Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 22: Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori C. Bland, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Anastasia P. Samaras, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #27474Design-based Evaluation: A Novel Evaluation Approach to Examine DesignedPrograms in Engineering EducationDr. Lori C. Bland, George Mason University Lori C. Bland, Ph.D., is an associate clinical professor of curriculum and research, and the Director of Curriculum, Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary. She teaches courses in program evaluation, educational assessment, educational psychology, data-driven decision-making, and gifted education. Bland received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia. Her current research focuses on assessing learning and

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 16: Faculty Development and Teaching Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University

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Educational Research and Methods

for Engineering Education, 2019 Creating a Learning Environment that Engages Engineering Students in the Classroom via Communication StrategiesIn this research effort, the authors claim that possessing technical knowledge is an insufficientasset to establish a learning environment that renders engagement with engineering undergraduatestudents during lecture sessions, but rather the integration of various communication strategies thatsupport students’ academic development. Research has noted that classroom context andconditions impact the degree of student learning and engagement and are further enhanced whenstudents feel comfortable communicating with the instructor and with their peers. If suchacquaintance is nonexistent

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Jorge Leon; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

, number of jobs that the ET graduates were a good fit forbuilding systems & HVAC, systems integrators, and related (and eligible) far exceed the number of graduates. Thechannels. Each program’s Industry Advisory Board Industrial Advisory Board representatives of the existingmembers will be engaged as recruiting channels in counterpart B.S. program in MMET also echoed theirindustry. Efforts will be made to make sure the candidates support and demand for these graduates. Next, the expectedhave an appropriate bachelor’s degree and sufficient student demand was surveyed. It was observed that theindustry knowledge and experience to make them demand for the program far exceeded the

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Ghosh, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

attending group activities in a multidisciplinary senior design class. This paper presentsimplementation details of motivational strategies presented in three earlier papers together with asuggested approach to deliver them. The student performance data is from a well-acclaimed,ABET accredited, career oriented mechanical engineering curriculum. The paper clearlydemonstrates both horizontal and vertical integration of engineering mechanics concepts in thecurriculum beginning with freshman level and ending with the upper level elective classes.Mathematics is delivered in a meaningful way enhancing reinforcement and understanding. Inaddition, assessment adjustments are made to encourage increased mathematical rigor andpractice of logical arguments

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Paul Harvie, United States Military Academy; Tanya Thais Estes, United States Military Academy; Lisa Shay, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #26585Know Your Role! Defining Faculty and External Stakeholder Roles in a Mul-tidisciplinary Capstone CourseDr. David Paul Harvie, United States Military Academy David Harvie is an active duty Army officer and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the United States Military Academy. David has a Ph.D. in Com- puter Science from the University of Kansas, a M.S. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy.Dr. Tanya Thais Estes, United States Military Academy Tanya Estes has a Ph.D

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy K. Dunford, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rohit Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

their Dynamics curriculum, they encountered similardifficulties in translating research to practice10. These faculty members wanted to create a newresource- and technology-rich learning environment. However, while each component of theproposed classroom had its own robust body of literature, there was little existing research tohelp integrate these diverse methods into a single course. Thus, these instructors relied on their extensive past experience as educationalpractitioners to guide an initial course redesign. The resulting curriculum, now referred to as theFreeform learning environment, was successful by many metrics. For example, grades inDynamics improved as the percentage of students earning D, F, or W (withdrawal) grades

Conference Session

Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley R. Strong, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

. I might point to a few of them that I think they would definitely need to know. The curriculum would benefit from identifying the needed vocabulary and terms in advance. We could anticipate some of the needs of the students, literally.As a whole, Allen viewed reading as something that was decontextualized from engineeringand design practices. Informing this view is a focus on transferrable reading skills that can beused for texts in contexts other than engineering. Teacher two. Don saw reading and writing as integral components of the engineeringprocess. Teacher two repeatedly mentioned real world or authentic experiences and sawreading as related to those experiences. He offered examples from his career where he

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Michael Leathem, Auburn University; Eric M. Wetzel, Auburn University

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Construction Engineering

Paper ID #26480Delivering Multidisciplinary Experiences in Education: A Study of Construc-tion Program Practices to Meet Accreditation RequirementsDr. Tom Michael Leathem, Auburn University Tom Leathem is an Assistant Professor in the McWhorter School of Building Science at Auburn Univer- sity where he teaches courses in Estimating, Construction Documents, Scheduling, and Project Delivery. He has 11 years industry experience in commercial construction management, holds a Ph.D. in Educa- tion, an M.S. in Integrated Design & Construction, and a B.S. in Construction Management. His areas of research include construction

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kleio Avrithi P.E., Mercer University

