Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Diane Evans, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

assessment oflearning than on the cataloging of activity, i.e. number of startups, amount of funding raised,number of students taking entrepreneurship courses, etc.In an effort to assess the entrepreneurial mindset of our students, the authors began researchingcurrent psychometric tools to assist in this charge. The two assessment instruments selected forthe project were the Entrepreneurial Profile (EP10), which was recently rebranded as the BuilderProfile (BP10), and the Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile (EMP). Both surveys are facilitatedelectronically (web-based) by Gallup and Eckerd College, respectively. Our motivation is toassess if entrepreneurship programs at our institution, both didactic and co-curricular, deliver onthe hypothesis that

Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University; Bethany C. Johnson, Alfred University; Steven M. Pilgrim, Alfred University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #19346Creating a Psychological Profile of Successful First-Year Engineering Stu-dentsDr. Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University Dr. Gagne is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Alfred University. Although her formal training is in discourse processing, her professional interests in learning and cognitive theory have provided op- portunities to serve as a consultant for classroom and program assessment across disciplines. In 2010 she served as Project Faculty for a U.S. Department of Education grant for Preparing Leaders in the Educa- tion and Training of the Next Generation of School Psychology Practitioners, and

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Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beau Vezino, University of Arizona; Alexander M Alvarez, University of Arizona Department of Biomedical Engineering; Byron Hempel, University of Arizona; Christina Julianne Loera, University of Arizona; Samantha Davidson, University of Arizona; Savannah Boyd, University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Student

Paper ID #23819Re-envisioning the Role of the Engineering Education Chapter at a Research-I Institution: Lessons from a Cross-disciplinary ModelBeau Vezino, University of Arizona Beau R. Vezino is a Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona’s College of Education. His focus is engineering and science education. Beau currently teaches the science/engineering methods course for pre-service teachers and works on several related research projects. Beau is certified K-12 teacher and holds a MS in Education in Curriculum and Instruction (2009) and a BS in Mechanical Engineering (2005). Beau’s research focus is on teaching

Conference Session

Communicating Across Cultural and Epistemological Boundaries

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

strictly “social” or “technical.” In this paper, we briefly reviewapproaches taken to teach energy in engineering. We then examine CSPs and make the case forhow they might be used within engineering. We discuss our preliminary ideas for the course itself.The goal of this paper is to stimulate discussion within the ASEE community to improve courseeffectiveness in enhancing student learning. This project is part of a larger overall effort at theUniversity of San Diego to integrate social justice themes across the curriculum of a new generalengineering department. This paper will present our progress towards instantiating in theclassroom the broader vision laid out for our program. 1IntroductionThere is

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler P.E., United States Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers (Retired)

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Civil Engineering

Lehigh University. Dr. Lenox served for over 28 years as a com- missioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA – including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Society of Civil En- gineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initiatives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education). As ASCE’s Executive Vice President

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Colleen Elizabeth Bronner, University of California, Davis; Jennifer H Choi, University of California, Davis; Jason White, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

most students, this change to a researchinstitution was positive, but there was one student who regretted coming to a research institutionwhere he felt the emphasis was on graduate research rather than undergraduate education.Although research institutions offer opportunities to engage in undergraduate research, surveydata indicates that transfer students are less likely to be engaged in these opportunities. Only14.8% of transfer students report involvement in a faculty research project, whereas 35.1% ofnon-transfer students report engaging in research. This difference is possibly due to their shorttenure at the university and the challenges of beginning as a research assistant.Transferring to a research institution also changed the instructor

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elyse Hill, University of Guelph; Andrew Lee, University of Guelph; Amy Domenique Gadsden, University of Alberta ; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph; Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta, conducting research in Special Education.Dr. Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph Andrew completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Management (Business) at McMaster University in 2006. In 2011, he completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at McMaster in the area of estimation theory. Andrew worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharma- ceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for three years. Before joining the University of Guelph in 2016, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Springer received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Executive Development from Ball State University. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR & SHRM-SCP), in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), and, in civil and domestic mediation. Dr. Springer is a State of Indiana Registered domestic mediator. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Tenure as a Closed System: Subconscious Behavioral Characteristics of Coercion, Groupthink, Bias

