Conference Session

Engineering Librarians: Impacting the Past, Present, and Future

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Magid, New York University Abu Dhabi

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Engineering Libraries

, general, or mechanicalengineering 1.As mentioned in the abstract, this paper is organized as if it were a patent, containing claimsand subclaims. As the paper will describe “patenting” an engineering librarian at anAmerican university, the patent will follow the patents issued by the United States Patent andTrademark Office (USPTO). The three types of patents issued by the USPTO are utility,design, and plant. The patent described for this paper is similar to a design patent, as anengineering librarian is not a new job title. More specifically, the paper is organized intoclaims that are essential components of patents issued by the United States. According to theUSPTO, “The claim or claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought

Conference Session

Viewpoints, Perspectives, and Creativity in Civil Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho - Moscow

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Civil Engineering

rating of five implied significantproficiency or expert knowledge of the application. The collective results from theclasses are summarized in Table 1:Table 1: Student Self-Assessment With Regard to Software Proficiency Average Standard Average Standard (2014) Deviation (2015) Deviation Word 4.32 0.53 4.39 0.64 Excel 2.90 1.02 2.98 1.03 Powerpoint 4.03 0.77 3.92 1.06These results indicate that the assumed level of proficiency of these three applicationsvary. The average

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ross Tapia, New Mexico State University; Elizabeth Ann Howard, New Mexico State University; Rolfe Sassenfeld, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

mathematicsco-requisite course to college algebra, in order to reach more students. We have alsoimplemented a mandatory peer mentor led workshop for all students. Peer mentors provide thestudents with an upper classman peer who can provide support inside and outside of theclassroom. In our paper we will continue to discuss specifics regarding the ENGR 100 course,peer mentoring, intervention strategies, and FYE components.Literature ReviewAccording to Kuh (2008)1 freshman year experience programs are highly influential inimproving student success and create positive impact on their pathway to a degree. Keycomponents of successful FYE programs are utilizing learning communities. In addition Kuh(2008) recommends writing intensive curriculums that focus on

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shweta Chopra, Iowa State University; Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Chad M Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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International

Page 26.753.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015International DivisionThree choices of session topics: 1. Global Research Opportunities in Engineering and Engineering-related fields 2. International Research Compliance- Guidelines and Rules of the Game 3. International Collaborations, Experiences, Partnerships, Service Learning Facilitating successful global research among Engineering and Technology scholars: The case study of agricultural supply chain Page 26.753.2 Facilitating successful global research among Engineering and Technology scholars: The case study

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ETAC/ABET Related Issues

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Engineering Technology

Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC). Each commission accreditsprograms in its discipline. Despite harmonization efforts over the last few years, differences inseveral of the criteria do exist. This paper will provide explanations and cite criteria used in theETAC commission.There are a lot of terms and supporting documents used by ABET that need to be defined. Someof the more important ones are listed below. 1) Team Chair (TC). The Team Chair represents ABET and is the central point of contact once a program’s request for evaluation has been accepted. The Team Chair is a highly experienced Program Evaluator who helps the Program Evaluators and program being evaluated. 2) Program Evaluator (PEV). The Program

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Donna Kay Chrislip; Rex Allen Parr; Victoria Alexandra Sauber, Arapahoe Community College

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Two Year College Division

application of the skills they need to becompetitive in the global marketplace. Page 26.168.2The National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) programfunding for the project that initiated this work ended in August of 2011, and follow-through byCIS faculty in continuing the problem-based learning methodology has been inconsistent.IntroductionTwo metro-Denver community colleges participated in the Colorado ATE Partnership (CATEP)in order to advance technician education in the region. This NSF/ATE-funded project (DUE#0802439)1 had a shared vision to develop a model for Information and CommunicationsTechnology (ICT) responsive to

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

ethnic group, were the most certain of choosing engineering or CS as a major (79% were very certain or certain).  Males were also more likely (p=.153) to transfer to ASU than females.The students were asked to rank several areas for which they wanted more information. Theareas in order of rank were: 1. Financing a Bachelor’s degree 2. Learn more about engineering 3. Where engineering jobs are located 4. Know more about the engineering majorsIn Fall 2012, we designed a survey for CC students to answer the question: “What about Page 26.550.4engineering attracts or does not attract you

