Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

full study includes quantitative and qualitative assessmentsin the form of surveys, focus groups with students, and evaluation of student work (lab reports ororal presentations) for quality and content by two external reviewers. Student learning styles(active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal and sequential/global) were also assessed usingthe Index of Learning Styles Survey (ILSS) by Felder and Solomon. Data was collected at threedifferent institutions: a public, land-grant minority serving institution, a private minority servingliberal arts college for women, and a private, predominantly white liberal arts college. A controlgroup of students experienced a traditional laboratory or seminar and an intervention groupexperienced case

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Work

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leanne Petry, Central State University; Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

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Educational Research and Methods

court provided evidence based data tosupport their conclusions and a means to assess conceptual understanding in this PBL scenario.Student reflection and instructor feedback in addition to the three tiered framework rubricfacilitated assessment of the student cognitive learning process. Additionally, it was observedfor a seven contact hour a week course that students were engaged in the project between 10-12hours/week gaining more practical, hands-on experience in engineering materials and theirmethods of deterioration. As a result of this experiential learning, the students involved in PBLprojects (as compared to semesters in which students did not use PBL) produced better qualitywork as demonstrated through increased time on task, improved

Conference Session

Green and Susainable Manufacturing Practices

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Arturo Olivarez Jr., University of Texas, El Paso; Eric D. Smith, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Manufacturing

(IMSE) Day at The University of Texas at El Paso,with a goal of providing students from El Paso - Cd. Juarez region with opportunities to growand develop engineering and leadership skills. Considering the global use of green engineeringand green manufacturing technologies by industries for minimizing environmental impact andincreased resource utilization, IMSE day 2016 was specifically geared towards introducingstudents to new information age technologies and their application in the fields of greenmanufacturing and engineering. The conducted workshops and seminars are based on the theme“Internet of Things” (IOT) to reflect the interdependent nature of manufacturing processes andthe ability of IOT to improve visibility in manufacturing. The

Conference Session

Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Adam Banks, University at Albany - SUNY

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

16If we add the legacies of violence that persist in engineering education and industry, to thepresent-day illusion of neutrality it becomes clear that the disciplines of engineering providelittle opportunity for practitioners to be reflective about their roles in perpetuating violence. Still,reflective research on the intersections of engineering/liberal education andengineering/sustainability appears to be growing.17 18 This research helps to support a vocalminority seeking alternative forms of engineering education that are not rooted in violence. Uponrecognizing the long-standing role of engineers as “hired guns” for the military-industrialcomplex, these educators and researchers use frameworks of peace19 and critical pedagogy20 topropose

Conference Session

Motivation and Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Denny C. Davis, The Ohio State University; Sarah Winfree, The Ohio State University ; Kaycee Ash, The Ohio State University; Bashirah Ibrahim, Ohio State University; Lin Ding, The Ohio State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Learning. Motivation is a physical or psychological drive to obtain the means tosatisfy one's needs for existence, relatedness, and growth15. People's beliefs about their ability toexercise control over events that affect their lives are major factors in their motivation, affect,and action. People actively influence their motivations based on how they handle their goals andexpectations of achieving them4. Self-efficacy beliefs influence the level of goals they set, thestrength of their commitments to the goals, and their behaviors to achieve the goals. People'sself-efficacy beliefs determine their level of motivation, as reflected in how much effort theyexert in an endeavor and how long they persevere in the face of obstacles. People's beliefs

Conference Session

Flexible Engineering Curricula

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leland Giovannelli, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Itrecommended courses based on their relevance to the practice of global engineering, but itoffered no context within which students had to reflect seriously on global engineering itself.Consequently, students did not connect their coursework to global engineering and to theiridentity as engineers.Besides suffering a lack of focus, the GEC suffered a severe identity crisis, in that students,faculty, and staff repeatedly confused it with the IEC. There was no obvious difference betweenthe terms “International” and “Global.” The contrast was further blurred with the opening of anew Global Engineering Residential Academic Program, since it highlighted the importance ofworld language acquisition by engineers, rather than professional skills for

