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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Evelyn C. Brown

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development opportunities.This poster examines one specific external engagement opportunity of our S-STEM program -job shadowing with a local engineer. As Bandura and Walters [1] indicate, observing can be avery effective way to learn. One goal of the shadowing experience is for student participants tohave a better understanding of what engineers do and what skills are needed in order to besuccessful. We included the shadowing activity in our S-STEM program in an effort to improveparticipants’ confidence and self-efficacy. As noted by Ponton et al [2], “vicarious experiences”,such as shadowing and observing, can serve as significant contributors in the enhancement ofself-efficacy.Perhaps one of the best features of the shadowing experience is that it

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Bassam H Matar, Chandler Gilbert Community College

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institutions, and finally, promoting the employment of reconfigurableelectronics graduates. I. IntroductionIn general Programmable Logic Devices and FPGA-based re-programmable logic design becamemore attractive as a design media during the last decade, and as a result, industrial use of FPGAin digital logic design is increasing rapidly. Considering the following technology trend inindustry, the need for highly qualified logic designers with FPGA expertise is at high demand.According to the United States Department of Labor, the job outlook is on the rise and willcontinue to expand for at least the short- to medium-term future [1]. To respond to the industryneeds for FPGA design skills, universities are updating their curriculum with courses

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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CurriculumThe landscape of today’s Biomedical Product Development Industry calls for a diverse set ofskills beyond the typical engineering fundamentals. The current Hospital Value-BasedPurchasing environment driven by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers forMedicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measure all new products by their ability to improveclinical outcomes, increase patient satisfaction, and lower the cost of care.1 Preparing students tobecome leaders in the Biomedical Engineering (BME) industry therefore must include anunderstanding of health economics and a broad view of the continuum of care and overall impactof care. The proposed changes to Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.’s(ABET) Criterion 3 signals

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Grisselle Centeno, University of South Florida; Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida

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Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620, USAAbstractThis paper discusses the steps taken to design and implement a set of workshops focused onhealthcare engineering with the aim to increase the motivation and retention of engineeringstudents, especially women. During the workshops, students had an opportunity to interact with apanel of experts working in the healthcare field. The panelists, all professional engineers andmainly females (5:2) shared their inspirations, obstacles, and achievements, and performed aninteractive case study session based on their fields of work. Two workshops were designed:Workshop 1 was only

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W Liberatore, University of Toledo

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Chemical Engineering

, faculty intervention, and end ofsemester survey. The quantity and quality of comments were graded using machine-learningalgorithms built into the platform. Each comment was auto-graded on a 0, 1, or 2-point scale, themachine scoring agree very well with the professional judgment of the instructor. The spacing ofcomments across each assignment was accounted for also, which helps insure reading of the entireassignment.IntroductionTextbooks became a standard tool for higher education and engineering education in the 20thcentury. However, the amount that college textbooks are or have been read is not well studied.Some survey and reading quiz data provide a depressing snapshot [1-6]. A 2016 survey of over280,000 college and university students found

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Helene Finger P.E., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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engineering workforce. PEEPS recruitsfrom our “Partner Schools,” which are high schools that have a large percentage of students whoqualify for the National School Lunch program, and thus are likely to have low socioeconomicstatus and be first generation and/or underrepresented minorities (URM). Our recruitmentmethods and results have been published elsewhere3, and are summarized in Table 1. To thisdate, we have two different cohorts and a total of 13 students. In this paper, we wish to report onprogress of the program and what we’ve learned thus far.Table 1. Eligibility criteria and demographics for PEEPS scholarship program for 2 cohorts Cohort 1 Cohort 2Criteria 2014 2015 Partner

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Camille M. George, University of St. Thomas; Erin Anne Kern, University of St. Thomas; Jenna Laleman, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

competence measures and qualitative hermeneutic phenomenology, with qualitativeresults to follow. To delve into understanding the experience of the study abroad engineeringstudent, the research question explored is, “To what extent may a short-term study abroadengineering course influence student intercultural competence?”ContextThis paper outlines the revision of a short-term study abroad engineering course. Previously, theexisting course had been offered on alternate years for seven separate offerings, when two newcomponents were added to the content: 1. Transfer of engineering content in a new context,specifically basic engineering mechanics analysis, with a nod to structural analysis, and 2.Intercultural knowledge and competence. The evolution

