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ERM Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph E Michaelis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

-directs the National Center for Cognition and Mathematics Instruction. He is a faculty member for the Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences. As part of his service to the nation, Dr. Nathan served on the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Commit- tee on Integrated STEM Education, and is currently a planning committee member for the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council workshop Sharing the Adventure with the Student: Exploring the Intersections of NASA Space Science and Education. At the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Nathan holds affiliate appointments in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, the Department of

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Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter M Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; James Sibley, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Navid Shirzad, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, UBC

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

). Page 26.813.1420 May, G.L.,” The Effect of Rater Training on Reducing Social Style Bias in Peer Evaluation,” Business Communication Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 3, 297-313, September (2008).21 Ostafichuk, P.M., E.A. Croft, S.I. Green, G.S. Schajer and S.N. Rogak, “Analysis of Mech 2: An Award-Winning Second Year Mechanical Engineering Curriculum,” Proc. of EE2008, Loughborough, UK, July 2008.22 Michaelsen, L.K., M. Sweet, M., and D.X. Parmelee , Team-Based Learning: Small Group Learning’s Next Big Step. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco (2008).23 Sibley, J. and P.M. Ostafichuk , Getting Started with Team-Based Learning, Stylus, Sterling, VA (2014).24 Ostafichuk, P.M., Hodgson, A.J

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Christine Olson, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Charles M Schweik, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Steven D Brewer, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

supports the afterschool program, Maker Meetup,and weekend K12 workshops through several mechanisms, including a Public ServiceEndowment Grant and faculty, staff and student partnerships across three campuses (UMass,Hampshire College, and Amherst College) and multiple departments.Perhaps most transformative is the integration of an experimental University “flipped”, servicelearning, Makerspace course with both the afterschool and Maker Meetup programs. In recentyears, several definitions of “flipped learning” have emerged. We refer to the common definitionrecently proposed by the Flipped Learning Network32, 33 - “Flipped Learning is a pedagogicalapproach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individuallearning

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Pradip Peter Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Amir Rezaei; Amelito G. Enriquez; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Mohammad Amin

)education, according to a 2007 report2, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing andEmploying America for a Brighter Economic Future”. Additionally, other concerns about thequality and effectiveness of teaching learning environments in the U.S. are also registered.Educational paradigms that served us well in the past may not be adequate for the future. Welive in a rapidly changing world, with a global job market, global educational competition, aglobally integrated economy3, conflicting educational values, increasing multicultural trends,burdening educational cost, rising security crisis, growing ethical and moral conflicts, wideningincome gaps, and unstable financial conditions. Some strategic actions are needed for preventingfurther

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Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Torres, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Evan Humphries, Texas State University - San Marcos ; Eric Adams, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Construction

taught since 1984 and PMS hasbeen integrated into the curriculum since approximately 2000. Two PMS packages are taught inthe course, Primavera and Microsoft Project, both of which are the most frequently used PMS inthe construction industry7,11,13. Since 2002 the CPMS course has been a ‘stacked’ class in whichboth undergraduate and graduate students can take the class for credit towards their respectivedegrees. During the Spring 2014 semester a self-teaching active learning method was employedwith the graduate students, in regards to learning the Primavera PMS. The two graduate studentsenrolled in the course were required to teach the undergraduate students (29 undergraduates)how to develop a construction schedule in Primavera. This was the only

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Pines, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Luke Nogales, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

concept ofstudent engagement through innovation and entrepreneurship and who were committed tointegration of the space within and across the engineering curriculum. The committee agreed tomeet monthly during the academic year to evaluate equipment needs, listen to reports on facilityusage, and actively develop educational programs to foster innovation and entrepreneurshipamong the student body. Through funding made available by the Halliburton Foundation, facultymembers from the committee were able to travel to professional development courses to enhancetheir respective knowledge in emerging pedagogy surrounding innovation and entrepreneurship.Engagement became integrated. An operations manager was retained through the associate dean for

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Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; James D. Goedert, University of Nebraska

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Construction

Education (VICE) is a simulation designed forconstruction education. The purpose was to provide the traditional lecture-based constructioncontents along with supplementary instructions in a project-based learning environment. Sixmodules were proposed as a curriculum delivery guideline including: single span bridge,residential building, light commercial, heavy commercial, highway, and segmental bridge. Thesingle span bridge was the first module used for prototype development providing an opportunityto design, analyze, implement, and test for effectiveness. This paper describes the design stepsand results of this three-year research project. VICE-Bridge required participants to sequentiallyorder the construction activities and then select the

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taylor Sharpe, Portland State University; Geng Qin, Portland State University; Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

