Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Kylie Hensley, SUSTAIN SLO; Rachel Pittman; Jada Golland, SUSTAIN SLO

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

challenge of representing the transformational learning that occurswhen students participate in high impact practices such as project-based, multi-disciplinaryactivities, or first year experiences. This paper illustrates the context and components of one suchmulti-disciplinary, first year experience called SUSTAIN SLO, at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, anddescribes the use of qualitative narrative analysis done to gain insight into learning outcomesbeyond typical institutional measures like retention and grades. To research these lessquantifiable outcomes, 22 students were interviewed one year after their experience in SUSTAINSLO. A team of one faculty member, a recent graduate, and four undergraduate students usedqualitative analysis techniques to see

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Continuing Professional Development

on:  Who are the new students  The implications of ever increasing college costs  The impact of increasing debt loads  Moving back home after graduation and its implications – Postponing marriage – Postponing the buying of homes, cars and other material possessions  Educational and income implications of having children later in life  How do we make program/cost changes to our offerings to remain competitiveWho Are the Students?To better understand how best and who is best to teach today’s college student, the personality Page 26.1559.2and essence of the student needs to be better understood.In a recent book

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Maria Virginia Moncada

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. He has been working on thin film solar cell research since 1979 including a Sabbatical Leave at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1993. He has also worked on several photovoltaic system projects Dr. Singh has also worked on electric vehicle research, working on battery monitoring and management systems funded primarily by federal agencies (over $3.5 million of funding). Dr. Singh has consulted for several companies including Ford Motor Company and Epuron, LLC. He has also served as a reviewer for the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Dr Singh has over 100 conference and journal publications and holds six issued US patents. Dr. Singh’s recent work is focused on improved, energy

Conference Session

Engineering Laboratory Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecilia Dianne Richards, Washington State University; Fanhe Shamus Meng; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Robert F. Richards, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

of 26 graduate students.Mr. Fanhe Shamus MengProf. Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University Prof. Bernard J. Van Wie did his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., and postdoctoral work at the University of Oklahoma where he also taught as a visiting lecturer. He has been on the Washington State University faculty for 32 years and for the past 18 years has focused on innovative pedagogy research and technical research in biotechnology. His 2007-2008 Fulbright exchange to Nigeria set the stage for him to receive the Marian Smith Award given annually to the most innovative teacher at Washington State University.Dr. Paul B Golter, Washington State University Paul B. Golter obtained an MS and PhD Washington State University and

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Torres, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Evan Humphries, Texas State University - San Marcos ; Eric Adams, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Construction

times prior to teaching thetopic, I am definitely confident I could execute a basic schedule in Primavera P6.”Additionally, the students felt that the can confidently produce a single-family home constructionschedule using Primavera.“The program was very difficult to navigate and understand at first but in preparing for thelecture, I gained a true understanding of how the program worked at a core level and would beable to pick it up at any moment and create a basic schedule.““Having practiced it so many times prior to teaching the topic, I am definitely confident I couldexecute a basic schedule in Primavera P6.”Undergraduate Student Impact Following the graduate student peer teaching lecture and homework assignment theundergraduate

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

prompted to compare their guesses with what they actuallyfound.The goal of backward archaeology is to piece together a clear and consistent narrative of howdecisions were made as their product was moving from idea to the market. Along the way theyfind holes in the story and must attempt to fill them with further research or their best guesses.The mid-term assignment is a formal presentation of the backward archaeology on their product.This backward archaeology then becomes a set-up for the forward archaeology phase - a way toknowing the product, the company, the customers and the strategies that align (or do not align)with the company values and mission.The forward archaeology goal is to propose clear and coherent actions (driven by a higher

Collection

2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Xingwu Wang; Bruce B. Rosenthal; Casey J. Busch; Jeff Porter; John L. Cusack

, professors are adding a few new research topics for senior projects and graduatetheses to address the needs of the agricultural community. In one project, AlfredUniversity students are working with Alfred State College students to design anaffordable solar house in Allegany County, which will be displayed in the US DOE SolarDecathlon competition in the fall of 2015. V. Campus SustainabilitySimilar to other higher education institutions and not-for-profit organizations, input fromthe business world is valuable in Alfred University’s mission to provide excellent“products and service” to society and to its customers. Implementing sustainability incurricula can benefit students and their future employers. Practicing sustainability infacility

