Conference Session

Case Studies and Programs to Improve Graduate Students' Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Srinath Sibi, Stanford University; Matthew T. Ikeler; Leigh Hagestad, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

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Graduate Studies

is well documented in the consideration of car design 1. Thepractice-oriented, popular literature gives considerable attention to how to motivate teamsto build the safest cars, yet recent academic research suggests a somewhat different angle,focusing instead on influencing emotional responses during the driving experience10.While many discussions and narratives of autonomous driving fantasize about a fully-autonomous experience (one that is likely decades away), the driver’s experience usingcurrent features of vehicle automation has received little attention. Most of the existingwork considers specific technology, or defines emotion as a connection to humanperformance, safety and efficiency. Discussion often considers the benefits

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

create.OVERVIEWVideos have been selected to cover various aspects of the design process. This material isusually NOT the same as the textbook would have covered, rather it is a differentperspective. The goal was to find videos that are likely to give students background on apart of the design process and initiate classroom discussion. This section will give a shortoverview of each section of videos, with a very short description of why the video wasselected.Introduction to Design and Problem Definition Video 1: An introduction to David Kelley and IDEO, an Innovative Design Company. This video provides a bit of introduction to design thinking, to IDEO, and to some of the first projects IDEO worked on. Of particular interest for discussion is David

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Avi Kaplan, Temple University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engineering and Science (writing.engr.psu.edu), which receives more than 1 million page downloads each year.Ms. Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network Christine Haas brings ten years of experience working in marketing and communications with a focus on the science and engineering fields. She’s held positions as the director of marketing for Drexel’s College of Engineering and director of operations for Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Engineering. Now, as CEO of Christine Haas Consulting, LLC, Christine travels around the world teaching courses to scientists and engineers on presentations and technical writing. She has taught clients across gov- ernment, industry and higher education, including Texas Instruments

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Brian Limbrick, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

the seminar are freely available.Flow Free Background Flow Free is a puzzle game that runs on Android/iOS platforms. The game board is composedof a grid and colored dots, and the user has to connect the same colored dots together withoutoverlapping other lines, and using up ALL the free spaces in the board. This problem (shown inFigure 1) is similar to classic puzzles that involve connecting similar dots.1, 2 The problem also has relevance in the field of integrated circuit design. One of the designchallenges of building integrated circuits is connecting the components together. Researchers arecontinuously trying to find ways to connect modern devices in a given space with wires. The lengthof the wire must be minimized to reduce power

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahdi Malmali, University of Minnesota; Kevin Wagner, University of Minnesota; Michael H. Reese, University of Minnesota - West Central Research and Outreach Center; Edward L. Cussler, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Alon V. McCormick, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Chemical Engineering

instructors.IntroductionThis poster will present lessons learned, practices recommended, and objectives achievedwhen assigning a new pilot team project in our Senior ChE Product Design course. Thefeatures of this particular pilot project that may be of interest to the ChE educationcommunity include: • the use of process design skills (acquired by students in the preceding ChE Process Design course), now put toward a product design effort • a sustainability focus, where the product is a system that allows small-scale, distributed - possibly even portable - ammonia production systems to capture stranded zero-carbon renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, etc.) 1 • the use of the product design approach and stage-gate decisions (where the

Conference Session

PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Doyle, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

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Civil Engineering

instruction forengineering faculty at Santa Clara University, with over 70% of STEM faculty self-reportinglecturing “most” or “all” of the time.1 A recent meta-analysis by Freeman, et.al.2 of over 225studies in STEM education, indicates that students in STEM courses taught with extensivelecturing are 1.5 times more likely to fail, earn a D, or withdraw from the course than studentstaught with active-learning methods in the same STEM course subject. To facilitate other SCUfaculty in adopting more active approaches in the statics course, the authors developed active-learning modules for specific statics course content with the intent to document the modules’effectiveness in improving student performance, material retention and engagement. This workwas

