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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Teresa Piliouras; Pui Lam Yu; Kristin Villanueva; Holly Robillard; Yingxin Chen; Michael Berson; Jeanne R. Lauer; Garret Sampel; Daniel Lapinski; Maigh Attre

– personal responsibility, self-esteem,college preparatory, magnet high school that offers its students atechnology-rich learning environment. Its culture and climate sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty;fosters innovation that goes beyond the classroom. For example, • Thinking skills – creativity, decision-making, problem-a collaborative effort with AITE led to the creation of an online solving, learning ability, visualization skills, andlearning program – Best We Can Be – that engenders learning by reasoning ability;facilitating supportive interpersonal networks between students

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanmay Bhowmik, Mississippi State University; Nan Niu, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

graduates joining large softwaredevelopment organizations generally spend their first several months of employment perform-ing corrective and perfective maintenance tasks. Finding the right piece of source code rel-evant to the change request in an unfamiliar software project is among the initial challengesfaced by such new developers. Thus, it is crucial for the Software Engineering educationalprogram to equip the students with core skills to effectively and efficiently locate a concern inthe code base and relate the code to other Software Engineering artifacts.The field of tracking a concern throughout the development life cycle is known as softwaretraceability. This line of research has its root in Gotel and Finkelstein’s seminal work10 on re

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Jennifer Louise Mines, The Pennsylvania State University

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Industrial Engineering

Paper ID #9591A New Look at Involving Undergraduate Students, Real Life Applications,and Active Learning Activities in the Industrial Engineering UndergraduateCourse Delivery ProcessDr. Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Paul C. Lynch received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Lynch is a member of AFS, SME, IIE, and ASEE. Dr. Lynch’s primary research interests are in metal casting, manufacturing, and engineering education. Dr. Lynch has been recognized by Alpha Pi Mu, IIE, and the Pennsylvania State University for his scholarship

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(including their administration, faculty, and students), government, and industry to optimize thesystem for preparing and ramping up freshout engineers in the workplace. This initiative alsogoes beyond existing efforts to provide cooperative learning experiences and internships. Whilethese learning experiences are valuable, they are only one component of a larger system todecrease rampup time to competent workplace performance.MissionThe mission of this coalition is to reduce the time to competent performance and reduce thedropout rate for new freshout engineers by fostering collaboration among academic, government,and industry stakeholders in ways that create, implement, maintain, and continuously improvesystemic solutions

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Information and Network Security

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Scott Bell, Kansas State University; Eugene Y. Vasserman, Kansas State University; Eleanor C. Sayre, Kansas State University

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Computing & Information Technology

assessments 11 . Interview format can range from a very structured set of questionsthat is to be followed explicitly to a nearly unstructured format with few guidelines, depending onthe need and purpose of the research being performed 20 . This approach allows for new ideas to beuncovered and explored based on what the participants say, rather than potential preconceptionsof study authors. The end goal of such a qualitative study is to gain an understanding of theparticipant’s point of view concerning the course and its content 5,13 .MethodologyStudent volunteers were solicited from an introductory cybersecurity course and included bothupper division undergraduate as well as graduate students who participated in the semester longstudy. To help

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. These functions allow users to store,manage, and share files online. File types can include documents, videos, and images. Citationlists can also be created in Sakai. Files ‘dropped’ into folders on Sakai are timestamped; facultycan also set assignment deadlines, and Sakai will report if a submission was turned in late. Thestudents used Sakai to turn in work related to their lab notebooks; faculty and teaching assistantsused Sakai to access the students’ work in order to grade and release comments back to thestudents.The primary reason for switching from PLNs to ELNs was because we believed that electronicrecording would be the typical format students would be expected to use in industrial or researchcontexts, once they have graduated. We

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Phillip M. Cormier, SUNY - University at Buffalo; Amy M. Johnson, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Wei Chen, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

physically dissect theproduct and perform appropriate research to develop well-reasoned answers to specific design-related questions. The evaluation phase provides opportunities for students to activelyexperiment and abstract meaning from their research and concrete dissection experiences.Finally, they articulate their findings during the explanation phase to describe the global,societal, economic, and environmental impact of the product.The descriptive nature of our framework provides the flexibility to create hands-on, inductivelearning activities for all levels of undergraduate education. We have used our framework toexpose freshmen in their introductory design courses to these contextual factors39-40, inspiresophomores in their project-based

