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International Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves , Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatán Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI

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Diversity

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International

and partnerships.Mr. Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucat´an Ministry of Education Camara-Poot is Head of Planning and Strategic Projects at the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, Government of the State of Yucat´an. For six years he has worked in the field of higher education, first with projects within universities, and then with the government, to develop programs and policies at the state level. He seeks to boost the development of human capital in the region and increase the knowledge of science and technology. He has been part of teams that are working on ways to increase opportunities for young Yucat´an and Mexican students to have international experiences, ranging from short stays to

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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Stacy Doore, University of Maine; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Karen J. Horton P.E., University of Maine; Kristen L. Jellison, Lehigh University; Sharon Melissa Latimer, West Virginia University; Marci J. Levine, Lehigh University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

for Undergraduate Studies and Wayne and Juanita Spinks Professor of Mathematics in the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. She is PI on Tech’s NSF ADVANCE grant, 2014-2015 President of WEPAN, a member of the mathematical and statistical societies Joint Committee on Women, and advises a variety of women and girl-serving STEM projects and organizations. She is a past Vice President of ASEE and current Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Stacy Doore, University of MaineDr. Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of

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International Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling; Nhu Y Tran; Lia Marie Applegarth

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International

Page 26.1068.7As an Individual Strategy 58 (38.2%) 15 1 (n= 152)As an Institutional Strategy 27 (32.1%) 8 1 (n=84)As Interviewee 10 stated, “You’ve just got to understand why they make decisions and once youdo that, it’s a lot easier to plan how you want to do things.” Interviewee 4 added that,“Understanding those cultures is essential to any business activity that you pursue. The Germansare different than Italians, the Italians are different than British and we’re different than all ofthem. Even though we speak a common language with the British we are sometimes separated bymeanings of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Hilal-Alnaqbi , United Arab Emirates University; Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

the virtual product, and numerically testvirtual components and virtual assemblies. It follows that capstone courses inengineering management also should have a set of key features and every capstoneproject should satisfy these key features.2.6 Course or Curriculum DevelopmentAt the planning level of a program, the university in collaboration with theconstituencies, establishes the addition to the student’s skill set, as a result offollowing the program. These are called student outcomes. Course Outcomes on theother hand are expressions describing the desired abilities, in comprehension,application and integration, the student achieve during a course that is part of theprogram. These are defined and derived to achieve the student outcomes of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas G Schmucker, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

, they observe theimpacts in dramatic and globally changing ways. These projects provide a nearly idealframework for which to provide an orientation to the discipline, stimulate critical thinking, and amodel for what will eventually be the students’ own project. Additionally, these texts helpstudents comprehend the degree of difficulty in planning, designing and executing anyengineering project. Significantly, they also point to the important dynamic within are largeengineering endeavors of human interaction, communication and often—competition of egos andvision, which can lead to conflict, at best, failure at worst.The course schedule, team assignments, and individual assignments are listed in Appendices A,B, and C respectively.Simultaneous

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Hee Kim, Iridescent ; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

  in  solving design challenges, and believe that they  can go on to be  good  scientists  and/or  engineers.  Parents  have  also  developed positive  attitudes  towards STEM programs  as well as  positive  perceptions  of  STEM   jobs  and  careers,  and  their  STEM­related  child­rearing  practices  improved  (including at­home  exploration  and  experimentation,  the  quality  of  questions  asked  at  home, and building together).   Evaluations also  indicate  that   Engineering  students  benefit  by  learning  how  to  create  lesson  plans  as  well  as  engineering  design challenges,  sharpen  their  own  understanding  of  engineering  concepts  in  the  process  of breaking them down to explain to  a  non­professional  or

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin; Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Susana Ramirez, PSJA ISD; Judit Györgyey Ries, The University of Texas

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

administered during summer camps.Evaluation MethodologyEvaluation Questions Data Sources Data Evaluation Methods1 What NASA themes were selected Teachers' and students' self-reports Description of percentages offor LRGV SoI activities during the of NASA theme of the summer participating teachers and studentsproject? camps 2011 and 2012 by theme2a Did teacher training activities Participants' responses to workshop Comparison of diversity against thereach the planned diversity of questionnaire demographic items plan and against published data oncertified teachers

