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Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Diane Evans, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
, wheregraduates take jobs in finance (10-17%), consulting (7-11%), law (12-17%), and medicine (12-16%), or go on to graduate school (8-9%)3. If our best and brightest inspire to attend eliteschools and upon graduation take jobs, rather than create businesses, one may ask if ourinstructional approach to teaching entrepreneurship is changing mindsets. Upon reflection, wemust ask ourselves, “Does an educational experience infused with entrepreneurship create moreentrepreneurial minded people?”, and more specifically, “How can we assess if a change inmindset is occurring on our campus?”There are two macroscale approaches to conducting research on the subject of entrepreneurship,with one focusing on the impact of entrepreneurship in the economy and how
Conference Session
Changing the Engineering Classroom
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Arshia Khan, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Ona Egbue, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Stephen Phillips, University of Waterloo
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Educational Research and Methods
materials. Roughly 56% indicated the same for the associated quiz. When comparedwith other active learning activities in the class, 100% of the students indicated that the debatesbetween students on concepts covered in the classroom were either effective or very effective inlearning the concepts covered in the class. In addition, 89% of students indicated that the caseanalysis and discussion were effective or very effective. These responses are also reflected inFigure 2, where the aforementioned activities are ranked higher than the quiz with studentcreated questions which students indicated are as useful as the lecture. On closer examination,feedback from students indicated that they felt that more time was needed to complete thisactivity
Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Manoj K. Jha, North Carolina A&T State University; Gigi A. Richard, Colorado Mesa University; Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia; John Taber, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
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Environmental Engineering
  and  divided  engineering design and application   Evaluate potential measures to address extremes lectures  filled  with  discussion   Reflect on key elements of a resilient urban water questions  and  a  group  activity.  system Students will be working with time series flow data for statistical analysis of extreme events.  Lesson 9 (Planning and Decision Making) is a group activity that requires students to apply the material they have learned in Lessons 1–8 in an urban water system design project. Students are  presented  with  a  scenario  and  are  required  to  select  options  to  design  a  feasible  and sustainable
Conference Session
Mid Atlantic Papers
Collection
2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference
Authors
Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College
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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference
made to minimize the number of LED lights to minimize thepower consumption since all energy ultimately needed to be generated on-site by the Customer.Multiple reflector designs were attempted to angle the LEDs, use reflective materials, and direct Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, Oct 6-7 – Penn State Berkslight to the Reader. The combination of 3D-Design software (Inventor) and a 3D-Printer(Makerbot) made rapid prototyping and testing possible. The final configuration was 6 clear(no-color) LED (“High) and 3 LED (“Low) lights, tilted at 20 degrees outwards, around thecircumference of a circle of 5.0cm in diameter, and used “ultra-white” reflective paint.Figure 1(left): The Tent-Light product showing the 3D-Printed knurled
Conference Session
Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices
Collection
2017 FYEE Conference
Authors
Ohbong Kwon, New York City College of Technology; Juanita C But, New York City College of Technology; Sunghoon Jang, NY City College of Technology of CUNY
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FYEE Division - Paper Submission
a specific discipline [2]. Inoften struggle with teaching specialized concepts, Engineering courses, this refers to training students to think,formula, and technical terminologies, because of the communicate, represent, and apply content knowledge likelack of strategies to engage students in active reading expert engineers. As described in the ABET competencies,and learning. this literacy is translated into a range of skills and practicesIn this paper, the challenges students face in reading to that reflect the current requirements in the engineering field.learn in EMT 1255 and the strategies used to overcome At New York City College of Technology
Conference Session
Pre-College: Working with Teachers to Improve K-12 Engineering Education
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Moe Tajvidi P.E., Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University, Center for Engineering Education Research
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
