Conference Session

Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron Doyle, Brigham Young University; Colby Goettel, BYU; Lane Broadbent, Brigham Young University; Dale C Rowe, Brigham Young University

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Manufacturing

-prepared keyblank is used to make a copy of the key for the target lock. This key reflects the lock’s bitting.The blank is placed in the lock, torque is applied, and the key is moved up and down againstthe pins; any pin at the improper height will be bound against the sides of the lock body andcylinder. This binding friction slightly marks the pins on the blank. The key is then removedfrom the lock, inspected for marks, and cut with a file where they are found. Cuts are madeone bit-depth at a time, and the process is repeated. This can be done for all pins in the lock atonce under normal circumstances. If the attack is successful, the attacker will end up with aworking key. The only caveat is that the attacker must apply the proper torque and

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General Technical Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan

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Computers in Education

of a bibliometricapproach to mapping a network of scholarship. Similarly, bibliometrics account for veryspecific behaviors in scholarly discourse- namely, who a scholar cites in their work andwho a scholar is cited by. Bibliometrics do not reflect the way that these citations areframed in a text, so works that connect two scholars through bibliographic coupling mayreceive different framings (e.g. positive in one article, negative in another) by differentauthors.Research questionsTo that end the following research questions are proposed: 1. What are the most commonly cited articles in the literature on blended learning in engineering education? 2. What network of publication venues forms the basis of the discourse on blended

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Course Development / Curriculum Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

control. The labs with range sensors were themost challenging because they did not have a complete understanding of odometry and sensorerror. For example, specular reflection for sonar or lighting conditions for infrared. Thissometimes made getting the line following, robot following, and obstacle detection to workcorrectly a bit frustrating. There were also some challenges with the robot marco polo and robotcommunication for similar reasons. One solution we found to make the robot communicationmore accurate was the addition of electrical tape on the sensor to narrow the field of view.Although many of the students had never written a technical memo/report before, reviewedtechnical literature, or written a discussion or annotated bibliography

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Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Ana Alanis, University of Texas, Pan American ; Jose Luis Chavez Jr., The University of Texas, Pan-American; Joel Guadalupe Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan American; Ricardo Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan-American; Haidy Enid Soto, University of Texas, Pan American

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Student

team throughout the summerprogram. After completion of the summer program, the TexPREP students traveled to take partin a regional science symposium and presented two of their CBI Challenge projects, the Stirlingengine and the Solar Car. The students were very excited to share their projects with over 100other 4th year TexPREP students from around the state.The undergraduate curriculum development team was encouraged that the CBI curriculum thatthey developed was beneficial to fourth year students who used the materials that summer andhopeful that students at all TexPREP sites who benefit from the curriculum in years to come.The team members were asked to reflect on their experience and how they were impactedpersonally. Some of their written

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carleigh Samson, University of Colorado Boulder and TeachEngineering; Jacquelyn Sullivan Ph.D., TeachEngineering Project Leader, University of Colorado Boulder; René F. Reitsma , PhD, Oregon State University, College of Business; Michael Soltys Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

problem. Three additional NGSSperformance expectations are aligned to more than 60 lessons and activities—all within theEngineering Design topic at grades 3-5 and 6-8.It is evident that the lessons and hands-on activities in the TeachEngineering collection,expressly created to teach engineering concepts, provide a wealth of curricular resources toenable students to meet the Engineering Design performance expectations, especially for grades3-8. On the other hand, the collection provides only a handful, on average, of lessons and Page 26.1568.5activities that align to the remaining NGSS performance expectations. Reflecting back that thecollection’s

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Technical Session: Professional Development Opportunities for Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel E. McCord, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Student

. engineering has the right people with the right talent for a global society (pp. 1-33). Washington, D.C.: American Society of Engineering Education. 2.   Denecke, D. Preparing Future Faculty Program. 2014; Available from: http://www.preparing-faculty.org. 3.   King, P.M. and K.S. Kitchener, Reflective Judgment: Theory and Research on the Development of Epistemic Assumptions Through Adulthood. Educational psychologist, 2004. 39(1): p. 5-18. 4.   Baxter Magolda, M.B. and P.M. King, Learning partnerships: Theories and models of practice to educate for self-authorship. 2004, Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing. 5.   Nyquist, J.D.W.D.H., Working effectively with graduate assistants. 1996, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage

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Capstone and Design Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Moin Uddin, East Tennessee State University; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

engineering problems and development of solutions.Table 1: Pre Survey Responses Question or Statements Yes No Likert Scale Rating 1 2 3 4 5 Do you have an international education experience 18% 82% such as study abroad? I can communicate effectively at least one foreign 18% 82% language I am familiar with SI Units for problem solving 100% I am familiar with engineering and technology related 20% 80% standards and specifications outside USA U.N. Millennium Development Goals, which USA 10% 27% 63% supports, also reflect the need for a