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

conservative estimate that growthin the $15T US GDP is about 2% annual which means that the US economy is growing by about$300B per year. Using Dr. Augustine’s estimate that 50% of growth comes from scientists andengineers and further assuming engineers contribute half of this amount, engineers are thenresponsible for $75B per year of economic growth. Given that there are approximately 1 millionengineers in the workforce (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010), each engineer contributes $75,000annually to economic growth over and above the amount they contribute to the economy. Lookingat this a different way, each engineer that graduates contributes to creating approximately one newjob every year over the span of that engineer’s career. While this

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Paula Alvarez Pino; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Talat Salama, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

create a cohesive and meaningful experience for the students and to be able to assessthe success of the program, clear research and education objectives were established. Followingthe NSF program requirements and keeping in mind the research expertise of the US and theinternational partners, the following objectives were established: 1) Provide the students with a hands-on international education experience in the emerging area of sustainable green building design and construction; 2) Engage the students in meaningful research under the guidance of U.S. and international mentors; 3) Allow students to create a network of international contacts in order to promote future collaborations; 4) Expose

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University; Chansu Yu, Cleveland State University; Karla R Hamlen, Cleveland State University

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spiral model. 1.2 “Disconnection” in computer engineering curriculum Abstraction is used in computer engineering and computer science to manage complexity. Asystem is depicted by a layered model. A simple model is shown in Figure 1(a). The computerengineering curriculum is basically aligned with the abstraction layers of the model. A courseusually focuses on one layer and provides detailed coverage. These courses are taught asindependent topics and become isolated and disconnected pieces. While students learn thespecific details of each layer, they do not have a comprehension of the relationships among thelayers. This leads to the lack of integration skill. Our work connects and integrates the individual courses through a cohesive lab

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Okere O. George, Washington State University; W. Max Kirk, Washington State University

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Civil Engineering

experienced contractors.IntroductionDysert [1] defined an estimate as “a prediction of the probable costs of a project, of a given anddocumented scope, to be completed at a defined location and point of time in the future.”Estimating is the process of determining the quantity of work and cost of all resources (labor,materials, equipment, and subcontracts) and incidentals required to construct projects.Projects to be built in the future are estimated in the present, and the estimates are developed toshow how much the projects will cost at some point when they are finally constructed. Suchprojection is based on what is known now and how well the future conditions can be predicted.Therefore, there is no way one can be 100% accurate in predicting and

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Gonser, United States Military Academy, West Point; Todd Mainwaring P.E., United States Military Academy, West Point

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Civil Engineering

go on to oversee United States Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts. TheDepartment of Civil and Mechanical Engineering strives to give them the tools necessary for thatchallenge. As the Army continues to make sustainable design principles a requirement forconstruction, sustainability is becoming an ever more entrenched aspect of the program.Therefore, in 2013, the Department began offering an independent study in which the studentscould prepare for, and become, credentialed in LEED (hereafter referred to as the credentialingcourse). The course itself has three objectives: 1. Students attain the Envision Provisional Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) credential. (Not addressed in this paper). 2. Students achieve accreditation as a LEED

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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education argue for broad application, thedefinitive case for its adoption has yet to be documented so that all STEM educators can fullyappreciate its merit.Goals of the Center for Mobile Hands-On STEMThe Center for Mobile Hands-On STEM is pursuing activities that gather strong evidence of theeffectiveness of Mobile Hands-On STEM (MHOS) pedagogy on student learning and develop aneffective and pro-active dissemination strategy for the entire STEM educational community. Toachieve these goals, we have recently focused on: 1. Creating and implementing new standardized assessment tools that measure student learning, especially through the development of new experimentally focused concept inventories, as well as measure ease of adoption by

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

theseevents occurred over a five-year period (2010 – 2015). The authors will describe the curriculum,development of courses and laboratories, the senior design capstone, and preparation of the self-study report necessary for accreditation. All curricula and assessment tools are linked to amodified Bloom’s Taxonomy and ABET Outcome 3 Criteria a through k. A description of theuniversity, its service area, and student population is also provided. In 2015 West Texas A&MUniversity achieved a major milestone through designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution(HSI, 25% or more of student population) [1] and is seeking to improve participation of womenand underserved populations in STEM fields, such as civil engineering. Lessons learned andfuture

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sami Maalouf, California State University, Northridge; Anwar Alroomi, California State University, Northridge

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Civil Engineering

graduated in four years and3 students graduated in two years (transferring from another institution). A total of 13 out of 15students who started as freshmen graduated in four years within this major. The remaining 2students who started as freshmen graduated in four years outside this major. Seven studentsdropped out. One of those who dropped out, did so in the first year. This data above is illustratedin Figure 1. Legend: Figure 1: Degree progress for Fall 2006 entering students.In 2007, 24 students enrolled in the CECM Department, 13 of which graduated in four years and3 students graduated in two years (transferring from another institution). A total of 10 out of the13

