Conference Session

Technical Session 2b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

, 2017 Introduction to Engineering Using Google Docs and Interactive Video in Support of an Online Flipped Classroom Approach John M. Santiago, Jr., Ph.D., Jing Guo, D.Eng., Kathy Kasley, Ph.D. and Pamela Phillips Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of Engineering, Colorado Springs, COAbstractThe College of Engineering (CoE) is expanding existing engineering courses to online deliveryfor adult students. The CoE has a strong commitment to maintain the student-centered focus,and active learning strategies that have enabled success despite the multiple external studentcommitments.The strategic plan leverages the experience of full-time faculty to jointly develop modules for afreshman introductory course

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Kathleen Hennessey, The University of Arizona; Rebecca Primeau, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

developmental experience for first and second year students. The environmentof both peer and administrative support has given students the opportunity to thrive in rigorouscoursework, develop confidence in their planning, organization, and leadership skills, andconnect their academic work to real-life applications of engineering. IntroductionThe Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), in a 2007 report titledCollege Learning for a New Global Century, highlights integrative learning as one of fiveessential learning outcomes for preparing students to address twenty-first century challenges.Integrative learning, “the application of knowledge, skills and responsibilities to new settings

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jia G. Liang, Kansas State University; Rick Evans, Cornell University; Stacey E. Kulesza, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

[international community] had built this system, so then all of our plans kind of went up in smoke, and I think that was really frustrating to a lot of our members…I had my [local community] experience to know that these things didn’t always work out, and I think because I was a leader at that time, it was my job to tell everybody, “It’s okay,” and, “It’s going to work out,” and in the process I had to convince myself.For Nickie and for the other women, these ESPT experiences of failure became opportunities torespond – to get better at “doing”, to find an alternative way, to realize “Wow, I do need to knowthe answers” or to raise their own standards. Failure was an important part of engineering praxis– it defined the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Cassandra J. Groen, Virginia Tech

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

University Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning.[35] Simmons, D. R. & Ye, Y., Hunsu, N. J. & Adesope, O. O. (2017). Development of a Survey to Explore Out-of-Class Engagement of Engineering Students. International Journal of Engineering Education, 33(4), 1213-1221.[36] Lashari, T. A., Alias, M., Akasah, Z. A., & Kesot, m. J. (2012). An Affective-Cognitive Teaching and Learning Framework in Engineering Education. ASEAN. Journal of Engineering Education, 1(1), 11-24.[37] Simmons, D. R. & Yu, R. (2015). Conducting a Q Study to Refine and Develop New Measures of Engineering Student Co-Curricular Involvement. Research in Engineering Education Symposium. Dublin, Ireland.[38] Simmons, D

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LeAnn E. Faidley, Wartburg College; Christine A. DeVries, Wartburg College; Mariah Birgen, Wartburg College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

could serve with their scientific knowledge. They attended several volunteer board meetings and familiarized themselves with the organization and then decided to help create curriculum for the food based summer youth program that is hosted by the food bank. Kids spend time working in the community garden and then learn to prepare some of the food that they are growing. While it is cooking, they then play a game or do some other activity related to that food. The students created eight lessons plans based around different vegetables.  Self-Help International - Students worked on a two part project with a local nonprofit that serves communities overseas with a variety of initiatives. In the first

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

] and “depoliticization” (relegation of questions of social justice and inclusion as“political,” and thus irrelevant to “real” engineering) [39, 40].This project used a mixed-methods research plan with surveys of engineering deans, faculty andstudents as well as ethnographic participant observations of a Virtual Community of Practice forLGBTQ inclusion in STEM. The surveys and ethnographic research generated new knowledgeand understanding of engineering cultures, which provided empirically grounded ways that thenext Safe Zone workshops were contoured to be most effective for engineering audiences. Theresearch findings help the members of the Virtual Community of Practice advocate moreeffectively as they try to promote LGBTQ equality in their

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina L. Baze, University of Texas, Austin; Todd L. Hutner, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Victor Sampson, University of Texas, Austin; Lawrence Chu; Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas, Austin; Hannah Smith Brooks, University of Texas, Austin

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and the TEAMS Program at the University of Boulder. Dr. Rivale’s research uses recent advances in our understanding of how people learn to evaluate and im- prove student learning in college and K-12 engineering classrooms. Her work also focuses on improving access and equity for women and students of color in STEM fields.Hannah Smith Brooks, University of Texas, Austin Hannah Brooks is a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on promot- ing equitable access through collaboration and instructional design. She is also interested in improving teacher education programs in the sciences by studying how teachers plan and structure learning using various methods. She has a BA in

Conference Session

Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherina V Tarnai-Lokhorst P.Eng., FEC, Camosun College

