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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracy Jane Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mary E. Fitzpatrick, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gene Paul Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

2016) and will cover topics of interest toincoming engineering freshmen during the first few weeks such as: engineering societies/studentorganizations, study abroad, campus resources, and career services. The next few weeks willhave panels of faculty representing 3-4 engineering majors per week. These faculty have beenasked to briefly (10 minute presentations) present the most exciting and current research andevents within their department. The subsequent lectures will be seminar style with guestspeakers (both faculty and industry have been invited) from a variety of engineering disciplinesfocusing on the grand challenges of various engineering disciplines. Students will be assignedweekly reading assignments related to the lecture topics of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in like making or creating stuff like, something, like good, like a psychologist would be good work, career, or something but uh, I don’t think it would be fun … if I’m making stuff and building stuff all the time, that would be fun, you know? I mean sometimes it would be hard, because there’s always that hard part, but, it’d still be fun, you know?Here, Marquise ponders two career paths. Both are focused on doing good in the world. Bothwould be “good work.” But only one, making things, would be fun. We asked him if the makerclass had changed his sense of what he was capable of. He said, “Yeah, for sure. Cause, like, I wouldn’t have really thought that I could make stuff like this, I for surely didn’t

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Ways to Measure "Things" About Your Course(s)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lilianny Virguez, Virginia Tech; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

defined as “the extent towhich one intends to engage in an activity”4. The choice or the decision to continue doing an activity,for example, is the result of someone’s motivation of doing that activity. Motivation has been exploredin relation to academic performance and career plans. Jones et al. studied the relationship amongexpectancies, values, achievement, and career plans for first year engineering students. They found thatstudents’ expectancy and value related beliefs decreased over the first year3 thus negatively influencingstudents’ retention into the second year of an engineering program. Predicting students’ intention tocontinue within engineering is complex, and the factors associated to this decision are not wellunderstood; however

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Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Durkin, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

a typical industrialmachine or process. All of the PLCs are networked to provide the students with communicationscontent within the lab experience.The pedagogical features of the laboratory exercises are illustrated and results from studentcomments and numerical ratings of the effectiveness of the lab exercises and equipment are alsoincluded in the paper.IntroductionA common career path for Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) students is the design andmaintenance of industrial control systems. These industrial controls are typically designed usingProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLC) to execute and monitor the machine or process. PLCsare equipped with discrete and analog control of high and low current AC and DC voltages, andcan also

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Tania Jarosewich, Censeo Group LLC

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

students with weak spatial skills; organizingand offering the spatial skills training course for eligible students; and collecting, compiling, andsubmitting assessment data to the project evaluator. The SKIITS project team is working withresearchers, STEM diversity leaders and industry partners to further develop the low-costmaterial to respond to the needs of community college technician-education programs to retainmore women and URM students.II. Prior ResearchA. Spatial Visualization Related to STEM FieldsThe ability to visualize objects and situations in one’s mind and to manipulate those images is acognitive skill vital to many career fields, especially those that require work with graphicalimages. A long history of research has highlighted

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Potpourri

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

program’s goal has been to provide a quality program thatmeets accreditation standards while providing the students with a skill set that allows them tosucceed in computing careers. The curriculum content for the Computer Science degree is basedon the 2008 ACM Curriculum Report. The Computer Science degree at UVU is accredited byAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2002 and currently has morethan 850 students. The program also has an advisory board comprised of representatives of localindustry who assist in aligning the program to industry needs and helping to acquire industrysupport and resources.Table 1 and 2 shows the enrollment and graduation trends in the Computer Science program. Ascan be seen from the tables, the

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Capstone and Collaborations in Civil Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Conrad, Portland State University; William A Kitch P.E., Angelo State University; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; Kenneth W. Lamb P.E. Ph.D, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

Department at Angelo State University. Before starting his academic career he spent 24 years as a practicing engineer in both the public and private sector. He is a registered professional engineer in both Colorado and California.Dr. Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University Dr. Tori Rhoulac Smith is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering, Ar- chitecture, and Computer Sciences at Howard University in Washington, DC. In this role, she works to continuously improve the undergraduate student experience and oversees recruitment, admission and ori- entation, retention, advising, career development, and academic support programs. Dr. Rhoulac Smith earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gustavo Moran, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

major 3–5. Students’ development of math knowledge before college iscommonly influenced by their experiences in math courses, where their experiences createdifferent feelings about math activities. An important factor influencing students’ perceptionsabout math courses and activities is math anxiety. Richardson & Suinn6 defined math anxiety as“feelings of tension and anxiety that interfere with the manipulation of numbers and the solvingof mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic settings” (p. 551).Math anxiety is not just dislike of mathematics or lack of math knowledge, but a set of feelingsthat affect performance in math-related activities that may lead to avoidance of math courses andmath-related careers 7

