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The Intersection of Higher Ed and Industry

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University - West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

educationalsuccess than the historical undergraduate GPA or GRE. Undergraduate GPA and GRE scores, asadmissions criteria, further clouded the discussion by our desire as an academic unit to maintainhigh standards for admission.Other factors contributing to professional working adult learner success include, but are notlimited to, years since last degree, undergraduate field of study, reasons for undergraduate GPA(if low), GPA of classes taken more recently (post-undergraduate), GPA in the first two yearsversus the last two years, demonstrated application of undergraduate assimilated knowledgethrough successfully greater career opportunities, recommendations from supervisors and thirdparties and the potential students statement of purpose. In the final

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Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University; Teresa J Ryan, East Carolina University Department of Engineering ; William E Howard P.E., East Carolina University

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Engineering Ethics

engineering context. Her research interests include acoustics, the dynamics of complex structures, and the use of laser Doppler vibrometry for characterization of such structures including percussion instruments, land- mines/IED, and coupled resonator arrays.Dr. William E Howard P.E., East Carolina University William E (Ed) Howard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. He was previously a faculty member at Milwaukee School of Engineering, following a 14- year career as a design and project engineer with Thiokol Corporation, Spaulding Composites Company, and Sta-Rite Industries. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Research to Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Engineering and others have assertedthe need for exposing K-12 students to engineering to help them develop 21st century skills,improve science and mathematics achievement, develop technological literacy, and inspire andprepare students to pursue careers in engineering4–6. This has resulted in the rapid growth of K-12 engineering curricula like Project Lead The Way, the International Technology andEngineering Education Association’s Engineering byDesign, and extracurricular programs likeFIRST Robotics.Many of these engineering initiatives included significant programming components. Roboticscompetitions typically involve varying degrees of programming to control the robots and allowthem to operate autonomously, while many K-12 engineering curricula

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INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Leslie, Engineers Without Borders - USA

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Corporate Member Council

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College Industry Partnerships

eventually led to her passion and interest in EWB-USA. After six years as the volunteer Exec- utive Director, Ms. Leslie joined EWB-USA as the second Executive Director since the organization’s founding in 2002. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Engineering Competency ModelABSTRACT:An Engineering Competency Model has been developed to serve as a guide for the developmentof professionals in the engineering workforce. The Engineering Competency Model (“themodel”) provides a career ladder/lattice for the engineering profession and promotes anunderstanding of the skill sets and competencies that are essential to educate and train a globallycompetitive engineering

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Patrick H. Knowles Jr., Cleveland Mixer

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Graduate Studies

as a tool to define educationalobjectives, correlate documented material to a program's educational objectives, facilitate anopportunity for students to reflect on their learning, and assess the attainment of objectives.While the author does not present the mechanics of assembling individual portfolios (over astudent's academic career), the author illustrates how portfolios have been used to assess andimprove the learning process.Bhattacharya and Hartnett extend the use of student portfolios in engineering education beyondcommunications and into all aspects of engineering professional knowledge and skills. 4 Theportfolio serves both as a collection of a student’s best work and as a forum to encouragepersonal reflection. This perspective on

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Innovative Instructional Strategies for Integrating Sustainability

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William E. Kelly P.E., Retired ; J. P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; Liv Haselbach P.E., Washington State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

topics such as low impact development and carbon sequestration, and is active in the sustainability education community. Dr. Haselbach is a licensed professional engineer and a LEED AP (BD+C). Prior to her academic career she founded an engineering consulting company in the New York – Connecticut area. Her degrees include a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell, an MS in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Uni- versity of Connecticut. She is currently an Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University, an Associate Director of the USDOT Tier 1 UTC: Center for Environ- mentally Sustainable Transportation

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Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadra Guizani, Purdue Univeristy; Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education

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Student

striving to increase her instructional experience for her academic career. Creating thisworkshop was a good first step into gaining experience in creating a lecture and communicatingwith different parts of the school. Having a collaborative team building experience was also animportant graduate career goal. Co-leading the workshop increased Nadra’s confidence in herteaching style and helped to pinpoint areas that required improvement.H´ector’s motivations for conducting this workshop were to practice knowledge sharing acrossdifferent disciplines and to put engineering education research into practice. H´ector’s beeninterested in sharing programming skills with non-programmers since he ventured outside ECEand into Engineering Education. This

