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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

Process Design IIand Design III course sequence at our minority-serving institution (MSI), Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville (TAMUK). In this two-semester course sequence, students are introducedto sustainability concepts during instruction in chemical process formulation and processsimulation (Design II). Subsequently, students are further instructed on this topic during theirsemester-long senior design project (Design III) course. For the senior design experience,students are required to form into groups of four and complete a senior design project thatinvolves process simulation, using Aspen Plus software, and cost estimation of a chosenchemical process. The author has been the primary course instructor for this two-coursesequence for only

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2018 Engineering Research Council (ERC)

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Daniel Kramer

. 30 licenses via 18 agreements. 6 inventions via 4 licenses generated $92,380.OSU Center for Automotive Research• FY1992 – FY2011. 52 IPDRs from industry sponsored research. IP protection costs of $201,935. Licensing income of $7,000.• One experiment…a-priori rights fees of $759,020 from 8 projects sponsored by 2 customers.The not so obvious…relationship philosophy (external facing)Companies are always at risk (and managing risk) when investing in their business. No risk, noupside. Without sharing in the risk, partners have little to no leverage to share in potential upside.Partners who do not share in the risk may, however, price their engagement as a function of theknowledge, skill, and track record that they bring to the table.The really

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

projects. Now in its third year of continued refinement and analysis, theUniversity is offering 5 sections of the 8 credit hour course (Full Cornerstone) and 20 sections ofa version with 2 separate 4 credit hour courses (Split Cornerstone) that run over the fall andspring semester. Each section is populated with approximately 30 first-year students from a totalfirst-year class size exceeding 700 students.With two versions implemented over the past two years, there has been enough redesign towarrant more discussion. The course redesign has been driven by feedback and evidence,fundamentally following the design process we teach in the course. The data used to drive thisredesign has come from four sources: 1) a survey of students in both the

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Aitken Nichol, Rice University; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Jorge E Loyo Rosales, Rice University; Alice Chow; Carrie Obenland, Rice University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

are unaware ofthe benefits of integrated STEM learning, which involves learning STEM content while alsoaddressing authentic problems. One particularly effective strategy for employing integratedSTEM learning is through Project-Base Learning (PBL), in which students gain real worldexperience in designing and leading their own STEM-focused projects.PBL is a pedagogical teaching approach that places students at the center of learning. The role ofthe teacher is to help facilitate learning by guiding students to essential understandings. Duringeffective PBL experiences, teachers set up rules and parameters that encourage students tocomplete a project within a specified time frame by working cooperatively with peers [2].Students are provided ample

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher David LeBlanc, University of New Hampshire; Donald J. Plante, University of New Hampshire

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Engineering Technology

credit hour electivewith no pre-requisites available to both ET and non-ET students. ET401 is intended to fulfill theenvironment, technology, and society (ETS) requirement of the UNHM Discovery program soparticular emphasis is placed on ways 3D printing has effects on both the environment and thecollective society. An early version of the course was offered at USS in the spring semester of2016 with eight participating students. This work describes the structure of the course andmethods used for assessment of the students.Student evaluation was based on participation, discussion board activity, portfolio of weeklyprojects, and a final project. Weekly participation in an online discussion board was required toexplore further impacts of 3D printing

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Engineering/Engineering Technolgy Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); James E. Moon, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Roy W. Melton, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Michael E. Kuhl, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Todd Dunn, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); James H. Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Franz Allen Foltz, RIT; Rob Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Two-Year College

including healthcare systems, project management, cyber security, and supply chain systems.Prof. Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Daniel Johnson is a Professor Chair of the Department of Packaging Science in the School of Engineer- ing Technology at RIT. He teaches courses in production and supply chain management, manufacturing operations, automation, robotics, and operations strategy.Mr. Todd Dunn, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Todd Dunn, P.E., is an associate professor in Civil Engineering Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology.Dr. James H. Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) James H. Lee is an Associate Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology

Systems. Her current research interest includes Reliability and Fault Tolerance of Electronic Systems, Programmable Logic Devices and new educational methods emphasizing active learning and project-based-learning. She is member of IEEE and Chair of Women in Engineering Affinity Group for IEEE Long Island, New York. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Undergraduate Research Based Learning for Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractThis paper presents undergraduate research experience for Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology students mentored by the author of this paper. Research projects in the areas ofsmart house systems and fault tolerant