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Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, NC State University; Landon Drew LaPorte, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

/theengineeringplace/:The Engineering Place is NC State’s K–20 education and resource headquarters for exploringengineering. Through hands-on summer camps, in-school mentoring, dynamic volunteerprograms, topical workshops and much more, The Engineering Place builds excitement aroundengineering for students and teachers.Engineering summer camps have been offered at NC State University for almost 20 years. Overtime the focus, purpose and strategy associated with planning and executing the camps hasmatured to support the current 41 weeks of camp per summer. In the most recent summer thesecamps engaged over 1,700 students in grades 2-12 at various locations across the state. Severaldesign elements of The Engineering Place summer camps are particularly unique

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Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Stephanie Tharp, University of Michigan

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 26.1013.4campus through establishing better relationships with various departments, including Pediatrics,Family Medicine, and Oncology/Hematology; (2) deepening the user-centered research approachby adding a design research and strategy professor to the faculty; (3) including participation ofgraphic design students, who bring new competencies and different thinking to the process; (4)including a variety of stakeholders who provide clinical feedback throughout the process (theemphasis in the first year was on receiving feedback from only patients). In the current offeringof IMPD (2014-15), the teams also include medical students to strengthen the clinical inputthroughout the design process.III. COURSE DESIGNA. Planning During the Summer

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Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bette Grauer P.E., Kansas State University; Linda P. Thurston Ph.D., Kansas State University; Beth A. Montelone, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

needs of underrepresented students. The project design is grounded ineducational theories including retention/integration, cumulative advantage, engagement, andconstructivism. It incorporates established best practices for working with URM students such asSTEM identity formation through experiential programs including student research andinternships, a focus on critical junctures, training of faculty and staff to enhance culturalcompetency, and building of academic integration and STEM self-efficacy. An extensiveevaluation plan designed around the project logic model will be used as the basis for projectassessment. This paper includes a description of the project, partner institutions, and first yearresearch and evaluation results.Introduction

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Selin Arslan, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

, A. L. (2011) “Assessment and Evaluation of a Comprehensive Course Modification Plan.” The Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship. Vol. 2, No. 2. 2. Gerhart, A. L. and Carpenter, D. (2013) “Campus-wide Course Modification Program to Implement Active & Collaborative Learning and Problem-based Learning to Address the Entrepreneurial Mindset.” Proceedings of the 120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA. 3. Gerhart, A. L. and Fletcher, R. W. (2011) “Project-Based Learning and Design Experiences in Introduction to Engineering Courses: Assessing an Incremental Introduction of Engineering Skills.” Proceedings of the 118th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

vocational education to enhancetheir life skills. A student in this area has therefore to ask philosophical questions about theaims of education and the purpose of technological and engineering literacy, the purpose ofwhich is to encourage a philosophical disposition and reflective capacity without which acurriculum cannot be planned. Given such a curriculum the student is then able to bringunderstandings derived from educational theory practice to the design and implementation of Page 26.1493.3lessons. It is shown that much of what happens in managing the classroom situation isrelevant to the practice of management. Training for such teaching may be

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

knowledge about a particular system in an exploratory way, often withthe goal of getting some product/idea to produce desired behavior.1-5 Tinkering thus contrastswith more deliberate activity towards conceptual understanding of how some phenomenon worksor more pre-planned approaches to design. Some researchers have argued that tinkering is anunproductive process because it does not always lead to progress and/or conceptual learning.4,5Others view it as productive for students’ learning and for generation of novel solutions.1-3 In thispaper, we do a fine-timescale analysis of the process of tinkering to speak to this tension aboutthe productivity (or unproductivity) of tinkering for novice designers and programmers. Weclaim that tinkering, or ad

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto, ILead; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

engineers. Our contact at the smaller organization distributed the survey toall engineers working across provincial locations, while our contact at the larger organizationdistributed it to a sample of (primarily junior) engineers working at the central office. Accordingto our records, 288 employees opened the survey and 175 completed at least the first foursections.Please see table 1 for sample survey questions. Part one of the survey solicited backgroundinformation about the age, sex, discipline, department and leadership roles held by individualparticipants. Parts two to four asked participants to respond to Likert style questions about theirtechnical, collaborative and strategic planning tendencies across time (student, junior engineer,senior

