Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

because of increased use of surveys in general through web-based forms39-41. Steps were taken to account for differences between the sample of responses and the overall population. This adjustment weighted cases based on the population and response distributions by gender, discipline, and race/ethnicity within an institution as well as varying response rates of a campus so that the sample reflected the overall population of undergraduate engineers from the sample of institutions. In addition, missing data were imputed based on procedures recommended by Dempster, Laird and Rubin42 and Graham43 using the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software (v.18). To reduce data from survey

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

meet or addresscriteria equally as well. Children (and adults) often champion their own ideas, withoutadequately considering designs of others or without conducting “objective” analyses.To encourage students to analyze their various solutions objectively and determine which bestmeets the challenge’s criteria, EiE design challenges aim to have students collect both qualitativeand quantitative data during testing. Materials ask students to reflect upon the needs of the designand assess how well each solution meets it. Thus, instead of children’s preconceptions,popularity, or perceived “smartness” driving decisions, more objective and impartial data areavailable to be considered.EiE strives for quantifiable tests: presenting results as a number

Conference Session

FPD XI: Tidbits and Cookies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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First-Year Programs

items that exhibited strongest correlations reflect students’ evaluation of the cost and benefit of pursuing an engineering degree. Results of the quantitative analyses suggest that students’ persistence in the major may be related to their perceptions of the cost and benefit of the engineering degree. (Table 2) Page 25.665.7 Table 2: Post-Survey Items Moderately Related to: I Don’t Care for This Career Survey Item r* The rewards of getting an engineering degree are not worth the effort. 0.61 I expect that engineering will

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashland O. Brown P.E., University of the Pacific; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Kristin L. Wood, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Vladimir A. Labay, Gonzaga University; Ismail I. Orabi, University of New Haven; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Paul Henry Schimpf; Alexis Pham, University of the Pacific; Krystian Zimowski, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin Taylor, University of the Pacific

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

of Learning Styles25 as shown inTable 1 is composed of four dimensions: active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, andsequential/global. Active learning tools are designed to meet the needs of students with a rangeof learning styles. Particular approaches to teaching often favor a certain learning preference.Therefore, it is important to incorporate a variety of teaching approaches. This index can assistinstructors in creating active learning modules that impact all student learning styles effectively. Page 25.752.7 Table 1. Learning styles categories.Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Personality

Conference Session

Design Cognition III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Celeste M. Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

the secondary students.Deeper learning is promoted by the formal reflective activities built into the HSE programthrough these poster and presentation requirements because these activities promotemetacognitive gains. They offer opportunities for both coaches and students to assess theirprogress in terms of the larger picture of a long-term project instead of just day to day gains;that is, they impose divergent thinking. Additionally, the Expo campus visit has the criticallyimportant function of making the university accessible to the secondary students. From the artifacts created for spring Expo, we see trends toward an improved abilityof students to communicate technical information and an improved understanding of the

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Laurie A. Britt-Smith, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Moving toward a system of learning outcomes assessmentDuring the 2009-2010 academic year, the English department drafted course and programoutcomes that reflected the then ongoing conversation about revising the core curriculum. Thegoal of drafting the new outcomes was to write them so that they both align with the newoutcomes based core document for eventual implementation into the new core curriculum, andcan also used to assess and improve the program in the meantime.The new learning outcomes for ENL 1310:Students will: • Demonstrate an ability to read actively, analyze, question, and respond to readings. • Recognize the importance of audience for their writing: identifying their audience, evaluating its needs, and applying those needs

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bailey Renee Leppek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kara E. Gray, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

was an unknown quantity to ourstudents, a disproportionate number of women M.E. students enrolled in it, both graduate and undergraduate.Since then it has been so popular with both male and female students that it fills up immediately, and itsdemographics reflect our student population. The hypothesis that women might be influenced by the aestheticsof mechanical engineering is supported by recent work by Cheryan et al, 30,31 who found that women instereotypically male environments (containing ‘Star Trek’ posters and soda cans) , either physical or virtual,were much less interested in computer science careers than women in environments that conveyed ‘ambientbelonging’, such as water bottles and art on the walls. We summarize our

