Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University; Ramin Khakzad

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Computing & Information Technology

popularity of each food station, measured in number diners visiting that food-station, was firstobserved. Then the arrival rate of the customers and the number of workers were recorded. Basedon the collected data, several scenarios were developed to assess the system. The simulation resultsuggests that adding food-servers to the top 3 most visited food stations can dramatically reducethe overall waiting time. In addition, offering special deals, could further improve the result.1. IntroductionOne of the challenges teaching a simulation course regards example models students are assignedto develop. Albeit simple and generic models can teach students the basics, the usability of whatthey learned comes often from real world examples. Samples include

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yashu Kang, Chung Yuan Christian University; Yao-Jen Chang, Chung Yuan Christian University; Shaou-Gang Miaou, Chung-Yuan Christian University; Chen Li-Yu, Chung Yuan Christian University; Yao-Sheng Chang, Department of Tourism and Leisure Management, Chung Chou University of Science and Technology

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. Baseline, game-based intervention, and maintenancephases all occurred within the special education classroom. In the baseline phase,students measured the showering skill levels of the children when no training gameswere used. During the game-based intervention, the children played the game and alsotook a shower on their own in their home’s shower room as the skill of showeringnaturally occurred in that location. In the maintenance phase, the game training waswithdrawn and the children took the shower independently.The game was called Take a Shower! and was designed according to an analysis of the25 identified steps for taking a shower. The children were guided through each step inthe task analysis by the game (see Figure 1). For example, a water

Conference Session

Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Cara Sperbeck, York College of Pennsylvania; Matthew Jones, York College of Pennsylvania; Patrick David Lynn, York College of Pennsylvannia

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have taken him to Los Alamos where he worked on modeling the transient dynamic attributes of Kinetic Energy munitions during initial launch. Afterwards he was selected for the exchange scientist program and spent a summer working for DASA Aerospace in Wedel, Germany 1993. His initial research also made a major contribution to the M1A1 barrel reshape initiative that began in 1995. Shortly afterwards he was selected for a 1 year appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point where he taught Mathematics. Following these accomplishments he worked on the SADARM fire and forget projectile that was finally used in the second gulf war. Since that time, circa 2002, his studies have focused on unmanned systems

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Lucy Lenhardt, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Christi Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Academia and the Role of a Multidisciplinary Professional SocietyAbstractThe Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a global professional society of over 30,000members with a mission to “Stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineersand leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving thequality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity”1. SWE is an organization that is deeplyrooted in industry. The founding members were employed by firms that are a result of theindustrial revolution, and thus the focus of its membership is on those that work for industry,consultants, and often themselves. This focus has unintentionally left a large population of itsmembership, the

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Valerie Martin Conley Ph.D., University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

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Minorities in Engineering

-networking paradigm is proposed which brings together twostakeholder groups: 1) underrepresented minorities (URMs: herein emphasizing Blacks, Latinos,Native Americans) who are aspiring (i.e., progressing) engineering faculty and 2) accomplishedengineering faculty who have gone through entire full time careers in academia and hold emeritiroles. Increasing Minority Presence within Academia through Continuous Training (IMPACT)seeks to create a synergistic pairing of these two sets of stakeholders based primarily, but notexclusively, on technical expertise. URM faculty have an opportunity to engage in activitiesdesigned to further their socialization process into the engineering academic profession and gainaccess to the vast insights, greater

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Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

variety of sustainability assessments, ranging from indirect todirect measures of student learning, are available but a comprehensive review of the field isneeded to make the assessments more accessible and implementable by educators from acrossengineering disciplines.A systematic review of ASEE conference proceedings was conducted to identify and discuss thequality of available methods for assessing student knowledge of and interest in sustainability.First, a search of the ASEE PEER database for the terms “sustainability + assessment” yielded1001 results. Records with relevance indexes above 1.0 were screened based on their abstractsand appraised by their full texts according to four inclusion criteria: (1) The study was publishedduring 2011 to