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Robotics, Automation, and Product Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; James Walker, Michigan Technological University; Shashank Barkur Lakshmikanth, Michigan Technological University; Mark Highum, Bay de Noc Community College; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Ruimin zhang, Michigan Technological University; Mark Bradley Kinney, Bay de Noc Community College

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Engineering Technology

courses in the Computer Network Systems and Security degree. Mark holds a Master’s in Career and Technical Education (Highest Distinction) from Ferris State University, and a Bachelor’s in Workforce Education and Development (Summa Cum Laude) from Southern Illinois University. Mark is a retired Chief Electronics Technician (Submarines) and served and taught as part of the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program. Mark is active with SkillsUSA and has been on the National Education Team for Mechatronics since 2004.Dr. Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University Dr. Alaraje is an Associate Professor and Program Chair of Electrical Engineering Technology in the School of Technology at Michigan Tech. Prior to his faculty

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary G. Noonan, Merrimack College; Marc Veletzos, Merrimack College; Cynthia Baker McGowan, Merrimack College; Maureen Walsh Sakakeeny P.E., Merrimack College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

mathematics review, and (2) to excite new students about theirchosen majors through activities meant to create a sense of belonging and inform students aboutcareer options.The two-week program consists of a series of seminars, field trips, workshops, and designcompetitions that expose students to the breadth of career opportunities available to them, as wellas prepare them for their freshman year mathematics (see Figure 1). The first week schedule forthe 2015 Summer Bridge Program is shown in Figure 2. The summer intensive program istaught by faculty from CS, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering. Three upper divisionstudent mentors and a graduate student fellow provide additional support, mentoring andoversight of the students. The summer

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Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Ann Newton, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randy R. Rapp, School of Construction Management, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Graduate Studies

Universityof Northern Iowa’s Doctor of Industrial Technology, and Columbia University’s Doctor ofEngineering Science degree (awarded in 1953!)2. There are even a number of Doctorates ofProfessional Studies in a variety of fields. Perhaps England has the longest concertedinvolvement with the professional doctorate - particularly in engineering. The nation’sEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s5 website describes this as “an alternativeto the traditional PhD for students who want a career in industry. A four-year programmecombines PhD-level research projects with taught courses, and students spend about 75 percentof their time working directly with a company.” In the USA, the Professional Doctorate isalready awarded by Texas A&M

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David B. Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Craig Zywicki, Purdue University; David A. Evenhouse, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering’s Harry L. Solberg Best Teacher Award (twice), and the ASEE Mechanics Division’s Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award. In 2014, Dr. Rhoads was selected as the inaugural recipient of the ASME C. D. Mote Jr., Early Career Award and was featured in ASEE Prism Magazine’s 20 Under 40.Prof. Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette Charles M. Krousgrill is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at the same institution. He received his B.S.M.E

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State Univeristy; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Community during their first year and on campus for two years.• Community Building: Group activities and social events outside of class are an integral part of developing a community within STARS. WSU includes a field trip to a local engineering firm as an additional component to the STARS seminar. UW incorporates an obstacle or ropes course. Additional activities like bowling, movie nights, and ultimate Frisbee have also been included.• Career Awareness and Vision: Students receive multiple views of the engineering and computer science fields so they can think about themselves as engineers/computer scientists now and in the future. Activities are designed so that students can picture what their life as an

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International Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Sukhristina, Kazan National Research Technological University; Artem Bezrukov; Julia Ziyatdinova

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Diversity

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International

Management (1998) and Psychology (1999) in Kazan State Technological University. Julia joined the team of Kazan State Technological University as an instructor at the Department of For- eign Languages and the School of Foreign Languages ”Lingua” in 1999 and was rapidly promoted to the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages in 2003. Her teaching career was perfectly balanced by the experience of a translator and an interpreter. She is a well-known person at Kazan international conferences and other events for her high quality consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, such as interpreting for the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. The new milestone in Julia’s career was

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas M. Katona, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Jonathan L. York, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Robert S. Crockett, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

development, and marketing. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, studying with the inventor of the blue and white LED, and an MBA from the University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business.Dr. Jonathan L. York, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Jonathan York is associate professor of entrepreneurship in the Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he also serves as the Academic Director of the Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship which he co-founded in 2009. He joined the faculty at Cal Poly after a long career in the private sector. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, and a PhD in psychology from Michigan

