Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Shuyu Wang, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

fit in the goal of this project, which is preparing students for more advancedrobotics courses, the programs that will be created for the project can’t exceed the limitations ofthese educational robots. For instance, the grabber size is limited by one size and it cannot lifttoo much weight, the pick-and-place simulation lab objects are limited to quarters.DESIGN PHASEThe project describes five labs in total covering from safety to writing programs and testing.Each lab focuses on a topic. After performing all the labs, students will be familiar with writingprograms and running them continuously or systematically. The following are the topics for allthe labs: Lab 1 – Safety Lab Lab 2 – Introductory Lab Lab 3 – Programming

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho; Sean Gordon Daniel, University of Idaho

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Instrumentation

stability of any power grid.IntroductionA conventional timing light shown in Figure 1 uses a halogen light to determine if the voltagessources, of approximately equal amplitude, are in phase with each other. When the voltage fromthe generator is in phase with the power grid, the current through the light is zero. The current isat its maximum when φ, the phase angle is between the two sources, is 180 degrees.The phase angle in radians shown in equation (1) is a function of t, the time delay betweensources, and ω, the radian frequency. φ=t·ω (1)The conventional timing light is out of date because halogen lights are no longer manufactureddue to their

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Ghosh, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Diversity

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Mathematics

with enough time for sufficient reinforcement.The results realized in teaching at upper levels are derived from mathematical concepts andidentifiers reinforced during core courses in mechanical engineering. The paper demonstratessuch measured steps together with motivation builders as the prescription required in teachingcalculus and boundary value problems to mechanical engineering students.IntroductionOn a recent examination in Dynamics given to 60 students in two sections team-taught by twodifferent instructors, the following question was posed (Figure 1). The question tests the rigidbody kinematics area covering dynamical concepts of fixed axis rotations in belt drives. Themathematically relevant part of the solution requires a simple

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

VJ Tocco, University of Florida; Kevin Buettner; Madeline G Sciullo, University of Florida; Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, University of California, Davis; Jason E. Butler, University of Florida

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Student

the open-source CFD code (OpenFOAM).Dr. Jason E. Butler, University of Florida c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 2018 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Work in Progress: Peer-Led Research Methods Workshop for First-Year Ph.D. Students (Student Paper) Vincent J. Tocco1, Kevin E. Buettner1, Madeline Sciullo2, Jennifer S. Curtis3 and Jason E. Butler1 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL; 2Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville FL; 3Department of Chemical Engineering, University of

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franziska Dorothea Wehner, Technische Universität Darmstadt

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Mathematics

ofvarious learning resources as well as their learning strategies, achievement goals andattributions). However, the focus of the current paper will be on answering the followingresearch questions: 1. How do engineering students use video tutorials in mathematics courses? 2. How frequently do engineering students use video tutorials in mathematics courses? 3. How helpful do engineering students find video tutorials in mathematics courses?The study was conducted in an advanced calculus course for engineering students at atechnical university in Germany. Important contents were differential equations and complexanalysis. In the first part of the course, basic existence and uniqueness theorems for solutionsto general ordinary differential

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest

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Instrumentation

dollars. Zahraee served ABET from 1992 through 2010 as a program evaluator, commissioner (Accreditation Team Chair), as well as the Chair of the Engineering Technology accreditation commission of ABET during 2009-2010. He was a member of the ABET Board of Directors as a representative of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) until October 2016. As the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Mohammad has been successful in making the MS in Technology program at Purdue University Northwest one of the largest in the U.S. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Page 1 of 15

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryon Kucharski, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joan Giblin, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Mehmet Ergezer, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Student

, intended to capture the realities of student habits, notjust intention or knowledge of the “right answer.” The surveys were then analyzed andcorrelated to determine what strategies students agreed were successful, whether theydetermined the strategies’ merits prior to graduation or only in retrospect. The goal is thatuniversities and engineering programs can share these strategies with their incoming orretained students or develop similar survey studies based on their own student body, helpingstudents succeed in their respective programs and increase retention regardless of studentbackground. Finally, a study guide is presented, growing from the survey results and moldedby undergraduate students and the investigative team.1 IntroductionStudents

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Natasha Perova-Mello, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

relating to curriculum design in engineeringas well as to suggest ways in which teaching in engineering classrooms can be improved formaximum benefit to both instructors and students.Background One major goal of engineering education is to prepare students who possess disciplinaryknowledge, technical skills, and are capable of identifying and applying solutions to complexproblems [1]. These engineering traits have also been recommended in publications such as TheEngineer of 2020 [2]. In this report attributes of the future engineer are explicitly described aspossessing strong analytical skills, practical ingenuity, creativity, good communication,leadership roles such as in business and management, demonstrated levels of ethics