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University; James Kirby Easterling, Eastern Kentucky University School of Business

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #12110The Path from Industry Professional to Assistant ProfessorDr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark Angolia, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Industrial Distribution and Logistics degree program in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to entering academia in 2005, he held industrial positions in engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, and operations management for manufacturing companies within the automotive sup- ply chain. Dr. Angolia’s teaching focuses on Enterprise Resource Planning with SAP software, Distributor

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melody Baglione, Cooper Union

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Facilities-Based and Hands-On Teaching ApproachAbstractThis paper presents an overview of and the latest outcomes from an NSF TransformingUndergraduate Education in STEM (TUES) funded project, “Building Sustainability into ControlSystems Courses.” The new teaching strategy leverages an energy efficient academic building toexpose students to modern heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and sustainablebuilding concepts. Students perform new process control laboratory experiments, are taken ontours of the building’s HVAC mechanical rooms, and are shown the Building ManagementSystem. A formative assessment plan is guiding the development of new curriculum materialsand assignments. Direct and indirect assessment results

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Examining Social Ties and Networks

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

joint interaction.21 It demands that attention be equally paid toways in which these various relationships both shape and are shaped by one another. Sometimesthis plays out in the construction of a shared understanding, a plan of action or tensions. In orderto respect the nature of the meaning-making process however, it is imperative to look at theseinteractions in the context of the activity they constitute and are constituted by. Radford and Rothhave termed this as togethering,21 a concept we have adopted. We have chosen these twoconcepts over the idea of intersubjectivity because although intersubjectivity does focus on thedialogue and non-verbal interaction, it does not include the interaction with material mediationalmeans nor does it

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

while developing skills ineffective written technical communication. A consideration in this study will be the role ofdiversity in the effectiveness of Concept Quizzes; for instance, English-as-a-second-language(ESL) students may be exceptionally challenged to understand written question prompts as wellas explain complex technical phenomena in written English. Page 26.1739.2Note that this study is planned to be completed through the Summer 2015 semester; at the April2015 conference proceedings submission deadline, student data was not available for analysis.Additional data collected through the Summer 2015 semester will be presented at the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #11321Factors Associated with Student Participation in Cooperative Education Pro-grams (Co-Ops)Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University Matthew W. Ohland is Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer

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Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

digital inputs, 4 digital relay outputs, 2 analog inputs and 2 analog outputs). 1 24 Volt Power Supply 2 I/O Expansion Modules (3 digital inputs and 4 digital relay outputs) 2 2 amp circuit breakers 10 Terminal Wiring Blocks 2 Screw drivers 1 Ferrule crimper with 2 small bags of ferrules. 1 Copy of Nanonavigator software (Free Web download) 1 $200 gift card for help in purchasing project items.The materials in the toolkit are valued at around $500.00. Additionally, they receive a $200 giftcard to purchase related materials for their planned project, such as

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly H Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mitch Zielinski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

undergraduate student in the School of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette. He plans on pursuing an M.S. in dynamics and control of astronautical systems, but is interested in engineering education research as well.Dr. Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 26.846.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 High School Students’ Ability to Balance Benefits & Tradeoffs while Engineering Green Buildings (Fundamental) AbstractThe ability to balance benefits and tradeoffs is

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Shultz, Drexel University; Daniel Edward Ueda, GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

further insight.&V. ConclusionIn this study, we implemented a series of lesson plans designed to provide students with hands-on programming and circuitry, while simultaneously teaching students about the growing field ofcybersecurity. This study makes a strong case for the use of Arduino-based lesson plans in thehigh school setting to teach cybersecurity concepts and generate interest in STEM andcybersecurity career paths. The authors found that the project discussed previously could befeasibly executed in the high school classroom, and yielded non-significant increases in STEMinterest as assessed by pre and post-survey in a group of 12th grade students already largelycommitted to pursuing careers in STEM-related fields. Despite this non

Conference Session

Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Yatchmeneff, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) Deputy Direc- tor and managed its Summer Bridge, Academies of Engineering, and University Success components. I earned a BS in Civil Engineering from University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) in 2005 and a MS in En- gineering Management from UAA in 2009. I have taught the Introduction to Engineering course at UAA 5 times. I have more than five years of construction and engineering professional experience in Alaska. I specialized in water and sewer projects in remote Alaskan villages. My responsibilities have included design assistance, technical report and permit writing, feasibility studies, and business plan preparations. Previous work includes conceptual design of

