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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kalvin White, Department of Dine Education, Navajo Nation; Ieshya K Anderson, Arizona State University; Courtney A Betoney, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Tyrine Jamella Pangan, Arizona State University (Polytechnic Campus); Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

culture andengineering design side-by-side.The Navajo way of life and the engineering design process have similarities.This study was inspired by the similarities between the Navajo way of life, which is a holisticcycle of thinking, planning, living, and assuring/testing (Aronilth, 1992), and an engineeringdesign process (ask, imagine, plan, create, improve (Cunningham & Hester, 2007)).Diverse perspectives drive innovation in STEM.With the complex nature of real-world problems, our country needs STEM innovators who canwork across disciplines to holistically solve problems in both the workplace and in ourcommunities, such as the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering (Perry et al., 2008). Accordingto a 2011 NSF-AIHEC reports “adding diverse

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton L Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College; Chris Mayfield, James Madison University; Helen H Hu, Westminster College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, project planning, and the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The second setfocused on data structures and algorithms, including algorithm analysis, searching, sorting, andlinked data structures.Objective II: Raise awareness of POGIL in computer science, software engineering, and relateddisciplines and foster a POGIL community in these disciplines. This included posters,presentations, and birds-of-a-feather sessions at conferences to raise awareness; and workshopand tutorial sessions to provide a deeper introduction. It also included support for CS faculty toattend longer professional development programs, including 3-day regional workshops organizedby The POGIL Project.CS-POGIL OutcomesThe CS-POGIL project developed, piloted, and revised over 50

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University; Tiffany Wild, The Ohio State University; Se Jeong Yang, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Visual Impairments (EEVI) is a two-yearprofessional development program for teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs),targeting grades 5-12 focused around bio-engineering. The overarching program goals are 1)Increase the science, math, and engineering content knowledge for TVIs; 2) Increase TVI’scapacity to teach science, math, and engineering concepts to students with visual impairments(VI); 3) Increase TVIs efficacy in science, math, and engineering; 4) increase TVIs capacity tomake modifications and accommodations for students with VI to pre-existing science, math, andengineering lesson plans; and 5) Improve students’ with VI achievement in science, math, andengineering. To date the TVI professional development, which was intended

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

. Theinitiative was assessed by participant engagement with the topics and qualitative journalresponses to the discussion prompts.Our effort for this project consists of two main goals: Goal 1: To encourage female students to remain in STEM fields through supportivedialogue. Goal 2: To promote collaboration, self-efficacy and leadership while providing strategiesfor females to change the culture.Each of these goals are in line with new ABET criteria focused on educating the “wholeengineer.” To measure our progress toward these goals, we have begun to capture studentengagement via qualitative journal responses. In the future, we plan an additional survey and alimited number of interviews about the project. Journal data is derived from

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EET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University and Excelsior College; Shambhu Shastry, Excelsior College; Shou-Bang Jian, Excelsior College

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Engineering Technology

analyze a significant problem that is currently lacking socially desirable solutions.  Design and develop an effective solution to the problem using hardware and software tools and techniques prevalent in the electrical engineering technology field.  Build, troubleshoot, and test the solution in manners prevalent in the electrical engineering technology field.  Execute the project using project management techniques for planning, budgeting, reviewing, and successfully completing the project on time.  Orally and through written reports, present his/her project work in a language suitable for technical as well as non-technical audiences.  Demonstrate the practice of ethical principles and

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

coursework and apply the same to successfully complete the project  Independently acquire any additional skills, concepts, and/or tools necessary for successful project completion  Communicate regularly with the faculty mentor and keep a journal of all work completed in the project  Communicate the results of the project to peers and mentors through an oral presentation and a technical reportThe course deliverables listed inTable 2 includes: Project Plan andJournal (22.5%), CommunicationSkills (47.5%) and Technical Merit(30%). Students must take an ill-defined problem and follow a systemengineering approach to implement aproof-of-concept solution.Why Apply Systems EngineeringConcepts?Observations made during assessmentof the

