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Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Design and Evaluation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kerry R Widder, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Hue V. Tran P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen M. Williams P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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communicate effectively. 3.0 1.7k) Your ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessaryfor engineering practice. 3.7 1.3Your overall creativity. 3.7 1.2The data indicate that students recognize the role courses played in developing their competency,particularly in (b), (c), (k), and their overall creativity. Once again, the small numbers ofresponses received from recent graduates are consistent with these findings. An open-endedquestion asked respondents to identify other courses in which they benefitted from having

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amanda S. Parker, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Women in Engineering

-programs/dual-degree-engineering/dual-degree- engineering-requirements28. Perry, Reginald J. "An analysis of a pre-engineering program model used to predict a student's persistence to graduation." Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE. IEEE, 2013.29. Ennis et al, “GoldShirt Transitional Program: First-Year Results and Lessons Learned on Creating Engineering Capacity and Expanding Diversity, 2011 ASEE Conference,30. Knight et al, “The Impact of Inclusive Excellence Programs on the Development of Engineering Identity among First-Year Underrepresented Students, 2013 ASEE Conference, Atlanta, GA.31. Kingma et al, “The Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) in Engineering Program, 2014 ASEE Conference, Indianapolis, IN.32

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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

engineering side. I like math. I like building stuff. I discovered later – actually, I developed a passion later…for the field, for the coursework. It wasn’t as much linear algebra and math stuff; it was taking some of that and building circuits and stuff. You know, projects – taking that stuff and using it and that was really cool. So I really got excited. (Brent)Whether interested in how things work in general, or in new gadgets and high-tech items, ormath and science, or more hands-on building, these men were distinctive in that the activitiesthey find inherently motivating and enjoyable would be best fulfilled through an engineeringcareer. For example, other professional career fields would be unlikely to provide

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Linda T Coats; Debora F Rodrigues, University of Houston (CoE); Judit Eva Puskas; Frank "Fritz" J Claydon, University of Houston (CoE)

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Women in Engineering

(volume 2): a third decade of research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005.16. Banks, J.A., Banks, C.A.M. Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley and Sons, 2010.17. Merolla, D.M., Serpe, R.T. STEM enrichment programs and graduate school matriculation: the role of science identity salience. Social Psychology Education 16:575-597, 2013.18. Bilimoria, D., Joy, S., Liang, X. Breaking barriers and creating inclusiveness: lessons of organizational transformation to advance women faculty in academic science and engineering. Human Resource Management, 47(3): 423-441, 2008.19. Yoder, B.L. Engineering by the numbers. Engineering College Profiles & Statistics ASEE, 2012.20. CRA-W, Career mentoring

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Working in Teams: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12565Problematizing Best Practices for Pairing in K-12 Student Design TeamsMs. Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park. She graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include understanding community and identity formation, unpacking students’ re- lationships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to fostering supportive

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Petra Reinke, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

, designed in response to the changing demands placed onengineering graduates in the future, as illustrated by The Engineer of 2020[3] and Educating theEngineer of 2020[4] reports. Both reports illustrate the need for engineers who can effectivelycontribute to the changing landscape of the field through creativity, strong communication skills,an understanding of the principles of leadership and by becoming lifelong learners. [3-4] TheUniversity of Michigan’s program includes elements intended to specifically address theseneeds. We have also explored new models for scalability through a pilot program, includingstudent-led larger group discussions of 50-100 participants.In the following sections, we will offer strategies for the development of a

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Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen M Clapper Bergsman, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington; Laura J Collins, Center for Research and Learning; Jill Lynn Weber, The Center for Research and Learning; Lise Johnson, The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #11774Impacts of a Neural Engineering Summer Research Experience on High SchoolStudents (Evaluation)Kristen M Clapper Bergsman, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering Kristen Clapper Bergsman is the Pre-College Education Manager at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington. She is also a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Washington. Previously, Kristen worked as an educational consultant offering support in curriculum development and production. She received her M.Ed. in Curriculum and

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Examining Social Ties and Networks