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Green and Susainable Manufacturing Practices

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Carlos Michael Ruiz, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Smarth H. Chadha, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Shraman Kadapa, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Manufacturing

-related current research areas in IoT geared towardsgreen manufacturing and energy efficiency. The details of the workshop is given below.Workshop topic 1: Green logistics (Environmentally responsible logistics)This workshop assignment aims to introduce logisticians to green logistics and encourage them tothink in "green" terms, to highlight the challenges and to indicate some advantages of thinking"green." Organizations have to face changing circumstances for several years. In addition toincreasing diversity and dynamics, environmental issues become more important. Social, politicaland economic demands for sustainable development force organizations to reduce the impact onthe environment of their supply chains and to develop sustainable

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Action on Diversity - Institutional Change & Perspectives on Diversity

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mayra S Artiles, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Raeven Carmelita Waters; Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Virginia Tech; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

. Specifically, our analysis focused on the following aspects: (1) ASEEdivision; (2) paper type (i.e., research, practice or theory); (3) study rationale; (4) demographic ofinterest; (5) organizational status of demographic of interest; (6) data source; (7) framework ortheory; (8) research questions; and (9) implications & recommendations. While some categoriesinclude child codes, through our initial refinement of the codebook we found that not all parentcodes could be sub-coded into specific codes. Therefore, we coded the phrase in the publicationsthat addressed the component we were looking for and subsequently summarized the generalfindings. Table 1. Codebook Category Operationalization

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Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Haggard; Fabio Matta; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate StudentsIntroduction and ObjectivesProblem-based and active learning in the classroom are increasingly important in developing thenecessary critical thinking skills of an engineer [1-3]. In this project, active learning exercises arebased on a problem-based learning framework called Environments For Fostering EffectiveCritical Thinking (EFFECTs), which was developed at the University of South Carolina (USC)through NSF funding [4-6]. The EFFECTs approach helps students progressively learn complexmaterial, like nanotechnology, in a educational setting that stimulates independent thought aswell as intellectual dialogue with peers and instructors. The work described in this paper is partof a larger NSF project to

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petr Johanes, Stanford University; Larry Lagerstrom, Stanford University

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Computers in Education

model is oftencalled the knowledge model, and, since the users are students, the user model is often called thestudent model. The critical considerations for any creator or consumer of adaptive systems, then,are: what is being modeled; how it is modeled; and how the models are maintained. Whilevarious methods for modeling exist, the most used method today is overlay modeling. The coreprinciple behind overlay modeling is simply that there is some underlying model of a domainand that the model of some user is a subset of that domain model. The objective of adaptivesystems operating in this paradigm is two-fold: (1) to adapt what the user encounters such thateventually the user's overlaying subset matches the system's underlying whole and (2) to

Conference Session

Innovations in Additive Manufacturing Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Manufacturing

anddiagnostic aids, prosthetic development, medically related products, tissue engineeringetc;Integrated 3D scanning and 3D printing lab experiments1-17.The overall objectives of the course include but not limited to:1. Review of product design, CAD, basic principles and development of additive manufacturing.2. Explain the various processes of additive manufacturing.3. Design for additive manufacturing.4. Process selection and software issues.5. Direct digital manufacturing and medical application6. Explain post-processing and use of multiple materials.7. Explain business opportunities and future directions.8. Integrated 3D scanning and 3D printing lab experiments.This course alsoprovides hands-on training to students in addition to theoretical lessons

Conference Session

Pre-College: Organizing Instruction Around a Theme

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pam Page Carpenter; Adam Stevens, North Carolina State University; Erik Schettig, Wake County Public School System; Landon K. Mackey, North Carolina State University; Catherine M. McEntee, North Carolina State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

provide abalanced summer educational experience. The goal of the program is to promote higher levelthinking skills, problem solving, and innovation and learning the engineering design process.Subject matter experts present on topics such as microgrids, solar farms, electric vehicles, batterystorage, and careers. Students work with Arduinos and 1/10 scale model electric vehicles todesign a solar charging station to charge the vehicle enforcing knowledge of batterytechnologies. Students also work with wind turbines to calculate energy consumption, and learnintroductory coding and programming. During the program, students select a research project,which they work on developing a demonstration project. In addition to the project, studentslearn how to

