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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tyler Moser; Rungun Nathan; Barbara Mizdail

complex concepts and use highlysophisticated information tools. While universities around the world have rapidly implementedfirst year courses to help students bridge their transition into the information systems of highereducation, Penn State Berks has chosen to combine these trends into a distinct first yearexperience specifically for first year engineering students that teach important skills for boththeir collegiate and professional careers. It was observed that first year engineering students come with enthusiasm ready to tackledifficult concepts. They come ready to do engineering. This program consists of a semesterlong first year course. Initially the students are given a selection of faculty research projects tochoose from. From

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rodrigo Cutri P.E., Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia ; Demetrio Elie Baracat, Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Luiz Roberto Marim, Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia ; Francisco Mauro Witkowski, Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia

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Page 26.147.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Active-learning for Physics (Electromagnetism) teachers in an Engineering Course ABSTRACTStudents of Engineering have difficulties in the assimilation of the concepts explored inElectromagnetism and Waves. These difficulties begin with a lack of abstraction, especiallywhen seeking to understand the Electromagnetism concepts. Many active learningmethodologies and cases are presented in the literature for Classical Mechanics, but there arefew references to Electromagnetism and Waves. This study presents a PBL—Problem BasedLearning and a Project Based Learning—practice

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Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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aerospace structural design course. Page 26.1234.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Practical Engineering Experience in Aircraft Structural DesignAbstractEngineering analysis and design topics in a senior-level aerospace structural design course aresupplemented with simple in-class demonstrations, hands-on experience in sheet-metalfabrication, and a comprehensive engineering project involving design, analysis, optimization,manufacturing, and testing of stiffened panels. Besides providing students with opportunities togain a deeper understanding of the concepts discussed

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Simone E Volet, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; Marja M.S. Vauras, University of Turku; Debra May Friedrichsen, Unaffiliated; Gavin Tierney, University of Washington

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prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Dr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor of Learning Sciences & Human DevelopmentProf. Simone E Volet, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia Simone Volet is Professor of Educational Psychology at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. She obtained a Licence e` s Sciences de l’Education at the University of Geneva, and a PhD from Murdoch University. She has been engaged in research on learning

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell department of Mechanical Engineering; Christopher J Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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College of EngineeringProf. Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Stephen P. Johnston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastics Engineering at the UMass Lowell. His research interests include process monitoring and control for injection molding, plastic prod- uct design, and injection mold design. He is an inventor on three patents and author of over thirty publi- cations.Dr. Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, LowellDr. David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell David Willis is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UMass Lowell. His interests are in aerodynamics and engineering education. He works on projects ranging from parachutes to bio-inspired flight

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria Matthew, VentureWell; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Ari Turrentine, VentureWell; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Psychology at Howard University and her PhD in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy at the Georgia Institute of Tech- nology.Ari Turrentine, VentureWell Ari is in charge of survey administration for internal program evaluation on the research and evaluation team at VentureWell. Her duties also include survey creation, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, program logic model development, and evaluation coordination across various stakeholder groups. Most recently Ari held positions in Austin, Texas at OneStar Foundation as a Fellow on the Texas Connector project and at the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Lewis & Clark College in Psychology and a Master’s degree from

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Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlye Anne Lauff, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado Boulder ; Mark Rentschler, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #13095Comparing Organizational Structures: Two Case Studies of Engineering Com-paniesCarlye Anne Lauff, University of Colorado, Boulder Carlye is a 2nd year PhD student in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Design. She is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. At the University of Colorado Boulder, she is advised by Dr. Mark Rentschler and co-advised by Dr. Daria Kotys-Schwartz. For the past two years, she has worked as a Graduate Research Assistant on the NSF-funded project entitled ”Cognitive Ethnographies of Engineering

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ECCD Innovations in Energy Engineering & Technology

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenn T. Wrate P.E., Northern Michigan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

signal (a variable voltage) and four120 V digital signals. All of these need to be modified. The PLC analog output does not provideenough current to drive the train, so a power op-amp circuit is used. The track switches require18 V ac, so the 120 V outputs are used to control an 18 V supply via relays.The student response to using this system has been extremely positive. The system has beenused by electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering students, as well as by electrical andmechanical technology students. As a senior design project, the base system was expanded intoan elaborate system with four optical sensors, two inductive proximity sensors, and a limit switchthat could allow two trains to operate simultaneously. The system was also

