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Pre-College: Evaluation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; David Luke Loomis, West Virginia University; Sera Mathew; Kelly Leigh Watts, Regional Educaion Service Agency 3

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

take a wrong step, teachers must use student errors as opportunities to focuson interpreting specific ideas and connections to the problem at hand 14. For many teachers, thisrequires different work from that which they have likely experienced before as professionals andas learners. They must move away from transmission models of teaching and, rather, focus moreon creating opportunities for students to explore, make sense of ideas, and support them inmaking connections.Project TESAL targets development of these new roles for teachers as well as improvedmathematics and science content integrated in an engineering design based method 12. We striveto shift students and teachers from being processors of information toward becoming creators

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Mechanical Engineering Labs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Philip Varney, Georgia Institute of Technology; David MacNair, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, and manages Junior and Senior level laboratories in Mechanical Engineering. He develops innovative laboratory experiences based on lessons-learned from the maker movement and real-world industrial challenges, and is building an ”ecosystem” of academic laboratory equipment and curriculum resources which allows universities to collaborate on the development and execution of effective undergraduate laboratory experiences. Dr. MacNair joined the Woodruff School in 2015 after working for the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and as an Educational Consultant for Enable Training and Consulting and National Instruments before that. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 and his PhD in Robotics in 2013, both

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Pre-College: Working with Teachers to Improve K-12 Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Moe Tajvidi P.E., Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University, Center for Engineering Education Research

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

(Fundamental)AbstractThe Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for K-12 science instruction, released in2013, were developed to address lagging student achievement and to improve scientificand technological literacy in the United States educational system. To accomplish thisgoal, the NGSS integrate standards on engineering design and application at an equallevel with standards on scientific literacy.So far, 18 states have formally adopted these standards, and others have begun toreevaluate existing standards in this light. The widespread adoption of the NGSS meansthat many science departments and teachers are now expected to develop and presentinstruction aligned to standards on engineering, a field in which most science teachershave minimal

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

educationshould be student-centered and problem-based—traditions familiar to many PK-12 engineeringeducators—with an increased focus on diversity and accessibility that is based in racial justiceand gender equity.32This paper will contribute to educational efforts that use peace and critical pedagogies tochallenge the neutrality problem. We believe that engineers and engineering educators will beable to deepen their engagement of the neutrality problem with students by drawing on morenuanced understandings of violence that are based in social justice perspectives. We will presenta typology of violence, followed by a discussion of research methods and findings, and finallysuggestions for integrating issues of violence into a college level

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Pre-college: Blending Computers, Computational Thinking, and Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chandan Dasgupta, Department of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Jie Chao, The Concord Consortium

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

research in open-ended domains such as engineering design and authentic scientific inquiry. With insights in learning sciences and a strong, computationally oriented mindset, she hopes to utilize learning analytics to investigate important questions with unprecedented granularity and generate actionable knowledge for the design of technology and curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Investigating Teacher’s Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in a CAD-enabled Learning EnvironmentIntroduction There has been an increased emphasis on the integration of engineering design withscience learning across all grades in the K-12 school curriculum. A

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University; Kristen A Lee, Menlo College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

3 Iowa State University 4 University of San FranciscoAbstractThis work presents the results of an assessment instrument designed to assess the progressivelearning of ethics in the engineering curriculum at different stages known as acclimation,competency, and proficiency, and to determine the relation of the development stages with threecomponents that contribute to learning: interest, knowledge and strategic processing. Thequestions in the instrument were defined following the Model of Domain Learning (MDL) tocapture the level of ethics skill development. The questionnaire was administered to engineeringstudents of increasing class standing (i.e., freshmen to senior). The results show that the

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AEE Journal

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E.; Joshua Fairchild

Coursesmulti-disciplinary integration of their designs due to the isolated nature of topics in the classroom(Andersen et al. 2007; ASCE 2008). For students to become more multidisciplinary in nature, studentsneed to learn how real project teams interact and how they coordinate designs while maintainingtechnical execution. This combination of skills remains an area of study within engineering educationthat still is in need of further development and refinement for different majors (McNair et al. 2011).In looking at Tomek’s (2011) work, it was paramount to distill in the students the understanding ofroles, responsibilities, and the integration of the various disciplines. Yet, academically this remainsincreasingly difficult to develop within confined

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Lisa K. Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Yosef S. Allam, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

Systems Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Dr. Allam’s interests are in spatial visual- ization, engineering design education, diffusion of evidence-based teaching practices, the use of learning management systems for large-sample educational research studies, curriculum development, and fulfill- ing the needs of an integrated, multi-disciplinary first-year engineering educational environment through the use of active and collaborative learning, real-world application and examples, problem-based and project-based learning, classroom interaction, and multiple representations of concepts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Role of Instructional Coaching