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Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

among groupmembers. Learning how to acknowledge differences, arrive at consensus, set limits, andadminister fair sanctions to non-cooperative members are remembered and spoken of as Page 24.951.10more memorable than either the formal focus of the joint research undertaken by thegroup or the content of the course work in the program. The intensity of the groupexperience remains with the students long after graduation. Interestingly, this is as truefor students in groups that are marked by strong disagreements and personality clashes asit is for those groups that are well integrated.Teaching responsively is neither easy nor convenient, and runs against

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Impacts on K-12 Student Identity, Career Choice, and Perceptions of Engineers

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Matthew Arnold Boynton PE P.E., Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Appalachia. While at Virginia Tech, his research focused on understanding engineering career choice in the Appalachian region of the United States. Matthew is currently employed as an engineer at Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative, a rural telecommunications service provider in Pikeville Tennessee. Page 24.890.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Maybe I am Interested in Engineering, Does that Matter? (Research to Practice) Strand: Other (None of the Above)AbstractInterest is often cited as one, if not the key, reason for why students chose a career or

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, roads, decision making, algorithms).Transportation students can gain deep understanding of these subsystems with well-designedgames and educational modules. Our experience indicates that students’ learning is improvedwhen the material taught is stimulating to students’ curiosity and competitiveness. Past researchhas recognized the need to deliver transportation engineering education in appropriate ways for anew generation of students, including the development and implementation of summerworkshops [14] and games [15]. This research showed the potential of outreach through theincrease of interest among high school students in transportation careers and the increase ofawareness of traffic engineering issues. However, these efforts focused on

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Manveer Mann; Petros J Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Daniel L. Dickerson, Old Dominion University

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Manufacturing

24.479.5 Figure 2: Mass customization in the fashion industry17 This kind of perspective is very well known to fashion students, but in engineeringcurriculum it is not emphasized in a great extent. . Considering that mass customization andpersonalization is becoming a norm in several industries, for example the automotive industry asas shown in Figure 3 Mini Cooper customers can chose design of their roofs with an onlinedesign tool19. Therefore, it would be beneficial to develop a course which would include thesetopics and would deal with engineering design theory embedded in fashion topics. In engineeringterms, the project would include topics such as House of Quality, Group Technology, ParametricDesign, Product Family

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Continuing Professional Development

paradigmoffers many advantages in terms of effectiveness by aligning with faculty identities and theprinciples of cooperative learning. This paradigm also promises greater sustainability as itfundamentally targets the creation of cultures and identities that will sustain engagement andpractice beyond the life of the program. We expect that this program will lead to many newavenues for research on faculty development as well, opening doors to learn about how facultylearn through collaboration and for tracking how faculty beliefs about teaching and learningchange over time.AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by the College of Engineering at Midwest University and the NationalScience Foundation under grant XXX-XXXXXXX. The opinions, findings, and

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Student Attitudinal Success Inventory [e-SASI]), the evaluation of engineering teacher professional development programs, and the investigation of P-16 students’ spatial ability to understand its association with their academic performance and talent development in STEM fields.Miss Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette Yi Kong is a doctoral student in biology education and a graduate research assistant for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) at Purdue University. She received her M.S. in agriculture in Fishery Resources from Huazhong Agricultural University and B.S. in Biological Sci- ence from Shaanxi Normal University in China. Her research includes investigating elementary school

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

design. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge base for teaching K-12 STEM through engineering; the relationships among the attitudes, beliefs, motivation, cognitive skills, and engineering skills of K-16+ engineering learners; and teaching engineering.Dr. Tamara J Moore, Purdue University Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and higher education mathe- matics, science, and engineering classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her research agenda focuses

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard N. Shapiro, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

out in these landmark works:1. Encourage contact between students and faculty.2. Develop reciprocity and cooperation among students.3. Use active learning techniques.4. Give prompt feedback.5. Emphasize time on task.6. Communicate high expectations.7. Respect diverse talents and ways of learning.Traditional face-to-face instruction provides on-going opportunities to structure the learningenvironment in class in ways that incorporate these best practices. Cooperative learning strategies(See [4]) and classroom assessment (See [5], [6]) are well-established pedagogies that we haveboth used for years. Teaching online and face-to-face concurrently in the same course provided uswith opportunities to incorporate these effective