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiaojiao Fu, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University; Dongya Cheng, Tibet University, Teachers College

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Design in Engineering Education

of the social high-speeddevelopment. In the same sense, the curriculum arrangement of engineering majors inundergraduate level practical teaching mainly consists of cognition practice, productivepractice, graduation practice, curriculum design and graduation project, among others.1 Beingthe significant component of practical teaching process carried out by engineeringuniversities, productive practice is recognized as the effective measure for consolidating anddeepening the professional basic theory, boosting engineering students’ abilities to linktheory with practice and to deal with practical problems, as well as optimizing the students’engineering practical abilities.Productive practice is a course which closely integrates classroom

Conference Session

International Research Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Brathwaite, City College of New York, NYC Louis Stokes Alliance; Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan

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International

Netherlands, Brazil, Austria, Morocco and Colombia.The multi-pronged approach consists of 1) collaborating with existing programs within the NSFand other federal agencies, 2) working collaboratively with a core of mentors/faculty who haveinternational collaborations, 3) working closely with Departments, Institutes and Centers atCUNY who have international agreements, significant international research focus, and 4)working collaboratively with other Alliances, all of which have some developed programactivities in international research.By targeting participants of the LSAMP program in CUNY and nationally, the reported modelwill allow the United States to benefit from the local CUNY and national networks of over 350colleges and universities that

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juebei Chen, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Women in Engineering

designand improve female students’ learning experience in project-based learning.Keywords: Female engineering students; Functional roles; Project-based learningIntroductionEngineering profession has been regarded as a male-dominant field due to the lowrepresentation of females, whose percentage was reported as 19.2% in U.S. in 2013 [1].In China, although female students accounted for 51.74% amongst all undergraduatesin 2013 [2], the average percentage of female students in the field of engineering wasless than 20% [3]. For example, in the case of Tsinghua University - one of the topuniversities in China, the average acceptance rate of female students was only 19.4%in the field of engineering, with the highest percentage 30.77% in chemical

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shabnam Etemadi Brady, Tennessee State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Tennessee State University; Germysha Emily Little, Tennessee State University; Lydia Davis, Tennessee State University

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Minorities in Engineering

that heavily serve studentsfrom underrepresented groups, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).Because HBCUs were originally created to provide African Americans with access to highereducation, there is an expectation for such institutions to provide a diversity-driven, low-stresscampus climate for STEM students—and perhaps more educational opportunities (e.g., minorityscholarships, fellowships, diverse student organizations, and diverse mentorships).1 Thus,HBCUs have greater potential to support students in higher education pursuing STEM degrees.To assist the nation in broadening participation and improve student success in STEM, a groupof research scholars are collaboratively conducting a research study focused on

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Gerri Cole, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Community Engagement Division

students. Bothprogram components are shown in Figure 1 and are described in detail below.   (a) (b.2) (b.1)Figure 1. “Hispanics in Engineering” Program, (a) EGR 299 S Engineering Outreach studentspreparing hands-on activities, (b) EGR 299 S students building a relationship with K-12 partnerschools, (b.1) Engineering students visiting K-12 schools, and (b.2) K-12 students’ experiencesculminating with the E-Girl event.Service learning courseCollege teaching practices have been evolving to increase the quality of the learning experienceand success of college

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Mark Tufenkjian, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Eva Schiorring, Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges