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

oftenregarded as facts to be memorized and mastered through repetition. At the same time, judgment-forming skills are needed by students to compel them to think about examples and problems in awider context.Facts and memorizationThere are many facts in physics for an engineering student to remember. The memorization ofhow free body diagrams are constructed to how integrals are to be implemented in problemsconcerning magnetism is already quite a challenge, but students need also to practice usingjudgment when they are presented with new examples and situations that require the linking ofknown facts with information given in a problem at the end of a chapter or a test. The laws ofconservation and related formulas are easier for students to remember when

Conference Session

Software and Related Tools for Teaching and Course Efficiencies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Timothy Neil Thomas, CADENAS PARTsolutions LLC

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #19657The Use of Software Package and Commercial Catalogues in Development ofDesign DocumentationDr. Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University Faculty member in the Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and Management Systems (EDMMS) at Western Michigan University’s (WMU). Co-Director of the Center for Integrated Design (CID), and currently the college representative to the President’s University-wide Sustainability Com- mittee at WMU. Received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Design from University of Wisconsin- Madison and received an MBA from Rutgers University. His B.S. degree was in

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Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Student

commandof the material you are teaching and it is matter of setting up an exercise that you can model(and/or students can participate in) where you break down a complex procedure into simple,discrete steps.Repeat Class/Established Relationship with Course Instructor (Level 2):The suggestions with Level 1 are consistent with what most university teaching centers willrecommend for new graduate student graders or teaching assistants. Level 2 introduces novelapproaches that allow GTAs to support curriculum development and establish a deeper sense ofownership in the course.Address Concept Challenges via Curriculum DevelopmentPrior to the start of the semester, summarize and reflect on the main course topics that challengedstudents in the previous course

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Jason S. Skinner, The Citadel

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Electrical and Computer

ABEToutcomes that would be satisfied. Post lesson student comments and ideas for additional studentactivities, and alternate assignments were also provided.REFERENCES[1] Kuh, G. D., “High Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who has Access to Them, and Why they matter, AAC&U, 2008.[2] Zhan, W., Wang, J., Vanajakumari,, M., “High impact activities to improve student learning”, 120th ASEE Annual conference, June 2013.[3] Parker, R., Buchanan, W. Circuit Simulators and Computer Algebra- An integrated Curriculum for Electronics Students, Proceedings of 1996, ASEE Annual Conference.[4] Campbell, C, Saffih, F.,Nigim, K, Improved learning efficiency with integrated math and circuit simulation tools in electrical and computer

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Rebecca Medina, Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

they could integrate into an existing framework without a big commitment of time.Measures of impactThe Afterschool Alliance states that STEM programs have three types of benefits: improvedattitudes toward STEM fields and careers, increased STEM knowledge and skills, and higherlikelihood of graduation and pursuing a STEM career [2]. In their annual survey of a sample ofClub members, BGCA has only recently added questions that can measure these impacts, so wecannot document any effect of our activities over time, but the data do suggest that the BGCPCmembers have positive outcomes in these areas. The following data are for a sample of studentsfrom the specific Club targeted for our activities; not all those surveyed participated in events

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yeow Siow, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

tool to enhance student learningand performance. An important element in overcoming conceptual challenges, as oftenencountered in thermodynamics, is the self-guided process where students rely, and eventuallytrust, their cognitive resources to form a knowledge base.4 PBL, if implemented with care, canserve as a powerful way to enable self-reliance. Savage et al.5 investigated, and ascertained, theeffectiveness of PBL throughout the engineering curriculum, while cautioning that its successrequires that the project be relevant, not overly complex or resource intensive, and easy toimplement by the instructor.Many educators have integrated PBL, of varying capacity, in introductory thermodynamics,6-13including some projects that have been

Conference Session

Development of Technical and Soft Skills in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuwen Xiang, Oregon State University; James D. Sweeney, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette PhD, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

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Biomedical

half years as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs of the College of Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Using a Techno-Economic Model to Promote Consideration of Uncertainty in Bioengineering DesignIntroductionDecision-making is an integral aspect of the engineering design process. Engineers solvecomplex open-ended design problems with a variety of technical and non-technical constraints.In many engineering courses, this kind of decision-making can lack realistic context (Jonassen etal., 2006; Jensen, 2015) and may often be reduced to the elimination of all or most of the real-world constraints. Research on the decision making process of engineering

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ETD Green Energy/Sustainability