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Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Haverkamp, Oregon State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

dissertation research project is funded by a recently awarded NSF grant to study the nuanced gender dynamics in engineering education informed by queer theory and collaborative community ethnography. She may be contacted at haverkaa@oregonstate.edu c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Complexity of Nonbinary Gender Inclusion in Engineering CultureAbstractGender in engineering is a long-standing source of inquiry, research, outreach, and discussion asinequity in demographics and negative experiences persist in the field. Women consist of justapproximately 20% of our engineering undergraduate programs nationally, and roughly 14% ofour national professional workforce. Absent from these

Conference Session

Clinical Learning Experiences in BME

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Lynn Cash, Clemson University; John D. DesJardins, Clemson University; Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego

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Biomedical Engineering

Paper ID #22471The DMVP (Detect, Measure, Valuate, Propose) Method for Evaluating Iden-tified Needs During a Clinical and Technology Transfer Immersion ProgramMiss Hannah Lynn Cash, Clemson University Hannah Cash is pursuing her PhD in Bioengineering with a focus on Engineering and Science Education. Working with students through the engineering design process, Hannah has been encouraged to aid in outreach opportunities to bring Bioengineering and Design to younger students and teachers throughout the Upstate of South Carolina through work with the Perry Initiative and Project Lead the Way. The Perry Initiative works to

Conference Session

Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Thomas Nelson; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

to Operate aDevice," Cognitive Science, 8(3) pp. 255-273.[6] Ibrahim, B., and Rebello, N. S., 2012, "Using Johnson-Laird’s Cognitive Framework ofSensemaking to Characterize Engineering Students’ Mental Representations in Kinematics,"Physics Education Research Conference, (1413) pp. 219-222.[7] Zhang, Y., 2007, "The Influence of Mental Models on UndergraduateStudents’ Searching Behavior on the Web," Information Processing and Management, 44 pp.1330-1345.[8] Frank, M., Sadeh, A., and Ashkenasi, S., 2011, "The Relationship among Systems Engineers'Capacity for Engineering Systems Thinking, Project Types, and Project Success," ProjectManagement Journal, 42(5) pp. 31-41.[9] Camelia, F, Ferris, T. L. J, and Cropley, D. H, 2015, "Development and

Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oksana Zhirosh, Innopolis University; Joseph Alexander Brown, Innopolis University; David Tickner, Faculty professional development consultant

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

assessment:checking and grading the labs/tutorials assignmentgiving feedback to the students on their performancegrading thesis, course papers, projectsparticipation in appeal sessionsStudent research supervision:thesis, projects, course papers co-supervision Appendix 2Needs assessment findings. TA’s reported training needs.Planning and preparation Current TAs training needs: · Course content: sometimes TAs do not have deep knowledge of the course. · Lesson planning: preparing challenging tasks and allocating appropriate time, appropriate order of activities. Preparing enough materials

Conference Session

Tales from the Flip Side

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Warren, UNC Charlotte; Meagan Padro, UNC Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

reaching their full potential [7]. The National Academy ofEngineering proposes a dramatic and fundamental transformation of engineering education tobetter prepare engineering students for the future as part of the Engineer of 2020 Project [8].However, much of the literature focuses on what the instructor is going to do to deliver contentrather than focusing on how best to get a student to interact with the content and/or takeresponsibility for their own learning [9].In a traditional lecture class, an instructor serves as an information provider while the studentscommonly serve as recipients of that information. Students should, instead, be activeparticipants in the learning process. While many traditional classrooms attempt to incorporateactive

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aminul Islam Khan, Washington State University; Kitana Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Olusola Olalekan Adesope, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Negar Beheshti Pour, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

in chemical and mechanical engineering. Campbell University started the engineering program in 2016, and she is leading the design and imple- mentation of the chemical engineering curriculum at Campbell’s innovative, project based pedagogical approach. She has a PhD in chemical engineering from Washington State University, where she special- ized in miniaturizing industrial systems for applications in the undergraduate engineering classroom.Mrs. Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University First year Chemical Engineering doctoral student pursuing research on the development and dissemi- nation of low-cost, hands-on learning modules displaying heat and mass transfer concepts in a highly visual, interactive format

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Jay Oswald, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Effectiveness, she worked as the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program, as a high school math and science teacher, and as an Assistant Principal and Instructional & Curriculum Coach.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University. Her re- search interests focus on higher education equity and access, particularly within STEM.Dr. Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University Casey J. Ankeny, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at Northwestern University. Casey received her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2006 and her doctorate degree in