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Studentsurveys conducted at two different institutions show why students select to become engineers andtheir preference for the different course components.Introduction “Introduction to Engineering” is a core course given to freshmen students of all engineeringdisciplines. The course aims to familiarize students with the engineering profession, the differentengineering disciplines, the design process for exploratory projects, the work in interdisciplinaryteams, the ethics and professional behavior, the lifelong learning, the written and oral presentationof technical concepts, and problem solving. As curriculum often changes, an online research wasconducted on the most current catalogs (2018-2019) of 182 higher education institutions offeringdegrees in

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough; Jesus Alberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez; Adriana Rios Santiago

.[8] Otieno, A. and Mirman, C., 2003, “Engineering Technology Capstone Experience: An Industry Based Partnership,” Proc. CIEC 2003 Conference, January 28 – 31, Tucson, Arizona, Session Number 9041.[9] Shin, Y.S, Lee , K.W., Ahn, J.S. and Jung, J.W., 2013, “Development of Internship & Capstone Design Integrated Program for University-Industry Collaboration,” Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 102, 386 – 391.[10] Motoyama, Y., 2013, “Long-term collaboration between university and industry:A case study of nanotechnology development in Japan,” Technology in Society 36 (2014) 39–51Biographical InformationIMMANUEL A. EDINBAROUGH, received his B.Sc. degree from PSG College of Technology, University

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 10

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, University of California, Merced; Ala Qattawi, University of Toledo; Sachin Goyal, University of California, Merced

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

. 2014) due to the flexibility afforded to individual studentsfor engaging with the curriculum. Various approaches are adopted to improve student participation, suchas integration of quizzes in the instructional lectures, use of discussion boards, and offering synchronousreview sessions. One of the aims of our study is to identify the elements of the online course with whichstudents more effectively engage.Safe Environment for Discussion: the establishment of a safe platform to share and discuss questions isessential to the success of online courses. Instructors can foster a safe environment by encouragingparticipation and creating pathways for students to discuss their challenges and questions throughout theirstudies. It is the instructor’s

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 17: Student Cognitive Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Martin R. Okos, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26064Work in Progress: Designing Modeling-based Learning Experiences Withina Capstone Engineering CourseMr. Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joseph A. Lyon is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education and a M.S. student in the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include models and modeling, computational thinking, and computation in engineering education.Dr. Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alejandra Magana is an Associate Professor in the

Conference Session

Energy & Technology in Pre-College Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Wendy Wakefield, Arizona State University; Mia Delarosa, Arizona State University; Clark Miller, Arizona State University; Carlo Altamirano-Allende

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Masters in Educational Leadership and Principal Certificate from Northern Arizona University in 2007. She is currently working on her EdD at Arizona State University. Mia is highly qualified to teach middle grades math, science, and language arts. Mia has taught middle school science in the Alhambra Elementary School District for nine years where she also leads after-school engineering clubs. Mia has been directly involved with district-wide initiatives including technology integration, Just In Time Assessments, curriculum pacing guides, and implementation of a research based, hands-on science and engineering curriculum. Mia has also worked closely with FOSS as a professional development facilitator. She also worked

Conference Session

Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.; Sharon Liz Karackattu, Oak Hall School

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, wepropose that engineering can be taught to students in all Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship,Arts, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEAEM) courses through practical hands-on learningexperiences. Therefore, instead of resurrecting standalone shop classes in their original IndustrialArts manifestation, we recommend an alternative. Inexpensive and topically-relevant hands-onlearning activities should be developed competent for ubiquitous and seamless insertion intoSTEAEM courses. When offered to teachers as educational kits, these activities could beselected a la carte from a catalog to integrate with existing classes. This approach inducesminimal curriculum disruption, facilitates easy instructor adoption, and allows high schools tocontinue

Conference Session

Interest & Identity

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin (brenda) Zhou P.E., Central Connecticut State University; Feng Wang P.E., Texas State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

' fathers graduated from college. Additional program detailscan be found in [8].End-of-Program Assessment The NSTI at CCSU program incorporates two surveys to assess program success and toimprove curriculum design: an opening survey and an end-of-program survey. Most questions inthe two surveys remain the same over time, ensuring consistence in program assessments. Theopening survey is conducted in the Monday morning before the program starts, and the end-of-program survey is right before a graduation ceremony in the State Department of Transportationheadquarters. Program director from the host university distributes and collects the surveyquestionnaires, ensuring each student has enough time to complete all questions. Six studentswere