Conference Session

K-12 Teachers: PD, Implementation, and Beyond

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Leigh McFarland Kendall, Tufts University; Kristen Bethke Wendell Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

helper madeit much easier for her to manage teaching the unit for the first time, and she structured herclass time around when the helper would be available in order to maximize her assistancewith the LEGOTM materials.Student journals. Another tool introduced by the experimental curriculum was the useof student Engineer’s Journals, which provided opportunities for students to share theirprior knowledge about a topic at the beginning of a lesson, record data frominvestigations during the lesson, reflect upon new ideas at the end of a lesson, and planfor their execution of the design challenge. Beyond helping students organize their work,teachers found the journals helpful for organizing instruction. For example: I mean for me [the journal

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

instructor wants to use more of the features available, instead of downloading questionsthey can integrate the use of clickers or have students log in and answer ConcepTests andinventories on their laptops or smart phones (either in-class or for homework). If instructorssolicit responses via laptops or smartphones, they can prompt short answer explanations andconfidence follow-ups in addition to the multiple choice answers. Such written reflection isperceived by students as helpful12 . These more involved features require students to interfacewith the site; the student interface is described in the next section.For faculty, the results from assignments are aggregated, tabulated and archived for later use.They are also downloadable in MS Excel format

Conference Session

Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford Univeristy; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

impact offaculty-mentored learning versus online learning conducted with freshmen at MIT [6].At the graduate level, the Delta Design game has been used as a tool to teach graduate studentsreflective practice. Instead of using a real problem, instructors chose to use the Delta Designgame to because it is easier to control the amount of training each student receives and levels theplaying field since no student has outside knowledge of the challenge. Additionally, theinstructor can control the focus of the game such that if the students are having difficulty creatinga viable structure, he or she can draw their focus back to reflective practice by changing thevalues of constraints to make the task easier [4].Details of the RedesignThe Delta Design

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel P. Clemence, Syracuse University; Sharon W. Alestalo, Syracuse University; Shobha K. Bhatia, Syracuse University; Eric M. Lui, Syracuse University; Ossama M. Salem, Syracuse University

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College Industry Partnerships

. Globalengineers should possess cultural sensitivity and knowledge, as well as the interpersonal skills, toadapt within a variety of cultural contexts and with people that differ from their own experiences.A positive attribute of this intercultural literacy is that designs and solutions are no longer boundwithin the technical domain, but should be reflective of the engineer’s cultural understanding andinterpersonal competence. Working closely with the Dubai Contracting Company (DCC) and incollaboration with the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Syracuse University,the authors have successfully designed and implemented an innovative program to providestudents with distinctive skill sets to enhance their capacity as global civil engineers in

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Farmer, UTeachEngineering; David T. Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa Guerra, NASA

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

number of skills reflected in this framework may appear large, these skills areintegrated into six-week learning units so that students experience them as necessary tools foraddressing STEM-design challenges rather than as a panoply of items to be learned and checkedoff of a list. Concepts related to engineering practice are woven throughout the course and, asappropriate, addressed in depth through unit projects. The engineering design process is“discovered” by the students at the beginning of the course and applied in subsequent units. A Page 25.533.13handful of engineering skills and habits of mind are introduced in each structured

Conference Session

Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

should be inherent in the engineering profession suchthat any project can be seen as service to a community. Academic institutions carry theresponsibility of teaching engineering students not only technical skills but also professionalskills that relate to social responsibility, such as an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility and of the global and societal impacts of engineering decisions. Teachingtechniques such as project-based service learning (PBSL) could increase a student’s awareness ofsocial responsibility due to the community engagement (typically with underserved populations)and the reflective aspect inherent in PBSL. This study presents pre-post data from an assessmentof engineering students’ development of social

Conference Session

Middle School Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin; Chandra L. Muller, University of Texas, Austin; Anthony J. Petrosino Jr., University of Texas, Austin ; Austin B. Talley P.E., University of Texas, Austin ; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

subject to participants through everyday examples, thereby providing opportunities for participants to identify science, mathematics, and engineering principles at work in their lives. 2. Interactive Discussion of the principles illustrated by the technology examples, which generates rich discourse concerning the underlying science and mathematics concepts. 3. Exploratory Laboratories that allow participants to investigate and test engineering principles in an inquiring manner, a crucial step in learning to solve design problems. 4. Open-Ended Design Problems that feature ideation, prototyping, and testing, allowing the participants to apply engineering content and problem solving skills. 5. Reflection in