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Robotics in Pre-K-12 Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Alexander Bascou, University of Pittsburgh; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

careers. Morerecently, researchers and educators have recognized the flaw in their teaching methodologiesand—as indicated by the growing number of studies regarding social/cultural aspects in STEMeducation—have taken strides towards integrating social trends and student culture in hopes ofenhancing student interest and motivation (hence why 20 of the 119 studies included in ourreview directly consider either social or cultural trends as means for enhancing interest). Theirresearch was often driven by the question: How do everyday moments—experienced acrosssettings, pursuits, social groups, and time—result in scientific learning, expertise development,and personal identification (Bricker & Bell, 2013)? In terms of conforming to the

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura A. Ruhala, Kennesaw State University; Hillary Steiner, Kennesaw State University; Catherine L. Bradford, Kennesaw State University; Ruth Ann Goldfine, Kennesaw State University; Nirmal Trivedi, Kennesaw State University; Scott Larisch, Kennesaw State University

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First-Year Programs

she worked closely with engineering faculty engaged in research projects. Throughout her career in academia, Ruth has worked primarily with first-year students, initially as an instructor of English composition and later as a first-year seminar professor. Her work in the classroom continues to inform her research, which is focused on first-year students, students in transition, and, most recently, first-year STEM students. Her research interests also include the use of technology in the composition classroom, first-generation students, and students in transitions beyond the first year of college.Dr. Nirmal Trivedi, Kennesaw State University Dr. Nirmal Trivedi is the Director of First-Year Seminars and Assistant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

posed aboutstudent interests. Furthermore, the type of examples used can stress characteristics about thecontent not typically addressed by existing quiz banks. For example, highlighting how thematerial contributes to the overall public welfare of society, or how the field that uses thismaterial serves others, can change the perception that a student might have about a discipline.This is especially important when trying to increase diversity in a field such as engineering as ithas been shown that women and first-generation college students tend to choose careers that aremore other-oriented5, and engineering is commonly not perceived as such. Thus, adaptivelearning has the potential to have a much broader impact on education and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward W. Davis, Auburn University; Joni M Lakin, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum’s Young Investigator Award (2012), the Presidential Early Career Award for Sci- entists and Engineers (2010), and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2009). Her Auburn University awards include the Excellence in Faculty Outreach (2015), an Auburn University Alumni Pro- fessorship (2014), the Auburn Engineering Alumni Council Awards for Senior (2013) and Junior (2009) Faculty Research, the Faculty Women of Distinction Award (2012), and the Mark A. Spencer Creative Mentorship Award (2011). Dr. Davis is the past chair of Auburn’s Women in Science and Engineering Steering Committee (WISE) and the faculty liaison to the College of

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2A: Using Alternative Measurements to Look at Students and Their Success

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nora Honken, University of Cincinnati; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

the framework might help explain some conflicting results within the engineeringretention literature.Theoretical Framework Many of the studies on engineering retention are framed through the lens of collegeretention. Although there is value in that perspective, this study was framed in expectancy valuetheory26, a theory used in the college major and career choice literature27,28 . Expectancy valuetheory, a motivational theory, attempts to explain individuals’ choice of behavior based on theirexpectation of success and the value they place on the task or outcome of the task. The behaviorcan be related to the decision to work on a task, whether or not to persist at a task, or the amountof effort to invest in a task28. Atkinson, who was

Conference Session

CAPSTONE (SENIOR) DESIGN AND UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Edward James William Jr, Solved Engineering LLC

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

 challenging product could be made, a large defense contractor produced a competing device.  Another large defense contractor followed suit, though more slowly.  After completing this project and a few other projects for the same government agency, a new SBIR, phases 1 and 2, were awarded to the university.  The agency stated that the pattern of success on this project and others was significant in awarding the new SBIR.    The second assessment indicator is the success of the early stages of their careers.  The doctoral student found successful design work with a series of electrical equipment manufacturers.  He is now starting his own consulting and design business.  The first of the undergraduates has been with SpaceX as an electronics and power

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devika Patel, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Competence, Engineering and TabooTo fill this gap in engineering education of culturally and contextually relevant research, there isa need for a new social justice literacy in engineering.5 Yet, this is not the case when looking atthe professionalization of the engineering career: “In this point, the professional associationrecognises the need for engineers to play a broader social and environmental role. Yet theemphasis on technical competencies sends a powerful message to engineering educators,highlighting the primacy of technical knowledge in a crowded curriculum”.6 The need for thisnew literacy to highlight how one might gauge a sense of social responsibility has beenformalized through two metrics. The metrics of assessment are twofold: first

