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Novel Teaching Methods in a Multidisciplinary Context

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Troy J. Vogel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Princess Imoukhuede, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Assessing teaming skills and major identity through collaborative sophomore design projects across disciplinesAbstractCollaboration and student projects than span multiple departments are often seen as too difficultto pursue due to administrative, topical, or other logistics related barriers. This projectdemonstrates an approach at introducing true interdisciplinary design projects within asophomore level materials and energy balances courses in both Bioengineering and ChemicalEngineering programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Engineering curriculahave been focused on integrating design in the freshman and senior years but often fail tointegrate projects into the sophomore and junior year courses. The study

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Wong, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. In this role he has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education, semiconductor device characterization, design and simulation, signal integrity and THz sensors. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE. Page 26.1480.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Teaching MATLAB and C Programming in First Year Electrical Engineering Courses Using a Data Acquisition DeviceOur

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Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Timothy F. Wheeler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Randall G Bock, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

programs for those interested in community service.Mr. Randall G Bock, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Randall G. Bock is a research assistant in the department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, an instructor of Continuing Education, and president of Bock Industries, Inc. His educational interests include the development of novel engineering design projects to enhance learning in computer aided design and analysis, and the integration of additive manufacturing in the engineering curriculum Page 26.1111.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Lindstrøm, Oslo and Akershus University College

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Mathematics

, where she focused on improving the first year physics course by developing and implementing ’Link Maps’, as well as synthesising an understanding of physics student learning by integrating a variety of theoretical backgrounds, from neuroscience via cognitive psychology to educational theories. Christine’s current research focuses on improving the science teacher education program at Oslo and Akershus University College, and she has a keen interest in how the brain learns physics. Christine also holds a position as Adjunct Associate Professor of University Pedagogy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where she teaches short courses on university teaching to PhD students and researchers

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Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

experiences.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Hilal-Alnaqbi , United Arab Emirates University; Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

courses in the MEM, chosen case studiesand their analyses and presentations and engagement in a team project. Out of thesethe first two were assessed on a formative basis. The team project and submitted caseanalysis were assessed on a summative basis. A table showing sample projects ispresented. Feedback obtained from a sample of the two past student cohorts indicatesthe effectiveness of the method.1 Introduction Capstones are integrative learning experiences near the end of a curriculum thatenhance student learning through reflection, application, and synthesis of previouslygained knowledge and skills throughout the program [1]. These gained knowledgeand skills allow the students to make valuable connections between theory they havelearnt and

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ECCD Innovations in Energy Engineering & Technology

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G Belu, University of Alaska Anchorage; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Lucian Ionel Cioca, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

efficiency can be taught in manydisciplines, including, but not limited to: design, engineering, manufacturing, technology, andmanagement1-14. Either we are focusing here on the issues related to development of the energymanagement or industrial energy course, will also outline how sustainability and energymanagement might be integrated into the curriculum from perspectives of courses and students’research and projects. At the course level, examples of how to integrate the concepts andapplications of sustainability into existing material will be discussed. The current situation andthe demand for a sustainable and efficient use of energy knowledge are more and more requiredand expected by employers. Sustainable development is a contemporary issue for

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Dynamic Systems and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Richard Stanley, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; John Casci, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

was an introduction to the Matlab/Simulink environment and to LabVIEW. WhileLabVIEW was not used at all in any of the subsequent labs, at the start of the term there was stilla possibility that the equipment might be able to be integrated into the later part of the term’slabs, and so students were introduced to it in the initial lab. In the Matlab/Simulink portion ofthis lab, students modeled a simple first-order system in Simulink, then created an initializationscript file in Matlab so that they could easily change system parameters, then ran that system forseveral sets of values.Lab 2In lab 2, students derived equations for the dynamic system shown in Figure 1, using the bondgraph approach, constructed a Simulink model of the system, and

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Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Thomas Smith; Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Esteban Garcia

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Lafayette Amy S. Van Epps is an associate professor of Library Science and Engineering Librarian at Purdue Uni- versity. She has extensive experience providing instruction for engineering and technology students, including Purdue’s first-year engineering program. Her research interests include finding effective meth- ods for integrating information literacy knowledge into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Prof. Van Epps has a BA in engineering science from Lafayette College, her MSLS from Catholic University of America, a M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is currently working on her PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue.Dr. Michael Thomas SmithDr. Sorin Adam Matei