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

undergraduate course is ‘good enough’ for their needs in agraduate program and you are telling the undergraduate students that the course is suitedfor graduate-level credit, thus setting up false expectations for student success and qualityof the various courses. Dedicated undergraduate and dedicated graduate courses are muchmore effective in my opinion. [10]”The reasoning behind this is that graduate courses should be different: “A graduatecourse should be more than just a lecture. There should be a deeper discussion about thetopic, as well as more personalized assignments that directly relate to graduate research,rather than just a regurgitation of the lecture.”Category #2: Reasons why piggybacking can’t be effective in some courses. In somecourses

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Nazli Yesiller

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

addition, the research mentors provide more regularguidance and feedback on post-visit presentations, publications, and graduate schoolapplications.Research ProjectsThe GWRI fosters collaboration among participants from the colleges of Engineering, Science,Agriculture, and Business. Experts from complementary disciplines within these colleges worktogether to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to existing and emerging problemsassociated with waste and byproduct management. Entrepreneurship is encouraged throughvarious programs and projects. The GWRI has baseline funding (through 2018) and numerousexternally funded projects supporting research and graduate students in three primary areas:pollution prevention and waste management; waste to

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2014 ERC

Authors

Farnam Jahanian

NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Preparing professionals in emerging STEM fields vital to the nation Priority research theme: Data-enabled science and engineering• Purpose: create and promote new, innovative, effective, and scalable models for STEM graduate student training and prepare scientists and engineers of the future, particularly in emerging STEM fields vital to the nation.• Anticipated award amount: up to $3M over 5 yrs. NSF-wide Initiative NSF Advanced Computational Infrastructure• Anticipate and invest in diverse and innovative national scale shared resources, outreach and education complementing campus and other national investments.• Leverage and invest in collaborative flexible “fabrics” dynamically connecting

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Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Berenice Verdin, University of Texas at El Paso; Ricardo Von Borries, University of Texas, El Paso; Patricia A. Nava P.E., University of Texas, El Paso; Andrew C. Butler, Duke University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #10796An Experiment to enhance Signals and Systems learning by using technologybased teaching strategiesDr. Berenice Verdin, University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Berenice Verdin is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for Teaching Exellence and Innovation at the University of Texas at El Paso. She graduated with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2005. She presented her research results at the UTEP Student Research Expo, the UMET Undergraduate Research Symposium, and the SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security. She also presented her research work to the National

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard R Harris, Northeastern University; Lauren Machunis, Northeastern University; William Tiga Tita, D'Amore-McKim Business School, Northeastern University

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Minorities in Engineering

pioneer and expert in distance learn- ing and eCommerce. He is also a Kent Fellow on Social Ethics from University of Southern California where he completed his post-doctoral studies. Dr. Tita’s research interests are in exploring the role of the Web in trade development and education and training, in general, for the emerging economies. Other primary teaching and research interests are professional ethics, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, social en- trepreneurship, and strategy in the global economy. Address: D’Amore-Kim School of Business, Northeastern University 360 Huntington Avenue, Rm.219A, HA Boston, MA 02115 Email: w.tita@neu.edu; wtigatita@yahoo.com Phone: 1-617-373-7259 Mobile: 1-508-735-7945

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anirudh Roshan Sriram, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karthik Ramani, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

their design behavior and to explore different design options at an early stage, even before the detailed designs are made. In the future, students and graduates will have the capability to design better and innovative products and reason collaboratively at higher levels in the conceptual stages. We hypothesize the nature and type of question asking by the students to the instructor will change. IDEA-Pen also aims to improve engineering learning by providing students (especially in Mechanical and Civil Engineering disciplines) with a natural and an intuitive interface to Page 24.683.12 learn and explore

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Mary Cardenas

server, as well as linkfiles from the web. eCAT was one of the ELNs used in the Electronic Lab Notebook pilot study12at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This study involved academic researchers, mostlygraduate students, in fields of science, engineering, and medicine. A significant finding in thereport is that the users found two features of most use: the ability to add data and link files. Thesimple drawing tools in eCAT were not deemed very useful by many of the users. Although thefile structuring functions of eCAT may not be necessary for simpler undergraduate laboratories,given that practicing engineers found this useful, eCAT may be a good option for upper-levellaboratories and students involved in undergraduate research.Sophomore