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First-Year Issues in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Girma Tewolde, Kettering University

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Electrical and Computer

through the institute’s KEEN Internal Topical Grant program.I. IntroductionIntroduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering courses are common in many institutesacross the country for freshman or sophomore students1,2. The goal of such courses is to providegeneral introduction to the field of ECE and talk about the main areas of applications, problemsolving, professional career opportunities, technology, ethics, and other related topics.Instead of providing just theoretical presentation about the field, this proposed course offers amore practical approach for effective ways of achieving the same objective, with the additionalbenefit of enhancing student engagement and their learning experience in the process. To thisend, the main strength of

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Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reed Stevens, Northwestern University; Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #16865Institutional Obstacles to Ethnographic Observation in Engineering IndustryProf. Reed Stevens, Northwestern University Reed Stevens is a Professor of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. He holds a B.A. in Mathe- matics from Pomona College and PhD in Cognition and Development from the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Stevens began his professional career as a mathematics teacher. For the past two decades, he has studied STEM learning both in and out of school. His research seeks to understand how and when learning environments are productive for people and to translate those findings

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Software & Web-based Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University

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Electrical and Computer

. Various factors impact thischoice; Students’ career interests at the time of application, their perception of the discipline andresulting career opportunities, analytical complexity of the required core courses, and the impactof their contributions on society, among many others 1. ECE programs lose a good number ofstudents to other disciplines and programs due to its supposed ‘highly theoretical’ nature, and acommon misconception that ECE is exclusively about electricity and electric circuits. Manyundecided students are torn between their love for building gadgets, and their need to acquirehighly in-demand skills such as programming and creating applications. The same holds true forECE students in their sophomore or early junior years who may

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Kseniya K Tolkacheva, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Association for Engineering Education of Russia; Yury P Pokholkov, Tomsk polytechnic university, Association for Engineering Education of Russia; Sergey B. Mogilnickiy, Tomsk Polytechnic University; Maria Yurievna Chervach, Tomsk Polytechnic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto

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International Forum

. The article addresses problems of quality assurance in higher engineering educa- tion, analyses best international practices in the field, as well as the ways to solve outlined problems. The article indicates that professional accreditation of educational programs is considered as one of the key tools for quality assurance and assessment. Main aims and ob- jectives of professional accreditation, as well as benefits for graduates of accredited pro- grams in building their professional engineering career are described. Best practices and results of professional accreditation of educational programs in the field of engineering and technology conducted by the Association for Engineering Education of Russia

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Student Success II: Self-Regulatory, Metacognitive, and Professional Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aubrey Wigner, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Educational Research and Methods

NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest cham- pionships, and has co-developed the STEAM LabsTM program to engage middle and high school students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts through designing and building chain reaction machines. He has appeared on many TV

Conference Session

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

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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

to connect to moreacademic support (2); (3); (4). By providing a physical environment for students in engineeringmajors to live, our program has historically allowed students to make academic and socialconnections early in their college career, which better supports their persistence. In recent years,students in the Engineering Leadership Community have taken multiple classes in the samesections together, including a one-credit academic success course and their introductoryengineering lab. This method uses Tinto’s learning community model, helping students to makeconnections between courses with their peers (1).The additional elements of service-learning and project-based learning have brought theresidents of the Engineering Leadership

Conference Session

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Fraley, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Amy J. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

students where the focus has beenon self-reporting confidence without a link to actual student performance. Self-efficacy is how aperson’s belief in their capabilities impacts their ability to achieve a goal.1 In 2015, mathematicalself-concept was studied with respect to how it differs between genders and how it affects pre-college and post-K-12 career choice decisions. Self-concept studies investigate howpsychological processes relate to academic achievement and career choice.2 In particular, thislongitudinal study looked at how different factors including the person, their environment, andmath self-concept impact a student’s decision to pursue a STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics) career. Data from surveys were analyzed to

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Penn State University Erie, The Behrend College; James F. Kimpel, University of Pittsburgh; Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Economy

Faculty Award in 2011, 2013, and 2015, the Penn State Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Alumni Faculty Appreciation Award in 2013, and the Outstanding Advising Award in the College of Engineering in 2014 for his work in undergraduate education at Penn State. Dr. Lynch worked as a regional production engineer for Universal Forest Products prior to pursuing his graduate degrees. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering in the School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.Dr. James F. Kimpel, University of Pittsburgh Jim Kimpel joined the faculty of the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012 following a 27-year career in industry. His