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

18% Leave 2nd year Graduate 13% in <6 years 56% Leave 3rd year 6% Leave after 3rd year 6% Figure 1: Attrition Rates at Local Site, Average over 10 yearsTypically, engineering educators have focused on curricular interventions to improve the first-year experience4, 5 and have researched the development of student cognitive characteristics suchas attitudes and

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ECCD International Outreach

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. You can better imagine how government, school systems, private trainingorganizations, public educational organizations, watchdog agencies, standards organizationsCOGS), industry, and utilities view the issues and why."154.3 Knowledge-Building ActivitiesLearning activities and deliverables were developed in order to deepen and broaden theknowledge gained by participants while also capturing and preserving their findings and gainsboth for the participants themselves and for the purposes of dissemination and grant reporting.Most of these activities and deliverables were facilitated and supported through the use of anonline “course” site hosted on Instructure’s Canvas course management system (see Figure 6)and reports, discussions and other

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Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #12561Tensions in the Productivity in Design Task Tinkering - FundamentalMs. Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park. She graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include understanding community and identity formation, unpacking students’ re- lationships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to fostering supportive

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Subjects in Renewable Energy and ET

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Peter Kuehn, The Urban Institute; Melvin L. Roberts P.E., Camden County College; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

meet the demands ofan increasingly “flat” world, where competencies that go beyond pure technical skills, includingcreativity, leadership, flexibility, and communication, are becoming more and more essential.3, 4Traditional engineering education is also being challenged to respond to emerging fields that blurdisciplinary boundaries, such as nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and biomemetics. Manyworry that the U.S. production of engineering graduates lags well behind that of some notablecompetitor nations, such as China, a shortfall not only in absolute numbers but also in the overallpercentage of college graduates who have an engineering degree.1What has been largely absent from most discussions of the future of the US technical workforceis

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Christopher Martinez, University of New Haven; Mark J Graham Ph.D., Yale University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

financial concerns and/or life-work-study balance issues. This goal will beaccomplished through the following objectives: 1. Provide scholarships for matriculated students based on both financial need and merit to sophomore and junior level students over 5 years. 2. Recruit and provide scholarships to high academic performing community college transfer students over 5 years. 3. Provide support services that include engineering tutors to complement the current university-tutoring center. 4. Increase student engagement in college- and university-wide activities that contribute to persistence such as mentoring STEM students, participating at academic conferences in their field, service learning activities, and graduate

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Research to Practice: STRAND 3 – Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd France, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #11491Project-based learning in a high school pre-engineering program: Findingson student behavior (RTP, Strand 3)Todd France, University of Colorado, Boulder Todd France is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is part of the Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program and helps teach and develop curriculum at a high school STEM academy. His research focuses on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. Page 26.1266.1 c American Society for

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Gerold Willing, University of Louisville; Thomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville

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, but are very difficult to quantify.1. Introduction Page 26.1221.2The Partnership for Retention Improvement in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science(PRIMES) is a University of Louisville cross-college collaboration aimed at reducing attritionamong our STEM majors. This project unites faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences, theJ.B. Speed School of Engineering, and the College of Education and Human Development intackling identified hurdles that contribute to poor retention (and thus low graduation rates) in ourrespective undergraduate STEM programs. PRIMES’ goals are quite simple: 1. Increase by 25% the number of Bachelor’s degrees

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Simone E Volet, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; Marja M.S. Vauras, University of Turku; Debra May Friedrichsen, Unaffiliated; Gavin Tierney, University of Washington

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classrooms of up to 35 students, teachers must supportstudent engagement in unfamiliar disciplinary practices in real time, as students are working tosolve complex problems with multiple possible solutions. This requires teachers to have both theadaptive expertise to know how and when to intervene in students’ collaborative work withoutshort-circuiting their’ disciplinary thinking, and effective tools for formative assessment.Oregon. At Oregon State University the Oregon’s team uses the Virtual Chemical VaporDeposition (CVD) Project (http://cbee.oregonstate.edu/education/VirtualCVD/) to provideopportunities for student groups to develop and refine solutions to an authentic, industriallysituated engineering task through experimentation, analysis, and

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Flipped Classrooms in Mechanics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keri Ryan, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno