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Utilizing Digital Technologies in Classroom and Distance Learning in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric A. Roe, Polk State College; Terry Bartelt

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

flexibility afforded by OEOE competency based education strategy format will allow earlier faculty/student interaction. Page 26.408.4 3. Partnering with the school district to enhance secondary programming and dual- enrollment in the OEOE program will support increased articulation opportunities for secondary students by aligning MSSC CPT Certification with the curriculum of six career academies and programs of study.Resulting in an OEOE model that drives an increase in the number of students enrolled in the ETdegree at Polk State College that have the skills and knowledge demanded by our employerpartners. Furthermore, by

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Carol Stokes-Cawley; Katie Cadwell

                                                                                                                                                                                                 5 Pyke, P., Aburusa-Lete, L., Budinoff, C., et al. Where the Girls are: Applying an Integrated Marketing Approachto Attract Girls into Engineering Programs. American Society for Engineering Education. 2006-1145. 2006.6 Girl Scout Research Institute. Generation STEM: What Girls Say About Science, Technology and Math.http://www.girlscouts.org/research/pdf/generation_stem_full_report.pdf. 2012.7 Nilsson, Lina How to Attract Female Engineers. The New York Times. http://nyti.ms/1zd2ct6 April 27, 2015. 8 Halpern, D.F., Aronson, J., Reimer, N. et al. Encouraging Girls in Math and Science. IES Practice Guide. NCER.September 2007.9 Wang, M., Eccles, J.S., Kenny, S. Not lack of Ability but More Choice: Individual and Gender Differences inChoice

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Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University ; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Radian G. Belu, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Regina Ruane Ph.D., Drexel University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

Enhancement of Green Energy Manufacturing Learning in Course and Laboratory Development AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to share the experience and early results from an interdisciplinaryproject that integrates theory and practice in green energy manufacturing with course andlaboratory development. This project links new courses in renewable energy, clean energy, andenergy efficiency with specialized laboratories that fuse green energy into manufacturingengineering education. Two main components are used to incorporate sustainability into thegreen energy manufacturing project, including: (1) renewable energy and (2) manufacturingenergy efficiency. This paper presents how long-term

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Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darinka del Carmen Ramírez , ITESM (Tecnológico de Monterrey); Pablo Moreno Ramírez, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

sustainable thinking is a challenge for education in engineering, but it is essential tothe personal and professional development of an engineer since the demand for labor requires Page 26.1125.2engineers with professional practice, knowledge, and ability to make decisions to meet every daychallenges in their work field. These decisions involve aspects of Sustainable Development (SD)1 like: “the development that satisfies the needs of the people today without compromising thefuture generations”2. The resulting situation at the universities today is that SD integration isoften limited to some specific courses (depending on the lecturers) and that

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Timothy Burg; Pamela Mack; Ian Walker; Richard Groff

strategies, such as use ofdepleted uranium bullets. Unfortunately, whether or not we seek the information to makecomplete choices and demand to have our choice recognized, the decisions will happen bydefault. Thus it is imperative that members of a highly functioning, sustainable society bemotivated to seek to understand the source and implications of new technologies and collectivelymake “good” decisions about adoption of those technologies.This need for science and technology savvy citizens has been recognized by most universitiesand integrated into undergraduate curriculums. Whether this curriculum thread is named“Science, Technology, and Society”, “Culture, Science and Technology”, or “Science andTechnology in Society” (STS - the designation

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Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; William R. Peterson, WRP Associates

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Manufacturing

curriculum to providestudents an opportunity to grain practical experience. By providing a discussion on interestingresults of several student teams, the students better understood the mechanisms that enableflexibility to reduce manufacturing lead times. This case problem has significantly benefited thestudents with their exposure to simulation tools, their application in this area (FMS), andapplication experience by using data from an actual system in the case problem. Page 26.1162.3FMS Design and SimulationSeveral research studies within manufacturing systems design have been focused on findingimproved layout configurations and resources to solve