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Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pablo Biswas, The Mercer University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University; Mahmoud Khasawneh, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

several engineering disciplines and allowsthem to interact with engineering faculty and staff through several activities, includinginformation sessions, field trips, laboratory tours, and design projects. Based on the TRP andSYSTEM curriculum, The Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics, Biology and Chemistrydepartments at a major Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in southern Texas, developed two-week long “Transfer and Retention Program (TRP) workshop” and “Summer Engineeringworkshop (SEW) during the summer at the university. Also, this provides the extent of what hasworked in achieving the goals set out for the cohort. Both of the platforms funded by the U. S.Department of Education envisioned at transferring and retaining highly motivated

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Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April K. Andreas, McLennan Community College; Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College

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Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Incorporating Research and Design in a Community College Engineering ProgramAbstractTraditional engineering undergraduate research and design is typically seen in four-yearinstitutions, restricted to junior- and senior-level students. In large institutions, freshman- andsophomore-level students are generally seen to be ill-equipped to take on complex projects,particularly while muddling through the basics of calculus, physics, and electronics. Ourinstitution, McLennan Community College, through a partnership with the Council onUndergraduate Research (CUR), has been challenging that assumption. Students are beingintroduced to research and design methods in the

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Youssef, California State University, Northridge; J. Michael Kabo, California State University, Northridge

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Mechanical Engineering

have retained many of the traditional pedagogies used in teaching machine design andsupplement this educational experience with a significant project component based on currentcustomer-need or economical challenge. Through the project students learn to: 1) create thedesign envelop based on a provided statement or requirement document; 2) define specific,meaningful, and measurable goals; 3) synthesize creative ideas to solve the problem; 4) performa patent search to verify the innovative nature of their ideas; 5) produce a design matrix withevaluation criteria based on the goals and expected functionality; and 6) perform an in depthengineering analysis based on mechanics of materials, manufacturability, assembly, andpackaging. The inclusion of

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Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #14178Service learning as a philanthropy effort of a student organizationDr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam is an Associate professor with Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution. She teaches classes on strategic relationships for industrial distribution, distribu- tion information systems and new directions in Industrial Distribution. She is also the founding faculty and advisor for the Society of Women in Industrial Distribution (SWID). She works on many service learning projects with her students where they work with many local

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Ang Liu; James R. Morrison, KAIST, ISysE; Yun Dai, University of California Santa Barbara; Stephen C-Y. Lu, University of Southern California

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the "international" learning [1]. Furthermore, project-based learning is alsodeployed in order to enable students from different countries and across diverse disciplines toengage in the interactive peer-to-peer learning within the same virtual learning environment inorder to develop their collaborative design skills that are otherwise difficult, if not impossible, toacquire in traditional engineering classes. Specifically, the class was equally divided into 16project teams, each was composed of 2 American, 1 Israelite, 2 Indian, 1 Chinese, and 1 Koreanstudents. These globally distributed teams were tasked a semester-long project to design “acollaborative learning space on university campus”. They went through four major milestones

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Ann D Kaiser, ProjectEngin LLC

Paper ID #14261Building a Better World: Engineering Disaster Proof HousingMs. Ann D Kaiser, ProjectEngin LLC Ann Kaiser, CEO of ProjectEngin LLC, has extensive experience as both an engineer and an educator. A graduate of Columbia University’s Schools of Engineering and International and Public Affairs, she is committed to developing global citizenship through K-12 engineering curriculum. Ann is a Fulbright Distinguished Teacher and has presented as a Top Overseas Teacher in Singapore and a keynote speaker at the 2015 Danish Big Bang National Science Teachers Conference. She has designed a full year project- based high

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2015 EDI

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William Oakes

-Disciplinary, Community-Based Design 400+ students per semester ~500 students, spring 2015 70 majors 1st Year – 4th Year Students90+ Active Community Projects 300+ deployed 3000+ alumni 19 years 3 EPICS ProgramPurdue University University EPICS Pre-University• Headquarters EPICS University EPICS High• Academic • 50+ High Schools Consortium • 12 U.S. States Program • 24 Universities• Multidisciplinary, • U.S., Canada Engineering- • Colombia

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Ann Stagner P.Eng., University of Windsor; Jennifer L Johrendt, University of Windsor