Conference Session

Issues in Academic Integrity and the Value of Portfolios, Case Studies, and Supportive Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University

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Graduate Studies

years on the faculty at the US Military Academy at West Point teaching civil engineering. He is a Fellow of ASCE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Imperative Issues and Elusive Solutions in Academic Integrity: A Case StudyAbstractThis research investigates the issue of academic integrity, specifically plagiarism, as it relates toand affects graduate engineering students. The scope of this project included a comprehensivereview of relevant literature and case study analysis in a large enrollment, multi-instructor, 1-credit course entitled Career Management for Engineers. This is a required course for graduateengineering students who desire to participate

Conference Session

The Intersection of Higher Ed and Industry

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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Continuing Professional Development

project teams in successful completion of projects  Have strong organizational and management skillsThe Project Management Institute defines project management as “the application of knowledge,skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements9”. To do so, projectmanagers need to be proficient in managing the various project stages 10: 1) Initiating 2) Planning 3) Executing 4) Monitoring/Controlling 5) Close-outSeveral institutions nationwide provide certification programs in project management. Table 1provides examples of such programs offered by Texas A&M University, University of CentralFlorida, and University of Maryland. Almost all university offering such a certificate programhave 1-2

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Fernandez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Doyle, Florida International University; Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hank Boone, University of Nevada - Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada - Reno; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

qualityof quantitative demography. In this paper, we present best practices for asking demographicquestions, and offer suggestions to deal with the tension of concise as well as precise questions.Part 1: Why to ask and how to frameWhile the external message of engineering claims that all people can be engineers, the culture ofengineering is such that students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in engineeringprograms often feel relegated to only peripheral participation in engineering12. Students whohave differently-identified gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status,backgrounds, or attitudes may not feel that they can fully participate in engineering communitiesof practice when they see only normative (i.e

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs and Labs in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

, instructional session, to a month-long or semester-long,immersive experience. Projects included developing a simple fitness game to innovating a self-contained, commercial-quality, automated system.The paper and presentation will provide details about each of these varied approaches and sharepluses and minuses of each. Information about how others can make use of this technology atlow or no cost will also be shared.BackgroundThere is an insufficient number of youth pursuing STEM subjects, resulting in a large gap ofqualified workers for STEM jobs. [1] Increasing access to hands-on learning to spark STEMinterest and bridge the STEM attraction gap is a recommended strategy. [2] Numerousapproaches have been taken by academic institutions to spark STEM

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Classroom and Online Innovations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominik May, TU Dortmund University; Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University; Tobias R. Ortelt, TU Dortmund University; A. Erman Tekkaya, TU Dortmund University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

in this context is not only to improve the level of usability of thislearning experience but also to open up the integration of laboratory learning to totally newlearning settings.The remote lab’s integration into new educational settings is accompanied by a new demandfor formative evaluation in order to assess and improve the setting as a whole. Therefore,after a short literature review this paper will focus on four different aspects: 1. The developed remote laboratory equipment 2. The course content and how laboratory experiments connect with engineering practice 3. The assessment tools used in evaluating the success of the remote laboratory 4. The results of the student evaluations from an online course given in 2015Developing

Collection

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Heather Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

proposed in this paper, a side by side comparison was conductedbetween students who had experienced the active learning classroom versus students coveringthe same course content with a lecture-based style. Students from the active learning classroomsachieved A’s in their subsequent computer science course 1.5-2.5 times more often than studentsfrom the traditional lecture-based classroom.1 IntroductionComputer Science skills are of great importance in today’s workforce. The majority of jobstoday require some level of interaction with a computer. Given that computer science skills areso important, it is vital that we prepare the next generation in the best way possible. The firstyear of exposure to computer science is critical and an improper

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs & Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University; David Luke Loomis, West Virginia University; Kelly Leigh Watts, RESA 3; Sera Mathew, West Virginia University; Michael Theodore Carte, George Washington High School