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith J. Bowman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

the gender diversity of AfricanAmerican engineering BS degrees is shown in Figure 1, which also shows the initialdecline and slight recovery in gender diversity for all engineering BS degrees across thepast nine years. The female fraction of engineering BS degrees had reached its highestlevel in 2002 at 20.9%.6 Page 26.618.3 Figure 1 Female fraction of African American and all US BS engineering degrees.2African American male recipients of engineering BS degrees grew from 2398 in 2005 to2742 in 2013, an increase of approximately 14%.4 In contrast, the number of femaleAfrican American recipients of engineering BS degrees declined 23%, from 1144 in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl P.E., California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Soonmee Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel A Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

contextualizationThe four courses were contextualized in a hypothetical remodeling project of a small, singlefamily residence. This scenario was chosen because it is familiar to students, it is a realisticapplication of class principles, and it lends itself well to integrating material from differentcourses. An overview of the house is shown in Figure 1. Students analyzed two houseremodeling improvements in this project: installation of an air conditioning (AC) unit on theroof, and removal of an exterior wall to open up access to the yard. These two tasks are shown inFigure 2. In what follows, a chronological account is given of the exercises in the class related tothe project.Figure 1: Single family residence used in the remodeling project. Architectural

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelsalam Salem, Text Scope; Mais Nijim, Texas A&M Kingsville

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

board and controlling the frequency of a piezoelectric speaker. This previousresearch was presented in several papers 1. The idea has shown great promise in terms ofengaging students in learning programming.Recently, the technology began to offer the new tablet devices that incorporate the capability ofreading eBooks and run different application ranging from games to sophisticated scientificapplications. The major limitation for these devices to spread out quickly in the markets was tillnow the price. Prices have dropped rapidly due to several factors like the mass production,competition, cloning and fast pace of advances in the hardware and manufacturing technology.These devices are now in the hands of almost all college students and very

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Program (www.stevens.edu/nano) at Stevens. He has been awarded the NSF CAREER award, the ASEE Mechanics Division Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnson Jr. Outstanding New Educator Award, and the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Stevens Alumni Association. Page 26.1213.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Outcomes of a Systems Engineering Project for K-12 TeachersIntroductionPresident Obama’s Educate to Innovate initiative set a goal of preparing 100,000 new andeffective STEM teachers over the next decade.(1) Concurrently, the publication of the NextGeneration

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Green, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

with guidelines concerning theexpectations of their final presentation. Although the national Future City competition includesthe production of a physical model of the city, there was not adequate time to design, simulate,and construct a physical model in our competition so we instead relied on SimCity™ screenshotsand a narrative in a final written report.The design competition culminated with a presentation by each team in the Pecha Kucha style Page 26.1274.5(Figure 1). Presentations were exactly six slides presented in a 3-minute period (30 seconds perslide). Since teams were large, only a subset of team members presented. Teams were givenonly

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Kathleen Louise Nazar; Paul Bonfanti, Villanova University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

) for the 25th to the 75th percentile istypically 1850 to 2100. The breakdown by area of the exam per year is shown as Figure 1.Typically, 95% of the students enrolling ranked in the top 25% of their high schools with the lowof 91% occurring in 2009 and the high of 97% occurring in 2011. Nearly all of the studentsenrolled within the program are considered “traditional,” indicating that they are full-timestudents that enrolled in college immediately after graduating high school2. Page 26.1315.2 750   730   710   690   670   SAT  Score

Conference Session

Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devika Patel, Stanford University; Jonathan Edward Pang, Stanford University; Sarah Salameh, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

sanitation crisisAbstract:According to the WHO, 2.5 billion people lack access to proper sanitation resources.1 Integral tothis alarming statistic is the absence of sanitation technology. Current engineering initiativeshave responded to this challenge with toilet fairs and competitions showcasing cutting-edgetechnologies in the sanitation sector. That is, engineers have often approached this sanitationcrisis as well as other world problems from a technocentric perspective―the philosophy thatconsiders technology as capable of solving human problems.2 Technocentrism speaks to thecurrent outlook of engineering education. We as engineering students are trained to design andbuild technical solutions for world problems. Furthermore, this focus within

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy; Phil Dacunto P.E., United States Military Academy; Emily Arija Ezerins, United States Military Academy; Dalton Jefferson Alexander Combs, United States Military Academy; Jacob Neil Palmer, United States Army

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Environmental Engineering

environmental engineering and conducted an independent study on anaerobic digestion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Nexus of Science and Engineering: Structuring Individual Studies to Inform Senior Design Projects(1) Introduction Engineering can be described as the application of science to identify and solve problems.1An engineering student spends years learning about how the universe works then builds uponthis knowledge constructing a mental framework of engineering principles. Ideally, uponcompletion of an accredited engineering program, the student’s mental framework will be robustand flexible enough to process and respond to any problem within their specialized

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugo Gomez, University of Texas - El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas - El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas - El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas - El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas - El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas - El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas - El Paso