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two-semester Capstone Design course for students in their senior year of anundergraduate engineering degree program affords the opportunity to assess many attributes asstudents ready themselves for graduation because of the comprehensive nature of the project-based course. This paper explores how graduate attributes (GrAtts), as defined by the CanadianEngineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), are assessed within a Mechanical EngineeringCapstone Design course. Assessment of GrAtts is necessary for CEAB accreditation, not onlyfor demonstrating that students have been exposed to and assessed on these attributes, but it alsoprovides valuable information necessary for continuous improvement activities within programs.The Mechanical Engineering

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Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Andrea Gebhart Rommel, Independent Scientific Consultant; Laurie A. Clayton, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS) Dr. Carol Marchetti is an Associate Professor of Statistics at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she teaches introductory and advanced undergraduate statistics courses and conducts research in statistics education, deaf education, and online learning. She is a co-PI on RIT’s NSF ADVANCE IT project, Connect@RIT, and leads grant activities in the Human Resources strategic approach area.Prof. Maureen S. Valentine PE, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Maureen Valentine, P.E., has been a faculty member at RIT for more than 21 years and held the position of Department Chair for the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management, and Safety

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Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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and practice. In our engineering program,senior engineering students are required to prepare their senior design proposals in a fallsemester and complete the project in the following spring semester. The topics of senior designprojects are chosen by students, not professors. Since last year, each team is required to evaluatethe project from a sustainability point of view in the final report. Accordingly, a new approach isproposed in this paper to enhance students’ understanding of sustainable engineering designprinciples and to help them synthesize sustainability concepts already introduced in previouscourses. This new process starts right after the students select the project topic and form inteams. A six-factor table proposed by Pawley et

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dia St. John, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas

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Industrial Engineering

aspossible while remaining understandable. They must go deep enough into the subject to allowstudents to recognize the ultimate goal of industrial engineering, to increase efficiency, withoutbecoming too technical for a young audience. A practical way to achieve this balance is throughthe modification of successful classroom assignments. This work will discuss several activitiesthat have been successfully used for K-12 student outreach at the University of Arkansas and arebased upon undergraduate class exercises. Each project will be presented in detail along with itscorresponding course assignment in order to motivate the exchange of creative ideas and developa framework for the adaptation of additional outreach activities.1. IntroductionMany

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Michael Kinsler; Colin McGill; Giovanni Rodriguez; William Berrios; Jeremy Chow; Amelito Enriquez; Paul Grams; Xiaorong Zhang; Hamid Mahmoodi; Wenshen Pong; Kwok-Siong Teh

traditional classroom and exposing themearly on to research training or hands on project have been proven to be an effective means toprepare them to be engaged learners and sophisticated engineers. Faced with increasingly complexengineering problems that are inextricably intertwined across engineering disciplines, anengineer’s traditional comfort zone of ‘individual discipline’ no longer exists. In present day’scontext, an engineer needs to possess cross-disciplinary skills in order to effectively tacklecomplex engineering problems that are multidisciplinary in nature. For institutes of higherlearning, this makes the task of creating meaningful and educationally relevant cross-disciplinarystudent research projects all the more challenging yet highly

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Koufakou, Florida Gulf Coast University

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interest are promoting student en- gagement via techniques such as hybrid teaching, flipped classroom and problem-based learning. Page 26.1026.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Introducing Software Specifications to an Undergraduate Software Engineering ProgramIntroductionThe complexities of developing clear and well-defined specifications and their important role inthe success of a software project are widely recognized. This recently led to increased attentionin corresponding courses in the Software Engineering curriculum. One of the challenges

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ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wiaam Yasser Elkhatib, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) IUPUI Chapter; Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Steven Anthony Zusack, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Emily Carol Rosales, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Austin C. Stanforth MS, IUPUI

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License (Illinois), and has published over 90 technical papers and book chapters. Schubert has managed research projects from USDA, NASA, DOE, and DoD.Mr. Steven Anthony Zusack, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Mechanical Engineering student. Current research includes renewable energy in the form of ethanol fuel cells and solar power. Aspirations of pursuing PhD in the field of Aerospace Engineering with a focus on Spacecraft Design.Mrs. Emily Carol Rosales, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Emily Rosales is an undergraduate student at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, work- ing on her bachelor’s degree in Energy Engineering. She is actively involved in student