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Ruane Ph.D., Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Sophia Rose Mayne-DeLuca, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

general topic.Encouraging the students to participate in other people’s posts was an integration method forcommunication.3GradingAt the end of the term, student discussion board participation was graded using a rubric, whichwas developed by Denise Lowe, Ph.D., the Instructional Designer at UCF’s Center forDistributed Learning and is depicted in Figure 3. This rubric was selected for this research afterall the students had participated in order to assess the quality of their posts. It was selectedfrom the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository as one of the recommended rubrics thatreduces inconsistency in grading online discussion board posts (Chen, DeNoyelles, Thompson,Sugar, & Vargas, 2014). It was one of two simple rubrics recommended for

Conference Session

Predicting Student Success

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin L. K. Koskey, University of Akron; Nicholas G. Garafolo, University of Akron; Nidaa Makki, University of Akron ; Wondimu Ahmed, University of Akron; Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Uday Samreddy

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Educational Research and Methods

Foundation College of Education at The University of Akron, in the department in Curricular and Instructional Studies. Her work focuses on STEM curriculum integration and science inquiry practices in middle and high school. She is a co-PI on an NSF funded project to investigate the impact of integrating engineering on middle school students’ interest and engagement in STEM. She has also received funding to conduct teacher professional development in the areas of engineering education, problem based learning and inquiry instruction.Dr. Wondimu Ahmed, University of Akron Dr. Wondimu Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in the LeBron James Family Foundation College of Edu- cation at the University of Akron. He received his Ph.D

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ETD Manufacturing/3D Printing

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mert Bal, Miami University; Ayodele O. Abatan, Miami University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

networks, intelligent agents, agent-based manufacturing scheduling, systems control and automation, distributed control of holonic systems and integrated manufacturing, agile manufacturing, additive manufacturing, virtual reality and remote labora- tory applications in education.He has authored or co-authored various journal and conference publications in these areas. Mert Bal is currently an Associate Professor in the Miami University, Department of En- gineering Technology, Ohio, United States of America.Dr. Ayodele O. Abatan, Miami University Dr. Ayo Abatan has over 30 years of program and project management experience. He is currently Pro- fessor and Chair of Engineering Technology in the College of Liberal Arts and

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University ; Tanya M. Nocera Ph.D., The Ohio State University

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Biomedical

an ability tocommunicate effectively [ABET 2016]. Engineers need to document and report their technicalideas, designs, and solutions in a clear and succinct manner and to a variety of audiences. Oneway for students to gain and practice documentation and technical communication skills in apractical setting is through the experiential courses throughout the curriculum (i.e. laboratorycourses).Given the increasing presence of social media as well as other methods of electroniccommunication, computer mediated activities provide an opportunity to educate students in afamiliar setting. Electronic documentation is also gaining popularity in research laboratories andindustries, as well as in the medical and other professional fields, all in which

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Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Gunter W. Georgi P.E., NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Victoria Bill, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

Paper ID #20882Examples of Free Choice Open-Ended Design Projects in a First-Year Engi-neering CourseDr. Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He studied civil engineering and received his B.S. from the Ohio State University and his M.S and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly in the Introduction to Engineering and Design course at NYU. He is the Webmaster for the ASEE First

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jalil Kianfar P.E., Saint Louis University; Adaline M. Buerck, Saint Louis University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

will be presented to high school students as part of Siant LouisUniversity engineering summer camps in June and July 2017.BibliographyDeWalt, K. M., & DeWalt, B. R. (2011). Participant observation: A guide for fieldworkers. Rowman Altamira.Elam, M. E., Fonseca, D. J., & Lindly, J. K. (2011). Transportation Systems Curriculum for High Schools. Retrieved February 2, 2011.Islam, S., & Brown, S. (2013). Transportation-OPOLY: An Innovative Tool to Promote Transportation Engineering. International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2(3), 31–36.Luken, B., & Mumbower, S. (2010). Poster: Engaging Transportation Engineering Activities for Middle School and High School Students. Louisville, Kentucky

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John C. Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie PhD, University at Albany-SUNY; Ali Reza Osareh, North Carlina A&T State University; Lisa D. Hobson, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

tied back to traditional course content if the use was not correlated by faculty. In thesecases, students desired that the course instructor provide more “real world” application, and thatpractical lab use integrate theory and practice.Use as independent homework, outside structured lab/classroom settings, was designed to supportboth traditional class instruction and lab work. In new-use settings, this homework often was forextra credit or exploratory purposes and was an extension of regularly assigned work. As usebecame more embedded and the instructor(s) more familiar, inclusion in homework reflectedadvanced opportunities to practice/learn material. As noted above, this expansion includedapplications in new courses, but more often was to new