-term General Physics in an iterative manner. Thedevice is a combination of classic physics models: a pendulum of adjustable length, a rail system including anincline plane, a rolling ball/weight, and a ball launcher. An integrated microcontroller combines these conceptualmodels, and allows the difficulty of the problem to be adjusted by including or excluding new physics concepts intandem with the lecture curriculum. The design is informed by a pedagogical model based on giving students open-ended problems that require a network of conceptual knowledge. This hybrid hands-on and inductive model couldincrease student motivation to more deeply understand concepts that have often been difficult to learn. A prototypedevice has been partially

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Circuits and Systems Education 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Stephen Keith Holland, James Madison University; Brian Groener, James Madison University

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Electrical and Computer

order to tacklethe interesting and challenging problems of the future. Survey questions 6 and 7 are aimed atunderstanding students’ perception of how engineering analysis techniques learned in engineeringscience courses inform the process of design learned in engineering design courses. Authentic designprojects across the curriculum lead students to break down the mental barriers that design is different inengineering science courses, and work toward an integrated perspective of engineering. Furthermore,understanding subsystems and how they interact is a qualitative reasoning skill that is often introducedin engineering design and plays a significant role in developing a system perspective of circuits. Surveyquestions 8 and 9 were given to

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Bhaskar R. Sinha; Pradip P. Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Mohammad N. Amin; Debra A. Bowen

: Accelerated format, active learning, agile development, agile pedagogy, curricula,program learning outcomes, student learning.IntroductionInformation Technology Management (ITM) programs in most academic institutions integratefundamentals in networking, wireless, database, client-server, information security, ITmanagement techniques and tools, and hands-on experiences required to solve real-worldindustry problems1. The final capstone project, taken as the last two classes by the studentsbefore graduation, is a unique and valuable learning experience for students in many schools. Itis usually designed to expand their outlook and create an opportunity for real world problemsolving by means of integration of knowledge from multiple sources, multiple

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Engineering Economics Teaching Tools

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shervin Zoghi, California State University, Fresno

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Engineering Economy

psychomotor) into what’scalled Bloom’s Taxonomy. By understanding the hierarchal structure of this taxonomy, studentshave successfully supplemented these ideologies into their learning patterns. This paper exploressome of the many methods for teaching engineering economics in a way that enablesengagement and long-term retention.It is also the intent of this paper to address the importance of integrating economics into theengineering curricula. Due to globalization and economic complexity, engineers are nowrequired to have an in-depth understanding of the markets and how changes in these marketsaffect their bottom line. These can include a variety of things, such as understanding interestrates required to increase or sustain levels of capital stock

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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. Theserelationships allow the formation of a robust support group that is particularly crucial in the firstyear of an engineering program since most of the retention issues are known to emerge duringthis time.3,10The student cohort component of the mentorship model is further strengthened by integrating aproject in the PBL courses for the freshmen and sophomore students with junior and seniorstudents respectively for four to six weeks of the semester. This component is incorporated toenhance student engagement while preparing the freshmen and sophomore students for the open-ended, challenging courses in the junior and senior years. It may be noted that the sequence ofPBL courses is a required component of the curriculum for all students. Since the group

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Salinas, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Eliud Quintero, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Pablo Guillermo Ramirez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Eduardo González Mendívil, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Fostering Spatial Visualization through Augmented Reality in Calculus learningAbstractWe are part of a team of educational innovation that aims to transform the teaching and learningof Calculus through the integration of digital technologies. We are looking to foster a visual andtangible learning of Mathematics. As a team of educational research we care for developingmathematical cognitive skills that are not explicit in curriculum but have been taken for granted.Most of them is basic to the understanding of mathematics and are useful in the process ofproblem solving. Spatial visualization, for example, has been taken as an innate skill in students,however, experience with teaching solids of revolution, may question whether

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ranjan K Sen

Curricula project [3].Also, the curriculum must reflect the relationship of IT to other computing disciplines as theydepend on materials covered in other computing disciplines. The curriculum must reflect theaspects that set IT apart from other computing disciplines. The overview report of the ComputingCurricula 2005 was augmented as necessary and organized into a form acceptable to theComputing Curricula Series, which is a guideline for four-year undergraduate degree programsin IT from ACM and IEEE in 2008.IT as an academic discipline is concerned with issues related to advocating for users and meetingtheir needs within an organizational and societal context through the selection, creation,application, integration and administration of computing