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

barriers toengineering and other careers in the physical sciences continue to deter women from enteringthose careers.History textbooks are good indicators of how well social knowledge is transmitted to youngergenerations and, according to Jane Gaskell 11,12, textbooks from the first wave rarely includedreferences to women’s experiences . The early feminists attempted to initiate changes to thecurriculum in their role as teachers, setting lesson plans and writing texts to introduce students toissues relevant to life in the home and building a foundation for – or maybe driving – the secondwave of feminism 13–18. Coinciding with racial activism, the second wave was replete withmilitant affirmative action 19, which alienated some from the growing

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Mikhail Russu

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

like this were very uncommon, however. This could point to a missing link withrespect to developing a professional sense of social responsibility in engineers that could drawfrom the existing HSS influences that students reported. One student actually discussed howtheir humanities class influenced them negatively with respect to their views of engineering,saying: “Mostly the humanities, the engineering classes I took made me realize how irrelevant my major (mechanical engineering) is to making a difference in the world. I don't plan on using my major for anything in the future- planning on shifting my career path to the humanities/social sciences.”This response came from a female, senior engineering student who

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

discussion that her group memberswent through in arriving at their final positions and the evolution of her own thinking as the dis-cussion progressed, possibly in preparation for the final exam in the course; andd) Allowing the instructor to assess how effective the initial multiple-choice question was in en-abling the formation of heterogeneous groups as well as how effective the discussions in the groupswere in helping students develop deep understanding of the underlying concepts by looking at thesummaries of the discussions submitted by the various students in the class.We conclude with a mention of our plans for future work. We are currently implementing therevised version of the CONSIDER tool. Once it is complete, we plan to test it in a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Theresa Mae Swift, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Amardeep Kaur, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla MO

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Resistor SetC. Implementation Plan and DiscussionThe assignments have been made a permanent part of the circuit analysis laboratory in ECE atMissouri University of Science and Technology14. Student performance, student comments, andinstructor observations will be used to modify the assignments for effectiveness. In particular,the laboratory reports have been selected as measures for the department assessment planregarding ABET outcomes b) and k). For instance, the student grades on the Resistive Networksreports will address the criteria for outcome b) to organize and interpret laboratory data with agoal of having a median score on this selected assignment of 80 percent or more.This laboratory implementation provides an early basic introduction to

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Kathy L. Kasley P.E., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

student-centeredfocus, and active learning strategies that have enabled success despite the multiple externalstudent commitments.The strategic plan was to leverage the experience of the full-time faculty to jointly developmodules for the freshman introductory course, Introduction to Engineering. The flippedclassroom model seems to be a consistent extension of the existing classroom practice ofproviding theory in brief introductions, followed by significant classroom practice in problemsolving. Once developed, the course was initially offered to students who met on campus, usingthe online modules. The time in the classroom was used to identify unforeseen issues and bugsthat impeded student learning, and to model synchronous “chats” to answer

Conference Session

ETD Green Energy/Sustainability

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Gilmore, University of Houston, Downtown; Scott Patterson, University of Houston, Downtown; Lisa Deane Morano; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Sustainable Development and Engineering TechnologyI. IntroductionThere are different definitions of sustainable development but according to Geir Asheim1“Sustainability is defined as a requirement of our generation to manage the resource base suchthat the average quality of life that we ensure ourselves can potentially be shared by all futuregenerations…. Development is sustainable if it involves a non-decreasing average quality oflife.” According to a United Nations 2016 report2, for the first time countries around the worldhave added sustainable development plans and a record number have agreed to make positivesteps to address climate change. As such, we are living at a

Conference Session

Integrated Activities for Green Energy and Manufacturing Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

impacts of engineered systems on society or the environment. j2. Develops and evaluates alternative designs of engineered infrastructure systems to minimize adverse environmental and societal impacts. k1. Manages time effectively and specifically plans for general review of work to improve results. k2. Demonstrates a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.Table 2 below presents a synopsis for the past year of the evolution of our capstone design in theinvestigated area. Analyzing the table, it can be inferred that, with some exception, there is atrending in topics related to environmentally conscious projects. Several of these projects havebeen also presented in various instances in other publications, including IEEE and

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Flath, Macalester College; Diane P Michelfelder, Macalester College

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

testing andresearch. First, Carberry, Lee and Ohland note (2010, p.74) a number of sources referring to“gender’s known influence on the self-efficacy of engineering students.” Marra et. al. (2009,p.27) indicate that “correlations show that self-efficacy is related to women’s student’s plans topersist in this predominately male discipline.” We have not yet commented on the genderbalance in the class, but of the sixteen students enrolled in the course, eleven of them werewomen. We did not notice differences in ability or interest in the course based on gender. Whilethe self-assessments of ability to perform various engineering design tasks were answeredanonymously, the sheer numbers suggest that women and men both increased in confidenceduring the