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Inez Hua, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

structure and home for students while a new program grows to criticalmass and fully develops its courses. Though these early students were officially MDE studentsand met the MDE course requirements (which are slightly different from the current BSEEErequirements), they were taught, advised, and mentored by both EEE and MDE faculty and staff.The first three students entered the MDE/EEE plan of study in Fall 2008, and the first twograduated in December 2010. The program grew significantly to almost 50 students by Fall2012. Early in the planning process, the name of the proposed program was chosen to be“Environmental and Ecological Engineering,” rather than a more traditional “EnvironmentalEngineering.” The name reflects unique aspects of the

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics in Teams and Communities

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Torres, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Megan Kenny Feister, California State University, Channel Islands; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Danielle Corple, Purdue University; Katharine E. Miller, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

, perspective-taking, getting feedback, or prototyping). Category 3: User as Human-centered design is a linear design process where users and other Information Source Input stakeholders are viewed primarily as sources of information, assistance, to Linear Process and/or support, not those whose needs should be reflected in design. Human-centered design is keeping the users’ needs and how design will be used in mind while designing. This approach involves gathering Category 4: Keeping the information about the users primarily from higher level stakeholders or Users’ Needs in Mind experts versus the users directly. Integrating that

Conference Session

Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University; Pryce Davis, University of Nottingham; Reed Stevens, Northwestern University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

interviews with some of these earlycareer engineers as they participate in and reflect upon product design, process testing, datapresentation, and workflow planning. Our objective is to show how engineers conceptualize theusers of their products and take them into account during the design process. Our analysisfollows these engineers as they produce documents, drawings and presentations and highlightsthe role of more senior engineers who provide feedback and corrections to help the newengineers understand who the user of the product will be, what the user expects from the product,and how the company would like the user to behave.FindingsWe found that engineers anticipate the user of the products and systems they design and thatlearning about the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Steve Robert Harrison, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech; R Benjamin Knapp, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology; Luke F Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Annie Yong Patrick; Matthew Wisnioski, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

she also serves as co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC) and CATALYST Fellow at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Steve Robert Harrison, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech Steve Harrison is the Director of the Human-Centered Design Program at Virginia Tech, an associate professor of practice in Computer Science

Conference Session

Graduate Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

. Expectancy-value theory (EVT)suggests that achievement-related decisions reflect individuals’ expectations of success orcompetence beliefs related to a particular task, and the subjective task value they associate with agiven option17, 18, 19. These beliefs and values are shaped by individuals’ personal identities, pastexperiences, the social context in which they are embedded, and their interactions with a givenset of cultural norms18, 19. Eccles and colleagues identify four types of subjective task value:  Interest-enjoyment value: the extent to which an individual anticipates enjoying an activity. This type of value is likely to be integrated into an individuals’ self-concept.  Attainment-achievement value: how a choice aligns with

Conference Session

Writing and Communication

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Simson, University of New Haven; Judy Randi Ed.D., University of New Haven; Amanda Lynn Becker, University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

writinginstructor present. The techniques were evaluated primarily by student reflection at the end of thesemester. Additionally, student writing assignments were evaluated to determine students’performance on selected writing tasks. Table 1 describes the writing tasks assigned throughoutthe course.Table 1: Assignments given in the Fall 2016 course Laboratory Module Assignments (all technical memos) Temperature Sensing Experiment Individually written Technical Memo (1 week turn around) Individually written revision (1 week turn around) Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Group-written Planning Report (1 week turn around) and

Conference Session

Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan, Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute; Joanna Ruth Sessford, The Sino-British College, USST; Longfei An, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Yan Ge, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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Engineering Ethics

actions of engineers and the technologies for which they are responsible,giving priority to public safety in normative endeavors to define right and wrong within the fieldof engineering.These tendencies are reflected in the emphases of various engineering ethical codes, where avariety of ideals and rules for action are outlined, aimed at and applying to the individualengineer.2,3,4,5,6,7 This orientation could be described as “micro-ethics,” aimed at fostering thecapacities of individual engineers to engage in ethical reflection, decision-making, and action. Inrecent years, the focus of engineering ethics has expanded, encompassing the responsibilities ofprofessional and social organizations, “macro-ethics.”8,9 This shift has raised and