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International Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

studentsFinally a comparison between the German and Polish undergraduate students can be made.Given the results of the comparisons relative to American undergraduate students, the results intable 7 are not surprising.The final aspect of this study must return to the original goal of the study: to give guidance to thedevelopment of curriculum and activities that address deficiencies in the preparation ofengineering students. In tables 8 and 9 the American undergraduate students are compared to thegroup of international professionals. Clearly curricula that introduces the excitement of eventsand activities that form an integral part of other cultures is important. This conclusion is clear inthe diversity of contact subscale on all five of the questions in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul G. Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Rhonda R. Franklin, University of Minnesota; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida; Tom Weller, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, interconnects and inte- gration techniques using MEMS and other advanced fabrication processes, RF fluidics, and high speed material’s characterization. She has authored or co-authored over 85 professional journals and conference publications and 4 book chapters. Dr. Franklin was the recipient of the 1998 Presidential Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by the National Science Foundation. She is an active member of the MTT-S society in the technical area of passives, packaging, integration and microwave education and is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave Wireless Components Letters.Dr. Jeff Frolik, University of VermontDr. Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC Dr. Carol Haden is a Principal

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Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger P.E., Michigan Technological University; Joshua M Pearce, Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University; Gerald Anzalone, Michigan Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

utilizing computer simulations and 3D printing in their classrooms to help solve engineering problems.Mr. Douglas E. Oppliger P.E., Michigan Technological UniversityProf. Joshua M Pearce, Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Department of Electrical &Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University Joshua M. Pearce received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. He then developed the first Sustainability program in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education as an assistant professor of Physics at Clarion University of Pennsylvania and helped develop the Applied Sustainability graduate engineering program while at Queen’s University, Canada. He currently is an

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Peter Mark Jansson; Amal Kabalan

engineering design processes. Thecourse activities build student confidence, skills and exposure with 3-D modeling software(Solidworks®) and 3-D printing technology. This practice comes in the form of team-basedproject assignments from designing / building a ‘Pod’ for Digilent’s Analog DiscoveryTM ® tofunctional decomposition of a photovoltaic lamp where each team is responsible for theirfunctional component and integration with all of the other teams. The final project includes theidentification of an important global, societal, environmental and/or economic problem whiledesigning a small scale solution to some aspect of it. This meets an ECE curriculum need toenhance students’ awareness of and interaction with ABET outcome ‘h’ and provides one

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Dawn Wiggin, University of Washington; Jeremy Kingma, Washington State University; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Scott Winter, University of Washington

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developed a STARS chemistry prep course. WSU has incorporated structured problem sessions where students work in small groups on problems directly related to their current math and chemistry classes. Each university also designed a year-long STARS Seminar series to build study and learning skills. Seminars include topics such as time management, group study, regular reflection on goal-setting and keys to success, learning to learn and cultivating an open mindset, note-taking, asking for help and utilizing resources, reading textbooks, and developing relationships with faculty.Figure 2: Sample UW and WSU First Year Curriculum University of Washington Sample STARS Washington State University Sample

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jake Davis, Purdue University

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Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by over $14.5 million from the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011. Dr. Ohland is Chair of the IEEE Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee and an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE and IEEE.Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University Nichole Ramirez is a graduate student in the School of

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Kelly Klima, Carnegie Mellon University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

23University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Varied Variety of classes with no sequenced curriculum 24University of Texas, Austin Environmental Science Institute Variety of classes with no sequenced curriculum   Page 26.786.3With this in mind, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has asked whether it would beworthwhile to create an interdisciplinary degree offering (undergraduate minor, undergraduatemajor, or graduate program) focusing on climate change. Before assessing whether changes maybe useful, we first

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Jean Lapaix, Florida Atlantic University; Charles Perry Weinthal; Don Ploger, Florida Atlantic University; Malissa Augustin, Florida Atlantic University; Santiago Aguerrevere

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Mathematics

interest in pursuing in college and as a career. But there is adichotomy - mathematics is a precise science, and any problem solving engineering paradigmprovides an optimal (or near optimal) solution. Anyone with an engineering perspective learns toappreciate this and continue to combine the two skills advantageously. However, not all studentssignificantly develop this skill when learning math in their curriculum as they may not see theconnection between the theoretical concepts in the subject and the practical problems associatedwith STEM fields. This lack of a connection could negatively affect the students’ performanceand interest in STEM. Our initial focus was to develop the robot as a tool for problem solving 1-3.We also made sure that it is

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gunter Bischof, University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz; Andreas Zwölfer, University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz; Domagoj Rubeša, University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz

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Mathematics

difficulties are thought to arise from a lack of understanding as to what engineeringinvolves and an insufficient mathematical preparedness.This under-preparedness of first-year university students is not only reflected in theirperformance in the mathematics classes; it propagates into mathematically-oriented courseslike Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, andControl Engineering. In our university’s engineering degree programs, drop-out for academicreasons primarily takes place in the first year of study, and the major “culprit” is EngineeringMechanics, followed by Engineering Mathematics (the other courses mentioned before aretaught later in the curriculum). This is in good accordance with a study of Tumen