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jung Sook Kim, Ohio State University

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groups via the collection andanalyses of narratives of approximately 65 engineering WOC tenure-track faculty. Our overarching research question explores the following: How do women engineeringfaculty’s representation and experiences differ in academic engineering as a function ofrace/ethnicity, class, and faculty rank? Informed from Patricia Hill Collins’ framework ofintersectionality,1 this research applies a mixed methods approach across three interrelated andparallel research phases. The specific research questions related to each phase, their preliminaryfindings, and future work are described in the following sections.Phase A: Institutional Analyses with Existing Databases In this stage, existing databases are used to answer the

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Morgan, Charles Sturt University; Euan Lindsay; Pamela Roberts, Charles Sturt University

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Civil Engineering

achieved.This paper outlines the process of developing integrated standards, as well as mapping them toeach of the individual requirements. Whilst the multiple requirements are mostly aligned, thegoal of the integrated standards is to inherently satisfy each of the separate requirements in theprocess of meeting the integrated standards.CSU Engineering Course ModelThe CSU engineering model is a 5-½ year Masters of Engineering program with earlier exitpoints (3 ½ years for Bachelor of Technology, and 1 ½ years for Diploma of EngineeringStudies). It also is important to note that as part of the course structure, students are expectedto have the achieved the traditional engineering graduate attributes and competencies by the 4½ year mark (the commencement

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn A. Nichol, Rice University; Carrie Obenland, Rice University; Alice Chow, Rice University; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Carolina Avendano, Rice University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #19266Promoting STEM Education in Community College Students via ResearchDr. Carolyn A. Nichol, Rice University 1. Horhota, S.T., and Aitken, C.L. Multivariate cluster analysis of pharmaceutical formulation data using Andrews plots. J. Pharm. Sci., 1991, 85-90. 2. Aitken, C.L., McHattie, S.J. and Paul, D.R. Dynamic me- chanical behavior of polysulfones. Macromolecules, 1992, 25:1910-2922, 3. Aitken, C.L., Koros, W.J., and Paul D.R. Gas transport properties of biphenol polysulfones. Macromolecules, 1992, 25:3651-3658, 4. Aitken, C.L., Koros, W.J., and Paul, D.R. Effect of structural symmetry on gas transport

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Deirdre-Annaliese Nicole Hunter, La Gran Familia De Gregory; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Tech

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classify the student, but rather they classify the students’ responses, i.e.,the indicators are meant to provide feedback to students and to prompt them to examine theirbehavior more critically so they can make more accurate self-assessments of their learningprocesses.We developed the metacognitive indicators as a component of an intervention to: 1) teachengineering students about metacognition, and 2) provide them opportunities to practicemetacognitive skills. This intervention was designed to be used within existing engineeringcourses, but can be adapted to other contexts. Metacognition involves knowing about andregulating one’s own cognitive processes (Flavel 1979, Brown 1987), and is foundational tobeing a skilled learner (Pintrich 2002

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC

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Civil Engineering

materials from existing infrastructure courses at the University ofWisconsin-Platteville and West Point, to collaboratively creating sample “showcase” courselectures, to the current effort of collaboratively creating a model introductory infrastructurecourse.The course outline and learning outcomes for a model introductory infrastructure course werecollaboratively developed in 2015 by the CIT-E community. The student learning outcomes are: 1) An ability to analyze and propose solutions to infrastructure problems 2) An ability to describe and analyze infrastructure using systems and network approaches 3) An ability to identify traits of effective team members and apply these traits to course assignments 4) An ability to identify traits

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adeyemi Awolumate P.A; Mitchell Rudy, Rowan University; Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Nidhal Carla Bouaynaya; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Rouzbeh Nazari, Rowan University; Umashanger Thayasivam, Rowan University

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also highly useful as a pre-processing step in speech and speakerrecognition systems so that a proper degree of enhancement can be applied to augmentsystem performance. This paper is a work in progress depicting the investigationconducted by two undergraduate students pertaining to (1) further research in SNRestimation and (2) the preparation of a laboratory manual to be used in an undergraduateclass.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDEstimating the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of a speech signal has interesting practicalapplications. Moreover, performing a blind SNR estimate [1] without knowledge of aclean reference signal is more relevant to many practical scenarios especially in the areaof voice biometrics [2]. Blind SNR estimation is very useful in