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Oral Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reis, Louisiana Tech University; Katie A. Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Dexter Cahoy, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

, group C was assigned paper homework and group D wasassigned WeBWorK.On the day of the quiz, homework was collected at the start of the class period. To ensure thatquiz score would reflect the student’s understanding gained from the homework, both instructorsrefrained from answering any questions prior to and during the short 10-20 minute quiz(instructors could clarify problem statements but refrained from giving hints during the quiz).The quizzes were graded by a common third-party (neither instructor) grader under a specificcommon rubric. The grader had no previous knowledge of which test groups students belongedto during the grading of the quizzes. To verify the effects of either homework format on quizgrades, any quiz grades belonging to

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island; Anett Geithner, University of Rhode Island; DAAD; Eric Kaldor, University of Rhode Island; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

directors through the spring/summer “internship course” whichallowed them to critically reflect on the experience while they were in it by writing reports,producing videos or engaging in interactive peer-to-peer assignments in the target language -- allof these components of curricular design and faculty intervention during the students’ year abroadmake out the background and most likely key to the success behind the seniors’ high interculturalgains and later on also career success10.An additional key element that may have played a role in the students’ high GPI scores is thesequence of a voluntary faculty-led short-term trip abroad prefacing their year-long independentsojourn. The short-term tour plays a significant role in engineering student

Conference Session

Teams, Capstone Courses, and Project Based-Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John S Gero, UNCC; Ting Song, South Puget Sound Community College

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering educators to develop teaching models andactivities to promote using problem decomposition and recomposition in engineering educationon the basis that professional engineers use more decomposition/recomposition that studentscurrently do.AcknowledgementsThis material is based partially upon work supported by Utah State University during Dr Song’sPhD candidature. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of that institution. Partof this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Grant No.EEC- 1463873. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the

Conference Session

CoED: Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osman Yasar, State University of New York, Brockport; Jose Maliekal, The College at Brockport, State University of New York; Peter Veronesi, The College at Brockport - SUNY; Leigh J Little, SUNY Brockport

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Computers in Education

underlyingstructure. This duality of basic computation manifests itself in other higher level processes aswe discuss it later.Another cause may be the control and use of electronic devices by biological computingagents. Our use of an electronic device can certainly reflect the way we use our ownbiological computing device (i.e., our mind). Their utilization, however, depends on how weuse them. So far, we have used electronic devices in various ways, including programming(text-based and visual), office work, communication, visual arts, video games, virtual reality,modeling and simulations. These range from easy tasks (e.g., automation of repetitive andvoluminous work) to complex tasks (e.g., solving systems of differential equations for whichthere is no

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd W. Polk, University of Texas, Dallas; Margaret Garnett Smallwood, University of Texas, Dallas; Jeanne Sluder; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas, Dallas; Joe Pacheco Jr., University of Texas, Dallas

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

peerreviews and periodic reflections on team dynamics. Interestingly, Giurintano, et al. [8], found aneed to focus on teamwork and leadership coaching after observing a lack of effective teamworkamong interdisciplinary teams. They adopted an approach similar to that discussed here withseveral capstone lectures devoted to teamwork and related topics. They also providedspecialized training to interdisciplinary teams. However, an important difference from ourapproach is that their capstone instructors developed and provided the training. The authorsreported that 70% of students surveyed felt that the material was valuable and only 6% said thatit had no value to them. This outcome supports the validity of our approach.MethodologyOur university is