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Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Samuel Alexander Mihelic, Oregon State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Mr. Samuel Alexander Mihelic, Oregon State University Samuel Mihelic is a research asistant in Dr. Yantasee’s lab in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Oregon Health and Science University. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering and a B.S. in mathematics from Oregon State University in 2014. He worked as an engineering education researcher with Dr. Koretsky at Oregon State University in 2013

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Innovations in Communications and Wireless Systems Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech; Taeyoung Yang, Virginia Tech; Christian W. Hearn, Weber State University; Nicholas F Polys, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Computing; R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Tech

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Electrical and Computer

-ricula to enhance undergraduate and graduate education and research engagement in related en-gineering and science fields.2 Problem statement and objectives Page 26.1743.4There is a jumble of symbols, concepts, channels, systems and standards that make wirelesscommunications sound very abstract and incomprehensive. (This is true for other engineeringand science fields, too, but we focus on wireless here.) The question we raise is can we providebetter access and understanding of these concepts and introduce them into the undergraduate en-gineering curriculum?Rather than looking at equations and variables, our objective is providing an intuitive

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Innovations in Communications and Wireless Systems Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert A. Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

Electromagnetics PreparationAbstractA new undergraduate elective course that develops a background in antennas for senior electricalengineering students is presented. The course is only three quarter-credits long, that is, twosemester-credits. An innovative aspect of this course is the modest prerequisite of only a Junior-level, four semester-credits (four lecture hours per week) electromagnetics course or equivalent.In our quarter-based system, four semester-credit lecture hours translates into two courses ofthree quarter-credits (three lecture hours per week) each. The prerequisite courses, required inour undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum, are modulated in depth and breadth oftopics, starting with vector algebra and coordinate systems and

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Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jaclyn L. Cunitz, University of Colorado Boulder; Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

focusing on humanitarian engineer- ing. In addition, she teaches STEP 1 and STEP 2 education courses through CU Teach Engineering, a new General Engineering Plus program specifically designed to prepare students to earn a secondary math or science teacher licensure through engineering. She manages and mentors graduate and undergraduate engineering Fellows who teach in local K-12 classrooms through the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program’s TEAMS initiative, is on the development team for the TeachEngineering digital library, and is faculty advisor for CU-Boulder’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE).Jaclyn L. Cunitz, University of Colorado Boulder Jaclyn L. Cunitz is an undergraduate student in the department of

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ernzen, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Kendra Rae Beeley

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-1 and DCI-1, these particularelements did not resonate strongly among the 15 lesson ideas (Table 3). Only one-third of thelessons were found to address the practice of having students ask questions and define problems(SEP-1). In many lessons it was deemed students were either handed a problem to solve or thelesson did not genuinely involve a problem design at all. Lesson ideas that did not integrate SEP-1 included students reading an article and then discussing the social and environmental impact ofthe European Extremely Large Telescope, and having students “create a water filter from every Page 26.1753.8day materials, then write a paper

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruth Ochia P.E., Temple University

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Biomedical

, Chicago, IL. From 2006 to 2009, she was a Senior Associate with Exponent, Inc. From 2009 to 2013, she was principal of RSO Consulting, LLC, and taught as an Adjunct Professor at Widener University, Chester, PA. Since 2013, she has been an Associate Professor with the Bioengineering Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Her research interests have included biomechanics, primarily focusing on spine-related injuries and degeneration. Currently, her interests are in engineering education, curriculum development and assess- ment. Dr. Ochia is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivar G. Johannesen, HiOA

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Environmental Engineering

algebra and complex numbers,differential equations and convergence criteria for sequences and series. The curriculum studentsexperience is not always what they find most interesting, and motivation plays an important role intheir ability to follow the syllabus.During the last ten years, there has been growing interest in integrating pure mathematical topicsinto the specialized courses attended by the students. Students often ask teachers: “Why are welearning this?”; “What significance does it have to my study program?”; “Will I ever use thisknowledge as a practicing engineer?” Questions like this can be hard to answer concretely andhonestly. There are good reasons for the students to question the relevance of X in their studyprogram, but the