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzam S. Maleki P.E., Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Gail M Stephens P.E., Massachusetts Maritime Academy

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Ocean and Marine

overallpopulation is consistent with MMA’s series of 5-year plans which targeted overall growth from800-1200 and then from 1200-1600 students.Figure 2 is a highlight of the enrollment data for females only.Figure 2, Historical female enrollment as a percentage of overall enrollment from 1980 to 2015 3The greatest growth in female enrollment as a percentage of overall enrollment occurred in the1990’s. The decline in the percentage of women observed from 2003 through 2008 was as aresult of a corresponding growth in overall enrollment and the inability of the AdmissionsDepartment to keep up with the numbers of female applicants. Since 2010, the number ofwomen enrolled at MMA has more than doubled, from 109 to

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University; David J. Terrell, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

years. He has 7 US patents, of which 3 have been commercialized by the university. This research work is a collaboration with the Children’s Services Council of Broward county in FL.Dr. Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University Diana Mitsova has a background in research design, statistical and spatial analysis, as well as environ- mental planning and modeling using geographic information systems, and interactive computer simula- tion. Her primary area of research involves the impact of urban development on ecosystems and other environmentally sensitive areas.Her recent publications focus on the impact of climate-related stressors on coastal communities and the implementation of planning approaches related to

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Action on Diversity - Disability Experiences & Empathy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, Rice University; Renae Danielle Mayes, Ball State University; Carol Villanueva-Perez, Ball State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

stated, the very process of pursuing support can be a challenge for some students.Provided the nature of college-level disability support offices, students have to requestaccommodations and present current documentation detailing their disability (Habmlet, 2014).While students may have had an individualized education plan (IEP) and student support team inhigh school, it does not mean that they were made aware of the process or documentation neededto secure services in college. If students know about college-level disability support services andpursue them, they may present documentation from high school, which in many instances is notsufficient for services at the college level (Hamblet, 2014). In this case, the student would thenhave to get the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison K. Polasik, The Ohio State University; Alexandria Julius, The Ohio State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

-Gencturk, Hug, and Lubienski 2013). Classroom observations, on the other hand, are generally moreobjective, but are expensive and time intensive. Several research-based observation protocols have beendeveloped in recent years: Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP), Extended InquiryObservation Rubric (EIQR), Science Teacher Inquiry Rubric (STIR), and the Practices of ScienceObservation Protocol (P-SOP) Forbes, Biggers, and Zangori 2013.)For our purposes, we define teacher practices as the behaviors teachers engage in to plan, deliver, andreflect on their teaching. Improvement in teacher practices is being defined by changes in the frequencyand nature of the teachers’ use of guided-inquiry and active learning activities.After researching

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Sweeney, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

thatfaculty who have participated in these opportunities will apply their knowledge and newunderstandings of difference towards advancing transformation through actions to create changewithin their spheres of influence.Multiple faculty-driven projects have emerged from the 2016 CBEE taskforce on equity,inclusion and social justice. Three examples of ongoing projects are described below.  Inclusive and Socially Just Teaming Practices. The goal of this project is to develop faculty capability to design and implement processes to develop students’ capacities to engage in inclusive teaming, where diverse voices are encouraged and valued. Towards this end, a professional learning community is being planned to provide a facilitated

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew L Dering, Penn State University; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

many seconds) does it become possible to determine if a student will struggle. Asimple neural network is proposed which is used to jointly classify body language and predicttask performance. By modeling the input as both instances and sequences, a peak F Score of0.459 was obtained, after observing a student for just two seconds. Finally, an unsupervisedmethod yielded a model which could determine if a student would struggle after just 1 secondwith 59.9% accuracy.1 IntroductionIn this work, the role of machine learning for planning student intervention is investigated.Specifically, t his w ork a sks t wo q uestions: ( i) C an a s tudent’s s truggles b e p redicted basedon body language? (ii) How soon can these struggles be predicted