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

peers andgained the knowledge and skills to be applied in future Challenge-It sessions. Learning Blockswere broken down into sections with specific expectations as shown in Figure 1.Figure 1: Learning blocks used to guide camp activitiesThe learning blocks were divided into different categories, subjects and sections. Learn-Itsections were 10-minutes in duration and consisted of brief explanations of the theory,introduction and purpose of the activity, and expectations with facilitators providing fun andengaging presentations using videos and live examples. The emphasis here was to provide asummary of the key terms, topics and strategies without elaborating in regards to specificsolutions or challenges. This gave campers a basis for

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Impact of Curriculum for PreK-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph E. Michaelis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

participants moved closer to fullparticipation in the community of practice over the course of the robotics competition. Bycombining quantitative measurement of interest with longitudinal qualitative analysis ofparticipant interactions, this research contributes to our empirical and theoretical understandingof the emergence, development, and maintenance of interest in after-school settings, withimplications for how to best design such programs in order to broaden participation andengagement in engineering.1.0 IntroductionWithin the last decade the number of out-of-school STEM learning programs available to schoolage youth has drastically increased 1. Many of these programs were developed with the intent toaddress the well-documented need for increased

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Aubrey Wigner, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

engaged in engineer-esque activities, we hopeto further the conversation surrounding educating the engineer of the future.Broadening Engineering PathwaysA more inclusive vision of engineering crossed with making could build future engineeringcapacity as well as raise awareness to the general public of the work and impact such workoffers. Findings from the Center on the Advancement of Engineering Education’s AcademicPathways Study studying undergraduate persistence in engineering and students’ pathways byand through engineering studies, found two groups of students with different motivations forengagement.1 The first seeks financial security, overcoming barriers of foundational math andscience courses to continue, aiming for graduation. The second

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

languages,and communicating with people from marketing and finance will be just as fundamental to thepractice of engineering as physics and calculus”.1 Bordogna similarly asserts that “[d]emands areincreasing for a holistic breed of engineers–graduates with the skill to work across intellectual,social, and cultural boundaries”,2 while Duderstadt has advocated for “fluency across boundaries”and “integration of knowledge across an increasingly broad intellectual span” (p. 45).3A growing body of scholarship adds further weight to such assertions. Studies by Lynn andSalzman, for instance, lead them to conclude that engineers urgently need “cross-boundary skills”to enable working “across disciplinary, organizational, cultural, and time/distance

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina S. Morton, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

their University Innovation Fellows initiative and mentored faculty teamsrepresenting 50 institutions through the Pathways to Innovation program (personalcommunication, VentureWell). While the NSF I-Corps program was specifically created to helpNSF funded scientists and engineers explore opportunities for their innovations beyond the lab, asecondary effect of the program has been the growth of university faculty exposed toentrepreneurship education, Lean Launch, who then incorporate these methods and pedagogiesinto their own classrooms and institutions. Currently, there are 18 research 1 (R-1) universitiesthat are involved in teaching the Lean Launch curriculum to NSF funded engineers and scientistsand 36 I-Corps sites8. The rapid rise

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Janice L. Hall, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

addressing itsproblems of social inequality.1-4 Riley, Slaton, and Pawley5 argue that we have framed theproblem poorly and failed to examine structural forces at work that maintain color lines andgender gaps in engineering. There is a need to look beyond the discipline of engineering (orengineering education) to develop a deeper understanding of these structural forces and effectivestrategies for resisting or dismantling them.On the occasion of ASEE’s meeting in New Orleans, where long term social inequalities wereexacerbated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it seems appropriate to examine the efforts torebuild New Orleans and what it can tell us about engineering and engineering education. Wechose to focus on the case of rebuilding the public

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Page 26.616.2more as a metaphor for conveying students’ experience of disappointment than to insinuatemalicious intent.(i)In K-12 engineering programs, the overwhelming curricular emphasis is on engaging, design-based classroom activities: open-ended, hands-on projects requiring creative synthesis acrossmultiple domains of knowledge on the part of the student.1 In university engineering programs,students confront an educational philosophy that can be characterized as exclusionary and builtupon a “fundamentals first” approach to learning:2 analytically rigorous, rote learning of basicprinciples in math and science (e.g., calculus, chemistry, physics) followed by engineeringsciences (e.g. statics, fluid dynamics) followed by engineering analysis

Conference Session

Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies

through the Lens of LiminalityAbstractThe purpose of this study is to learn about the experiences of postdoctoral scholars (postdocs) inscience and engineering fields. It is guided by the theory of liminality. Forty-two postdocsemployed at a Mid-Atlantic, research-intensive University, participated in individual interviewsto describe their experiences as postdocs at the University. This paper provides answers to thefollowing three research questions: (1) What are the benefits and challenges of science andengineering postdoc positions? (2) What liminal experiences characterize the postdoc position?and (3) What recommendations to improve the postdoc experience emerge from this study?IntroductionThe purpose of this study is to learn about the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

negativity bias. While some of thesetopics may seem alien to teaching and studying engineering, they will be shown later inthe paper to have practical value. OverviewAbout the size of a small head of cauliflower, the human brain (Figure 1) weighs two tofour pounds or roughly three percent of the body’s weight. It is very soft, tan-gray on theoutside, has a surface resembling a walnut, and is yellow white on the inside. The braincontains 100 billion nerve cells, called neurons, which can receive and sendelectrochemical signals stimulated by neurotransmitters6. Figure 1. The human brain. (Source: pixabay)Various parts of the human brain: • Control body processes such as temperature, blood