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Innovative Use of Technology II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Jamieson, Miami University; Jeff Eaton, Miami University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

more similar, and for the GraphletMatch metric the value willmove upwards towards 1 where 0 reflects no matching.From this figure, it appears that our new metric has a similar behavior to RGF-distance. As notedin our previous work 2 , in many cases student’s seem to be performing better after exam I thenexam II. We have no reason why this is the case, but we are performing additional experiments tosee if we can determine why this is happening. Broadly, it appears that the GraphletMatch metricis as good as RGF-distance with the added benefit of being a true matching of graphlets asopposed to RGF-distance’s measure of approximate structure.Figure 6 shows a similar comparison as previous but with the GranularSimilarity metric and thenew match

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelsalam Salem, Text Scope; Mais Nijim, Texas A&M Kingsville

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

. These software enabled devices allowed students to take notes,draw charts and diagrams. Afterwards the results were measured through student feedback. The Page 26.1592.3results of the experiment were satisfactory as more than 85% of the students thought that usingthe tablets contributed positively towards their active learning experience. Instructors observedthat the level of interaction and enthusiasm increased greatly among students. While it is difficultto provide accurate result values that reflect the amount of increase in student performance in theclassroom, the high level of attendance, which was observed, was certainly a good indicator

Conference Session

Something New??? within Engineering Design Graphics Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick E. Connolly, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Esteban Garcia Bravo, Purdue University; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Raymond Patrick Hassan, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

College during the fall of 2014 in the Incubator experience. Although the pilot study did notfind an advantage of teaching integrated courses, it was an important step towards the re-envisioning of the existing curriculum. The Purdue Polytechnic Incubator operated as a facultynetwork that explored best practices on education by deconstructing the models of traditionaldisciplines. This allowed for re-visioning of the traditional educational model by including co-teaching and group reflections as a core component of the experience. The integration ofhumanities and technology provided with a rich ground for student development. Rather thanfocusing only in a mechanistic approach to technology, students were able to draw parallels withtheir cultural

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, theteam will assume a percent removal by LLE based on literature reports. A secondway would be to make sure that teams have some strong leadership andreorganize teams if necessary.AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DUE-0966245. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions and recommendationsexpressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.  References1. Perez, T., Cromley, J.G., Kaplan, A. The role of identity development, values and costs I college STEM retention. Journal Educational Psychology 106(1): 315-329, 2014.2. Wilson, Z.S., Holmes, L., deGravelles, K., Sylvain, M.R., Batiste, L., Johnson, M., McGuire, S.Y., Pang

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

their institution is (andwhat it is not).Alignment of objectives is an important element of effective education practice. In any course,the course content, assessments, and pedagogical practices should be aligned to improve learningand to have valid understanding of the students’ progress. This is more difficult across a wholeprogram with multiple instructors and course offerings, but it becomes almost impossible if theoutcomes are not clearly defined. The multiple definitions of entrepreneurship create many moreopportunities for confusion and misalignment across programs. By articulating the particulartype of entrepreneurship education being offered, administrators can better ensure thatcoursework across the program reflects the desired

Conference Session

Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Foster, George Fox University; Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

a lab-styleenvironment. Students were expected to learn the design process as part of their service/designexperience under the guidance of a faculty member and professionals.Assessment of the course was provided via open-ended written reflections. Students indicatedthat the documentation requirements were overwhelming the service and design aspects of thecourse. In spite of their frustration with the documentation, students indicated that they valuedthe service aspect of the course.The instructors’ assessment mirrored that of the students. The focus of the course was incorrect.In the pursuit of providing resources to help students not waste time, the instructors felt studentsspent an exorbitant amount of time documenting rather than

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer I. Clark, Montana State University ; Sarah L. Codd, Montana State University; Angela Colman Des Jardins, Montana State University; Christine M. Foreman, Montana State University; Brett W. Gunnink, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Katherine Ruth Stocker

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Press.Marra, R., Edmister, W., Watford, V., Bogue, B., Tsai, C., and Gooden, F. (2010). Peermentoring: Impact on mentees and comparison with non-participants. Proceedings of the AnnualConference and Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education.Niemi, A., Green, M., and Roudkovski, M. (2013). Evaluation of a first-year retention project:Findings at halftime. Proceedings of the Annual Conference and Exposition of the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education.Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST), 2004. A Bridge for All. www.Bestworkforce.org, accessed 2-19-15.Meyers, K., Silliman, S., Gedde, N. and Ohland, M. (2010). A comparison of engineeringstudents’ reflections on their first-year experience. Journal of Engineering