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University

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Chemical Engineering

by approximately 25% beforesubmission, masking the difference in student performance in the two sections when examiningthe final (adjusted) grades. The difference between the unadjusted final scores in the two sectionswas statistically significant (α = 0.05). This generates new inquiries into how we approachinstruction and evaluation in material balances, and what best practices may be. It is arguable Page 26.1697.9that Faculty A has the correct method for student success when measured by performance, butwe believe that Faculty B’s varied problem types better represent the desire to develop ourstudents into more versatile problem solvers and

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Timothy D. Legg, North Dakota State University; Ann Marie Vallie, Turtle Mountain Community College; Lori Nelson, Fort Berthold Community College; Joshua Jason Mattes, Sitting Bull College; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; G. Padmanabhan , North Dakota State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Page 26.1241.5Evolved Practices & Impact on Innovation:Reality can turn around the best of intentions. The program described above was soon modifiedwhen finding engineering instructors for the different TCUs proved to be problematic. One TCUhad an instructor identified before funding was awarded and is still part of the program. Anotherfound instructor within three weeks of funding and he participated 3 years in a number of coursesbut was caught up in some administrative changes and moved on. However, that same TCUfound a backup instructor and then a second backup instructor to help. The third TCU tookseveral months to find an instructor and he remained at the institution for one year and was luredaway by a national engineering firm in the

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University, School of Engineering Technology

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Engineering Technology

students in areas of progression and transition from undergraduate to graduate studies, research, and study abroad. Her research agenda and commitment to intellectual growth is driven by her life experience. While com- pleting her Master’s degree and for several years after, she worked in a family owned manufacturing firm. As a doctoral student, Shirl was recognized as an AGEP scholar and received the Bilsland Fellowship. Outstandingly, she collaborated in the creation of an innovation course and taught the initial offering. Un- til August 2014, she was a post-doctoral fellow researching entrepreneurship, innovation, and diversity. Today Dr. Donaldson’s research interests include entrepreneurship, innovation

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Schuhmann, The Landing School; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffrey G. Soper, Montreux School of Business; Donald H. Horner Jr., Jacksonville University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

- dyne (Pratt & Whitney), he helped design the Space Shuttle. As manager of Reactor Safety Analysis, Experimental Engineering, and Fluid Dynamics Technology at KAPL (Lockheed Martin), he conducted research for Naval Reactors. He currently serves as the Walter L. Robb director of Engineering Lead- ership and as an instructor in Engineering Science at Penn State. Erdman has chaired the local Jaycees, Department of Social Services Advisory Council, GE Share Board, and Curling Club; and served on the Human Services Planning Council, United Way, Chamber of Commerce, and Capital Fund Drive Boards of Directors. Erdman has also lectured on leadership topics at Penn State and RPI. He returned to campus frequently as a

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas J Brumm, Iowa State University

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Continuing Professional Development

is a State of Indiana Registered domestic mediator.Mr. Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mark Schuver is the Director for the Center for Professional Studies in Technology and Applied Re- search (ProSTAR) in the College of Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is responsible for the administration/operations of the Center with Program Management oversight of the Rolls-Royce Master’s Degree, the Construction Management Master’s Degree and non-credit certificate programs for working professionals in the College of Technology. Prior to joining Purdue in 2002, Mark was employed by Caterpillar Inc. for 35 years with assignments in Product Design, Research and De- velopment

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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International

Engineering (NAE), the National Science Foundation(NSF), and the National Research Council (NRC) have charged engineering schools to prepareengineers for global workforces.3-5 The American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE)Green Report (2010) also calls for engineering colleges to adapt curricula and programs to Page 26.874.3incorporate “an appreciation of different cultures and business practices, and the understandingthat the practice of engineering is now global.”6 Additionally, ABET requires engineeringprograms to demonstrate that their graduates have “the broad education necessary to understandthe impact of engineering solutions in a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

curriculum. Engineering design courses are frequently used to givestudents opportunities to practice entrepreneurial skills while working on real world engineeringproblems (Shartrand and Weilerstein, 2012). Entrepreneurial-Minded Learning (EML) pedagogyhas been developed as techniques that emphasize students learning to create value, gather andassimilate information to discover opportunities or insights for further action (Melton, 2014). TheEML pedagogy provides engineering faculty with a useful and effective tool for embeddingentrepreneurship modules within individual technical courses. Rather than displacing technicalcontent, EML promotes inductive learning and allows students to explore the “why”, “real-worldrelevance”, and “impact” of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Gordon W Skelton, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