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

language must be apparent to reviewers as they read the researcher’s proposal.Proposing something of no interest to a funder in terms that they do not support can doom anotherwise great idea. The mission and strategic plan of a group are usually published on theirweb site (such as, NSF5, NIH6, DoE7, EPA8). This information provides the basis for how theagency approaches research and is reflected in their proposal review criteria (see Review Processsection for more details). Most program solicitations are written with specific terminology andinclude cited references to describe the program.Send the proposal to the right program within an agency. The NSF has nine directorates (NSFhomepage9), each with multiple divisions and multiple programs within

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech; Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

positions. Otherinterviewees are at an early- to mid-career stage because at the time of the award, they weregraduate students members of the development teams. Even as graduate students, they often ledthe development and research associated with the courseware.One emerging pattern reflects how the award has been used to shape an awardees' career. A Page 25.698.7number of interviewees suggested that for them, the award represented “outside” confirmation oftheir teaching ability. The award also gave them what we have come to call: ‘street cred’,meaning that their work had been deemed credible by experts in their field

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

“horizontal integration with non-engineering disciplines” (two of the issues we faced) aschallenges faced in multidisciplinary environments for which limited information is to be foundin the literature.7We believe there are three main reasons that the multidisciplinary teams did not function at thelevel we had envisioned. First, there is not equal inducement to both sets of students, since onegroup is approaching this course as a general education class and the other group is approachingit as a class in their major. Consequently, this creates a difference in attitude and hence per-ceived importance for these projects. There are very different incentives for each group of stu-dents. The difference in perceived importance was also reflected in the

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-year Programs Division

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

use writing with in various courses throughout the curriculum. Theseefforts have included short informal Writing-to-Learn assignments where students reflect on thematerial covered in journals, logs or short essays. They have also included longer Writing-in-the-Disciplines approaches such as this case of design reports where students are specificallylearning the writing conventions of their particular discipline.3Elbow4 argues that it is often particularly helpful to assign low-stakes writing, using assignmentswhere the level of critique and the grading weight are low. He notes that “Writing feels like aninherently high stakes activity.”4 The particular assignment sequence presented here allows thistype of lower stakes writing to take

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bettina J. Casad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

guided discovery approach posits that any subject can be taught effectively in someintellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development. A constructivist approach tolearning and teaching is based on the notion that learners construct their own knowledge ratherthan knowledge being transferred into learners‟ brains.8-10 Learners‟ construction of knowledgeis based on their past knowledge, the timeliness of new knowledge, and the learner‟s ability tounderstand the connections. This process forces learners to either modify existing knowledge ordevelop new knowledge. Learning experiences based on constructivism are reflected in popularinstructional strategies such as inquiry based learning11-12, problem based learning (PBL) 13-14

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Rosaurelis Marín Ramírez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Paola Pacheco Roldan, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Retrospective interviewing will occur immediately after the think-aloud to help participants reflect on and verbalize their thought processes during the think-aloud, drawing from both long-term and short-term memory (e.g., “Describe the process you used to think about the case”). In addition, interviews will include questions to clarify comments participants made during the process and to explicate how knowledge and experiences were used. Transcriptions will be examined using a constant comparison methodA3, with specific attention given to participants’ references to prior knowledge and experiences. Initially, each researcher will conduct an analysis of a single transcription, looking for evidence

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

an opportunity to get their food, get settled, and socialize/network with other attendees. Thelast half of the session is used to give a presentation on a professional development topic(leadership, communication, time management, lab management, worklife balance, negotiation,networking) or gender issue (stereotype threat, student-incivility, implicit bias). Presentationsinclude hands-on activities, such as surveys, and Q&A, where participants are encouraged tocontribute, share, and reflect. All presentations are posted on the program website. Additionalinformation is available from resources in the Office for Women in Engineering Library (alsocatalogued on the program website) which participants can check out for free. A

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. Joseph Hass, Bucknell University; Juliana Su, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

breadboard power is supplied from the Olimex board, which inturn is powered by the J-Link adapter.Course MaterialsA common problem in all engineering courses is providing instructional materials that reflect thecurrent state-of-the-art. A variety of textbooks are available that present the Freescale 9S12, Intel8051, or Microchip PIC microcontrollers. While not written as textbooks, there are also quite afew introductory and tutorial books for the Arduino platform. However, to our knowledge thereare no textbooks for university courses that use the Cortex-M architecture as a modelmicrocontroller. For the first offering of the updated microcontroller course we required studentsto purchase Yiu’s book on the Cortex-M3, which was written as a general