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First-Year Programs

-Ph.D.-granting Title III, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) ranked 12thnationally in the number of STEM B.S. degrees awarded to Hispanics. Historicallyunderrepresented minority (URM) groups comprise the majority of our ECST first-timefreshman population (56-62% between the years of 2004-2012); however, the demographicspread of those earning degrees is disproportionate to our enrollment (Figure 1), with 6-yeargraduation rate fluctuating between 30 and 40%.The challenges encountered by NURM URM TotalURM groups are usually rooted 80%in the fact that students in these 66.7% 65.9% 70%groups are often low

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Chang, University of Michigan; Spencer Maroukis, University of Michigan; Fanny Adriana Pinto Delgado, University of Michigan; Abdi Zeynu, University of Michigan ; Johanna L. Mathieu, University of Michigan; Siqian Shen, University of Michigan

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Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Ethics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig E. Beal, Bucknell University; James G. Orbison Ph.D., P.E., Bucknell University

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Engineering Ethics

the FAA. The case study includes a discussion of thenear-certainty that software of any significant complexity will contain bugs, and that they aretypically repaired through software patches in subsequent updates.The implementation requires students to read a narrative segment and sidebar information as seenin Figure 1. They then choose the best course of action from a list of possible decisions. Once thestudents select an answer and submit it, they are provided with feedback as to the immediateconsequences of their decision, both in the simulated story as well as for their score for theactivity, as seen in Figure 2. A subsequent narrative and sidebar, specific to their decision, is thendisplayed, along with another set of decisions.There are

Conference Session

ETD Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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Engineering Technology

project presentation at the end of the courseperiod [1-4].In the 2015-2016 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering and Technology Programs published byAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET), Criterion 3(d) states thatstudents must have an ability to function within multi-disciplinary teams; Criterion 4 states thatstudents must be prepared for engineering and technology practice through the curriculum, toinclude a culminating major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired inearlier course work. This design project must incorporate appropriate engineering standards andmultiple realistic constraints. In response to Criteria 3(d) and 4, many institutions haveincorporated one or more team-oriented senior

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian K. Dean, Oakland University; Osamah A. Rawashdeh, Oakland University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

research.Student activities:Once the candidate pool had been narrowed to 10 students and the students arrived at theuniversity, it was important to get them started on their projects quickly. Starting on the projectquickly capitalizes on the students excitement at having been selected and finally arriving at theuniversity. Students begin working on their selected project on Day 3 of the IREECE program.On Day 1 the students are welcomed with a reception in the morning followed by an orientationsession. The reception and orientation session allows students to get to know the faculty mentorsand the other participants in the program. Everyone is given an opportunity to introducethemselves, and the program overview is presented. The orientation provides

Conference Session

Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University Northwest; George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

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Educational Research and Methods

broadlyclassified as falling within some common themes. Some representative examples of retentionapproaches falling within these themes, or within an overlap of these themes are presented in thisoverview. The most commonly occurring themes underlying the implemented retentionstrategies that were encountered were:1) Strategies focused on improving math, specifically calculus, and physics skills of incoming freshman.2) Strategies focused on enhancing the sense of community and support, both academic and social, for incoming freshman students to create a strong identity among students as engineers, and to provide encouragement and support to underrepresented groups.3) Strategies focused on improving the teaching techniques employed in engineering

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Willietta Gibson, Bennett College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

studies to cover the same content. For this work, institutional survey datacollected over two years assessing student impressions of the case study method were evaluatedto determine if the responses vary by institution type. Early data reveals some interestingdemographic trends and possible reasons for the behavior are discussed.IntroductionMany millennial generation students indicate an interest in taking classes that increaseengagement, use technology, and demonstrate relevance for how their class content applies toreal, societal contexts.1 This education research study is a collaborative effort to investigate howto improve STEM laboratory instruction at three different institutions. These institutions areNorth Carolina Agricultural and

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CEED Technical Session: High-Impact Makerspaces, Transitioning from Co-op to School and Service Research

