progress at UD in the area of recruitment and retention since the PAIDgrant. The PAID grant seeded opportunity to engage in more extensive efforts aroundinstitutional change and played an important role in the development of the current NSFInstitutional Transformation (IT) grant. Ag & Natural Resources CAS, Natural Sciences CAS, Social Sciences 2006 Earth, Ocean, Environment Engineering 2015 Health Sciences 0 10 20 30 40

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Umesh Adhikari, Michigan State University; Jade Mitchell, Michigan Sate University, Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University; Mark H Weir, The Ohio State University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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paradigm in Science and Decisions. Figure 1 illustrates the risk assessmentprocess and feedback between scoping and management from this document.Figure 1. Risk Assessment Framework (NRC, 2009)Microbial risk assessment is a scientific process that estimates the likelihood of microbialexposure and resulting public and environmental health impact (USDA and USEPA, 2012). Riskassessment framework is inextricably linked with other components of risk analysis whichinclude risk management, risk communication, and other social as well as economic aspects.Figure 2 shows how these components are linked together.Figure 2. Risk assessment framework and its relationship with other components of risk analysis(USDA and USEPA, 2012)A conceptual model describes or

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan CPEng, The University of Auckland; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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the U.S. for instance, the 2014 publication of a workshopsummary co-sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education (ASEE) identifies that “the goal of diversifying engineeringeducation has long been recognized, studied, and subjected to attempted interventions….”1 Onespeaker at that NAE/ASEE-sponsored workshop noted that literature spanning over 40 yearsemphasizes both the importance of ethnic diversity in engineering education and commonapproaches to achieving that goal. However, the percentage of underrepresented minorities inU.S. engineering education still “remains well below their percentage in the population.”1 Ethnicdiversity is not the sole focus of diversity initiatives

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Burton Dorsey, Washington MESA; Elizabeth Apple Meza, University of Washington; Phyllis G. Harvey-Buschel, Washington MESA

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Two Year College Division

questionsin each area. It asked students to report on, 1. Future academic and career intentions; 2.Self-efficacy/motivation in STEM courses; 3. Interest in and perception of STEMmajors/careers; 3. Level and type of participation in MCCP; 4. Academic preparation in highschool; 5. Student demographics. Surveys were collected through email via a secure survey response system housedat the University of Washington. To boost response rates, paper surveys were also available inMESA centers. The paper and email surveys were combined for analysis. Survey respondentsincluded students at all six colleges in Washington state and the two colleges in California. Atotal of 155 completed surveys were collected, which represents about 15-20% of the