Conference Session

Makers, Making, and the Maker Movement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

just dig in. But if there’s a greater cost and going to the store, I gotta plan it out.” • Taking things apart: Participants talked about taking things apart during their making processes, such as “When I was a kid I had an old radio, just a clock radio, and I took that apart to see how it worked, back when I was younger when I had time. That really interested me.” Many shared the same kinds of childhood memories, and even discussed being okay “when you put it back together and you’re either missing a part or have too many.” • Making wrong or unexpected turns: Finally, the theme of making wrong or unexpected turns during the design process was quite common. One said “mistakes turn out to be

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogical Techniques II: Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Jo Pinkelman, Technische Universität Darmstadt; David J. Dixon, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Manfred J Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

problems. Professional competence has been previouslydefined as a high level of motivation, use of intelligence to solve problems and make decisions,teamwork, management and leadership of others, communication, planning and management of aproject and resources, innovation, and a strategic view of the larger picture of the project2,3. Thesecompetences, along with strong technical knowledge skill set, have been linked to futureprofessional engineering success3,4. Additionally, ABET requires that graduating engineers meetthe following select criteria: (d) ability to function on multidisciplinary teams; (f) understandingof professional and ethical responsibility; (g) ability to communicate effectively; and (h) the broadeducation necessary to

Conference Session

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University; Pryce Davis, University of Nottingham; Reed Stevens, Northwestern University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

together to carry out degradation testing on the logo of a small plastic device. In order totest the pigment that had been stamped onto the plastic, Liam asked Trevor and Cassandra to rubthe logo with a bleach wipe to simulate cleaning during normal use. Cassandra asked, “So, forhow much time do we do this?” Liam replied, “Uhh, I think, just clean it as if—there’s noinstructions for it, so just clean it as if ((pause)) you wanted it to be clean.”Later, Cassandra, Trevor and Liam worked to determine if an instance of degradation was causedby the bleach or during the stamping process. Liam was unable to determine if the defect wassomething he overlooked in the quality control process (a precursor to the bleach testing). Liamexplained how he planned

Conference Session

They need more than technical skills!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

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Diversity

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International

. Most of them had never attempted non-technical writing taskssuch as descriptive writing. However, they also reported to the instructor that, whilewriting in this style was difficult and unfamiliar to them, it was enjoyable.Of course, the instructors didn’t simply collect open-form essays and move on. Theseessays were meant to be considered alongside the argumentative, researched essayswritten earlier in the program. The instructors’ plans were for these essays, bothargumentative and creative, to be scaffolding for the video assignment that finished thetrip. The approaches, creative and expressive in the open-form essays, and formulaic andthesis-driven in the closed form, were meant to be complementary.E3 BlogStudents were required to create an

Conference Session

Installation, Integration, and Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

that the common project needs to be carefully selected each year to apply to bothgroups of engineering students.As we continue to receive guidance from our advisory board about the desiredcharacteristics of our graduates, we have broadened our previous technical electives toinclude both technical and professional electives, and have begun promoting integratedinterdisciplinary minors like Project Management and Strategic Leadership to our students.See the flowcharts in the Appendix that show how these certificates can be earned with onlytwo or three additional courses, by properly selecting elective courses. We believe theadditional skills and certification gained will add great value for our graduates, and plan totrack graduates with these

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Freya Willicks, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Kathrin Schoenefeld, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University; Frank Hees, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

used for the project‘s organization and planning. For this purpose, there was a close cooperation with the cooperation partner’s headquarter in Berlin. The results of this cooperation were a detailed plan of the project- structure, including a goal-setting, work packages, milestones and responsibilities for each following project run. A logo was designed as well (see figure 2). In addition, the partner organization – MAVUNO Project in Tansania – for the test-run as well as for the first official run was identified. The test-run took place in the winter term 2012/13. Since the class, in which the Challenge took place for the first time, is an interdisciplinary course for different master’s programs, the participating students

Conference Session

Faculty Views of Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B. Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

diagram illustrates the confluence of factors that can affectan academic plan’s design, which includes faculty members – the unit of analysis for the presentwork. Figure 1. Academic Plan Model from Lattuca and Stark17.* *Figure used with author’s permission via personal correspondence. Starting with the observation that some faculty teach engineering ethics in their courseswhile others do not19, one question arises: what is the difference between groups of facultymembers in how they conceptualize engineering ethics education? If we could better characterizethe conceptual frameworks around the perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes that engineering facultyharbor toward ethics education, then we could

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; William B. Corley, University of Louisville; Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville

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Diversity

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Mathematics

3  persons. On Tuesday and Thursday the classes met in a standard lecture hall classroom, andexams were always administered on either Tuesday or Thursday. Some Tuesday and Thursdayclass meetings of CALC-II-2T meet in a new ALC on campus. 59% of the students in CALC-II-1T also took CALC-III.3.2 The Flipped Class Redesign PlanAfter reviewing literature on flipped classes, specifically Talbert16 and Bishop and Verleger14 theinstructor set about developing a flipped classroom redesign plan for CALC-II and CALC-III.Content and learning objectives already existed for these courses and were familiar to instructor.What remained was to establish a structure for the courses that followed the flipped class model.Content was divided into units, and

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn Gaudette, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

course.Assessment 3. Pre/post Scenario AnalysisAdditionally, students were given a scenario involving the use of a potentially hazardouschemical used in a medical product. The pre-test, issued in the beginning of the first termof “Humanitarian Engineering Past and Present,” asked them how they would respondgiven the issues embedded in the scenario – environmental racism, following governmentregulations/company policy, dealing with multiple perspectives, and possiblewhistleblowing. In the post-test, which was delivered at the end of the second term, theywere asked to review and critique their pre-test responses.Pre-test responses typically just re-stated the problem and did not provide a detailedaction plan. In their post-test critique of their earlier

Conference Session

Clinical, Patient, and Innovation Experiences in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Huffstickler, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Keefe B. Manning, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Margaret J. Slattery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Biomedical

the information chosen in the concept selection step to move towards generating novel ideas. Idea Generation Formally determining potential problem solutions. Idea Evaluation Determining the efficiency and appropriateness of the proposed solution. Implementation Planning Testing the chosen problem solution. Monitoring Searching for evidence to determine the problem solution’s level of success.By emphasizing the parallels between the creative process and the scientific method, faculty whohad previously thought of creativity as being outside the bounds of technical engineering maynow see how the

Conference Session

Online Programs and Program Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst; C. V. Hollot, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Russell Tessier, University of Massachusetts; Bryan Polivka, Shorelight Education; Chris Hoehn-Saric, Shorelight Education; Janet Donghee Kang; Katherine Newman

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Total 526 118 417 1,061answers, respectively. (Note that these intentional interactions do not preclude spontaneous en-gagement by the instructor.) Table 3 shows the number of interactions that are designed into eachof the courses offered in the program. There are over a thousand opportunities for students to en-gage. Note that while “raise hand” only engages one or a few students, “poll” and “short answer”engage every student through the learning management system. Of course, individual instructorsmight deviate slightly from the instruction design by skipping planned interactions or adding theirown spontaneous activities.The very high levels of interactivity that is designed into the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University; Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Rachid Belmasrour, Southern University at New Orleans; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

second is a final oral presentation describing every step of eachproject developed, in presence of the parents, family, and friends. Examples of project (designsfrom the summer camp) are shown in the figures 1 to 8 (Appendix).Lessons learned from summer camp:The activities of the camp and the degree of their success will be shared with other CAM membersto determine the possibility that some of the activities would be implemented on other campuses.Knowing that other campuses in CAM plan to have similar summer camps, we also plan to learnfrom the success of activities from these camps. 1) During the summer, twelve high school students and a teacher participated in the summer camp. A number of lessons were learned from that program among

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Abramowitz EngScD, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond; Roy L. Hamilton, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

by the Purdue UniversityCalumet (PUC) Office of Planning and Institutional Research, the retention rate of first time, fulltime students, who began in Fall 2005 in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Sciencewas 44.8%. This is in line with a previous study by the Departments of Engineering whichindicated that approximately 50% of freshman engineering students do not pass to thesophomore year of study. The results also showed that the retention rate for the School ofTechnology was 56.8%. Furthermore, the graduation rate for minorities needed to be increased.For example, out of 34 baccalaureate degrees issued in Engineering fields during the 2005-2006academic year, there were only five minority students - two African American, two

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Their plans, actions, policymaking,reflections, and frustrations all aim to explore possible reactions to the challenges brought bythese dominant images. 1It is worth noting that the idea of dominant images is not an empirical concept. In other words,the dominant image active learning in American engineering education does not necessarily inferthat most American engineering schools and programs have adopted or developed active learningwell. Rather, dominant images often have normative value. Engineering programs and facultymay have different feelings about active learning, but active learning as a social image is relevantto their educational

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Emily Fredette, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

students navigate to their degrees by studying major pipelines, pathways, and mostrecently ecosystems. This study, however, drills down to a specific cohort of students - femalestudents in their first semester of a First-Year Engineering (FYE) program. It has been estimatedthat roughly one-half of these students enter into a major their sophomore year different from whatthey initially planned at the beginning of their freshman year. This longitudinal study examines theintended and declared majors of five cohorts of female students as they progressed through FYE,into an engineering discipline, and finally to their earned bachelor degree. Two types of students:Dedicated and Unsure, and three categories of majors: Confident, Middle Ground, and