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Leaf, Eastern Washington University; Arin Seth Preston, Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter P.E., Eastern Washington University; Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

years, for a child to master. Two important consequences of this are the financial costs andthe closing “window of opportunity,” as therapy is often most effective in the younger, formativeyears. As an aid in improving ASD therapy, robots have been developed over the past decade,with noted potential for their use as “co-therapists.” However, two major barriers to wideradoption of robots in therapy are the intensive programming requirements of the robots and thelimited “off-the-shelf” programs available to clinicians. This paper describes a pilot project withthe aim of enabling therapists to use the advanced technology of robots by eliminating thesebarriers through (1) the adoption of an intuitive and adaptable programming platform (NAOhumanoid

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3: Spatial Visualization

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Agata K. Dean, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Design Graphics

EngineersIntroductionSpatial visualization is widely recognized as an important skill for engineering students, oftenbeing an indicator to a student’s success in engineering classes and retention in engineeringprograms.1-4, 6 At Colorado School of Mines, efforts have been made over the past several yearsto launch a course designed to improve spatial skills among students who test poorly in this area.The course has evolved significantly over the past four years with major efforts aimed atenrolling first and second year students, providing intense and efficient spatial skill developmentopportunities, and encouraging an understanding of the broader implications of strong spatialskills. This paper describes the evolution and results of these efforts.BackgroundWhile it is

Conference Session

Applied Frameworks

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lori C. Bland, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Anastasia P. Samaras, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

STEM FacultyAbstractChanging teaching strategies in engineering education to become more interactive is important,though difficult. Intentional design of faculty development to engage faculty to make small,incremental changes within the context of a supportive, like-minded community, is important. Inthis paper, we merged two different methods to examine the PIs design decisions, and evaluatethe program’s implementation and outcomes. For the first method, the grant evaluator appliedconjecture mapping,1 a design-based research method, to examine the design and theoreticalconjectures, the mediating processes, and outcomes of implementation of a faculty developmentproject. The high level conjecture was that faculty who participate in a supportive

Conference Session

ETD Accreditation and Assessment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Alberto G. De La Cruz, Savannah State University; Lisa Yount, Savannah State University

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Engineering Technology

ISLOs and ABET SOs in two different platforms are sometimesreparative, time consuming, and might be cumbersome for some faculty members. Therefore,Engineering Technology Department of SSU has been implementing an assessment process thatutilizes only one platform to measure both the ISLOs and ABET SOs. This process has led to thedevelopment of an exemplary format of annual assessment report. The main focus of the paper isto describe how the implementation of the direct assessment takes place in one platform thatserves both SACs and ABET. This paper will also highlight how the assessment culture in thedepartment plays a big role in the continuous improvement of the programs offered.IntroductionAccording to Department of Education [1], student

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

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Women in Engineering

Recognition for Undergraduate Research Mentoring. She was also selected as a 2018 National Science Foundation - NC A & T ADVANCE IT Faculty Scholar. She has received $170,000 to support her teaching, research, and outreach projects. Overall, Dr. Ofori-Boadu’s research work has resulted in 1 book publication, 12 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 5 conference proceedings, 3 manuscripts under conditional acceptance, 4 accepted abstracts, 29 presentations at na- tional conferences, and 27 poster sessions. In 2016, her paper to the Built Environment Project and Asset Management journal was recognized as the 2016 Highly Commended Paper. In 2015, Dr. Ofori-Boadu established her STEM ACTIVATED! program for middle-school

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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Pawan Ramchandra Galande

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

unit, soil and irrigation water analysis laboratory, nursery,earthworm production unit, medicinal and aromatic plant garden, sheep and goat farm, fruitorchard mother block, shade-net, and hydroponic project. The college has departmentallaboratories that are renovated and furnished with state of the art equipment. The college isaccredited by the university through 2018-19 and offers a three-year diploma program, whichadmits 90 students after graduating from high schools. The admissions are based on students’performances in the high school graduation examination, which is a government managed state-wide examination. The main objectives of the diploma program are, 1) to develop competence amongst itsstudents for solving problems related to