Conference Session

Additive Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Bret Alan Davis, Intel; Michael Cassidy, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

undertook the project primarily dueits challenging nature. However, as the project progressed the students became much moreinvolved in the historical and musical aspects of the project.The objective of the senior design sequence is to train students to use the knowledge and skillsgained during their academic career to conceptualize, design, and develop a practical product. Akey component of this development is the demonstration of a working prototype of the product.Expected student learning outcomes included an ability to use the knowledge and tools of thediscipline relating to acoustic measurement and analysis, 3D printing and prototyping,microcontroller-based sensing, analysis, and communications, an ability to design, fabricate,analyze, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Marie Duis, Northern Arizona University; Nena E. Bloom, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Northern Arizona University; Alexander R Ollerton, Northern Arizona University; Derek L Sonderegger, Northern Arizona University; Vanessa Fitz-Kesler, Northern Arizona University; Pauline L Entin, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, scholarship recipients during the first semester. This course also providesthe students with professionalism skill training, career development and guidance for success inSTEM careers. Transfer-GEMS’ ultimate goal is to increase the number of transfer studentsgraduating from CEFNS with STEM majors and decrease their time (number of semesters) tograduation.In Fall 2014, 349 STEM transfer students entered CEFNS out of 2,782 new transfers to NAU. Ofthese, 26 in some way joined the Transfer-GEMS program. Fifty-seven students switched intoCEFNS during the year, for a total CEFNS transfer population for the 2014-2015 school year.This is the first cohort of three total that will be supported by the current grant, with 14scholarships to be awarded in each of

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Tennessee State University; Shabnam Etemadi, Tennessee State University; Germysha Emily Little, Tennessee State University ; T'Shana DeShai Carter

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

engineering were earned by foreign students. 7 There are even fewerstudents that pursue graduate studies in STEM fields from historically underrepresented groups.For example, the National Science Foundation reports that an estimated 50% of Asian Americanor Asian students planned to major in a STEM field compared to 36% of African Americanstudents in the year 2012.7 An undergraduate academic career in STEM is the first step necessaryto pursuing a graduate degree in a STEM discipline. In one year of gathered national data, theNational Science Foundation discovered that approximately 50, 396 White, non-Hispanicstudents are enrolled in a graduate program in engineering compared to that of approximately4,172 Black students, 5,218 Hispanic students, and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University; Jodi Reeves, National University; Jeremiah Jack Ninteman, National University; Charles Hahm

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Environmental Engineering

career, he had a very successful corporate management career working in R&D at Lucent Technologies and as the Director of Global Technology Management at Qualcomm. He had initiated and managed software development for both the companies in India. Prof. Radhakrishnan holds Masters Degrees (M.Tech, M.S., M.B.A) and Sustainable Business Practices certification from University of California San Diego.Dr. Jodi Reeves, National University Dr. Jodi Reeves is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Applied Engineering at National Uni- versity in San Diego, CA. She teaches courses in design engineering, engineering management, and data analytics. Prior to academia, she worked for almost ten years as a quality

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Altimus, Syracuse University; Dacheng Ren, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and the Director of Chemical Engineering Graduate Program. Dr. Ren received an Early Career Translational Research Award in Biomedical Engineering from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation in 2009 and a NSF CAREER award in 2011. He was named the College Technology Educator of the Year by the Technology Alliance of Central New York in 2010. Dr. Ren is also a recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award from the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University. Dr. Ren currently has 44 journal publications with over 2000 citations (h-index 24), 7 issued/pending patents and research supports from NSF, EPA, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Alfred

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Christina Paguyo, Colorado State University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Heather Lysbeth Henderson, West Virginia University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Finally, at the end of thepresentation specific examples of biased actions were explicitly addressed. For example, thedean said that biased activities such as racist or sexist jokes were not tolerated in the College ofEngineering. Directly following the presentation, the CIVE 102 instructor indicated that sheliked the content and thought it was very relevant.Panel of Professional Engineers. Around mid-semester we hosted a panel of engineers in bothclasses. The panels informed students about engineering practice and hopefully provided somerole models to the students. In putting the panels together we attempted to represent at leastsome racial and gender diversity as well as diversity in engineering career paths within thepractical constraints

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Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University

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Engineering Technology

and supervisory careers in a variety of industries. The programcombines technical knowledge with communications skills and teamwork to provide theflexibility needed in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. Figure 1 depicts an as-is curriculummap of the selected Industrial Engineering Technology program. The selected programeducational objectives are:  Demonstrate technical proficiency in the field  Apply quantitative reasoning and critical thinking in solving technical problems  Effectively communicate technical knowledge, ideas, and proposals to others, including upper management  Lead project teams in successful completion of projects  Have strong organizational and management skillsA brief description of some of