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Mechanics

drives them to seek additional funding through external employment, leavingstudents with little time for study outside of the classroom. In addition, 5% of engineeringstudents are over the age of 30 and potentially have to support their families in addition to theirstudies. Living off campus is common among all students; such students have less access tostudy and support groups, which leads to the creation of a dispersed community of practice.Research has shown that having a weak community of practice, negatively influences studentsfeelings of belonging and learning6.Overall, the state has a low rate of funding for education, suggesting that its students start outless prepared for college coursework in engineering relative to the national

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University; Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University

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Civil Engineering

shown in Figure 1clearly illustrates the notion that education for the practice of engineering is underpinned byeducation in these four areas. Studies identified on the figure as technical and professionalbreadth are informed by studies in mathematics, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences.Without all four, the context is incomplete and critical thinking associated with problem solvingis constrained.Despite the universal agreement regarding the need for studies in the humanities and socialsciences, there is anecdotal evidence to indicate that while the literature speaks with one voice onthis issue, engineering educators assign value through their curriculum. In general, rarely morethan the minimum required H/SS coursework is required

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Reimagining Engineering Information Literacy: Novel Perspectives on Integration, Assessment, Competencies & Information Use

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nastasha E Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

individual’s learning path and signaling achievement at a granular level; providingintrinsic feedback, recognizing/rewarding milestones in development, and making learners Page 26.275.2aware of opportunities for further development; and building professional/personal identity,reputation and community membership. The authors state that badges “connect self-directedand interest-driven learning to a broader ecosystem of accreditation and recognition to enableeach learner to capitalize on the learning experiences that they are already having, or to inspireand help them to seek out new ones, as well as to communicate their achievements and skills tonecessary

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Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E. Foor, University of Oklahoma; Rui Pan, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

are excluded from participation bycultural and structural elements of the teams. This paper offers recommendations to advisors,departments, and engineering educators about the scaffolding necessary to offer more authenticlearning opportunities and build teams that are more diverse.IntroductionThe development of individual skills such as leadership and communication along withopportunities for collaborating with diverse individuals in a team environment are consideredessential to prepare undergraduate engineering students to meet the grand challenges facingsociety.1, 2 This consideration is informed by the global need for engineers who can workeffectively toward solving complex issues in an increasingly diverse yet inter-connected

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

undergraduates in o EPICS (Engineering Problems in research with faculty Community Service)  Relationships between students and faculty in o Grants in REU (Research engineering and across departments Experience for Undergraduates)  Student retention and satisfaction  E2 Freshman Camps  Helps develop disciplinary professional identity  Professional Societies Course/Curricular Experiences  Student Success Course  Increased contact (relationships) with faculty  Introduction to Engineering  Student success skills  Engineering design content

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Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Adam Farmer

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Manufacturing

and observation of student confidence in the labs willgage the total success of teaching manufacturing for a large class.ReferencesGroup Cell 1) Leighbody G.B. and Kidd D.M., Methods of Teaching Shop and Technical Subjects, Delmar publisher, 1966. 2) Nowak, M.L., Identification of Teaching Strategies and Leaning Activities for Manufacturing Technology Education Programs, Dissertation, Texas A&M University, 1988. 3) Miller M.R., Strategies for Developing an Exemplary Program in Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Dissertation, Texas A&M University, 1993. 4) Nelson M.S., Technical Competencies for Entry-Level Manufacturing Engineering Technologists for the Year 2000, Dissertation, Texas A&M

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Svetlana V. Levonisova, University of Southern California; Rachel E. Savage, University of Tulsa; Scott Charles Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Erin J. McCave, Clemson University; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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engineering student identity development and engineering student global preparedness. She completed her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University in 2014 and a certificate in Engineer- ing & Science Education in 2012. She completed her B.S in Biomedical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2003.Dr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Southern California. She conducts research on college transitions and retention of underrepresented students in engineering and also research about engineering global preparedness and engineering innovation. She also has research expertise in STEM K-12 and in STEM assessment. She

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Atkins, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julian Ernesto Martinez-Moreno, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lalit Patil, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kimber J Andrews, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ; Maryalice S. Wu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Debasish Dutta, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Barbara Hug, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Liora Bresler