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Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo and IFEES; Jose Roberto Cardoso, Universidade de São Paulo; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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Community Engagement Division

deeper overall educationaloutcomes within the engineering curriculum. A professors understanding of the outcomesof engagement shows a more broad perspective on how students participation inengagement leads to deeper development of social skillset:“Increasing [engagement] would give our students social development that they are currently not receiving here. A peripheral development that includes the virtues of social responsibility, an environmental awareness.”And lastly, an excerpt from an interview with university leadership shows theengagement outcomes on a societal scale at large: “[A shift in culture towards engagement] is positive not just for USP but for society at large because it

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

educational research studies, student applications of the design process, curriculum development, and fulfilling the needs of an integrated, multi-disciplinary first-year engineering educational environment through the use of active and collabo- rative learning, problem-based and project-based learning, classroom interaction, and multiple represen- tations of concepts.Ms. Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Page 26.597.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Enacting Video-Annotated Peer Review (VAPR) of Faculty in a First-Year

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Lynn Larson, University of Calgary; Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary; Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; William Daniel Rosehart P.Eng., University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary

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First-Year Programs

). As an instructor, she was one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning in 2004. In 2005, she was one of the recipients of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Curriculum Innovation Award. She is - as PIC II chair - currently a board member of ASEE. Page 26.1495.1Dr. William Rosehart, University of CalgaryDr. Bob Brennan, University of Calgary c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Team CARE model: Assessing team dynamics in first

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Nicolas Couto Giffoni dos Santos, SIUC Leadership Development Program; Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Diversity, International Forum

3 4 In order to develop leadership skills, technical skills and other essential soft skills requestedby industry, the program requires that the students attend a team building week during the summer,go to weekly workouts, develop and join leadership workshops, read leadership books, write bookreports, practice giving presentations, participate in a summer internship, take extra classesimportant to an engineering curriculum and maintain a 3.0 GPA. The results of all those activitiesare recorded and analyzed using a powerful tool called the Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix for strategicplanning to evaluate the success of the program and to teach

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Project-Based Experiences in Architectural Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University; Larry D Bowne II, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Architectural

architecture. Forthe architecture students it was a first experience in having to request, manage andappropriately integrate outside technical knowledge into their design process, for theengineering students it was their first exposure to the design process and the multifacetedway their highly specific skills are deployed in a real world process. The teaching,evaluation and assessment of the courses represent an opportunity for educators to thinkabout the role of service learning in architecture and engineering education. The Bergcompelled students to integrate technology and structure in the design process, requiredstructural engineers to and as such can be seen as experiments in advancing designpedagogy.BackgroundDesign build, community service and

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Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Pradip Kumar Krishnadevarajan, Karpagam University

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Manufacturing

26.1442.4Figure 1: Four pillars of manufacturing engineering curriculum (source: adopted from Mott. et al4.)These pillars provide a guideline for curricular enhancement thereby meeting the need of theindustry of 21st century. The Four Pillars can be used as an aid for schools and colleges forcommunicating the nature of the programs to university administrators, prospective employers,current and prospective students and the general public. The program administrators can refer tothe Four Pillars document as they design curricula and individual courses to ensure thatgraduates are properly prepared in breadth and depth of the multiple aspects of the field. Theycan explore the interconnections among topic. Along with problem solving skills

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Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Davide Piovesan, Gannon University; Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University

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Biomedical

, Satisfactory, and Outstanding.The BME program is an integral part of the Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department whichhas been accredited since 1965. Hence, many courses are offered as part of the mechanicalengineering curriculum. Thus, it was necessary to separate the assessment of the BME studentlearning outcomes from the assessment of the class. By using the program-specific rubrics, onlythe students enrolled in the BME program were evaluated within each class, even though theclass contained a larger number of students. It is important to note that the ME program hasemployed several different methods of assessment throughout the years. During the last visit,rubrics were employed.2. Formative versus Summative AssessmentThe separation of Student

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Paper ID #12577Teaching Outside the Discipline: A STEM-Related Course in a Non-STEMCurricular AreaDr. Teresa L. Larkin, American University Teresa L. Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education and Faculty Liaison to the Pre-engineering Program at American University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with emphasis in Physics and Science Education from Kansas State University. Dr. Larkin is involved with Physics Education Research (PER) and has published widely on topics related to the assessment of student learn- ing in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with