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Andrade, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Creating new courses and adding modules toexisting ones can be extremely valuable interventions. However, making socio-technical thinkingan integral part of existing technical courses is also a necessary approach to reduce theperception that “social” issues are not equally valued in the engineering 1,2. The efficacy of suchefforts has not been widely tested. This paper builds on our analysis of an effort to incorporate socio-technical systemsthinking into a required civil and environmental engineering sophomore level course to testwhether such interventions effectively bridge the socio-technical divide in engineeringcurriculum 3. Our previous study found that class activities spurred more reflection on socialfactors that influence

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah S. Goldberg, University of Maryland, College Park; Jinwang Zou, University of Maryland, College Park; Ganesh Sriram, University of Maryland

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Chemical Engineering

and resources that enable them to succeed. Thisincludes time and task management, assistance with planning an academic roadmap as well asinformation on co-curricular and extra-curricular activities that could develop one’s portfolio as achemical engineer, such as research, internships, co-ops, study abroad and (chemical)engineering clubs. Finally, the curriculum does not typically provide early information on thesteps necessary to prepare for one’s career. Failure to understand the answers to such questionscan result in students dropping the major, struggling academically, failing to make a connectionwith peers and resources, and facing challenges when applying for jobs due to inadequate careerpreparation.To address this gap in the curriculum

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #26069Work in Progress: Enable Digital Thread and Digital Twin Learning Envi-ronment for Cybermanufacturing EducationDr. Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University Dr. Zhenhua Wu, is currently an Assistant Professor in Manufacturing Engineering at Virginia State University. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. His current research interests focus on cybermanufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, adaptive machining. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work-in-Progress: Enable Digital Thread and Digital Twin Learning Environment for

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

(range 0 to 18), based on theirselections among the 19 options listed on the survey. Across the 22 institutions, this ranged froma median of two to seven ESI topics (see Appendix). Differences among the institutions were notstatistically significant (likely due to the wide variation among the respondents from eachinstitution). There was a moderate correlation among the percentage of the institutionalrespondents who took the curricular survey and the median number of ESI topics taught at theinstitution (correlation coefficient 0.42). This is not surprising as the invitations to the curricularsurvey were sent to individuals known to be active in engineering ethics education or groupswith an interest in ESI and therefore more likely to integrate an

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

prefect researches.References[1] X. Liu, “An analysis of some concepts about general education,” Journal of Higher Education,vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 64-68, 2006.[2] L. Chen, “ Idea and Practice: Writing Seminar in Yale University,” International andComparative Education, no. 1, pp. 32-38, 2019.[3] Y. Han, “The General Education Curriculum Reform in Chinese Universities under theBackground of Internationalization,” Journal of National Academy of Education Administration,no. 11, pp. 32-37, 2017.[4] G. Xie, “Strengthening and Promoting General Education,” China University Teaching, no.3, pp. 71-73, 2008.[5] M. Li, “Reflection on the Philosophy and the Operational System of General Education inChinese Universities: 1995-2005,” vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 86-99

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Issues in Mechanical Engineering Technology II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

oceanography. Methods in Oceanography, 17, 97-117.[3]. Zhang, Z., Wu, X., & Zhang, J. (2016, December). Research related to application of 3D printing technique in educational military equipment. In 2016 International Conference on Advances in Management, Arts and Humanities Science (AMAHS 2016). Atlantis Press.[4]. Matsson, J. E., Voth, J. A., McCain, C. A., & McGraw, C. (2016, June). Aerodynamic Performance of the NACA 2412 Airfoil at Low Reynolds Number. In 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[5]. Linke and his colleagues reported on the development of including 3d printing in an active project based undergraduate curriculum wherein airfoil and nozzle shapes were 3D printed for teaching gas dynamics

Conference Session

Connecting Theory and Practice in a Change Project - And What I Wish I Knew Before I Started

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy B. Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana; John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Tris Utschig, Kennesaw State University

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

high need for assessment in change projects is often paired with a low prevalenceof formal assessment activity (Beach et al., 2016). To avoid this, a structured approach toassessment should be used from the very beginning, and conducted as an integral component ofthe entire project. During planning, assessment of “readiness for change” is critical (Reeves,2009; Lehman, Greener, and Simpson, 2002; Combe, 2014; Lynch & Smith, 2016). Movingthrough the project, assessment plans should be mindful of Banta et al.’s (1996) principle ofassessment stating that “Assessment requires attention to outcomes, but also and equally to theexperiences that lead to those outcomes”. To do this, Hall (2013) argues that direct assessment ofthe extent of

Conference Session

The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Connor Sonnier, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