Conference Session

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Jennifer Branstad, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

factors whendesigning programs for students. Additionally, researchers should reflect on these factors whenevaluating the effect of programs or institutions on student outcomes.Organizational Knowledge TransferManagement literature on organizational knowledge transfer emphasizes ways in whichknowledge is shared across organizational boundaries and between organizational units toenhance performance and innovation2. Organizational knowledge transfer is “the process throughwhich organizational actors—teams, units, or organizations—exchange, receive and areinfluenced by the experience and knowledge of others”2 (p. 832). Knowledge type, andorganizational and social characteristics affect how knowledge transfer works. Tacit, specific,and complex

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

-coding Learning Prior coursework and grades in Math, Physics, Chemistry, as well as specialized topics like Statistics, Drafting, Manufacturing…Team experiences Whether the student has been asked to work in a team, of what size and nature and how they perceive that experience. Student outcomes include robust data set in the form of exams, in-class assignments andhomework. This study is focusing on Computational Thinking aspects of this class, thus allreported grades are filtered to assignments that reflect CT and/or CS topics, unless otherwisestated. An example of topics omitted include questions about the general engineering designprocess

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swaroop Joshi, The Ohio State University; Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

public university in theMidwestern United States, participated in this study. 24 of them answered a post-activity ques-tionnaire which reflected, among other things, the demographic information. The respondentsconsisted of 83% CS majors and 17% non-majors. Three-fourths of the respondents were males.About 46% of them identified as Caucasians and an equal number were Asians, while 4% of therespondents were African-Americans and 8% Hispanics.3.2 ProceduresThe students of the course were given two assignments in the form of online-discussions on the twotools: (1) Piazza (http://piazza.com), a popular online-discussion forum used in thousandsof courses across the world, including CSE courses at this university, and (2) CONSIDER, the webapp we

Conference Session

Makers, Making, and the Maker Movement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Marjorie B. Bequette, Science Museum of Minnesota; Lauren Causey, Science Museum of Minnesota

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

community, and can often lead the establishment of new and shiftedcommunity boundaries. They can provide opportunities for shared discussion and reflection bydifferent communities, as well as an initial platform for exploring the development of new,shared understandings and practices by different communities. Therefore, based on the theoriesand prior work described above and building on established relationships with communitypartners, the Making Connections project began a process to better understand the types ofculturally-embedded making familiar to community partners, engage in extended dialog withcommunity partners and collaborators about specific making activities and practices, and thenweave the funds of knowledge shared by community

Conference Session

Strategies for Effective Education in Manufacturing

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huseyin Sarper, Old Dominion University; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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Manufacturing

. Students reflections and informal interviews show that thestudents are satisfied with the experience and that they highly value gained insights and skills.IntroductionExperiential learning1-3 is a well recognized part of Kolb’s experiential learning cycle/spiral4-6 thatis used as a powerfull pedagogical strategy in many engineering programs. Creating products isthe essense of manufacturing, thus the product realization-based learning seems a natural modelfor learning manufacturing engineering7. Project-based learning (PBL) pedagogy is well acceptedin education8, 9. It is also emphasized as one of the high priority education methods/pedagogiesrequired in manufacturing engineering education10. PBL pedagogy is successfully implementedin a

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; James Deverell Watkins; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

for students,makerspaces encourage experiential and situated learning experiences through communities ofpractice. Experiential learning is not merely a technique that can be utilized to provide studentswith an experience from which they can learn, but a philosophy of education (Dewey, 1986; A.Y. Kolb & Kolb, 2005). This experiential learning philosophy is characterized by several tenets:learning is (1) a process not an outcome, (2) relearning, (3) resolving conflicts, (4) holisticallyadapting to the world, (5) interacting with the environments, and (6) creating knowledge (Kolb1984). This perspective is built on the notion that knowledge is created from reflecting upon atransformative experience, exemplified through the processes of the