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Project TESAL. Participants particularlyvalued being active participants in learning, opportunities for collaborating with peers andoutside experts around the work of teaching, focusing on subject matter content acrossmathematics and science and students’ learning of that content, and the sustained ongoing natureof Project TESAL where the work teachers did in professional development was fully relevant totheir work as classroom teachers. These strengths align directly with best practices forprofessional development and for overcoming the challenges of professional developmentspecifically on math-science integration and engineering design instruction.IntroductionRising Above the Gathering Storm 1 identified the need to “encourage more US citizens

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

has several apparent benefits: From a student perspective, the summer course allows one to get ahead on degree requirements, freeing up time in the academic year to pursue a minor, dual major, concentration, semester abroad, etc. From a faculty perspective, increasing enrollment has in recent years placed a strain on resources, which is eased when some students take a course during the summer instead of during the academic year. 1 From an administrative perspective, offering the summer course is both a service to students and a modest source of tuition revenue.However, this practice also raised a concern. In the typical ChE

Conference Session

Out-of-school-time Engineering: Implications for Underrepresented Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Kyle, Columbia University; Rachel Lauré Sattler, Columbia University, Biomedical Engineering Department; Hanzhi T. Zhao, Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Christine Kovich, HYPOTHEkids

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

occupations: African Americans make up less than 5% ofscientists and engineers, and Hispanics 6% [1]. We are particularly interested in the lack of pre-college engineering and design emphasis inSTEM education. Currently, there is an engineering renaissance across the country that iscapturing the imagination of young innovators. This interest includes coding, hardware andsoftware hackathons, and the bourgeoning “Maker” movement. The Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS), which are increasingly becoming part of K-12 curricula, emphasizesengineering and design principles. The NAE and NRC Center for Education established theCommittee on K-12 Engineering Education. This committee stresses that STEM educationshould include engineering design training

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Frommer, US Coast Guard Academy; Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

and after the adjustments, but again, minor changes were required to make it fullyoperational. The presuppositions that went into the design and implementation were insufficientto achieve functionality. There is some recognition of this problem in the literature on engineering laboratories.Feisel and Rosa [1] point out the lack of consensus on what constitutes proper laboratoryinstruction and the overall lack of consensus on what constitutes an appropriate laboratoryexperience. They decry the dearth of literature on learning objectives associated withinstructional engineering laboratories. In any earlier paper, Ernst [2] proposed as objectives thatstudents “should learn how to be an experimenter”, that the lab “be a place for the

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

based on the needs of various open positions. Engineering leadership programs,created to address industry identified non-technical skill deficits, should produce students withbehavioral indicators that meet the non-technical competencies for entry-level employment. Byunderstanding from the recruiters’ perspective, the behavioral indicators relevant for engineeringleaders, engineering leadership development programs can better prepare and evaluate studentscompleting their programs. The purpose of this study is to explore recruiters’ perspectives of which engineeringleadership behaviors are important for students to communicate during the on-campus recruitingprocess. The research questions for this study are: 1. What activities during

Conference Session

Hands-on Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

instructors.Active distance learning environments typically capitalize on high-speed Internet connectionsusing televised lectures and demonstrations via satellite connections, video streaming, orconferencing applications. Typical streaming, collaboration, and conferencing applicationsinclude Adobe Connect Pro, MSN Messenger, Yugma, iPod/iPad, Google Chat, Skype,Facebook, YouTube, and others are typically utilized in the on-line teaching environment4.Couse Delivery Methodologies 1. Synchronous/real-time lectures Planning, designing, and implementing active learning in a distance education environment is similar to those activities for traditional classes except that planning for courses without face- to-face contact makes the design process particularly