perspective for prompting STEM faculty to acquire SRL and other learning theories andprompting students to develop higher-order learning skills, which is the main implementationframework of a NSF-funded Target Infusion Project. The novelty of the presented frameworklies in building a broad teaching community among STEM instructors and learning scientists,whose members can provide the peer support to acquire learning theories and design, implement,and evaluate effective teaching practice in implementing SRL Assessment. This noveltyapproach enables STEM instructors to adapt or develop learning strategies that are particularlysuitable for a specific STEM subject. The process also enables students to be simultaneouslyprompted for learning, adopting, and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #12714Theorizing can contribute to marginalized students’ agency in engineeringpersistence.Mr. Stephen Douglas Secules, University of Maryland, College Park Stephen is an Education PhD student at UMCP, researching engineering education. He has a prior aca- demic and professional background in engineering, having worked as an engineer and project manager in building acoustics consulting firms for 5 years prior to becoming an educational researcher. His research interests include socio-cultural dimensions of engineering classrooms.Dr. Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park Ayush Gupta is Research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Katherine Anne Earl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dong San Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-210.22. Spradley, J. P. (1980). Participant Observation, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, NY.23. Robson, C. (2002). Real World Research, Blackwell, Malden, MA.24. Joychelovitch, S., & Bauer, M. W. (2000). Narrative interviewing, in M. W. Bauer and G. Gaskell (eds). Qualitative researching with text, image and sound: A practical handbook, Sage, London, 57-74.25. Layton, R. A., Loughry, M. L., Ohland, M. W., & Ricco, G. D. (2010). Design and validation of a web-based system for assigning members to teams using instructor-specified criteria. Advances in Engineering Education, 2(1), 1-28.26. Ohland, M.W., Loughry, M.L., Woehr, D.J., Finelli, C.J., Bullard, L.G., Felder, R.M., Layton, R.A., Pomeranz, H.R

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Dr. Mudasser Wyne, National University Dr. Lu Zheng, National University Keynote SpeakersDr. Don CzechowiczB.S. University of Southern CaliforniaM.S./Ph.D. Penn State UniversityDr. Czechowicz is currently Project Leader at General Atomics where he has worked for the last25 years on a variety of applied technology programs mainly focused on advanced energydevelopment. Previously Dr. Czechowicz was at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he didhis Ph.D. thesis research, and was involved in nuclear power programs for space applications.For the past 15 years Don has served as advisor to the UCSD Engineering Honor Society, TauBeta Pi. In this role Don has been a link between the best

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Gwen Blosser, Louisiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

situation, coupled with the growing demand for a technically skilledlabor force, business leaders, policymakers, educational institutions, and activists haveresponded by crafting numerous outreach campaigns to appeal to women to becomeengineers. For the most part, there has been a tendency to see any effort to recruit womento engineering as positive, with little consideration given to the manner in which suchcampaigns are designed to achieve their goals. In this paper, I offer a critical examinationof three prominent outreach strategies and how they present ideas about how best toengage women in engineering. I argue that the messaging in all of these programscharacterizes women as a homogenous entity, without considering questions of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy L.J. Ferris, School of Engineering, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Fanny Camelia, University of South Australia

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

best possible system solution. Inpractice, the top-down approach is counter-poised with situational exigencies concerning what isavailable, physically possible, permitted for use, or for which parties external to the developmentproject have imposed constraints. As a result, the practical method of systems engineering is toseek a comprehensive design solution that satisfies a range of constraints and provides a goodsolution which satisfices the major stakeholders.Systems engineering education stresses taking a holistic view of the situation to ensure that thesystem designed is the most appropriate throughout the system life cycle. Systems engineerstypically have a background in a particular technology domain, providing the systems engineer

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; MaryEllen C Nobe, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

to (a) begin to acquire an understanding ofconstruction hazards grasp difficult technical concepts and; (b) understand how safety sciencechanges over time as a project is observed and lessons are learned; (c) analyze the impacts oftechnical decisions on the execution of the project; and (d) appreciate the importance of ethicalconsiderations in the design and construction decision-making process. Case studies are alsouseful in the education of the engineer and construction manager since they provide anopportunity for students to appreciate the problems of stakeholders to the construction process[21]. Other researchers have integrated case studies into engineering curriculum for differentpurposes [4, 16]. These include:  Introductions to

Conference Session

Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth P. Mineart, North Carolina State University; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

evaluated entirely on first assessment. Theweight of these tasks leads many engineering instructors to de-emphasize oral communicationefficacy, leaving students at a disadvantage when required to give high-quality formalpresentations later in their career.The authors feel that one possibility capable of making a major impact on developingconstructive feedback is recording and subsequent review of oral presentations. Currenttechnology enables presentations to be recorded, edited, and uploaded online with minimal effortrequired from the instructor. A similar practice has been shown to reduce the time commitmentrequired for pre-laboratory overview lessons.4 While preparing videos involves little extraneouseffort, the instructor still sacrifices his or