, the question remains, howshould those programs be tailored to best match the needs of teachers in rural areas? Toanswer this, we identify notable areas of low confidence and high benefit from responsesof rural teachers to the survey.From section one, the area of least confidence among rural teachers was their ability toimplement the NGSS in their classrooms, as measured by agreement to the followingstatement: “I feel confident enough in my foundational engineering knowledge levels tobe able to develop and deliver engineering content focused on applications that satisfyengineering standards in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).” (M = 3.8 on a7 point scale, centered at 4) This weakness was reflected across all demographiccategories
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Scott A. Pattison, Institute for Learning Innovation; Monae Verbeke, Institute for Learning Innovation; Marcie Benne, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Pam Greenough Corrie MS, Mt. Hood Community College
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
% thought parents would be “interested” and28% thought parents would be “in the middle.” These differences across staff and parentsresponses may reflect staff members’ own hesitation about the topic as appropriate for earlychildhood education, as well as feelings that there are already many other content areas that theprogram must cover.Families and staff primarily associate engineering with building and constructionDespite their excitement and interest, both parents and staff members indicated a somewhatnarrow perception of engineering, although a large minority of respondents mentioned planningand problem solving. Table 1 highlights the most common coded response categories for eachgroup and the frequency of responses within each category
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
assigned to view three educational videos (produced as part of thisproject) on nanomaterial dimensions, uses, and manufacturing. The first exercise requiredstudents to draw, as individuals and in teams, a nanoscaled view of low-porosity and high-toughness Portland cement mortar incorporating multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs).Supplemental questions were designed to invoke student reflections on the shape and relativesize of MWCNTs and cement hydrates, and how those physical relationships affect relevantmechanical properties of the nanoreinforced mortar. Student teams worked on a set of threehands-on active learning exercises using more familiar physical objects, on a larger scale, torepresent MWCNTs, cement hydrates, and fine aggregate. These
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew A. Verleger Ph.D. (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
it was deemed too time intensive.Stage 3) Full evaluation of 5 samples with comparison to an expert evaluator. Participants werepresented with 5 sample MEA solutions and asked to complete a full evaluation of the workusing both the numeric and free response items. After each evaluation, they are shown theirreview next to an expert’s review of that same sample and asked to reflect on how they mightimprove their evaluation to more closely align with the expert.For peer review, the peers went through a similar, but much shorter training process to theteaching assistants, with Stage 3 being reduced to only a single training evaluation andcomparison to expert.ResultsFor each of the 7 rubric items shown in Table 1, the 6 non-expert evaluations
Conference Session
Biomedical Division Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alexander J. Carroll, North Carolina State University; Andrew J. DiMeo Sr., UNC & North Carolina State University; Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; James McCall, North Carolina State University
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Biomedical
 Filename follows format:  Deleting highlighted areas  Single Spaced, 1” Margins, 12-point Times New Roman font 10  Proper placement of name or date locations  Table of Contents reflects section names and page numbers  No sponsor signature  Spelling/grammar Appendix D: BME 451 EX 2 Competitive Landscape and Patent Review RubricCategory Points GradeQuality of Work 25Content  All sections of the deliverable have been adequately
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
-out which enableda richer view of the various inter-relationships between areas of the ecosystem, participants wereasked to reflect on their relationships with other parts of the ecosystem. The goal of this exercisewas to begin to elicit both the types of resources participants needed from others to thrive(inputs) as well how the results of their efforts were utilized by other sectors (outputs). Thiselicitation was scaffolded using the framework shown in Figure 3. This framework drew fromthe Crucial Conversations framework (Patterson, Grenny, McMIllan, Switzler, & Roppe, 2012)to identify areas where participants had, and were lacking, resources they might draw from orcontribute to other parts of the ecosystem. Messages were then developed
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University; Chansu Yu, Cleveland State University; Karla R Hamlen, Cleveland State University
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
engineeringcurriculum. Each theme grows in two dimensions:  Component complexity.  Design abstraction level.The component dimension represents the I/O devices and peripherals. Each theme uses an arrayof I/O components and modules. While all the components in a theme follow the same basicoperation principle and perform similar functions, their capabilities and complexities graduallygrow. The design abstraction dimension reflects the abstraction layers of an IP core shown inFigure 1(a). The construction starts at the gate level or register-transfer level and graduallyevolves to an IP core with software driver library.2.1 Components in each theme2.1.1 Video (image) theme A computer image is composed of a matrix of pixels. A pixel contains three
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