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jared Rainwater; Steve E. Watkins; Benjamin Cooper

computing is investigated. Theapproach, which is called Seed since it is patterned after biological systems, consists of Seedvirtual machine (VM), Seed composer, and Seed user interface (UI). The VM facilitates all thecomputations happening in the system. The composer breaks up the code to be ran into smallersegments for future optimization and more fine-grained control over what is running. The UI isthe interface a user will interact to use the system. This project examined the feasibility of anobject-oriented VM based on C++ programming. The VM was implemented with an object-oriented memory system to store all the data being computed on, an interpreter which executesthe bytecodes associated with computation and updates the data in the Object

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

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Barry Lunt

committeePlacement in permanent positions 0 (0.0%) 16 (61.5%) 9 (34.6%) 1 (3.8%)Providing internships 0 (0.0%) 14 (53.8%) 10 (38.5%) 2 (7.7%)Promoting the program 1 (3.8%) 10 (38.5%) 15 (57.7%) 0 (0.0%)Promoting the program w/ students 2 (7.7%) 18 (69.2%) 6 (23.1%) 0 (0.0%)Maintaining contact with alumni 5 (19.2%) 14 (53.8%) 6 (23.1%) 1 (3.8%) The next eight questions dealt with the IAB involvement in directing the program (vision,mission statements), curriculum, student feedback, providing technical seminars, presentations,seminars or workshops, facilitating capstone projects

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

currently holds the title of Senior Lecturer and focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program. She is also involved in the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, the ASU ProMod project, the Engineering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, and the Global Freshman Academy. Dr. Zhu also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineering at ASU, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Design, Mechanism Analysis and Design, Finite Element Analysis, etc. She was part of a team that designed a largely team and activ- ity based online Introduction to Engineering course, as well as a team that developed a unique MOOC introduction to engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Craig B. Putnam, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interests include robotics, computer vision, and image processing, with ongoing projects in humanoid robotics, robot navigation and guidance, biomedical image processing, and stereo and motion vision. He led WPI teams in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and NASA Space Robotics Challenge and is author or co-author of over 100 papers. His research has been supported by DARPA, NASA, NIH, NSF, and industry. He is a member of Sigma Xi, and a senior member of IEEE and ACM.Prof. Craig B. Putnam, Worcester Polytechnic Institute c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Robotics Engineering as an Undergraduate Major: 10 Years’ ExperienceAbstract:In 2007 Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) launched an

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Nuri Zeytinoglu P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Masoud Mojtahed, Purdue University Northwest; Matthew William Wooden, Purdue University Northwest; Ikechukwu I Nnachi, Purdue University Northwest

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #22057Integration of a Highway Fill Embankment Case Study in Engineering De-sign Courses for Instructional ImprovementProf. Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest Dr. Jiliang Li, D.Eng, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, M.ASEE, is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University Northwest. Before coming back to teach at University, he had industrial experience in several States with projects consulting experience ranging from small residential, commercial and subdi- vision projects to larger scale State DOT and federal projects after additional courses and research study of geotechnical engineering at

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #23286Improving Students’ Writing Skills by Integrating Prototyping Activities intheir Writing CourseDr. Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar Dr. Amy Hodges is an instructional assistant professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar, where she teaches first-year writing and technical and business writing courses. She also leads the Writing Across the Curriculum initiative and coordinates the undergraduate writing courses. Currently, she is working on a project examining writing strategies used by engineers in multinational workplaces and the impact of these findings on WAC/WID programs. Her primary

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Chemical Engineering Education

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Steven Perri; M. Barclay Satterfield; Leah Burton

of what • Projects linked to national objectivestype of organization to partner Contract Research Organiza- • Market connected projects, ones utilizing unique capabilitieswith depends on how well the tionscompany’s needs are aligned Intermediaries (AKA technology • Grand challenges and areas where totally different thinkingwith the skills and capabilities match makers) is neededthe organization provides. Some Consultants • Cases where confidentiality precludes use of intermediariesof these partner types and provi- • Market

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Frederick Berry; Anne Lucietto; Andrew Scott

Session ETD 5225 Engineering Technology Students: Do they approach capstone courses differently than other students? Anne M. Lucietto1, Andrew Scott2 and Frederick Berry1 Purdue University1/Western Carolina University2Using data collected from students in engineering technology, engineering, and other areas suchas computer science a comparison of student reactions to the capstone course are coded andsorted. Using content analysis methods, the researchers compare and contrast the variousstudent groups and their reactions to assigned capstone projects. They are also able to assessstudent