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Charles T. Armstrong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth J. O'Connor , Ketchum Change; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca L. Dohrman, Maryville University; Colleen Arendt, Fairfield University ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

advancement in engineering disciplines and careers.1 For instance,Scholars studying career decision-making and vocational socialization of women engineers have:(a) drawn attention to the prevalence of masculine tropes in engineering schools’ missionstatements,2 (b) related the dominant disciplinary and occupational stereotypes to women’sdisciplinary and career preferences,3 and (c) explained a woman’s choice to build her career inengineering professions requires negotiating the masculinist cultures that prevail incontemporary organizations involved in educating, training and hiring from the workforce thathas received tertiary engineering education.3,4 Such examples have sought to improve thesocialization and mentoring experiences of women engineers

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

effects of Chernobyl crystallized theimportance to the Germans of protecting one’s own and the significance that energy andenvironmentalism plays in their future and the future of their children.”4 Following theFukushima reactor disaster of 2011, the Energiewende was given even more precedence and apush forward with Chancellor Angela Merkel leading the shut down of 8 of Germany’s 17nuclear reactors (see Figure 1).Figure 1: Nuclear Plant Decommissioning in Germany 2000 – 2020From Energy Transition/Energiewende, Bolle Foundation [5]With this shuttering of nuclear plants, and an overarching goal for “80% of Germany’s electricpower to be generated from renewables by 2050”6, the Energiewende is well underway. In fact,the amount of electricity produced

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Ball, University of California - Santa Cruz; Linnea Kristina Beckett, University of California - Santa Cruz; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California - Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

“teacher-centered” instructional practices alreadyprevalent at the site. In the remainder of this paper we will 1) clarify how the analytic framework forlegitimate peripheral participation developed by Lave and Wenger informs theories of situatedcognition 2) describe the background, context and motivation for the larger research agenda  motivating this work 3) explain the pressing need for the development of new assessmentinstruments and methods that are aligned with situated and participatory perspectives on learningthrough practice 4) explain how Lave and Wenger’s model of learning can also be used as ananalytic frameworks to develop such instruments 5) provide illustrative examples of the kinds ofdata that can be generated with the

Collection

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Rachel Bristol, University of California San Diego; Leah Klement, UC San Diego; Paul Andreas Hadjipieris; Sheena Ghanbari Serslev, University of California San Diego ; Carolyn L Sandoval, University of California, San Diego

had 136 students enrolled. Allstudents attended the same lecture hall in each quarter. There were two students in Fall 2018 andthree students in Winter 2019 quarters who retook the course. This course enrolls sophomores,juniors, and seniors. This is largely a result of the varying requirements of different majorswithin the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UC San Diego. For some majors,there are prerequisites to this course. For majors that do not have a prerequisite, students can takethe course early in their curriculum. Table 1 shows the breakdown of students by gender andyear in the program.Table 1. The number of students and their college year. Quarter Total Female Male 1st year 2nd year

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan S Weedon, Case Western Reserve University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. This is fine. This is fine.” tapping each converted unit with his marker.Figure 1. Bob checking off converted units. Clockwise from Bob: Nico, Pranav, and Steven. The group then started to calculate the numbers. The calculating was the work of Nicoand Steve, primarily. Bob stood awaiting the calculations, standing aside from the whiteboard soNico and Steve could see the equation. Nico and Steve reach different values. After checkinga This is the drag equation and not a formula for determining wind load. The group will soon see their mistake.with Bob, it was revealed that Nico neglected to square a number. Steve’s number, 9.2 lbs. offorce, was determined as the correct value given the equation on the board. The conclusion that

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Computers in Education

tool, seeFigure 2 (b). They will verify that their virtual arm resembles their actual arm in terms of theway it can move. If the virtual arm does not move the way their real one moves then they did notmeasure the D-H parameters correctly. In the camp the students were not able to grasp theprocess of measuring these parameters and relied on the student helpers. Software has since beenadded to the tool to support this actively. Once the parameters are measured correctly thestudents will enter them into the tool and verify their correctness. a b Figure 1: (a) the students build the arm, (b) the student measure the D-H parameter.Next the students will program their virtual