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FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Prendergast, Rutgers, School of Engineering; Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University

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First-Year Programs

strategies including inquiry-based learning, case-based teaching, problem-based learning,project-based learning, collaborative learning, and integrated curricula are described below.Inquiry-based learning is based on the investigation scientific or engineering questions,scenarios or problems. Those ‘inquiring’ will identify and research issues and questions todevelop their STEM knowledge or solutions, guided by an instructor. Inquiry-based learningactivities are designed for students to investigate, apply prior knowledge, examine, broadenconceptual knowledge, and to assess the growth of developing new knowledge.36,37,38,39 Inquiry-based learning is most effective when students are able to make a connection between theirlearning and real life

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo Lopez, Universidad de Costa Rica; Alexandra Martinez, Universidad de Costa Rica

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

activity in the Computer Science training curricula20. At the University of CostaRica, the Bachelor of Science’s program in Computer and Information Science offers anelective undergraduate course in software resting, and Master of Science’s program in Com-puter and Information Science offers an elective graduate course in software testing as well.Both are 4-credit-hour courses, with 64 hours of class time in a 16-week semester. The un-dergraduate and graduate versions of the courses are very similar in their core contents(since the undergraduate course is not pre-requisite for the graduate one), differing mainlyon the applied research project (only performed at graduate level), advanced topics presentedby students (topics and depth vary according

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

student outreach, recruitment, retention, and strategies that aim to increase graduation rates andreduce achievement gaps for women, under-represented minority students, and students from under-resourced communities.About ASEE Zone IV: Founded in 1893, ASEE is a non-profit multidisciplinary organization that promotesexcellence in instruction, research, public service, and practice to further engineering and technologyeducation. Zone IV, the largest of ASEE's regional groups, includes three sections: Pacific Southwest (Arizona,California, Hawaii, and Nevada), Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, andCanada-Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan), and Rocky Mountain (Colorado, South Dakota, Utah,and Wyoming).Program

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas; Mark J. Stratton, SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers); Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 24.788.10 Education & Research community with input from a large number of academic, industry, government, and association professionals over the period from 2008 through 2011.8. Future Directions for the Collaboration between Mechanical Engineering Education andManufacturing Engineering EducationDiscussions among the ASME Board on Education and the SME Center for Education haveidentified several areas of potential strategic alignment regarding the recommendations in theSME white paper Workforce Imperative: A Manufacturing Education Strategy8 and effectivestrategic and tactical ways of collaborating are being planned. The following points describepotential areas of alignment, extracted from the March 5, 2013 letter to Dr

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Todd P. Shuba, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ji Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mindy Hart, EPICS; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University of Washington. Her research focuses on: par- ents’ roles in engineering education; engineering learning in informal environments; engineering design education; and mathematical thinking.Mr. Todd P. Shuba, Purdue University, West Lafayette Todd Shuba is a Master’s student in Education with a concentration in Educational Psychology at Pur- due University. He is also a Graduate Research Assistant with the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) High School Program. His research interests include transfer of learning, collaborative learning, and student achievement and motivation. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary En- gineering with a concentration in Environmental and Ecological

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology/CUNY

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Computing & Information Technology

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. In 2000, he joined New York City College of Technology, City University of New York (CUNY) where he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Systems Technology. Since 2005, he has been a member of the doctoral faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center. His research interests include computer science and engineering education and the use of computational models to understand and solve problems in biology. Page 24.1334.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using Interdisciplinary Game-based Learning to

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Engineering as a Professional Calling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jian Yuan, Beihang University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

certaincircumstances encourage deeper learning.34 The paradox is important to engineering educationpolicymakers, practitioners, and researchers both in the West and China, as it seems to challengeconstructivist theories (e.g., active learning and cooperative learning) dominant in Westernengineering education and it thus invites Western engineering faculty to think about how to Page 24.497.14better teach Chinese students. It is also significant for Chinese policymakers and educators whohave attempted to “borrow” Western constructivist pedagogies as potential “best practices.” Insummary, there remains a large and unpredictable challenge whether switching to