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University

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on projects and consulted for a number of private companies, including Lockheed Martin, Harris, and Boeing. Zalewski served as a chairman of the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 5.4 on Industrial Software Quality, and of an International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Safety of Computer Control Systems. His major research interests include safety related, real-time embedded and cyberphysical computer systems, and computing education. Page 26.769.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph A. Wright, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Paper ID #14207An Assessment of the Graphic Communications Skills Needed by Construc-tion Management GraduatesDr. Joseph A Wright P.E., University of Wisconsin Stout Joseph A. Wright has 21 years as a university lecturer/professor in construction management with an em- phasis on contract administration. He has 15 years experience in industry as a Project Engineer/Manager on oil and gas and infrastructure projects. Current research interests include pathways for integrated project delivery and the use of software to enhance communication through the project process

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Leonard Anderson; Michael Davidson

External Collaborator/ Mentor Requirement for Senior Capstone Engineering Design Courses Leonard Anderson, Ph.D., C.P.C., Michael Davidson, P.E.AbstractTo meet the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (EAC of ABET) curriculum requirement of a “major design experience” Civil EngineeringStudents at Wentworth Institute of Technology are required to successfully complete a Civil EngineeringCapstone Design Course during the final semester (summer) of their senior year. In groups of four to sixstudents, students develop, implement, and present a comprehensive, intra-discipline civil engineerdesign project. In the summer of 2014, the Faculty of the Civil

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Examining Social Ties and Networks

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Torres, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #13322Exploring the Social Processes of Ethics in Student Engineering Design TeamsMegan Kenny Feister, Purdue University Megan is a fourth year doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue Uni- versity pursuing a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication with a minor in mixed methods. Her research focuses on engineering education, design, organizational identity, identification and socialization, team communication, innovation, and technology. She is currently working on an NSF grant examining ethi- cal reasoning and decision-making in engineering project teams, and examining the relationship

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Paul Walters, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder

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holisticallyunderstand the complexities inherent in planning, implementing, and managing, healthy andsustainable development projects. Programs such as Engineers without Borders (EWB) havealways had the objective of teaching systems thinking skills to address the complex systemiccommunity issues inherent in international infrastructure development; however, methodologiesused to foster systems thinking have historically remained implicit, and have primarily focusedon reductionist approaches to project assessment, design, and evaluation. Group Model Building(GMB) using System Dynamics modeling has been successfully used for years in multiple fieldsto foster and grow understanding on a complex topic using the combined insight from multiplestakeholders to build

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

TransformationThe National Science Foundation’s funded ($625,179) SPIRIT: Scholarship Program Initiativevia Recruitment, Innovation, and Transformation at Western Carolina University creates a newapproach to the recruitment, retention, education, and placement of academically talented andfinancially needy engineering and engineering technology students. Twenty-Seven new andcontinuing students were recruited into horizontally and vertically integrated cohorts that will benurtured and developed in a Project Based Learning (PBL) community characterized byextensive faculty mentoring, fundamental and applied undergraduate research, hands-on designprojects, and industry engagement. Our horizontal integration method creates sub-cohorts withsame-year students from

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2015 ERC

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Anthony Boccanfuso; Jilda Garton; Dennis Fortner

Why University-Industry Engagement Matters And what universities should do to make it better • • • • •What we •will discuss • • • • • •What’shappeningat the U-Iinterface? • •Rationale for •working withindustry • • • •The importance •of accurately •defining the •project space • • • • •The importanceof accuratelydefining theproject space...REMEMBER:Why does it matter? It’s all about

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Wilson Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael Hannigan, University of Colorado - Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lisa Gardiner, UCAR Center for Science Education; Katya Anna Hafich, University of Colorado - Boulder; Ashley Monika Collier, University of Colorado, Boulder

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oil resources – for the benefits of short-term reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from power generation and transportation, nationalenergy independence, and national job growth – and minimizing damage to water and airresources and risks to human health.Sustainability Research Network development is part of a new program developed by theNational Science Foundation to build networks of multidisciplinary teams to address currentshortages of reliable information regarding fundamental challenges in sustainability. Byproviding a science-based framework for studying the environmental, economic, and socialtrade-offs associated with natural gas resource development and environmental protection, theSRN project aims to provide the basis for evidence