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Michael Vitale, East Carolina University; Lisa Greenberg, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

is related to increasing pipeline, graduation rate as well as future jobs in the State of Florida related to STEM graduates especially Computer Science and Engineering fields. His recent projects have been funded by DOE, Florida BOG, National Science Foundation, Florida Power and Lights (FPL), Broward County School district and several other sources. His recent research works related to alternative energy applications includes Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for Solar Systems, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) and battery technology to transportation technology. In addition, he has conducted research on the applications of soft computing methodologies to industrial pro- cesses including, desalination

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Design and Implementation of Graduate Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

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Graduate Studies

librarian in an effort to deliver broadknowledge on RDM standards and tools from the expertise of the librarian while allowingresearch focused examples and experience from the faculty perspective. This manuscriptdescribes the course, course materials, lecture topics, assignments and projects and assessmenttools for the course. Comparison with similar approaches and courses in the literature along withlessons learned are also provided. An earlier version of this manuscript appeared in ChemicalEngineering Education as “A Graduate Class in Research Data Management”.[15]Methods: A three credit graduate course, Research Data Management, was developed and taughtfor the first time during the Fall 2017 semester. The course was team taught by a

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Teresa J.K. Hall, South Dakota State University; Albena Yuliyanova Yordanova, South Dakota State Univeristy ; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Management

economic pressure5. While the lean approach to management isstill emerging in the university settings, American, Canadian, and British universities are themost committed to its implementation. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabian, African, and Asianuniversities are also adopting lean principles in their practice6.Both newly developed and established administrative processes are potential opportunities forimprovements7. Most projects focus on operations such as financial transactions, facilitiesmanagement, human resources and library services. Based on documented results by earlyadopters in higher education, clear continuous improvement is part and parcel of organizationalstrategic planning and applied within daily operations at forward-thinking

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Roth, Lafayette College; Laurie F. Caslake, Lafayette College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

CMMI Division. Like many faculty at strictly undergraduate institutions, weroutinely provide opportunities for students to work on research projects and fund this researchin some situations through external grants. An innovation in this particular grant was the creationof a research collaboration between faculty and students at Lafayette and an NSF-fundedEngineering Research Center (ERC). As stated on the NSF website, “The goal of the ERCProgram is to integrate engineering research and education with technological innovation totransform national prosperity, health, and security.” To accomplish this goal, collaborationsbetween ERCs and other institutions are inherent in the work of an ERC; however, researchcollaborations between ERCs and small

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech; Scott W Case, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; Natasha Smith, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

]. While this decision is reasonable from an operational andresource management perspective, research on large classes have shown that students sufferdecreased academic engagement, motivation and achievement [3]–[5] . Instructors, on the otherhand, report having difficulty establishing rapport with their students and a growing inability tomonitor students’ learning gains and provide quality individualized feedback [4]–[6]. To addressthese issues, our project draws from Lattuca and Stark’s Academic Plan model [9], whichincorporates a thorough consideration of factors influencing curricular activities that can beapplied at the course, program, and institutional levels, and assumes that instructors are keyactors in curriculum development and revision

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen H. Hu, Westminster College; Clifton L. Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College; Patricia B. Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

involved in research and evaluation on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and issues of race/ethnicity, gender and disability for over 30 years. Her BS (Mathematics) is from LeMoyne College and MS (In- structional Technology) and PhD (Teacher Education) are from Syracuse University. Dr. Campbell an Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Fellow, has authored more than 100 publications including coauthoring Building Evaluation Capacity: Guide I Designing A Cross Project Evaluation and Guide II Collecting and Using Data in Cross-Project Evaluations”; ”A Framework for Evaluating Impacts of Informal Science Education Projects”; ”Engagement, Capacity and Continuity: A Trilogy for Student Success

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Architectural Division Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Fick, Ball State University; James W. Jones, Ball State University

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Architectural Engineering

Paper ID #22385LEED R LabTM : Which Compliance Path is Best for Your University?Mrs. Janet Fick, Ball State University Janet Fick is an Instructor in the Construction Management program in Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning. She has taught in the areas of sustainability, immersive projects, Auto- CAD/Revit and construction management for fifteen years. She is a Registered Architect and LEED AP with more than twenty years professional experience in the architecture, interior design and construction management fields.Dr. James W. Jones, Ball State University Dr. James W. Jones is the Chair of the