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Peter Rogers; Clinton Martin

activities including: problem solving sessionsand computer-based activities with commonly-used software (MS Excel, Bridge Designer, andSkyCiv). The majority of these activities are performed in groups of three which provides acollaborative environment for students to share ideas and pose questions to other students thatrequire critical thinking.Construction Cost Estimating is also required for both construction management andconstruction engineering students. Traditionally, the course meets for 2 hours of lecture and 2hours of laboratory time with lecture time devoted to covering topics related to the laboratoryinstruction. Under the blended course format this changed. Approximately 1 hour of lecture timewas placed online. The students were asked to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Charles Algeo Wilson IV, Louisiana State University; Laura Ikuma, Louisiana State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

LSU, the goal is to improve theoverall 2nd-3rd year retention and ultimately improve the cumulative 6th year graduation rate by2-3% per year so that it approaches the current university average for all entering freshmen(59%). Building upon the lessons learned from the first STEP grant, these goals will beaccomplished through the following actions: 1) development and implementation of a pre-engineering learning community at BRCC; 2) integration of Supplemental Instruction/academicsupport in core STEM/Engineering courses at both institutions; 3) provide the environment andtraining necessary to develop mentoring relationships between students (particularly transferstudents entering LSU); 4) provide opportunities for faculty development and

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Faculty Perspectives and Training

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University; Fethiye Ozis, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

tocommission the development of a seminar to help prepare these new faculty for a heavy teachingload. The seminar was intended to meet the following criteria: 1) be of short duration, 2) bebased on methods supported by research, focusing on 'best practices in engineering education',and 3) be suitable for new faculty, graduate assistants and part-time faculty.The authors (holding both engineering and education degrees) received an internal grant andcollaborated with instructional designers from the university's E-learning center to develop andfacilitate the training. The purpose of this seminar is to promote the best practices, to guidefaculty and teaching assistants new to teaching in the engineering fields, to advance theirconfidence and satisfaction

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamer Omar, East Carolina University; Sirena A. Hardy, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

organizations to determine if implementing a big data solution will bringvalue to their organization. There are three key areas involved with a big data infrastructurewhich includes data acquisition, data organization, and data analysis.Mobile service providers (MSPs) are particularly faced with big data issues because of theproliferation of wireless devices and mobile applications. Most of these devices access theInternet using cellular networks. Cellular networks are becoming the primary method foraccessing the Internet 1. MSPs must contend with the challenge of managing and planning theirnetwork resources to address the continuous increase in traffic demands. Due to the increasedtraffic from mobile applications, MSPs are generating huge amounts of

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies for Integrating Sustainability

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Jeffery M Plumblee II, Clemson University; Dylan Bargar, Clemson University; Penelope Walters Brunner, Clemson University; Karen A High, Clemson University; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Amy E. Landis, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

GCS program components, including 1) hands-onproject/research experience, 2) interdisciplinary curriculum, 3) entrepreneurship, 4) globaldimension, and 5) service-learning. The authors discuss potential applications of the rubric toevaluate course-level outcomes, including student projects from an interdisciplinary courseentitled “Creatively Applying Science for Sustainability.” In the course, students work to addressa societal Grand Challenge in a semester-long project and in interdisciplinary student projectsthat tackle Grand Challenges on an international scale. This rubric fills a literature gap inassessing 21st century global engineering skills by measuring capabilities based on five key NAEGCS program components and provides a mechanism

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University - Calumet; Keyuan Jiang, Purdue University - Calumet; Vivek Singh Rajput

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Computing & Information Technology

host and across different hostsusing container-based virtualization technology. Afterward, we will evaluate and compare theperformance of such implementation with a cluster built on physical machine.1 IntroductionThe practical exercises included in laboratory-based course play an important role in engineeringand science educations. Many academic institutes developed the laboratory-based courses to helpstudents to accelerate their learning in different types of laboratories such as real, simulation, oronline [1]. Especially in Information Technology education, hands-on exercises through thelaboratory became an essential component of the course because it provides students with anopportunity to learn and observe how to apply the concepts