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); David Torres, Purdue University; Sean M Eddington, Brian Lamb School of Communication - Purdue

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

understanding of research problems thaneither approach alone”25 (p. 18; see also Creswell and Clark26, Ch. 3), including use of multipleand complementary sources of evidence throughout the process, and leveraging the strengths ofmultiple research paradigms.Data Collection: Table 1 summarizes the data collection plan through the phases of the designprocess. In each phase, we will collect data from various stakeholders from Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME) that inform both our researchquestions as well as the design and implementation of the solutions to achieve our objectives.Each measure is described in detail below.Table 1. Data Collection Plan Sources by Phase and Stakeholder Group Design Phase

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Caitlin Cairncross, University of Portland; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

combined.Cost for Students: noneCost for the University: staff member with counseling expertiseAcademic Integration Component: 1:1 discussions and group workshops on degree planning,study habits, time management, test-taking, effective writing, overcoming failure, and growthmindset/self-efficacy.Social Integration Component: Monthly student socials.Professional Integration Component: none for first-year students; alumni dinner for sophomorestudents with informal conversations about careersAssessment Methods: A focus group for first year versus sophomore participants at the end of theacademic year, along with tracking of retention and graduation ratesE. Voluntary Rising Sophomore Eight-Week Summer BridgeTarget Audience: Entering first-year students who

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Brian P DeJong, Central Michigan University; Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Ahmed Abdelgawad, Central Michigan University; Ishraq Shabib, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

welcome and participant introductions, followed byexplaining the rationale behind chosen team model, and engineering faculty members presentingtheir respective projects. Additional aspects discussed include obtaining identification cards,parking permits, CMU campus tour, engineering and technology building tour, coaching sessionson team building, classroom flipping techniques, and engineering programs at CMU.In the second week, participants spent 25 hours on research, 8 hours on coaching (teachertraining), 4 hours on group reflections and team planning, and 3 hours visiting other researchlabs and attending talks of various individuals. Some of the research projects that participantswere involved include: i) Internet of Things for Mobile

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William E. Genereux, Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus

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Educational Research and Methods

caused a loss ofproject data, and six mentioned needing to improve their skills with using a computer and/or theediting software. One student offered: I spent eight hours on my project, and I lost my flash drive. So I learned to back it up. I have an external hard drive now so I can back up to it. When you said to make a backup in the lab, I just made a copy on the same flash drive. I never thought of losing my flash- drive.In terms of demonstrating communication skills, seven of the nine students interviewed haddeveloped a planning document to assist with the organization and planning of the video project.While such a document was recommended for completing the project, there was no requiredtemplate or format assigned

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Student Division Innovative Research Methods Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie E Sekeres, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Student

, another non-present character, or as not present.The perceived timing of the humorous event was also classified as either spontaneous,predetermined, or indeterminate. Humor that was part of the planned class material wasclassified as predetermined, while events that occurred due to student interactions or classdiscussion were considered spontaneous.FindingsThroughout the videos, 42 separate cases of humor use were identified in 18 different classes; nohumorous events were identified in the other 30 videos. 63% of the observed instructors used nohumor, while 21% used a single case, 10% used 2 to 5 cases, and 6% used greater than 6 casesduring the recorded class. 6

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DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Ray Hadley, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

-level students.Teamwork is an important skill to teach to engineers, especially to facilitate appropriate designs[17-19]. However, many intervention activities are limited [20], inappropriate for a specificsetting [21-24], or require a large amount of financial resources or faculty time [25-27]. In thestudy on Pandemic, intellectual diversity, goal setting, task planning, equal contribution,communication, group decision making, and team cohesion were identified as important skills[11, 12]. These will be defined in a later section along with other teamwork skill we believecould be addressed through games.While the team is very familiar with a number of commercial board games, we decided to gather“expert” opinion on which games would be best to