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Jacob Fish, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexander R. Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Henry David Banks, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #25586Exploring Differences in Senior and Sophomore Engineering Students’ Men-tal Models of Common ProductsMr. Francis Jacob Fish, Georgia Institute of Technology Francis Fish is a current Ph.D. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering and MBA at the University of Delaware, in 2016 and 2017, where he conducted research for DARPA and ARL funded projects as well as private industry projects. From 2016 to 2018 he worked as a Nuclear Engineer for NAVSEA.Alexander R. Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexander Murphy is a mechanical engineering Ph.D

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado, Denver; Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University; Christina Keenan Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

team at Kettering University, and to the Society of Women Engineers at Kettering.Dr. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Prof. Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University Stephanie Wettstein is an Assistant Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering department at

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua David Edgcombe, Grand Valley State University; Bruce E. Dunne, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

the flowgraphs discussed in this paper. We briefly present an assessment surveyregarding student preferences for working with SDR systems. Finally, we conclude with asummary of our findings and recommendations for other communication experiments.PreliminariesRecommended Hardware and Development EnvironmentThere is a wide selection of SDR hardware available, with many good choices for the purposespresented herein10. Given the requirements of the projects, the recommended choice is theHackRF One open-source SDR, along with ANT500 antenna11. The HackRF One offers half-duplex transceiver capability, sampling rates up to 20 MSPS, operating frequency of 1 MHz to 6GHz, USB powered connection, SMA RF connection with programmable gain, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley M. Berhan, University of Toledo; Aaron Lee Adams, Alabama A&M University; Willie Lewis McKether; Revathy Kumar, University of Toledo

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Adolescence, Contemporary Educational Psychology, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #27418and Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. She received a Spencer Foundation Grant in 2007to examine academic prospects, interpersonal relationships, and social well-being of students in schooldistricts with a high concentration of students of Arab and Chaldean origins. Recently, she received in-ternal grants from the University of Toledo to conduct mindfulness intervention projects with elementaryschool students and preservice teachers. She is also the recipient of the Fulbright Specialist Fellowship

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian, Florida Institute of Technology; Jinan Ziade; Mohd Abdelgadir Khairi, Najran University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

, Najran University I, Mohamed Khairi, my bachelor degree in computer science. I did my Masters in system science from University of Ottawa, Canada. My PH.D was in ”Master Data Management” from University of Phoenix. I have over 20 years of experience in IT industry - ten of them with Microsoft in Redmond, WA. Currently I’m assistant professor at University of Najran. In addition of teaching and Research I’m coordinator of graduation projects and field training for computer and information system college. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Global Marketplace and American Companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)Abstract In a

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Computers in Education

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He also worked on projects and consulted for a number of private companies, including Lockheed Martin, Harris, and Boeing. Zalewski served as a chairman of the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 5.4 on Industrial Software Quality, and of an International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Safety of Computer Control Systems. His major research interests include safety related, real-time embedded and cyberphysical computer systems, and computing education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A New Robotics Educational System for teaching Advanced Engineering Concepts to

Conference Session

Mechanics Classroom Demonstrations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

-labs,the lab session can turn into a formulaic following of the lab manual instead of activelyconstructing meaningful knowledge from it.Vertically Integrated Program on Hands-On LearningThe primary mechanism for the design of new experimental platforms for the dynamics course isthe Vertically Integrated Program (VIP) Hands-On Learning Team at Georgia Tech, establishedin 2015 under an NSF grant and advised by the two authors of this paper. The VIP program givesundergraduate students course credit to pursue research and design experience on projects that lastover multiple semesters. The VIP program is offered at a national consortium of 17 colleges and[http://vip.gatech.edu/new/vip-consortium]. We established our VIP Hands-On Learning team

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar K. Kaw, University of South Florida; Yingyan Lou, Arizona State University; Andrew Scott, Alabama A&M University; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

graduate or simply drop out1, and thenation seeks one million additional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)graduates2, the competence of these STEM graduates is still paramount over quantity ofgraduates in the global competitive market. As much as traditional assessment tools ofexaminations and projects address the procedural and hopefully higher-order thinking in aparticular course, we also need tools to assess the level of conceptual thinking of our students.One such tool is the concept inventory (CI) instrument that allows instructors to not onlymeasure a student’s conceptual understanding but also the misconceptions they may havedeveloped. The instrument is typically a multiple-choice question test. The questions focus