given to high school students who worked on FirstRobotics. Thus, the myRIO is better suited to students without a strong electrical engineering orcomputer engineering or computer science background.Best PracticesThe list of topics below reflect the discussion and general consensus of the workshop participantson the use of portable labs.1. Pedagogical approachThe level of open-endedness of the experiment or project depends on the purpose. Thepedagogical approaches observed by the practitioners can be categorized as: directedexperiments, open-ended programing tasks, and mobile labs. The best practices of experiencedpractitioners are summarized below.Directed experiments use straightforward labs that instruct students to explore and
Conference Session
Civil Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Byungik Chang P.E., University of New Haven; Erick Benjamin Butler, West Texas A&M University; J. Arn Womble P.E., West Texas A&M University; Nathan Howell, West Texas A&M University
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Diversity
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Civil Engineering
tocurriculum planning and teaching coursework for all courses with a civil engineering specificdesignation. ABET and ASCE prefer that civil and environmental engineering faculty to belicensed in order to teach any course with significant design content, typically reflected in thecourse title and catalog description. The civil engineering faculty members are currentlylicensed as professional engineers while the environmental engineering faculty members arelicensed or in process of professional licensure as of the start of the fall 2016 semester.The Need for New Engineering ProgramsCurrently, thirty-two public and private universities in Texas graduate approximately 10% of allengineering students in the USA, about 65,000 current students in total as of
Conference Session
Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Computers in Education
shaping), it is especially relevant when makingdecisions regarding how to synthesize these results into practice. Any changes to assessment mustalways be accompanied with reflection about how changes might affect different people, inparticular those who have been historically disadvantaged. In short, we caution against rushing toFigure 1: Screenshot of ELAN during data analysis. The large pane contains the screen capturevideo, the smaller window shows the front facing camera of a member of the research team fordemonstration purposes. These two video streams, and the audio, are played in sync using theplayback controls below the video panes. Below that we see the audio waveform and customdefined tiers, ELAN’s term for a single analytic layer of
Conference Session
Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ting-Ting Wu, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology; Yueh-Min Ray Huang, National Cheng-Kung University
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Computers in Education
. Fostering students' creative thinking and unleashing theirimagination thus develops their capacity for innovation, which is now essential inengineering education.IntroductionCompetitive market structures are changing, and industry is gradually demanding anincreasingly large number of cross-disciplinary and innovative employees. Therefore,engineering education should, in addition to teaching traditional skills, also focus ontraining students in the ability to solve engineering problems innovatively. Creativethinking and an integrated curriculum can be used to develop students' creativethinking, critical reflection, and adaptation skills.Creativity education curricula have traditionally differed because there are differentopinions and explanations
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary Design Projects
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Ahmed Abdel-Mohti P.E., Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University
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Multidisciplinary Engineering
total of six majors, has increased the number of multi-disciplinaryprojects to better reflect the environment in which most engineers will ultimately be employed.Involving students and advisors from multiple departments on the same project, though, oftenresulted in uncertainty from the varied course schedules and expectations.In the spring of 2016, the college faculty voted to create one college-wide capstone course toreplace the departmental courses. This course governs only the project-based portion of capstonedesign; each department still retains complementary senior-level lecture-based courses tailored toits discipline that cover project management and design process topics. The 2016-17 academicyear is the first offering for this new course
Conference Session
Technical Session 3a
Collection
2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Nolan Tsuchiya PE, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Pacific Southwest Section
b) somewhat beneficial c) just a little beneficial d) not beneficial at all11) When reflecting upon your experience in ME 100L, what is your overall opinion? (circle one) a) very favorable b) a little favorable c) neither favorable nor unfavorable d) a little unfavorable e) very unfavorable12) Feel free to write any additional thoughts about ME 100L below.Question 9 polls students about their confidence in programming the Arduino microcontroller.Arduino is an inexpensive, open-source prototyping platform that can be used in numerousapplications to read sensor data and write to outputs that physically manipulate a system12.Arduino is appropriate for many of the projects in the
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Technical Session 2a