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

Information for Non-Engineers – A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Application of the ACRL FrameworkAs Washington State University becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, the need is increasingfor collaboration between librarians and instructors to introduce non-engineering students totechnical literature. Understanding technical literature is challenging even for the very engineerswho are versed in the vocabulary and procedures of their discipline. Hence, training non-engineer students to use this literature is a substantial challenge. Over the course of several years,the ACRL framework for information literacy in higher education has been integrated into theengineering curriculum. Over this time several core lessons have emerged: 1

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Camille Birch; Celina Gunnarsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Ethics in an Introductory Bioengineering Course (Work In Progress)IntroductionEthics and diversity are critical components of engineering training and practice, but mostundergraduate engineering programs do not address these issues in-depth [1-3]. In this work-in-progress, we describe the design and implementation of a novel curriculum that allows earlyengineering students to explore the interplay of diversity and ethics in an engineering context.Importantly, our curriculum can be incorporated into any engineering course, and thus serves asa model for educators in any engineering discipline.This work-in-progress describes student response to three rounds of pilot efforts [4] and how weare developing and implementing the first

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

teaching these topics in a range of settings with a variety ofpedagogical approaches. Analysis of the interview data from educators who did not perceiveany significant challenges also sheds light on the circumstances and strategies that facilitateeffective ESI instruction.IntroductionEthics has been recognized as an important part of engineering education and professionalresponsibility. The inclusion in accreditation criteria [1] and professional codes [2] providesan impetus for fostering ethical awareness and judgment. In a systematic literature reviewof engineering ethics education articles, Hess and Fore found that 65% of the interventionswere justified or motivated by ABET accreditation [3]. Despite its importance, there are anumber of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjay Tewari, Louisiana Tech University; Md Ashique Ahmed, Louisiana Tech University; Chandra Mouli Tummala, Louisiana Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

classrooms.However, it is expected that these engineering students will be able to manipulate materials,energy, and information in their professional roles. However, students must have aknowledge that goes beyond mere theory. Fundamental knowledge, traditionally gained ineducational laboratories, provide a better base that is long lasting and easy to recall in futurebased on their experience and sensory memory. Learning styles vary person to person asdiscussed in many publications [1-5]. Since routine class lectures normally do not promoteactive learning and not every student can easily absorb and understand theoretical knowledgepresented in this kind of class setting, hands-on laboratory based assignments usually aremore effective in generating a greater

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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Environmental Engineering

definition, 42.8% a partially correct definition, and 57.2%reporting a completely incorrect definition. However, 64.3% knew that it causes buildup onsurfaces. Post-assessment conducted via exams revealed that students’ conceptual knowledgeimproved and from midterm to final exam.Introduction and backgroundActive learning techniques are widely purported to improve student learning by appealing to alarger range of learning styles. In particular, hands-on activities have been shown to appeal tostudents with sensory, visual, and active learning styles [1]. Deeper learning also takes placewhen students can connect ideas that are familiar to them with new ones [2]. Within the contextof environmental engineering, many authors have demonstrated the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal L. Renfro, Kennesaw State University; Lori J. Ostapowicz Critz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

primary area of coverage has been Biomedical Engineering, she has also served as liaison for Civil & Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 How to be a Subject Specialist When You Aren’t: Engineering Librarianship for the Non-Engineer    BackgroundAsk any library manager with an open engineering librarian position and they will tell you thatrecruitment is challenging. While there are over 150 engineering branch libraries across theUnited States [1] and Hackenberg’s [2] survey found that 72% of sci-tech librarians indicatedthat a course in sci-tech librarianship was offered at their graduate school, the

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul K. Andersen, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Jalal Rastegary, New Mexico State University; Christopher Campbell, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

Grants(PPG) program to support the delivery of P2 and E3 assessments to a wide variety of commercialand industrial sites statewide. In 2016, the program merged with ENMRN, which serves as theCollege’s formalized outreach organizational unit.NMSU is among a group of academic institutions across the country that provides sucheducational awareness and outreach services to the business community, with EPA havingfunded several university- and community-college-based technical assistance programs since thepassage of the P2 Act in 1990 [1]. In states with a large manufacturing presence (where thereduction of chemical and hazardous materials is most needed), EPA's funding has beenespecially beneficial. Nationally, the program leverages engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

girls do not perform well on tests. In 2009, male high schoolgraduates had higher National Assessment of Educational Process (NAEP) mathematics andscience scores than their female counterparts, completing the same curriculum level [1]. Thismight be correlated with the Arizona State University’s finding that “the average male studentthinks he is smarter than 66 percent of the class, while the average female student thinks she issmarter than 54 percent of the class” [2]. Stoeger et al. reported that STEM interest is almostthree times higher for boys than girls. The same study reported that female students think thatSTEM is not appropriate for them due to a perceived disconnect between the “real world” andtheir assignments; therefore, the girls