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Scoles

off-grid energy micro-grid design Students can make significant contributions to a team-based design an off-grid energy system that meets specified requirements in an economical wayIII. Course structureThe contents of a weekly course module are shown in Table 3. A consistent presentation is made,allowing the student to progress through their week’s responsibilities by following the links fromtop to bottom. The module begins with a video of the instructor introducing the technical contentand presenting the major tasks and deadlines for the week. Readings and video lectures present Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universitythe technical material. Practice problems reinforce the technical content

Conference Session

Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

get better at what they practice. Like all adaptive bi-ological entities, students will become proficient at navigating the environments they have hadtime to explore 25,26 . If their environment is highly structured, they will learn to operate in an or-dered environment very well. On the other hand if the environment is entirely unstructured, theywill do their best to cope with the disorder. The real world is a mix of order and disorder. Sowith the goal of preparing our students for the real world, it makes sense to create a classroomenvironment that has a balance between order and disorder. Page 26.1532.6Counter to what many faculty

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Mohamad Musavi, University of Maine; Cary Edward James, Bangor High School; Ali Abedi, University of Maine

careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other (please describe below)Provide a description of how you will explicitly address these aspects of authentic engineering inyour workshop (maximum 2,000 characters):The National Research Council’s Framework [21] and the 2012 Next Generation Science Standards(NGSS) report [22] emphasize the critical role of engineering in enhancing K-12 students learning. Thefocus of the learning model presented here is to respond to this need and provide training for high schoolteacher to integrate engineering practices into their curricula. The proposed workshop addresses thespecific engineering fields selected above. For example, the design and application of wireless sensorsunder uncertain and harsh

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Héctor Enrique Rodríguez-Simmonds, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University; Stephen R Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - Purdue University, West Lafayette,IN ´ Juan David Ortega Alvarez is an assistant professor at Universidad EAFIT and served as the Head of the Process Engineering Department from 2010 to 2014. He holds an MS in Process Engineering and Energy Technology from Hochschule Bremerhaven (Germany) and is currently enrolled as a first-year graduate student in the Engineering Education Doctoral Program at Purdue University. Before his full- time appointment with EAFIT, he served as Engineering Director for a chemical company for 7 years. His research interests are focused on the practice and teaching of process design, simulation and control and also on faculty and

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Torres, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

science and advancement of materials, such as concrete and cementitious materials, glass fibers, and composite materials. Dr. Torres’ research interest also extends to the classroom, where he is constantly evolving his courses to provide the best education to his students.Dr. Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos Page 26.1262.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Project Based Learning in Concrete Industry Project Management Abstract A Project Based Learning (PBL) method has been implemented in a

Conference Session

Hands-on Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

components for an Op-Amp class; o Design and build a multistage BJT amplifier.9. Leaning Management System (LMS)LMSs such as Canvas®, aTutor®, Blackboard®, Desire2Learn®, Moodle®, eCollege®, amongothers can be of great aid in active learning as it can be used to guide students to take a moreactive role in their learning. LMSs have a large number of functionality including: course contentdelivery (for self-service and self-guided services), portability, content personalization,reporting, tracking, grading, etc. It is a key mechanism for e-learning in colleges and universitiesworldwide. The practicability to allow course material delivery to be accessed by students at anyplace and time makes LMS strategically useful in active learning. LMS

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac L. Howard P.E., Mississippi State University; Braden T. Smith, Mississippi State University

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Materials

, Mississippi State University Braden T. Smith obtained a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Louisiana Tech University. He is currently a graduate student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Mississippi State University who is concurrently enrolled in the masters and doctoral degree programs and recieved the 2015 Construction Materials Research Center Teaching Assistant Award. Page 26.832.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Hands on Development of Communication Skills Within an Undergraduate Construction Materials

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Luis Fernando Cortes, Florida Atlantic University

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Systems Engineering

deficiency in generative thinking at the systemlevel in students. The lack of courses where students are challenged to integrate all the knowledge they Page 26.1271.6have acquired during their undergraduate engineering career, and the high volume of demand ofengineers with system integration knowledge has led some engineering schools to developgraduate programs that educate engineers on how to incorporate all their engineering backgroundknowledge, and experience in the practical development of engineering systems. For example,the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a graduate system engineering program thatemphasizes the importance of