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University; Russell Feldhausen, Kansas State University; Nathan H. Bean

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Computing & Information Technology

for the day, a discussion was led on career options in the videogame industry. The final day was reserved time for groups to work on their projects while we walkedaround to assist. At the end of the day, groups got up in front of the class to demonstrate theirgames and describe what game design principles they used. Groups were allowed to use anyof the seed projects used any of the previous days, as long as they added additional content ormechanics. Some groups did use the seed projects, but most designed their own game and usedwhat they learned from programming the seed projects as the basis for their mechanics. Toencourage the students to continue to collaborate, all projects from each week were added to aScratch studio

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Erin A. Cech, Rice University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Tom J Waidzunas, Temple University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

postdoctoral fellow at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sociology from Montana State University. Cech’s research seeks to uncover cultural mechanisms of inequality reproduction–particularly gender, sexual identity and racial/ethnic inequality within science and engineering professions. Her current research projects focus on the recruitment and retention of women, racial/ethnic minority and LGBTQ individuals and the role of professional cultures in inequality in STEM.Rocio C Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education Rocio Chavela is Director of Education and Career

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC

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Civil Engineering

comparison of pre- and post-survey resultswhile maintaining student anonymity.There are many research questions that could be pursued using the IVS. In this paper results arepresented that could be used to investigate three research questions: Q1. After completing the infrastructure module, do students rate infrastructure systems as more important compared to other government services and products? Q2. Do students feel that infrastructure challenges are more important to their careers after completing the infrastructure module? Q3. How do students’ grades* for infrastructure components change after completing the infrastructure module?Descriptive results are given without statistical analysis because there were only

Conference Session

Construction Session 4: Outside of the Construction Curriculum

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Mahmood Ahmed P.E., East Carolina University; Kiersten Marie Mahaffy, East Carolina University; Lincoln Harding Forbes, Harding Associates Inc., Miami; Rachel M. Robinson-Watts, East Carolina University; Ashley Lauren Gregory, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Construction

awareness of contractual risk distribution. Also a more in-depth structure was given as to how to build and/or restructure an organizationso it operates at optimum efficiency. Strategies and approaches were also addressed as to how to address internal as well as external issues that arise within an organization. By having various counter methods of dealing with the various conflicts the most advantageous solutions to all parties could be obtained. I believe the MCM course has provided me with the essential tools to further advance my professional career both mentally and physically by providing a more in- depth understanding of the construction industry as a whole.”Even with students’ high praises regarding their professional

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Upper-level Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Brian Thomas Weaver PE, Explico Engineering Co.

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

technicalcauses of an accident, but also the gathering of evidence, summarizing opinions in areport/affidavit and providing testimony related to the case. The nature of the profession lendsitself to instruction through projects and case studies. A quick survey of forensic engineeringcourses shows that most are taught at the graduate level in civil engineering departments with anemphasis on failure mode of facilities and transportation infrastructure.2 However, in generalforensic engineering spans many areas of practice and there is a particular focus on evidence-based investigation and the litigation process.Although people from many different educational backgrounds and experiences, enter the fieldof forensic engineering, the majority of careers follow

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 1: Using Co-Op and Internships to Improve Diversity, Retention, Learning, and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University - San Marcos; Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University - San Marcos; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University - San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University - San Marcos

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

supportive of white males16 .Informed by these findings the research team came up with the following broad interventionstrategy the goal of which was to ensure that students are provided with academic support,pedagogies are adopted that promote active and collaborative learning, empower students to takecharge of their learning and develop a sense of community or belonging in their professionaldisciplines and socially: 1. Improve instruction by establishing an active learning in STEM education faculty community and redesign introductory courses. 2. Provide early and motivating field-of-study and career explorations. 3. Foster meaningful engagement experiences into the professional community. 4. Support student academic learning through

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

to them (mechanical advantage).What surprised the author when first introducing the can crusher activity in 2012 was that thestudents were truly troubled with how to represent the force from the can onto the can crusher.The vast majority of students would draw the force in the wrong direction. Steif et al.5 state“Certainly, the initial stage of surveying a physical system, the true modeling stage, can be themost difficult.” The author has found this to be true, and it relates to the students reluctance touse mathematical models later in their coursework or in their careers. If the student cannot makethe first connection between the real system and the mathematical model, all the mathematicalanalysis tools they’ve learned become useless.The