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President for Academic Affairs at Purdue University. He is also a professor of mechanical engineering. Prior to this, he served as Dean of the Graduate College at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering (2009-2014) and on the faculty of mechanical engineering at University of Michigan (1989-2009). He has also served as Acting Director of the Division of Graduate Education and IGERT Program Director at NSF.Dr. Barbara Hug, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Hug is a clinical associate professor with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at UIUC. She is interested in developing and using curriculum materials that

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Andrew Albright, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Karen R. Den Braven, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Elaine R. Parshall, SC Governor's School of Science and Mathematics

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school that has educated students since 1988 in aresidential setting. In 2013, Accelerate, South Carolina’s Engineering Launchpad, began in apilot phase, offering blended online coursework with instruction delivered using live video-conferencing technology to exceptional students from across the state. Conceived as a means todraw future engineering talent from across the state, Accelerate was created to attract andprepare the next generation of creative, articulate, and agile engineers. An integrated set ofcollege and honors courses that delivers superior science, engineering, and mathematicsinstruction along with valuable communication skills through dedicated English coursesdistinguishes Accelerate from other engineering courses offered in

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Marisa Exter, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

new multidisciplinary degree program which provides both liberal arts and technical content through competency-based experiential learning. Page 26.1786.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 “What’s in it for me?” A Look into First-Year Students’ Perceptions of a Digital Badge SystemAbstractIn Fall 2014, the Purdue Polytechnic Incubator – a new undergraduate program with the focus oncompetency-based interdisciplinary skills – welcomed its initial cohort of first-year students.During the first semester, students were involved in a number of holistic

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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active member of Northeastern’s Gateway Team, a select group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at NU. She also serves as a Technical Faculty Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Challenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of numerous awards in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond.Dr. Richard Whalen, Northeastern University Dr. Richard Whalen is a Teaching Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, MA and a core member of the Engineering Gateway Team. The focus of this team

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University; Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University

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even when overall retention is improving?In 2009, LeTourneau University, a small, private university sought to identify the reasons behindlow graduation rates in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology (SEET). Theydeployed an exhaustive survey to students that had left the school asking these former students(leavers) to rank the influences behind their decision to leave engineering. Results were utilizedto help develop several first-year retention initiatives targeted at engineering persistence of firsttime in any college (FTIC) students. These initiatives, aided with funding through an NSF-STEPgrant began with the 2010 cohort and have continued until present. Subsequent deployments ofthe identical survey to cohorts 2009 through

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Mechanics of Materials

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College; Lori Bassman, Harvey Mudd College

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Mechanics

have developed case studies that reflect the role of national “technologicalculture” in the diverse American and Dutch responses to the risk of flooding (which involvesstudents performing calculations as well as reading and discussion relevant fiction, and builds toan in-class design experience); that consider the capabilities and the complexities of improvedprosthetic designs for competitive athletes; and that describe the interdependence of the historyof aviation, and airplane design evolution, with engineering beam theory. Our approach to theinclusion of professional ethics in technical coursework appreciates the reasoning of Lynch andKline18-19, and focuses on “culturally embedded engineering practice.” Several of the case studiesalso

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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.................................................................................................................................. 314Rehabilitation Robotics and Assistive Technology Experiences for Engineering Technology .... 323Attentional Demand, Encoding, and Affective Payoff of Context-Rich Physics Problems ......... 333RFI Discussion Forum .................................................................................................................. 344A Proposed Individualized Electronic Monitoring Sensor to Track Sleeping Patterns and Improveits Associated Health Outcomes ................................................................................................. 352The Paradigm Shift of Coursework Development through Industry Partnership: An Account ofthe Development of a Course in Structural Engineering Masonry Building Design ................... 360Flexible and

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

]. Many of these skills can be gained through meaningfulincorporation of liberal arts into higher education [16]. However, current engineering educationhas not yet embraced the notion of the “cooperation among the previously separate disciplines toattack problems that have no recognizable boundaries” (p.17) [17] to enable students to quicklyadapt to the consistent shifts in directions taken by technology and engineering in the real worldwhere the globalization, the development of a knowledge economy, and rapid changes intechnology make skills of recent graduates obsolete in as little as 18 months [12, 18, 19]. Page 26.677.4However, changes in