, “Scoring conceptmaps: an integrated rubric for assessing engineering education”, Journal of EngineeringEducation, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 105-115, 2004.[48] M. Ruiz-Primo, R. J. Shavelson, M. Li, S. E. Schultz, “On the validity of cognitiveinterpretations of scores from alternative concept mapping techniques”, Educational Assessment,vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 99–141, 2001.[49] Y. Yin, J. Vanides, M. Ruiz-Primo, C. C. Ayala, R. J. Shavelson, “Comparison of twoconcept mapping techniques: Implications for scoring, interpretation, and use”, Journal ofResearch in Science Teaching, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 166–184, 2005.[50] K.W. Jablokow, J. F. DeFranco, S. S. Richmond, “A statistical study of concept mappingmetrics”, 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer C. Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

writingknowledge transfer: a student who successfully completed freshman composition may still beunable to transfer skills, habits of mind, and approaches to writing from that setting toengineering because the rhetorical situations look drastically different [2].Yancey, Robertson,and Taczak define transfer as a “dynamic rather than a static process, a process of using,adapting, repurposing the old for success in the new,” and they argue that reflection—reflectionthat allows students to develop metacognition and a robust theory of writing—is integral totransfer [2]. In addition, for learning to take place and successful transfer to occur, students needto recognize what they don’t yet know [2].With an eye toward asking students to develop an engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhidipta Mallik, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Pre-College Engineering Education

courses have better entrepreneurial self-efficacy [17]. Hence, students who took entrepreneurship courses showed more interest in startingtheir own business than others. Motivated by the aforementioned reasons, and by furtherconsidering [18],[19], entrepreneurship was included as an integral component of the roboticseducation workshop for high school participants conducted at the NYU Tandon School ofEngineering in summer 2018.To effectively and seamlessly integrate robotics and entrepreneurship in our curriculum, theproject team brainstormed and envisioned real-world projects (discussed in later sections) asdesign challenges for summer workshop participants. Moreover, to enable the participants learnbusiness development and product design

Conference Session

Engaging Community through STEM partnerships

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Schaffer, Santa Clara University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #27648Engagement in Practice: Using STEM Outreach as a Platform to ImproveSocial Awareness and Learning SkillsDr. Robert Schaffer, Santa Clara University Dr. Bob Schaffer is a full-time lecturer at Santa Clara University where he teaches general Engineering classes and upper-division and graduate classes in Electrical Engineering. He also teaches as an adjunct professor in the Engineering department at Mission College (Santa Clara, CA). His classes include Intro- duction to Engineering, STEM Outreach in the Community, Digital Signal Processing, and Programming for Engineers. c American

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Eva Schiorring, StemEval; Paul S. Nerenberg, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the program, , how we measure its effectiveness, thechallenges of scaling the program to an entire College, as well as on the cultural and attitudinalchanges which have been required in the students, faculty and staff of the College in order tofully integrate this program. We will also highlight how our students’ strengths have beenutilized to build a community that sustains itself and outpaces the student-deficit model that oftenpervades engineering institutions with large numbers of students who have been historicallyunderrepresented in STEM.Institutional ContextCal State LA is an HSI, one of 23-campuses of the California State University system, whichprides itself on being an access institution, and as such admits students mainly from a

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Vernon Cook, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #25648Visualizing Power-Quality Phenomena in a Hands-On Electric Power Sys-tems LaboratoryMr. Thomas Vernon Cook, University of Pittsburgh I am a Electrical Engineering Masters student in the Electric Power program at the University of Pitts- burgh. I spent the last year helping to develop a hands on learning environment and curriculum for engineering students of all disciplines. My current research is in power electronic conversion for small spacecraft applications.Dr. Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh Robert Kerestes, PhD, is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Bridget Trogden, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

for the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. She holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron. Since 2002, she has taught, developed, and and now coordinates the first-year curriculum. As the lead author of the ”Thinking Like an Engineer” textbook, currently in its 4th edition, she has been the primary author team–member in charge of the development of the MyEngineeringLab system.Dr. Bridget Trogden, Clemson University Bridget Trogden holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois and was an Assistant, then Associate, Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Mercer University for twelve years. She received Mercer’s Innovations in Teaching Award and was a

Conference Session

Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Simson, The Cooper Union; Laura C. Broughton, City University of New York, Bronx Community; Elizabeth J. Biddinger, City College of the City University of New York

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

assignments for students that were more advanced or for students thatrequired additional resources.Future work in curriculum design will focus on scientific communication. Although shortlaboratory reports and two presentations were required and graded, there was not explicitinstruction or feedback given on writing. Instead, a majority of the focus of technicalcommunication instruction was on developing clear and well formatted plots and tables.Integrating an additional writing assignment explicitly designed with a revision process couldgive students an idea of what college level scientific writing looks like.Section Lecture/Activity Excel + Computer Math Laboratory