Conference Session

ECCD Innovative Teaching Methods & Outreach

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Shatz, Suffolk University; Timothy A Poynton, University of Massachusetts Boston

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

to note that the diversity among BPHS studentswas reflected in the EE students. Page 26.1232.10While BPHS students engaged well with the tables staffed by Suffolk EE faculty and students,these exhibits would have benefitted from the types of signs that the industry had to orient the 9students about what they were learning. They also would have benefitted by having seatsarranged around their exhibits and the industrial presenters had. The Suffolk EE studentsinteracted with and engaged the BPHS students at this exhibit quite well, and the Tesla coil had apalpable ‘wow’ factor.There were other

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology/City University of New York

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

. Despite thebenefits of an approach teaching problem-solving skills first, the transition from pre-programming problem-solving courses to courses in which students should master a full-fledgeprogramming language remains a challenge 18, 22. This is reflected in the number of students(44%) who did not have an acceptable performance in either concepts or skills (Figures 4 and 5).Even though those students had passed a previous problem solving course, they find thetransition to a learning environment that uses a full-fledge programming language like Javadifficult.According to Mayer 17, in addition to the cognitive and metacognitive aspects of problemsolving, other aspects like motivation and engagement are also important determinants of studentsuccess

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Thomas Carl Long, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech

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International

and meetingand conversing with local people. Third, the program provides students with an opportunity toexperience different countries where the political, technological, social, cultural, educational andenvironmental systems are different than that of the U.S. by completing in-class assignments thatlink to experiences when traveling abroad. Reflective assignments are completed after studentsfinish the international module.Program ComponentsEach spring, a new cohort of RSAP participants enroll in a semester-long course on GlobalEngineering Practice: Leadership and Culture. The course, which meets weekly for three hours,is designed to: 1) prepare students for travel abroad and 2) get students to consider engineeringchallenges and solutions

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine Donate, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

information, funding sources, government entity, etc.) of information they seek. This preference will drive the use of the corresponding web site seed along with the presentation of the associated keywords to the user as defined by the attribute property also in the ontology. And third, the refined list of keywords, instead of all the keywords under a given topic, is used by the application for the searches. Figure 9 contains a sample mockup of the modified search application including the Page 26.1358.14 Figure  9  -­  Sample  Search  Application  Mock-­up   user’s ability to set the search aspect. Note the categories reflect

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ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University; Steve Szablya, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

students were exposed to and Page 26.1413.11learned additional concepts.A follow-up survey was sent to the four participating students approximately nine months after theacademic year ended. The students were asked to reflect on their involvement in the project, andthen rate how their participation affected their learning in six areas, as indicated in the following: 1. Ability to work as part of a large interdisciplinary team of technical and non-technical professionals. 2. Ability to write a real request for proposals and evaluate the responses. 3 Ability to consider life cycle issues when specifying components and identifying vendors. 4

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; William A. Kitch, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; John V. Tocco J.D., Lawrence Technological University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Evaluation of Effectiveness. Engineering practitioners rate a sample of student papers using a simple 1 to 5 scale from “not effective” to “effective” - or, as translated by one practitioner, from “horrible” to “hire this person!” They are given basic information about the task and asked to evaluate based on what they know to be effective writing in workplace practice. Scores for pre- and post-intervention papers are compared statistically with Mann-Whitney U or Wilcoxon Matched Pairs tests. 4. Perceptions of Usefulness. Students are asked to complete a short survey about their perceptions of their learning and the materials’ usefulness, or – if instructors prefer – to write open-ended reflections on their learning. The survey

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melodie A. Selby PE, Walla Walla University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Methodology This study was designed as a first phase to study the effectiveness of teaching engineeringethics at the University. Later areas of study will build on this study and may include alongitudinal study and expansion to other institutions.Design This study was a non-experimental between-subjects non-equivalent groups design. Thisstudy was designed to compare the moral judgment of engineering students who are justbeginning their studies at the University with those who are completing their studies. The studydesign was approved by the University’s Ethics in Research Committee (EIRC).Hypothesis The University’s teaching of engineering ethics increases students’ engineering moraljudgment as reflected in scores on the Engineering

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Paul Hummel, Louisiana Tech University; Miguel Gates

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

0.783 for Section 002.This is likely due to the makeup of students in each section and the time difference betweenwhen the two sections met for class. The lower performing section was the earlier 8 AM classwhen more students were apt to miss class, show up late, and be less engaged during the classlectures. The importance of the difference between the two sections is reflected in the unevendistribution of homework assignments. The section that performed better was assessed twicewith paper homework while the section that performed worse was assessed twice withWeBWorK homework. This would indicate the difference between paper-based homework andWeBWorK-based homework may be larger than directly indicated by the score averages weobtained. If only