Conference Session

Additive Manufacturing Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, FLATE: Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; James Janisse, Fox Valley Technical College

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Manufacturing

basedlearning (“hands-on”) activity. To ensure successful production, it is necessary to plan theproduction process prior to manufacturing or making modifications to the product beforeproduction. The activities started with product design and ended with a fit, form and functionexercise as a final quality check. The four workshop modules were designed to mimic thefirst/front-end of a “product life cycle” which include initial product design stages includingmaterial selection, making a prototype, redesign, and production process development andfinally, production. Quality, functionality, size tests and checks are done during and between allthe phases of the process. A full life cycle would also include labeling, packaging, distributingand ultimate

Conference Session

Fundamental: Home, Parents, and Other Out-of-School Issues Related to K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

odd shaped package to an engineer. Along the waythey ponder who an engineer is, what they do, and where they work before eventuallymeeting up with a team of engineers. In particular, the focus of the storyline was upon thetake-away message that engineers make the world a better place through the process ofasking, imagining, planning, and creation to solve problems that are small or great whichis derived from the National Academy of Engineer’s report Changing the Conversation.9The text of the storyline allows the reader(s) to become an active player in a journey tofind the “engineer” through several artifacts and locations that illuminate aspects of theengineering occupation through what, where, who and why questions. In addition, thestorybook

Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and ET

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Andy S. Peng, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint

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Engineering Technology

“Renewable Energy and Sustainability,” and to provide anassessment plan for the course. The proposed course is designed as general education course.This course does not have a prerequisite and is open to students from all majors as a generaleducation elective. The course uses a combination of lectures, reading discussions, case studies,and demonstrations. Class content includes an extensive review of various renewable energyresources, as well as an analysis of the economic, social, and environmental effects of renewableenergy systems. It also analyzes the effects of politics and government regulation of renewableenergy.IntroductionFor more than a century, human beings have relied on fossil fuel as a primary energy source.However, these conventional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

calculations. Theseproblems are ideal for structuring problem based or cooperative learning activities around. Theproblems are based on actual real world issues encountered by engineering professionals at thelocations studied. Also, the Engaged material is currently structured for self-directed learningallowing students to proceed quickly to new information within the site and through outsidelinks.Currently, collaborators are being sought who will develop lesson plans that employ the Engagedin Thermodynamic material. These could take different forms, involve different teachingpedagogies, and be of short or long duration. It is intended to make these lesson plans availablethrough the website for others to use or adapt.AcknowledgementThis material is

Conference Session

Something New??? within Engineering Design Graphics Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore J. Branoff, Illinois State University; Kevin L Devine, Illinois State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

prevalent in engineering design graphics, explainengineering design graphics instruction within the context of cultural-historical learning theory,and describe specific learning examples within this theory.Introduction / Review of LiteratureThe process engineering graphics educators use to design instruction, select course materials, andexecute an educational plan is influenced by many factors. Some educators instruct primarilyusing methods that they experienced as students. They use instructional strategies that havesuccessfully produced results over time. Others are reflective practitioners and ponder the theorythat motivates their classroom instruction. The learning theory they embrace informs the types ofinstructional strategies they use in the

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wegner, University of Michigan College of Engineering; Stefan M Turcic II, University of Michigan; Gail Hohner, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

development ofthese skills.We saw several themes emerge in the data. Although students identified a range of learningopportunities, the most common milestones originated from students’ courses, extracurricularactivities, mentorship opportunities, and team projects. From these milestones, we found avariety of professional skills and competencies identified as significant by the students:communication skills, navigating group dynamics, and planning/organization abilities are mostprominent. Finally, we noticed differences in the proportions of milestones and skills whenanalyzing other factors such as: sex, grade point average, citizenship status, minority identity

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

trajectory5. Along with the trend,several particular aspects have been sketched for the future scenario. (i) Distributed Generation: In recent years, new generation deployments have been shrinking in scale meanwhile dispersing geographically, driven by changes in policy, business models, and technologies3. Since planning