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Construction Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez ; Omar I. Molina-Bas, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Darwin Serrano Maldonado, University of Puerto Rico

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Diversity

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Construction

an attractive payback period for investors and a feasible solution for the current parkingchallenges that the university faces.BenefitsCEM graduate students involved in the project benefited by increasing their knowledge about acurrent challenge in their campus community and finding alternative solutions to alleviate theproblem. They also benefited by interacting with campus administrators and facility managementpersonnel which was similar to the interaction that they would have with a client in theirprofessional careers. They also increased their knowledge about P3, feasibility studies and theempowered the community in the decision making process of investigating if a multistory parkinggarage using a P3 is acceptable and feasible. The

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Design and Design Chanllenges

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B. Riggs, Texas Tech University

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First-Year Programs

basic, Java and Python. There isclearly no consensus on what or how first-year engineering students should be taught. By examining the goals of these courses we can better understand how the currentstate evolved and where we can go from here. The goals of these course in generalinvolve preparing the first-year student for the remainder of their academic andprofessional career and take the form of teaching students what engineering really is andwhy it is important to society, how to work in teams, how to implement design, how toprogram a computer, how to solve engineering equations, how to solve engineeringproblems and how to develop models. While these are noble goals, most students fail tounderstand the significance of what they have

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Academic Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Cenk Erdil, Marist College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

data architectures and support infrastructures are both inefficient and incompletein most cases. Looking from the other side, it also takes months, if not years, to bring computerscientists and engineers up-to-speed with particular needs of health informatics related data andinformatics tasks.Initiatives to introduce informatics and computer science skills for every student have beenaround for a while. 9,10,11,12,13 As these initiatives target future generations, we still need to act forthe current and upcoming generation of engineering students who may be interested in a career inhealth and/or medical sciences. In an effort to help address the existing skills gap, we have lookedat the existing undergraduate majors and minors across the United

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cary Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

mechanics, and transport processes.Prof. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Diversity Issues in K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miles J. Mabey, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

-proposal for their capstone project. In Phase II (residencyweek), students are involved in several activities related to the best practices in businessresearch methodologies. Depending upon the class size, the residency week may includea one-day visit to a local company / case study as an exercise to formulate researchquestions based on a real-world problem. Alternately, instructors can develop teachingcase studies based on real-world problems to aid the student learning.Course Objectives  The objectives of the Distributor Process I course are to provide the students with sufficient exposure and training to perform applied research in their post- graduation career in general, and carry out their capstone projects in particular

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Lydia Yang, Ph.D., Kansas State University; Doris Wright Carroll Ph.D., Kansas State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

settings.6Gendered microaggressions have been used to explain subtle sexism and sex-baseddiscrimination on women.12, 13 Gendered microaggressions are manifested in various forms,such as making gender stereotypical assumptions, sexually objectifying women, or being genderblind.13, 14 Several studies have shown that gendered microaggressions cause detrimentalconsequences to women’s psychological and behavioral health, and their careers.12, 15, 16 Thisstudy focused on women faculty, an often under-represented group in many male-dominantSTEM disciplines. We examined whether, and to what degree, women faculty in STEMexperienced gender-based subtle bias and discrimination.MethodsInstrumentsSeveral research measurements have been established to gauge

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech; Michelle M Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Scott W Case, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Mechanics

first-time admit students begin their college career at a particular institution but may,while still working on a degree from that institution, choose to take courses at another institutionand transfer courses back to the degree-granting institution (double-dipping). In the case ofengineering mechanics courses, transfer students may bring in some or all mechanics coursecredit because of earned Associate’s degrees, preparation curricula for entrance into a four-yearengineering program, or transfer from one school’s undergraduate engineering program toanother. Reasons to transfer credits through double-dipping, on the other hand, varysignificantly; this strategy can be used to catch up or get ahead in one’s curriculum, tocircumvent a difficult

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg S Mowry, University of St. Thomas; Camille M George, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

with business, law, and engineering expertise,at both the graduate and undergraduate level.Finally, we have observed that one of the outcomes for the students involved in the humanitariansenior design projects is that their world-view changes. Many of these students, anecdotally after-the-fact, indicate that they want to reorient their career goals to pursue careers that havehumanitarian objectives. These outcomes line-up with the objectives of the ‘Peace Engineering’29and REAL30 outreach programs in the School of Engineering at the University of St Thomas.AcknowledgementsIn order to be successful, projects like those just described require the integrated efforts of manygroups and individuals. We would like to thank the ICRISAT-Mali teams for