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Design and the Capstone Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education

interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education.Prof. Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University Prof. Thompson is an associate professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, PA. While his teaching responsibilities typically include digital design, computer-related electives, and senior design, his focus in the classroom is to ignite passion in his students for engineering and design through his own enthusiasm, open-ended projects, and connecting engineering to the world around them. His research tends to focus on the application of mobile computing to a variety of non-technical problems. He holds

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

him an important perspective and exposure to industry. He has been directly involved in at least 20 different engineering projects related to a wide range of industries from petroleum and nat- ural gas industry to brewing and newspaper industries. Dr. Ayala has provided service to professional organizations such as ASME. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Committee of Spanish Translation of ASME Codes and the ASME Subcommittee on Piping and Pipelines in Spanish. Under both member- ships the following Codes have been translated: ASME B31.3, ASME B31.8S, ASME B31Q and ASME BPV Sections I. While maintaining his industrial work active, his research activities have also been very active; Dr. Ayala has published

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James R Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Bryan Basham, Software Alchemy (with RIT)

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Software Engineering Division

-based project. In many computing curricula, this is thefirst, and often only, coursework where students tackle a large team project. In the project work,students demonstrate their transference of knowledge of software engineering principles andpractices gained from lecture material and reading the textbook to actual project work.Our Experiences with the CourseOf all the courses in Rochester Institute of Technology software engineering curriculum, ourSWEN-261 Introduction to Software Engineering course is the one course that we never feel wehave done correctly. The students take the course in their second year after a first-year computerscience sequence. This is perhaps a bit earlier in our students' program than at other institutions.The course

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martina Margaret Moyne, University College Dublin; Maxwell Herman, Harvard University; Conor Walsh P.E., Harvard University; Donal Padraic Holland, University College Dublin

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Design Pedagogy ResearchAbstractProject-based design classes are increasingly common in undergraduate engineeringprograms. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of guidelines to support the development,implementation and efficacy evaluation of such new courses. Engineering design projectsfrequently serve as experiential learning activities for students to appropriately apply amethodical design process to specific design contexts. However, it is challenging forinstructors to ensure that students achieve the intended learning objectives within project-based design classes. It is also difficult for researchers to directly compare design processesfollowed by students within different learning environments. These challenges are partly dueto

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Phillips, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Khalil Najafi, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering at U-M in 2003 and served as its Director for 12 years. Prior to joining U-M, Dr. Finelli was the Richard L. Terrell Professor of Excellence in Teaching, founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and associate professor of electrical engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Finelli’s current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learning and success, and the impact of a flexible classroom space on faculty teaching and student learning. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy

Conference Session

Research in Faculty Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

Paper ID #21662Forming Strategic Partnerships: New Results from the Revolutionizing Engi-neering and Computer Science Departments Participatory Action ResearchDr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is Senior Research Associate at the UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Cara serves as project manager for program evaluation on several NSF- and NIH-funded projects focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion within STEM higher education. Her research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, faculty development, peer mentoring, and institutional change.Kerice

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Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

-changes cases. The final project is an extensivereport on a fictitious experiment the students have designed and supposedlyexecuted. The idea is not to have them execute the experiment, but write effectivelyabout it. Grading is done without the grader knowing whether the student is from aclass where these changes were implemented or not. The assessment was doneusing six criteria that include: (a) document structure (b) objectives and conclusion,(c) grammar and spelling, (d) quality of writing, (e) depth of analysis and (f)scientific integrity. The results obtained show increases of 8% for categories (a),(c) and (d) , 14% for category (b), 7% for category (f) and a decrease of 3% forcategory (e). These results suggest that the changes implemented

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

professional activity. In line with this, prompting students to reflect ontheir problem solving is a means of scaffolding them to solve complex problems. In the presentwork, we continue our ongoing study of scaffolding students in completing open-endedbioengineering laboratory projects, but with a focus on students’ reflections on the experiencesgained during the scaffolding. These open-ended projects involved conducting virtualexperiments using MATLAB to analyze unknown systems using time and frequency-domainanalysis techniques. The systems were both biological (e.g., human balance simulation) as wellas non-biological. Students’ experiences included decomposition of the problem, in-class activelearning with instructor guidance and interaction