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Celine Manoosingh, Georgia Southern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

; and3) a small group cohort experience that emphasizes reflective and experiential learning through smallgroup team building, but also includes social activities. The BUILD program began in the summer of2006 and has continued uninterrupted to the present.The success of the BUILD program has fueled the initiative. BUILD cohorts consistently have higheraverage first term GPAs, high school GPA averages, and average SAT scores compared to the Universityaverages (The first-year retention rates for BUILD cohorts increased from 89% for the (2006 cohort) to ahigh of 95% (2012 cohort). This compared to the University rates which increased from 79% for the(2006 cohort) to a high of 81% for the (2012 cohort), with a high of 81% also occurring for the Fall

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui (Celia) Pan, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

ensure teams are inclusive and diverse. With a clearmessage delivered from the leadership, student, experiential-learning, engineering competitionteams can become early incubators of the diversity and inclusion ideals that are promoted byindustry.AcknowledgmentThe authors gratefully acknowledge the funding that makes this work possible from the NationalScience Foundation's Directorate of Undergraduate Education's STEM Talent ExpansionProgram Grant No. DUE-1068453. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.Bibliography1. National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen G. Achenbach, National Center for Women & IT; Leslie G. Cintron PhD, University of Virginia; J McGrath Cohoon, University of Virginia; Philip Michael Sadler, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

to succeed.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by a National Science Foundation grant (#1203206) to the NationalCenter for Women and Information Technology, and a National Science Foundation grant(#062444) for Project PRiSE. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Page 26.328.16Science Foundation.References1. The White House. (2011). Women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp-women-girls-stem-november2011.pdf2

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International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Jacek Kropiwnicki, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland; Phuc Van Nguyen, Purdue University

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International

this subscale. Furthermoreincreasing the awareness of engineering students to experiences in other cultures andunderstanding how these experiences may impact growth in their own lives could stimulatediscussion and reflection. American Professional Group Difference Diversity of Contact 19.77 26.27 6.50 Relative Appreciation 22.11 24.73 2.62 Emotional Comfort 25.36 24.91 -0.45 Table 8 A comparison of American undergraduate student attitudes to attitudes from a group of global professionals

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holt Zaugg, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Timothy L Elliott, Brigham Young University; Alan R Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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International

student biases and misconceptions areexposed and a broader perspective is gained of the world in which we live and work [2, 3, 4, 5]. Inrecent years there has been a significant increase in the number of engineering-specificinternational programs reflecting the increasing globalization of the engineering enterprise.As engineering educators one might ask if engineering students learn differently on study abroadprograms than do students in other majors? And, if so, what implication does this have indeveloping and conducting these programs? The field of international education has, for sometime, sought to find ways to adequately assess international programs [3]. There is a consensus inmuch of the literature that studying abroad can have a positive

Conference Session

Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norma L Veurink, Michigan Technological University; A. J. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 26.381.7Student performance on a graphics exam in a first-year engineering course required by allengineering majors at Michigan Tech was compared for students taking the PSVT:R on paperand through the LMS to determine if there was a difference in spatial ability between thesegroups. In the first-year engineering course, ENG1101, approximately five 1.5 hour classsessions are spent on sketching topics, followed by an exam. The graphics topics covered in thiscourse include isometric and oblique sketching, orthographic projections of normal, inclined, andcurved surfaces, rotations, reflections, and planes of symmetry. Students scoring 60% or belowon the PSVT paper and LMS versions were excluded from this analysis because they wererequired to

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary J. Meixell, Quinnipiac University; Nebil Buyurgan, Quinnipiac University; Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

collaborativeeducational approaches.Lattuca and Stark’s academic planning model refer to these requirements as purposes andcontent. Additional considerations we took into account that are well reflected in the academicplanning model are instructional resources and processes, both of which were importantconsiderations in our program, especially considering the special issues associated with growinga new program where student enrollment is relatively low. For example, new program had topromote hands-on approaches in courses and outside the university to make it an active anddynamic learning experience. Lectures and in-class assignments had to be supported by Page

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Goodwin, University of South Florida; John Pharo Morgan III, University of South Florida; Yan Wang, University of South Florida; Michelle King, University of South Florida College of Engineering; Blake A Burton, University of South Florida

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

157% Dec 330 369 534 718 218% Total 2229 2598 3614 4862 218%Written information was collected from the learning teams twice a semester along with a finalevaluation. All students were asked to turn in two reflection papers, one at four weeks in and thesecond one at 11 weeks. The questions asked on the first paper were the following:  Please write in a few sentences about your biggest challenges to date concerning adjusting to the University.  Describe the positive experiences you have had and what has helped you to adjust.  Please describe your comfort level with your course work to date.  What courses have been the most difficult and what courses do you feel you need further