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Makerspaces in the Library: Using 3D printers, Laser Cutters, and Kits to Enhance Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Rogers, North Carolina State University Libraries; Ben Leduc-Mills, SparkFun Electronics, Inc.; Brendan C. O'Connell, Smith College Libraries; Brian Huang, Sparkfun Electronics

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Engineering Libraries

Minneapolis, MN. While working at ADC, Brian volunteered at the Science Museum of Minnesota and quickly discovered a passion for teaching and working with students - especially in an environment that fostered and supported the ”wow” factor associated with in- quiry and discovery. In 2007, Brian left the world of engineering to pursue a career in education. For the past 5 years, Brian has taught various levels of high school physics, mathematics, applied technology, and robotics. Brian joined Sparkfun Electronics to help integrate ”tinkering,” electronics, and computational thinking into the classroom. One of his goals is to help teachers to de-mystify how household consumer electronics work. With a few simple tools

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Statics Online

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech; Brian J. Novoselich, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

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Mechanics

processwhereby learners set goals for their learning and then attempt to monitor, regulate, and controltheir cognition, motivation, and behavior, guided and constrained by their goals and thecontextual features in the environment” (p. 453). Specifically in Statics, successful students mustlearn to integrate knowledge and skills from several first-year engineering and mathematicscourses, effectively manage time and study strategies, and develop an awareness of whatconcepts may require additional attention to excel on high-stakes achievement tests. Thoughstudent success in any course is a function of these interdisciplinary skills, because Staticsrepresents such an early pivotal point in an engineering curriculum, student ability to self-regulate learning

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi J. C. Ellis, Western New England University; Gregory W Hislop, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Sarah Monisha Pulimood, The College of New Jersey; Becka Morgan, Western Oregon University; Ben Coleman, Moravian College

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

study, but provide stronger evidence thatstudent involvement in HFOSS promotes student learning in the areas of tools and techniquesand technical knowledge about the process and tools used to develop an HFOSS project.1. IntroductionSoftware engineering programs as well as most computer science programs desire to providestudents with experience working on a real-world project in order to supply students with anunderstanding of professional practice including such skills as teamwork, communication, workethic, self-confidence and more. In fact, the SE 2004 curriculum guidelines2 emphasize the needfor including professional practice in the education of software engineers. A common way toprovide this experience is through instructor and/or student

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Chantal Balesdent, Museum of Science

Balesdent is a professional development provider for Engineering is Elementary at theMuseum of Science, Boston. She received her B.A. in chemistry from Colby College and herPh.D. in chemistry from the University of Oregon. At UO, Chantal was active in local scienceoutreach, and as an NSF GK-12 fellow she taught hands-on science to elementary schoolstudents in rural Oregon.2) Shannon heads up the professional development team at Engineering is Elementary. Shebrings to EiE seven years of experience teaching high school physics and integrated science andadditional experience as an outreach coordinator for nonprofits including the Rhode IslandStormwater Solutions Program and the Massachusetts-based Buzzards Bay Coalition. She holdsa B.A. in physics

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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José Antonio Riofrío, Western New England University; Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Anthony D. Santamaria, Western New England University; Thomas K Keyser, Western New England University; Ronald E. Musiak, Western New England University; Harlan E Spotts Jr., Western New England University

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animatronics. In the fall of 2011, Jos´e became an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western New England University, where he now teaches various courses in solid mechanics, mechatronics, and first-year engineering.Prof. Robert Gettens, Western New England University Rob Gettens is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Director of the First Year Engineering Program at Western New England University.Prof. Anthony D. Santamaria, Western New England University Dr. Anthony D. Santamaria completed his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Davis specializing in nuclear imaging of transport phenomena in fuel cell and battery technology. While completing his engineering

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University; LaChelle Monique Waller, Virginia Commonwealth University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering program described in this paper serves as a catalyst for ongoinglearning taking place during the school year within the classroom. The week long informalSTEM program provided students with an opportunity to discover existing and new resourceswhich could effect change in their lives and the way they view the world through STEM. To takefull advantage of the day the program was structured into two parts. The first part of the daystudents participated in diverse curriculum to include brief lectures with an emphasis on handson experiments and activities. During this time students were encouraged to work in pairs. Thenext part of the day the students engaged in their design project concluding with a reflection anddebriefing period. During the

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Semih G. Yildirim; Stuart W. Baur

-based learning, architectural engineering, building technology, hands-onlearningIntroductionHands-on learning experience is highly desired in architectural engineering curriculum tomaintain longer retention of desired knowledge. To create an active learning environment istargeted and an educational model is developed for this purpose1. Building components’ designis the main application field of this model, since competency on this subject is necessary forarchitectural engineering students which is based on architectural materials and methods ofbuilding construction. The educational model has been already formalized2 and improved3 inMissouri S&T Architectural Engineering Program. The components of the educational modelcan be summarized in