Conference Session

New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

approximately the same, and the perception ofhighly disparate regulatory effects may be caused by more heavily publicized risks.” (Morrall2011: 452) Other studies have suggested that “the regulatory principles may not befundamentally irreconcilable. Instead, the ways they are implemented may be a major cause ofregulatory divergence.” (emphasis added) (Fung 2014: 452) We began with a mental model of the differences between the U.S. and the EU thatassumed divergence based on differences in history and culture, as depicted in figure 1 below.After we conducted detailed analysis of the evolution of attitudes toward technology-based riskand the way those attitudes are reflected in regulatory and educational systems, we modified themodel as depicted in

Conference Session

Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig M. Shillaber, Northeastern University; Joseph E Dove P.E., Virginia Tech; James K. Mitchell, Virginia Tech; Cristopher D. Moen; Victoria A Mouras P.E., Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

development and design skills.To address the goals of this study, the survey used in the GT study16 was modified to includequestions related to perceptions of Engineering Mechanics in addition to SustainableDevelopment and Sustainable Design. The Engineering Mechanics questions serve as a point ofreference to which questions related to Sustainable Development and Sustainable Design can becompared. The survey asked students to rate how important they felt certain engineering skillsand abilities in all three areas are, and how confident they are in their abilities to exercise thoseskills on a 7-point scale. Students were also asked to rate their interest in a variety ofsustainability topics and reflect on the source of their sustainability knowledge

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1: Programs, Pedagogies, and Practices

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ulises Daniel Techera, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christy Bozic, University of Colorado, Boulder; Seth Murray, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

greatly contributed to the globalizationof markets, education, and societies which give place to a massive flow of information and therapid creation of new knowledge. This generates new careers and occupations that requirecontinuous learning and specialization (Candy, Creber, & O'leary, 1994).Several researchers agree that engagement, interaction, reflection, analysis, and discussion fosterautonomous learning (Barr & Tagg, 1995; Little, 1996; Weimer, 2002). Kuh et al. (2009) defineengagement in education as the individual effort to participate in educational activities inside oroutside the classroom. The level of engagement of a student will depend on two main factors: (1)the time and energy invested by the student participating in

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

thathelped engineering transfer students’ make the adjustment to their new receiving institutions; and(2) to increase awareness of opportunities to enhance transfer receptivity at four-year institutionsfor transfer students in engineering programs. More specifically, we explore the followingresearch questions:RQ1: When engineering transfer students are asked to reflect on their transitions to their receiving institutions, what themes emerge regarding: a. Factors that helped them adjust to the receiving institution? b. How the sending institution could have enhanced their success or eased their transition? c. How the receiving institution could have enhanced their success or eased their transition?RQ2: What

Conference Session

Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Huq, Colorado State University; Wenlong Xu, Colorado State University; Sanli Movafaghi, Colorado State University; Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University

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Student

increase in class size from the Fall 2016 semester compared to the Fallsemesters of the three previous years (from an average of ~93 to 196 students). Theobserved decrease in progression may reflect the increase in class size.Then, we looked at the effects of grades on students’ progression. Firstly, we tested thestatistical significances of the differences in the grade distributions of progressed andnon-progressed students using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. The corresponding p-valuesare shown in Table 1. We found that the two distributions are statistically significantlydifferent except for MECH in Fall 2016 and CBE in Fall 2014. This finding preliminarilyshows the significant effects of grades achieved for a student’s decision on progression.We

Conference Session

Pre-College: Organizing Instruction Around a Theme

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Monty, University of Akron; Alvaro A. Rodriguez, University of Akron; Zach Griffith

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

have begun applying constructivist project-basedlearning and higher ordered thinking into their classrooms. Higher order thinking can be definedas a complex mode of thinking often resulting in multiple solutions. According toResnick,“higher order thinking involves uncertainty, application of multiple criteria, reflection,and self-regulation (Resnick, 1987).” In broader terms, higher order thinking can be classifiedusing Bloom’s taxonomy, overlapping with levels above comprehension (Bloom, 1956). Whilesimple recall of information is an example of lower order cognitive thinking skills, higher orderthinking skills involve analysis, evaluation, and synthesis (Zohar, 2003). Therefore, an essentialgoal of STEM education is to develop these higher