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Jean S Larson, Arizona State University; Claudia Elena Zapata, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University; Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University; Nasser Hamdan, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

steady pipeline of students into the geotechnicsspecialty, alerting them of a significant short fall of approximately 90,000 geoscientists andgeotechnical engineers by the year 2022. Thus, to spark interest, create awareness, and motivatestudents to consider careers in biogeotechnical engineering, we decided to create an introductorymodule for freshman civil engineering students.Learner characteristicsDefining the characteristics of your target audience helps with design decisions4. Our targetpopulation was freshmen planning to major in civil engineering. To understand learnercharacteristics, the student member of the design team interviewed a faculty member in theSchool of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at ASU. While the

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Fang Cheng, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; David R. Scott, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University; Guoquan Li, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

Design and completes in above (beyond each course’s 12 weeks) Development courses Career Continued study and job Development searching in US and Spring, Year 3 Instruction internationally Table 1: The eight NAU courses plus supplemental activities.At the end of their third year, each cohort transfers to NAU to complete their studies. Moststudents plan to finish in two semesters by taking NAU courses with the other EE seniorstudents. These courses at NAU include a writing intensive engineering design course, twocapstone design courses, a science

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Session/Panel 7: New Research Initiatives and Directions at NSF Including the Process for Shaping Them

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Sohi Rastegar

(April 2017) – TOPICS ARE ANNOUNCED AND MADE PUBLIC Program Directors are the Leaders for EFRI TopicsPUBLIC ACCESS AND OPEN DATA• Public Access• We have a public access repository at https://par.nsf.gov/• A new FAQ on public access came out yesterday https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17060/nsf17060.jsp• Special report on NSF public access https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/public_access/• This year NSF will start reporting on submissions to the repository, per the plan at https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15052/nsf15052.pdf• Open Data info: https://www.nsf.gov/data/THANK YOU!

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COED: EE Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany; Joseph F Dues Jr., Purdue University

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Computers in Education

TechnologyTECH 12000 – “Design Thinking in Technology”, is a freshman level survey course designed todevelop a students’ perspective and enhance their skills in living and working in a technologicalsociety while introducing them to Purdue Polytechnic. Two sections of TECH 12000 wereutilized by the researchers to recruit volunteers for this study.Originally, the instructors, who are also the authors of this paper, planned to introduce the topicof VR to the class by digital presentation (e.g. PowerPoint). However, from experience anddiscussions they decided that for someone to fully understand and appreciate what currentimmersive VR is, they must experience it first-hand. This idea and the need to assistadministration with classroom technology procurement

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Wang, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Need; Pain Point Market Research and Gather Information Investigation Opportunity Identification 2 Define the Problem; Information Ideation and Rapid Generate Alternative Synthesis and Prototyping Concepts Problem Definition 3 Evaluate the Project Management Decision Making and Alternatives; Select the Project Planning Most Promising Concept; Plan the Project 4 Communicate the Design Technical Proposal Presentation

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Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Wambeke, United States Military Academy; Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

event was the recognition that itwas time to revisit and possibly revise the teaching model. Joyce & Weil1 suggests that “Ateaching model is a pattern or plan, which can be used to shape a curriculum or course, to selectinstruction materials, and to guide a teacher’s actions.” Within C&ME, the teaching modelserves as a “north star” by which a myriad of teaching-related decisions are made. Further, theC&ME teaching model acts as the structure upon which the Department’s annual six-week newinstructor summer workshop (ISW) is founded.The USMA utilizes a large number of officers that serve as rotating faculty members, typicallyfor three years. As a number of faculty members rotate out each year, a new group of instructorsarrive and are