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Peterson P.E., University of Wisconsin, River Falls; Matthew Francis Digman, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

rather than passively absorbing lecturematerial during class time [1]. Because lecture material is generally watched individually,outside of class, students are able to self-pace their learning. A flipped class approach wasadopted in an introductory computer aided design and drafting course. The course is required foragricultural engineering and agricultural engineering technology majors and is a popular electivetaken by physics majors. The current flipped format has been in place for six years. Fifteenhomework assignments, due on average every week, comprise 45% of the grade. Thus, eachhomework assignment is worth about 5% of the final grade and no late assignments are acceptedwithout prior approval. For a variety of reasons, including

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James R Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Bryan Basham, Software Alchemy (with RIT)

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Software Engineering Division

curricula where there is time to address the breadth of the softwareengineering body of knowledge. The Software Engineering 2014 Curriculum Guidelines [1] listsnine top-level knowledge areas for software engineering programs with a minimum of 467"lecture" hours of material. For the majority of students who are in computer science, computerengineering, or other computing programs, they will receive their software engineering educationin a single course, Introduction to Software Engineering, which is expected to cover softwareengineering as a topic. Some of the topics in the software engineering Knowledge Areas may becovered by other courses in the non-software engineering student's program, but if you look atfor example, the Computer Science 2013

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikitha Sambamurthy, zyBooks; Alex Daniel Edgcomb, zyBooks

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Electrical and Computer

articles attempted to address misconceptions. Thus, there appears to be a need forresearch that addresses misconceptions. We might suggest focusing on prevalently reportedmisconceptions, such as physics term confusion and appropriate application of Ohm's Law.IntroductionMisconceptions in circuit analysis have been investigated by many researchers, and researchershave identified numerous issues: Conceptual [1][2][3][4], term confusion [5][6], fundamentalmathematical skills [7][8], incomplete metaphor [9][10], and diagnostics to identify suchmisconceptions [5][11]. Further, researchers have investigated many aspects: Communitycollege through research university levels, laboratory and lecture settings, and across differentlearning materials.However

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julanne K. McCulley, Weber State University

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College Industry Partnerships

Association, states that one ofthe challenges we have in manufacturing today is “the increasing demand for a much moreskilled and advanced workforce [1]”. Collaborations between industry and academia arenecessary to provide a workforce that meets the needs of our community.Development of the PathwayIn 2016, program coordinators from the local ATCs and Weber State University attended asummit that was organized by local industry partners with a mission to discuss the developmentof a pathway specifically aimed at maintenance employees to obtain an AAS degree in aseamless transition from the ATC certification program. The degree would specialize inautomation or controls technology and would qualify personnel to fill automation engineeringtechnician

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir I. Prodanov, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Greene, Maxim Integrated

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College Industry Partnerships

discussed are some aspects ofengineering education and relevant trends in alumni giving.Keywords: alumni, voluntarism, training, ABET, laboratory, collaboration, experiential learning 1. IntroductionCal Poly is a predominantly undergraduate institution widely recognized for its excellentengineering programs. With an enrollment of over 5,800 undergraduate students and 280graduate students, the College of Engineering is a major supplier of engineering talent inCalifornia. As most of our baccalaureate recipients begin their careers in industry and do notpursue graduate degrees, our programs strive to keep a curriculum aligned with industrialpractice.Both the structure and the content of the curriculum determine the alignment. Typically, acurriculum

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University; Matt Albrecht, Quanta Services

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College Industry Partnerships

industrialtraining site and receive classroom and practical application training on full life-cycle utilitiesproject management with the help of company experts from Quanta Services.IntroductionAs the technology innovates quickly, a pro-active industry-university partnership has constituteda backbone to an effective future workforce development including engineers, engineeringtechnologist and technicians who can adopt the technological innovations promptly andeffectively in the industrial environments. As the highly-skilled and experienced technicalemployee from the baby-boomers generation begin to retire in vast amounts, stable and quickreplacement of management and technical workforce with the qualified employee has been achallenging problem to solve [1

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College; Joseph J. Helble, Dartmouth College

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

efforts to attract and retain women, the percentage of women earning degreesin engineering remains low nationally. Women earned close to 60% of all bachelor’s degrees in2012 but less than 20% of those degrees were in engineering [1]. At Dartmouth, however, thepercentage of women in engineering is approaching gender parity [2]. As shown in Figure 1, thepercentage of female students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in engineering at Dartmouthpeaked at 54% in 2016. While the percentage of women graduating in engineering in 2017 wentdown, it remained high at 45%, which is more than twice the national average; the nationalaverage of women earning bachelor degrees in engineering is less than 20% [1]. Enrollmenttrends in current classes indicate that