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University ; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Konstantina Gkritza, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

intermediate submissions eachaccounting for 5%.The first intermediate submission (herein referred to as Intermediate Project Submission 1[IPS1]) involved the development of a proposal for the project. For this stage, students weregrouped by the instructor into five large groups of nine or ten students based on their interestsand time availability, as indicated by the students in Survey 1 (see the Data Collection sectionfor more information), and their education level. The instructor also attempted to evenlydistribute the junior students in each of the five groups. For this submission, students wereinstructed to explore the RNS database4, select a needs statement according to the group’sinterests, thoroughly review the needs statement selected, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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4,844 280Lompoc High 1,475 55% Santa BarbaraSchool 831,587 1,864 140Totals 145,150 57% 9 13,852,856 41,977 3,778 Table 3: CREATE Course Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Renewable Energy Focus (2010- (2011- (2012- Enrollment 2010-2013* 11) 12) 13) Merced College 140 187 167 Santa Barbara City College 85 71 62 Cerro Coso Community College 165 124 115 Porterville College 60 60

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Tamra Duke, Drexel University ; Qayum Malik, Drexel University

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Biomedical

). Since2000, the US Department of Defense reports the occurrence of 307,000 TBIs in active soldiers.Currently, the only way to determine whether one has sustained a concussion or DAI is byexamination by a doctor using a special battery of tests. Generally, such tests cannot be donequickly nor on site. Thus, a simple device that athletes, soldiers, police and other at-riskpersonnel could wear on their head (e.g., attached or taped to their head or to a headband), wouldfill an important medical need.Microfluidic Sensor Design. There is considerable interest in a low-cost (∼$1), simple, easy-to-use and interpret, non electric-powered, comfortable device that would indicate the possibleoccurrence of head trauma. A simple microfluidic device (Figures 1

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #18288STEM Scholarships to Engage Exceptional StudentsDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of Engineers for over 24 years

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominic J Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

potential and financial need.Project activities have been based on four foundational blocks: Financial, Academic Skills,Involvement, and Commitment/Motivation. Each scholar is awarded up to $6,000 per year.Scholars are required to attend group study sessions, workshops, guest speaker talks, etc., as wellas meet twice per semester with a faculty mentor in their (or a related) discipline. Scholars areprovided field trip opportunities, are encouraged to apply for internships, and are provided with amembership in a professional organization (e.g., ASME, IEEE).The primary outcomes and objectives can be summarized as follows: 1. to reduce the need to work in order to focus on academics; 2. to improve academic skills and study habits; 3. to increase

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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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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the overall lessons we learned from this experience and discuss next summer’splans as a result of our analysis and self-reflections.1. IntroductionIn recent years, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educators,professionals, business leaders, and policymakers have recognized and highlighted therequirement to build a strong and technologically trained workforce. This requires a strongeducation system with qualified and trained educators. While the American college leveleducators are willing to train this workforce, the K-12 education system is currently challengedby a crisis of inadequate teacher preparation in STEM disciplines leading to low studentpreparation and performance1. Furthermore, the K-12 science teachers will be

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Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pete M. Evans, Iowa State University; Eric J. Schares, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

encompass the ideas of “SEE” and “MAKE”. These focal points have alsobeen described as “visualization” and “fabrication” in the Industrial Design Department at IowaState, and the two parallel the ideas of “digital prototyping” and “real prototyping,” which is alsopart of iterative thinking in design and STEM. Table 1- Inventory of FLEx equipmentThe SEE module primarily involves two sets of virtual reality headsets. One presents a sereneItalian Tuscany Villa Oculus Rift demo, where orientation and navigation in a virtual world isself-directed and non-threatening. A keyboard and mouse augment the headset for movementand orientation around the space in a manner very similar to computer games such as Minecraftwith

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Peter Bermel, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nathan M. Hicks, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Taylor V. Williams, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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capacityfor science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) MOOC evaluation and research.This project focuses on the following research questions: (1) What constructs contribute tolearners’ behavior in advanced STEM MOOCs? (2) What stakeholder needs inform theirdecisions in offering and designing advanced STEM MOOCs? and (3) What is a contextsensitive, generalizable framework of evaluation for advanced STEM MOOCs? To answer theseresearch questions, we triangulate information from: stakeholder interviews, surveys of learners,and learner analytics.IntroductionMassive open online courses, or MOOCS, have caused much discussion in both media outletsand academic journals. NSF and other funding agencies (e.g., Hewitt Foundation) have