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

at all ranks (i.e., tenure and non-tenure track) inthe college. This occurs via targeted faculty communications and through interactions withcollege department heads.3.2.2 Staff Positions The Associate Dean leads a team that consists of an assistant director; event coordinator;media assistant and project based specialists (i.e. website developer, technical writers, etc.). Theteam strategically tailors and executes programs providing professional guidance for facultycollege-wide; works collaboratively with upper-level administrators and cross-college teams oncutting-edge programs for leadership as well as faculty development; and interacts withdepartment heads in recruiting, retention and promotion of a diverse set of faculty at all

Conference Session

But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

specific industries- could offerimportant linkages for the development of industrial affiliate programs, co-op activities, summertraining opportunities, and employment opportunities for new graduates. They may also providenew ideas for senior design projects, topics for graduate theses, or render help in theestablishment of collaborative research programs.When a choice has been made and the candidate has accepted, it is important that he/ she feelswelcome and be assisted in becoming familiar with his/ her new surroundings. To expedite theprocess, new adjuncts should sit together with their new colleagues and go over all relevantmatters related to their assigned tasks, ranging from course objectives, to teaching logistics, andincluding prevailing

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

agents of the social norms that privilegewhite students in engineering classrooms and organizations. In a study of African-Americanmale experiences on multiracial student engineering teams, Cross and colleagues found that thesocial norms of the engineering community decreased African-American students’ sense ofbelonging.18 Contributing factors included but were not limited to indifferent faculty interactions.The authors recommended that multiracial team projects should be monitored carefully byfaculty to ensure positive experiences of all team members.A study of Asian and Asian-American students in engineering showed that many students facedstereotypes from peers and faculty that detrimentally impacted their education, including that ofbeing the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Kenneth David Domingue, Western Michigan University ; Sarah Gray Hagen, Western Michigan University; Rebecca A. Scheffers, Western Michigan University; Lenore Yaeger; Katherine Fox, Western Michigan University

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Mathematics

helping students form studygroups9. The STEP retention project has resulted in an increase in 2nd-year retention rate toCEAS from a baseline of 57.4% (averaged 2000-2004) to 67.6% (averaged 2005-2009), and 5-year graduation and 6-year continuation rate in CEAS from a baseline of 32.3% to 42.4%.Details on how the CEAS-STEP cohorts are constructed for first-year students can be foundelsewhere10, 11.In Fall 2013, the CEAS-EXEP Cohort program was created. Students in CEAS-EXEP Cohortwere enrolled in the same section of Algebra II, and a First-Year Experience (FYE 2100)seminar taught by a CEAS academic advisor. Depending on a student’s intended CEAS major, athird course – Engineering Graphics – was added to the CEAS-EXEP Cohort schedule. Inaddition

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dominic Francis Gelfuso; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

was effectively over—quite a change from thehours or days of sitting that a figure model could expect to endure in a traditional sculptingstudio.The 24 trans-planar slices were then projected, one by one, onto a screen using a magic lantern.21Artisans and shop workers would trace the outline of the silhouette, using a mechanical devicethat would carve the contours into a piece of clay. Rotating the clay and repeating the process 23times resulted in a mostly-defined bust that featured a photographically-exact representation ofthe subject. Workers in Willéme’s shop would add final touches to the bust, mostly in order tosmooth out the gaps in-between the 24 carved slices, and often to cast the sculpt in a layer ofbronze. Importantly, these final

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Theiss, The Ohio State University; John E Robertson, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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First-Year Programs

declare a pre-major.Additionally, some students may be exposed to the different engineering disciplines throughliving-learning communities, student project teams, and other organizations. These types ofexposures are beyond the first-year engineering program, but they may have a significantinfluence in students’ major selection and their learning more broadly.In order to create a representative data set for the disciplines, responses were only analyzed if thestudent answered all three of the surveys. This could be done as students were given an identifierthat persisted throughout each survey. Through the identifiers, we were able to not only track themovements of the students as a group, but the identifiers allowed the students to beindependently

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine A. Twyman, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

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International

-year engineering classes, and theinternational module (i.e., connecting to a class). For example, one student referenced a projectthat was assigned in the first year engineering program during the visit to Lamborghini:“Lamborghini used a line tracking technology to navigate small robots around the factory and itwas the same line tracking technology we used in 1st year engineering.” Another studentconnected the group's solar-powered boat tour to a class project from the previous semester: “From research I've done on solar panels for two classes second semester I knew that most solar panels only run on about 30% efficiency which is not very cost effective. The man who was telling us about the boat told us that this boat ran