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 1: Assessments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thahomina Jahan Nipa; Sharareh Kermanshachi, University of Texas at Arlington

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Construction Engineering

recommended based on their preference.14 Thetraditional textbook system is unable to recognize the difference, but the newly developedinteractive web-based system recognizes this problem based on the student's participation andfeedback on the website. Instructors and graduate teaching assistants can help students in thisregard, based on their feedback, making the materials more suitable for the students. As a result,most of the students benefit from development of an OER system.Research Methodology and Data CollectionA four-step research approach was adopted for this study, as shown in Figure 1. The first stepwas the review of the literature for the students’ perception and understanding of the existingeducational systems and resources. It was

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Luiz Fernando Capretz P.E., Western University; Sachin Narendra Pardeshi, R.C.Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur

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Software Engineering Division

and 2 Years Industry Experience. He has done ME in Computer Engineering. He has 2 years industry experience in Software Testing. He has done ISTQB-FL and Agile certifications.He is authour of 2 books, published by International Publication. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Analyzing unpopularity of software testing careers in Canadian universityIntroduction As software systems are becoming more pervasive, they are also becoming susceptible tofailures, resulting in potentially lethal combinations. There have been catastrophic failures such asAriane 5[1], Therac-25[2], and the UK e-borders project[3], which led to the loss of life and capital.Many similar incidents are happening all

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia George-Williams, Southern Methodist University; Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Southern Methodist University

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Engineering Libraries

, interdisciplinary potential of GIS for the library.In addition to these hands-on workshops given since 2016, the program has developed a series ofevents with outside invited speakers who are invited to conduct additional open, campus-wideworkshops in areas as divergent as education and crime. Of the various different workshopsoffered, the GIS Bootcamp held in February/March of 2017 was the most-widely attended; thiswas an intense week-long series of workshops taught by a highly qualified outside instructorwith experience working across the Humanities and Social Sciences. (See figures 1 and 2 -attendance at internal library staff-taught workshops, and external guest-taught workshops). Total attendance at all GIS workshops

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Neil E. Cotter, University of Utah; Angela Rasmussen, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

feedback. Solutions to address thebottlenecks included providing applications and real-world examples, providing step-by-stepcookbooks, color coding circuit nodes, organizing the circuit design equations into a circuitanalysis toolbox, using a deck of cards representing the functional design of a system, andcreating a library of in class demos. These improvements, along with the use of a flippedclassroom and incorporation of a National Instruments myDAQ device, resulted in an increase inthe pass rate of the class.I. IntroductionStudents in an introductory circuits course have a variety of challenges. Some of these arise fromthe course content. Bottlenecks or threshhold concepts [1] are basic concepts that arefundamental to more advanced

Conference Session

COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor V. Williams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tarun Yellamraju, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mireille Boutin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

this information by asking students about who they are and what they want from the MOOC they are enrolling in. However, making sense of this survey data is challenging. Machine learning clustering techniques are a standard tool for identifying groups within data; however, two problems exist when trying to cluster survey data: (1) it is often not in a form easily interpreted by clustering algorithms and (2) survey data is frequently high dimensional, which standard clustering techniques cannot handle well. We describe a technique for converting survey data into machine interpretable feature vectors. We then propose analyzing the data using the 𝑛𝑛-TARP clustering technique which is capable of efficiently

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Jeffrey M. Catchmark, Pennsylvania State University; Eduardo Mendieta; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Ethics

as a crucial factor in meaningfulintegration of ethics in the engineering curriculum. Informed by the findings ofengineering education and engineering ethics literature, our project team engages the BEfaculty in an ethics curriculum development initiative with five phases: 1) needassessment interviews, 2) faculty workshops, 3) curriculum design, 4) curriculumimplementation, and 5) project assessment and improvement. This paper reports in detailthe first two phases of this on-going project. First, one of the authors conducted semi-structured interviews with instructors of BE courses to understand their presentapproaches to ethics education and the perceived need for improvement. Second, authorsof this paper organized three interactive

Conference Session

COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zelin Zhu; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Shuo Ren, Old Dominion University; Katherine Smith, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University

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Computers in Education

graphical interface, as well as a more realistic rendition of the lab environment.Students can now use it to perform circuit wiring for combined electro-pneumatic experiments,just like on-campus students. Classroom use of Virtual Lab has demonstrated good performanceand effectiveness.1. IntroductionEducation and learning have become more accessible thanks to various online resources andtechnologies, such as MIT Open Courseware [1], edX (a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)learning platform that runs on an open-source software platform (Open edX)) [2], KhanAcademy [3], YouTube [4], and WebEx [5]. While online education provides many newopportunities and resources to students and professionals, one limitation of existing onlineeducation is the absence