Conference Session

Computer-Based Games and Animations in Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Cain, Washington State University; Matthew E Taylor, Washington State University; Anne Anderson, Washington State University

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Computers in Education

American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work In Progress – Content Independent Classroom Gamification Chris Cain1, Anne Anderson2, and Matthew E. Taylor1 1 School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University 2 School of Design and Construction, Washington State UniversityAbstract This paper introduces Topic-INdependent Gamification Learning Environment (TINGLE), aframework designed to increase student motivation and engagement in the classroom through theuse of a game played outside the classroom. A 131-person study was implemented in aconstruction management course. Game statistics and survey responses were recorded to estimatethe effect

Conference Session

Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Justin L Hess, IUPUI, Indianapolis

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Engineering Ethics

to argue for the relevance of thisunique, novel, and effective case for increasing engineering students’ ethical reasoning abilities,particularly broadening their awareness of the scope of stakeholders impacted by engineeringdecisions and their ability to empathize with those stakeholders.Keywords: Engineering ethics; Ethical reasoning; Case study; Deepwater Horizon; ReflexivePrinciplism 1IntroductionThe April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico was a tragedythat led to the loss of 11 human lives. In 2015 the explosion continues to impact those 11individual’s families;1 it continues to have a far-reaching

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Ira Jerome Hill, University of Florida; Philip Jackson, University of Florida

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

participating, impactof each specific demonstration, responses by student gender, and responses by studentreported ethnic background; in order to evaluate the impact of demonstration inclusionacross multiple audiences.College Instructed Service CoursesThe engineering faculty behind the courses in this study all have traditional MechanicalEngineering undergraduate and doctoral degrees, but their home department and researchinterests are within the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education, which is part ofthe Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, at the University of Florida. This studyexamines the impact of demonstrations within three courses: 1) Computer Programmingfor Engineers Lab (MATLAB and C++), 2) Circuits, and 3) Dynamics. The

Conference Session

Capstone Design in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, Erebus Labs; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

,whileSTEMandeducationfacultyteachcollegiatelevelcontentcoursesbothfacultiescouldbenefitfromrichercollaborationandcoordination.HowcanfutureK16+educatorsdevelopapipelineofSTEMmajorsandgraduateswithoutpartnershipsbetweenthefaculties?Weproposeacapstone model in which teams report to a multi-disciplinary advisory panel rather than a singleSTEM advisor. This paper highlights how a single Electrical and Computer Engineering and ComputerScience (ECECS) capstone project can 1) be influenced by a societal need, 2) develop soft skills of acapstone team, and 3) create lasting mutually beneficial partnerships between academic faculties andexternal partners.Purpose/Problem/Gap Learning, development and concept synthesis can take many paths – natural learning progressionsoften being though the manipulation and unguided interactions with our environment. Consider a childapproaching

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan C. Hilpert, Georgia Southern University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Glenda Simonton Stump, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. The items aredesigned to be administered online. The instrument was developed and tested over the course ofthree data collections (N = 1365) in post-secondary energy science engineering courses.Reliability and validity evidence as well key findings from analysis of student responses to theinstrument are summarized. This material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation under Grant No. 1245018. IntroductionStudent engagement in classroom learning is an important construct in post-secondary STEMeducation research, particularly in the field of engineering education [1]. Research situatesstudent engagement an essential cognitive, behavioral, and affective components of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; John Reutter III, J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College; Craig J. Kief, COSMIAC at UNM; Bassam H Matar, Chandler Gilbert Community College; David M. Hata, TEMPlaTe Educational Consulting

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

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 inhardware description languages and programmable logic design. Although most traditionalelectrical and computer engineering programs have updated their curriculum to include topics inhardware description language and programmable logic design (FPGA/CPLD), only 19.5 % of 4-year and 16.5 % of 2-year electrical and computer engineering technology programs at USacademic institutions currently have a curriculum component in hardware description languageand programmable logic design [2].To effectively meet the next