Collection
2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Dean Arakaki, Cal Poly State University
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Pacific Southwest Section
havedifficulties identifying movement along particular contours and applying general Smith Chartprinciples. Multiple lecture videos have been prepared to illustrate Smith Chart methodsincluding basic “normalized impedance to complex reflection coefficient conversions” thatconvert between the complex normalized impedance plane and the Smith Chart. The mostdifficult hurdle is using the extensive grid on the Z version of the chart and the twice-as-denseZY chart. Multiple lecture videos describe examples and applications on both versions toillustrate RF network analysis and matching network design techniques. These videos arefollowed up in class to reinforce these difficult subjects.The author observed an improvement in student participation and insightful
Conference Session
Technical Session 4a
Collection
2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California
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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section
level and accuracy of technical description that the students present, inaddition to guiding student’s inquiries into their topic. An assignment earlier in the semester thatinvolves researching and writing about the science and engineering behind an idea, product, orprocess provides the experience for navigating academic work and more applied treatments oftheir subject matter. Frequent meetings with the research teams is useful for monitoring studentunderstanding of their topic and for directing them towards resources.Figure 1 below reflects student’s perspectives as they begin their research. At this point,students have looked at the Grand Challenges website which identifies the challenge andpotential technological remedies. Students have not
Collection
2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference
Authors
Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College
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Diversity
optical receiver and speaker location. Since six speakers were required,each of the two lasers would point at three receivers and speakers. While the movement of thelaser would be accomplished by the rotation of a servo-motor, the Engineering Team wasconcerned that too much time would be required to move the laser light-beam from one speakerto another resulting in brief but uncomfortable periods of silence during a performance of theproduct (e.g., 60 degrees in 0.23s).The Team brainstormed that mirrors could be employed to take advantage of the reflection of thelaser light-beam to reduce the laser rotation angle and time. It was originally thought that thebest option was to direct the laser light-beam to mirrors positioned on the performance
Conference Session
Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development
Collection
2017 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)
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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)
Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Corporate-Academic Partnership to Deploy Game-based Learning Around the WorldAbstract:The challenges of the 21st century are complex and systemic in nature, demanding transdisciplinary andcollaborative mindsets to solve. However, much of university STEM education still reflects an emphasison instructor-centered content delivery, through passive lectures and uninspiring lab courses. This approachdiscourages potential science and engineering talent, disproportionately affecting women andunderrepresented minorities. The university of the future likely will be an “experience university
Conference Session
Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I
Collection
2017 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros
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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)
planning analysis and progress plan is a fundamental tool to set thefoundation of the student preparation and growth, according to the specific needs andrequirements for each project; this tool is intended to turn the student in a life-learner. Thisprocess is designed to reflect on existing experiences and competencies; identifying needs toenable successful completion of the project, as well as the opportunities for addressing theproject needs.Progress ReportStudent and supervisor must review and complete a document with specific courses andactivities related to the aspects relevant to the project, such as the specific academic skills andspecific craft skills. The resulting document is a report with the planning analysis, the specificactivities to
Conference Session
Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II
Collection
2017 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)
, objectives, methodology, software and hardware,testing setup, expected/obtained results, conclusions, references, and other documentationrequired by the project. Students are encouraged to write a self-evaluation report to reflect ontheir experience during the project development, to have a written record of their perceivedachievements, learning experience, challenges faced, cultural and professional experience,networking, the impact on their development as professionals and opportunities forimprovement. A complete Project Binder represents 30% of the final grade.The association amongst the items evaluated (product, presentation and project binder), thecriteria for evaluation and the designated learning outcomes are described in Table 1, below:Item
Conference Session
Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II
Collection
2017 ASEE International Forum
Authors
U. P. Kahangamage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Randolph C. K. Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Gloria S.L Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Alan S. L. Kwok
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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)
reflection of their all-round abilities. Therefore, in thisstudy, students’ AGPAs have been compared with their performance in core knowledge-building and knowledge-integration subjects.First the performance of 82 Mechanical Engineering graduates from the new system wereinvestigated. This population of students consists of 53 HKDSE intake students and 29 SYintake students. The data is extracted from the University central database. Table 1 shows theaward classification for graduating students in academic year 2015/2016. Table 1 Graduates’ Award Classification, 2015/2016 Award Classification No. First Class Honours 8
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Mid Atlantic Papers
Collection
2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference
Authors
Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University; Kristen A Lee, Menlo College
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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference
level of awarenessand reflection on ethics. The final eight questions are designed to measure the level of interest ofengineering students on ethics.The concept questions were derived from the textbook by Barry and Seebauer13, and the shortcases used in the questionnaire were adapted from a list of cases published by the NationalAcademy of Engineers (NAE) (2014), National Society of Professional Engineers (2014), and theVanderbilt University Center for Ethics (2014). The questions were reviewed and endorsed by anexternal subject experts representing industry and academia who served as project consultants.Participants and Demographics Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State BerksA total of 1,161 students
Conference Session
Assessment of Student Learning and Motivation in BME
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia
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Biomedical
used by students for formative purposes. In fact,students in the formative assessment section were asked in class discussions to identify points ofconfusion when reviewing the exam solutions. Thus, formative assessments may themselvesinduce the testing effect.Alternatively, formative assessments may induce learning by causing students to recognize,evaluate, and react to the assessment or the course material [11]. That is, it is a reflectiveexercise. Detailed, but not superficial, reflection on learning has been associated with significantlearning gains [12]. The formative assessments were part of a broader educational strategy to enhance student thelearning experience of the student. For example, student feedback regarding
Conference Session
Pre-College: Teacher Impact on Student Mastery
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University, Teacher Education and Leadership; Jared W. Garlick, Utah State University
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
English Language Arts (ELA)classrooms. Other researchers, however, have studied discourse in science classrooms todetermine what teacher discourse moves promoted dialogic spells in whole-class discussions.Zhai and Dillon, for instance, found that when teachers used storytelling and analogies to teachaspects of botany, their students were more likely to construct elaborate verbal explanations intheir subsequent discussions.11 McNeill and Pimentel’s research in urban high school classroomsin many ways reflected the findings of Nystrand and colleagues.6 They found that dialogicdiscourse was more likely to occur when science teachers made explicit connections to previousstudents’ comments and when they asked “open-ended questions,” or questions that
Conference Session
Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Geoff Pfeifer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Ethics
disciplines, but they have provided us, the faculty involved inthe project, with a multi-year opportunity to discuss, think about, and reflect upon the respectiveviews that each of us has about the goals of the project, what topics in engineering ethics areimportant, and the role of ethics in engineering more generally. We think that this reflection iscritical for determining how to teach ethics across our curriculum. We think that case studies are good ways to teach ethics in technical courses and theyhave proven effective in some studies (Yadav, Shaver & Meckl, 2010). However, we also agreewith the literature that argues that using case studies that do not connect more closely to studentexperience, the content of a given course, and the
Conference Session
Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
musical instruments that are used in heavy metal music function. 4. Students will explain how each instrument serves a musical need for specific subgenres of heavy metal. 5. Students will identify the worldwide influences and impact of heavy metal music. 6. Students will describe how heavy metal music serves as a vehicle to know about global culture and government function.This course serves to discuss engineering and technology through heavy metal’s creation andevolution. Additional discussions explore social perceptions of and responses by the culture ofmetal, and how its growth reflects politics and society worldwide. In these ways, the courserepresents many of the tenets of liberal education promoted at the host