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1: Programs, Pedagogies, and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlee Millett, Montana State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Sandra Wilson Kuntz, Montana State University; Durward K. Sobek, Montana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

project from the host organization and developing their initial project plan underthe close guidance of their project mentor. The team then moved to the partner site to conduct aRIE to create positive change for the organization. The team was responsible for facilitating anagreed upon definition of the problem, observing and documenting process flows for relatedareas, and collecting and analyzing key data related to the problem. This information was thenutilized to generate potential solutions, finalize and implement the selected solution(s), anddesign and implement appropriate controls to ensure that the problem stays fixed followingsolution implementation. These activities were run as a PDCA cycle consistent with thehealthcare approaches of

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W Wait, Marshall University; Sameh M. El-Sayegh, American University of Sharjah; Salwa Mamoun Beheiry, The American University of Sharjah

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Engineering Economy

analysis. 4. Evaluate projects according to benefit/cost analysis, cost effectiveness analysis, and alternative selection with budget limitations. 5. Incorporate uncertainty analysis into simulations that address random project variabilities, including cost, inflation, and revenue. 6. Calculate the effect of taxes on project rates of return, and incorporate various depreciation models into project planning models.Of these outcomes, some have elements that are not suitable for assessment through a pen andpaper instrument at the beginning of the semester (e.g., the “software tools” mentioned inOutcome 2). Similarly, there are other elements that assessment of which would simply requiremore detailed effort (and thus time) than

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida; Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Salih Safa Bacanli, University of Central Florida; Neda Hajiakhoond Bidoki, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

such asusing library resources efficiently, ethics in research, scientific communication skills,information about applying to and planning for graduate education, funding sources forgraduate education, and industry careers. The students also participated in social events suchas a welcome picnic and a trip to a state park.Literature ReviewResearchers have found that educational benefits to students participating in undergraduateresearch experiences are improvements in communication and research skills, ability toperform teamwork, and motivation to pursue advanced degrees (Bauer & Bennett, 2003;Lopatto, 2004; 2007). Large gains in “clarification or confirmation of career/education paths”and personal/professional domains (such as “thinking

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Student

the design andmachined the horse-shoes, culminating in the completion of the project by welding the createdparts together. The female participants for the welding project were given time to design and drawout their plans. They then were given a class on set up of the MIG welding machines and giventime to practice welding on coupons. After they felt sufficiently comfortable with their skills, thestudents began to shape the horseshoes under the guidance of a technician. The technicians wereallowed to alter the students designs, if they felt welding would be too complicated. The studentsthen welded the pieces together creating a completed design to take home. The bolt and nutmachining project was more time intensive and thus design was not part

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Ann Newman, Johns Hopkins University; Carolyn Parker, Johns Hopkins University; Alisha Nicole Sparks, Johns Hopkins University/Ctr for Educational Outreach; Michael L. Falk, Johns Hopkins University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

externally-funded community liaisons working in theschools to coordinate partnerships. The university already had a prior relationship with one ofthe three CDCs and one of the out-of-school-time providers (OSTs) at the schools. As aconsequence, relationships had to be built between a broad network of community organizations.SABES was laid out to provide for a staged roll-out that would leverage the experiences of earlyadopters. The first year was a planning year. During this year, the curriculum was rewritten toalign with the NGSS framework and the first content-based teacher PD course, known as a“STEM Academy,” was developed. To provide expertise for teaching these STEM Academies,master teachers were educated through STEM certificates at local

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Denise Tombolato-Terzic, Christopher Newport University; Daniel P. Richards, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

specifically addressed in the majority of engineering courses. Hence,university initiatives such as the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), emerging out of accreditationand institutional assessments, are focusing on infusing scholarship from other disciplines (in thiscase English) for the purpose of student learning improvement. Engineering and Scienceprograms do include various courses in English Composition as the part of the curriculum;however, writing is not embedded in all discipline-specific courses at the upper-division level.The program outlined here focuses on the exploration of possible methods for engineering andscience faculty to embed more writing assignments in their STEM courses so that undergraduatestudents can adequately transfer what