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

technique may actually be the correct one to engagestudent learning. However, for most classes of this generation, those presentations may notpromote student learning and may be an ineffective use of instructor time. In fact, if this is thesole teaching method, why not just have the students read the presentation as a second text? Alearning-based method of teaching allows time for questions, discussions, and moments of pauseand reflection, not just presentation. At a minimum, these tools should be used sparingly andthey should only guide the discussion vice present the lesson word-for-word. Each instructor willscope their lesson differently, but we are certain that is an example of not properly scoping thelesson plan.Observation #4: Spoon-feeding

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-year Programs Division

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa R. James-Byrnes, University of Wisconsin, Barron County; Mark H. Holdhusen, University of Wisconsin, Marathon County

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

experiencesand successes as the students in the traditional face-to-face section. Several assessments wereused to determine this. One assessment was a quantitative analysis comparing the grades of each Page 25.1002.8section. Also, two surveys were created for the students to take and reflect on their work on theprojects and the course. The first survey was given after the first design project and focused onteamwork on the project. The second survey was conducted at the end of the course focused onboth the final project as well as the course as a whole. Another assessment was an analysis ofhow students utilized the engineer interview videos for each

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

integrated building design, has received moreattention in the instruction and the assessments show that the course has been verysuccessful in meeting this goal. The large and small lectures, described in the previoussection are typically on technical topics and the students incorporate this material in theirprojects. In addition, as is seen in the Grading section of this paper, the majority of thegrading reflects the building design and construction.The second learning objective, function effectively on an interdisciplinary team, has beenaddressed to a lesser extent. A lecture on personality types and the consideration ofpersonality types in the formation of student teams provided some basis for discussionson teamwork. Some quarters have

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam J. Kardos, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley E. Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

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Materials

(both design firms and ready-mixed concrete producers), more time to allow for a fieldplacement of the student project mixtures, and a student reflection session. The authors plan to pursue greater industry collaboration in future offerings of the course.The industry collaboration will be even more important in reviewing the technical report and oralpresentations as well as the potential for a field placement. The value in having industryinvolved in reviewing the technical reports and oral presentations is the feedback they canprovide. Individuals involved in the concrete industry can suggest modifications to the studentsin addition to commenting whether their design is “practical” would have the potential for beingused in the field

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Bateman Newborg, University of Pittsburgh; Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

reflect power andstatus. She points out the importance of word choice, phrasing, and document format inconstructing and communicating knowledge in communally sanctioned ways. Membersof a community—for instance, scholars within a discipline—are, Gunnarsson argues,putting themselves at significant risk if they deviate from the familiar language practices.Thus, a composition scholar encountering directives about envisioning a writing projectaccording to a notion of quantification or “percentages” is likely to see such language andthe knowledge construct it represents as not just a bit of a different perspective, or asinherently just a little problematic, but as quite dramatically dangerous.Why might a composition scholar’s initial strong impulse be

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University; Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering programs areuniquely positioned to incorporate these recommendations. This material is based upon work primarily supported by the Engineering ResearchCenter Program of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy of the Department of Energy under NSF Cooperative Agreement No.EEC‐1041895. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National ScienceFoundation or Department of Energy. Page 25.303.2 Changing the Face of Engineering: How Photovoltaic

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jessica Kaminsky, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cathy Leslie P.E., Engineers Without Borders - USA ; Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

necessarychanges to engineering curriculum to attract a more diverse student and practitioner population. Page 25.321.6Engineering IdentityThe construction of professional or personal identity is dynamic and multiple. In other words,identity reflects membership in many groups and changes over time. Socialization into aprofession may be done via many avenues. However, it is commonly suggested that havingexamples of people like oneself may be a strong contributor. In STEM fields with low femalemembership, this may hinder the entry and retention of females into engineering38–40.STEM study and work is perceived by students as more difficult than many social

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Loren Christian, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

in an introductory engineering course? Page 25.394.5Our study was not comparative; instead, our goal was to identify how using the heuristics inthese two different scenarios guided the ideation processes of engineering students, and how themethod of heuristic use was reflected in the design outcomes.ParticipantsWe collected data from two sections of a single introductory engineering course at a largeMidwestern university. This semester-long course introduces engineering students to designprocesses through a team design project. The projects in each section were different. We selectedprotocols from five participants from each section