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University (Network for Computational Nanotechnology)

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Diversity

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Materials

Paper ID #20127A Computer-Based Interactive Activity for Visualizing Crystal Structuresin Introductory Materials Science CoursesDr. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Dr. Susan P. Gentry is a Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment in the Materials Science and Engineering department at the University of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. She is specifically interested in students’ computational literacy and life-long learning of computational materi- als science tools.Dr. Tanya

Conference Session

Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College Chicago

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

constitutes as falling under the umbrella of STEM/STEAM. The loomingquestion remains: is STEM/STEAM education the representation of a vision whereindividuals can comprehend the how all STEM/STEAM subjects intertwine and thereforeshould there be more emphasis on integrating these subjects when taught?Looking to the New Generation Science Standards, it is possible to visualize efforts made toconnect the four or five core subjects. Still, curriculum today is based in the learning ofdiscrete areas, making the cross-disciplinary approach a challenge for current educators. Onthe other hand, according to the Federal Inventory of STEM education, 2011 [2], “Agenciesused different criteria for what to list as a “STEM education program.” Some agencies

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Bishop, University of Nebraska, Kearney

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

small 7" monitor to dis-play the results in real time to the user. An Arduino board is used for data acquisition from theencoder and load cell, and this is connected to a Raspberry Pi computer, which is in turn con-nected to the monitor. A wireless keyboard with an integrated track pad was used to interfacewith the machine, whose output is shown on the small 7" monitor.1 Pedagogical ContextThe field of materials science is focused on connecting the concepts of structure, processing,and properties of materials. Materials science textbooks [4] often begin with the topic of struc-ture, then move on to properties and processing. Many students have difficulty seeing the im-portance of studying structure, even though the structure of materials

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeannie Marie Purchase, Virginia Tech ; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Student

., capstone design) of an engineering curriculum.10 Due to increasingrecognition of their benefits, professional development opportunities such as internships,undergraduate research, and co-op opportunities are becoming more common amongstengineering students. When compared to other majors, however, engineering students are lesslikely to participate in out-of-class activities.11 Out-of-class activities are defined as any activitythat occurs outside of the formal classroom, including curricular activities, co-curricularactivities, and extracurricular activities. Research in engineering education has shown that out-of-class activities are linked to numerous positive outcomes including students’ professional,intellectual, and leadership development, as

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Ethan Patrick Adams, Penn State University: Berks Campus; Patrick Joseph Scanlon; Joseph Torres, Penn State Berks GenCyber; Tricia Clark, Penn State Berks; Terence Laughlin, Blue Mountain High School; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Berks TRICIA K. CLARK, M.S., Instructor and Program Coordinator for the Information Sciences & Technol- ogy degree program at Penn State Berks. Teaching interests include programming, information security and first-year experience. Research interests include exploring ways technology can be integrated into teaching and promoting STEM education opportunities to K-12 students.Mr. Terence Laughlin, Blue Mountain High SchoolDr. Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks Abdullah Konak is a Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity Berks. Dr. Konak received his degrees in Industrial Engineering, B.S. from Yildiz Technical University, Turkey, M.S. from Bradley University, and Ph.D

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

department, the curriculum studies. Consequently, students feel more engaged in theirof the first-year course entitled “Engineering Graphics education and this open the door to be more passionate aboutand Computing” has been changed through an addition their learning in universities [2].of a design project. This project is based on the Project-Based Service Learning (PBSL) is one of theEngineering without Borders (EWB) Challenge methodologies that have been used to apply the concept of(www.ewbchallenge.org) which lets the first-year service learning in which the students are assigned to workengineering students work on an international project, on a real

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

subject matter as well as student level. Although economy of scale is themain rationale for a large class size, it is generally argued that the benefits of such an increasestart tapering off since increasing class sizes typically result in lower student retention, adversestudent learning, etc. This study does not aim to discuss social issues or public policy, but thediscussion in this study is limited to examining any measured influence of class size on theperceptions of learning and outcomes assessed at the end of the semester.Project-based learning (PBL) is a recognized pedagogical approach that is commonlyacknowledged to motivate students and enhance student engagement.7,8 PBL allows anincorporation of open-ended projects into the curriculum

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First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #19528Evaluating a Flipped Lab Approach in a First-Year Engineering Design CourseDr. Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He studied civil engineering and received his B.S. from the Ohio State University and his M.S and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary focus is developing curriculum and pedagogical techniques for engineering education, particularly in the Introduction to Engineering and Design course at NYU. He has a background in Transportation