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International Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Muench P.E., University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington/PCS Structural Solutions; Sheryl Brandalik

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Diversity

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International

Paper ID #13280Engineering Rome: Assessing Outcomes from a Study Abroad Program De-signed to Overcome Barriers to ParticipationDr. Steve Muench P.E., University of Washington Steve Muench is an Associate Professor in the University of Washington’s Department of Civil and Envi- ronmental Engineering. His interests include sustainability, construction, roads, pavements, web tools and education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Washington State. Before his academic career, Steve spent 2 years as a transportation design engineer and 7 years as a U.S. Navy submarine officer. Steve lives in Seattle but likes neither

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Project-based Learning in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyril B Okhio, Kennesaw State University; Florian Misoc, Kennesaw State University; Austin B. Asgill, Southern Polytechnic College of Engr and Engr Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

whether they want to continue their academicexperience at the graduate level. Additionally, the undergraduate research in the curriculumprovides students with a clearer understanding of career options in the E&ET fields, whileproducing more informed, committed and better prepared graduate students with greaterpotential for success in graduate programs. It gives students a deeper and more matureunderstanding and appreciation of E&ET in general, contributing to students’ personal andprofessional growth. Engineering and Engineering Technology programs with strong Page 26.945.2undergraduate research produce better prepared and more qualified

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Reporting Out: Dissemination of Several NSF Projects of Interest to Two-Year Colleges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Wadach, Monroe Community College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #11784Infusing a Concurrent Engineering Model into AcademiaProf. John Wadach, Monroe Community College John Wadach is a professor and department chair of the Engineering Science and Physics Department at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY. He has taught a variety of physics and engineering courses in his 30 year career. Wadach is most inspired by the use of design-build projects in his engineering courses. Infusing a Concurrent Engineering Model into Academia is the title of the NSF TUES grant that he and co-PIs George Fazekas and Paul Brennan were awarded $200,000. Wadach has been the co-organizer of

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seunghyun Chun, California Baptist University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

strong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce is essential and critical in advancing the economy and society of the future. But the U.S continues to trail the world in math and science. And also the number of U.S students pursuing a STEM career or educating is decreasing as mentioned in [1] – [3]. A change in the way math is taught and presented in the classroom is urgently needed. Instructors need to be able to engage the students in learning by communicating that the study of mathematics and its objective is not to study math for math sake but to be able to apply it as a tool to solve the world’s complex and essential problems. The topic of sustainable energy is no longer a topic reserved for scientists and

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

). Leveraging theadditional knowledge and skills that a student gains via co-op to undertake more challengingsenior projects is the focus of this paper.Skills Sets Acquired Through Co-opThe skills most commonly gained associated with a cooperative education program include:improved social skills[8] (negotiating, team-building, leadership, appropriate listening andspeaking skills, and basic etiquette); communication, teamwork, and understanding ethics andprofessionalism[9]; work skills development, career development, and academic functions[10]; andsocialization to the workplace and occupational roles.[11] Perhaps first among these skills is theability to comfortably communicate and interact with other engineers in an industrialenvironment. In-class

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Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Kim Gould, Pivotal Projects

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #14062MAKER: Hands-On Engineering Scavenger Hunt, a CNC Clue ChallengeRobyn Paul, University of Calgary Robyn is a Master of Science candidate in Civil Engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. At present, her research focuses on the nebulous field of engineering leadership education, specifically its impact on early career success. Over and above her academic endeavors, she has co-founded the Engineering Education Students’ Society and is involved with initiatives to collaborate na- tionally and internationally, creating a space to increase the conversation with students about

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The Human Element of Librarianship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John B. Napp, University of Toledo

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Engineering Libraries

Association of College and Research Libraries defines information literacy as: “…a set ofabilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability tolocate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information."5Once students graduate and begin careers as engineers they should be information literate. Thisstudy shows that most engineers in design firms have limited access to information resources soteaching effective use of search engines like Google and how to know when assistance from alocal library might be appropriate could be essential parts of the engineering curriculum. Page 26.1445.5Since 2004 there has been a

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Best Papers in K-12 / Pre-college Division

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey A Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 26.1460.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Teachers’ Use of Argumentation in the Development of Integrated STEM Curricula (Fundamental)Over the past several years, there has been a growing concern that the United States is notproducing enough students who are prepared for careers in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM), which is needed if the U.S. is to continue to be internationallycompetitive1,2. Efforts placed on improving STEM education have the potential to not only meetthese demands but also to improve STEM literacy of all citizens3.Recent national policy documents have focused their attention on STEM for primary andsecondary

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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

Survey ofCollege Graduates (NSCG). These data are made available by a variety of government agenciesand present the STEM workforce generally and engineering technicians and technologists inparticular in varying degrees of detail. The educational datasets used in this analysis are theIntegrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the Baccalaureate and Beyond2008/2009 (B&B), and the Career/Technical Education (CTE) Statistics. These educationaldatasets are produced and distributed by the Department of Education’s National Center forEducation Statistics. The various data sources are summarized in Table 1. Table 1 Summary of engineering technology data sources Education data Employment data ACS

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Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dhaval Gajjar, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan PhD, Arizona State University; Jacob Shizuo Kashiwagi; Joshua Jason Mischung

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

to theculture and the expectations of the United States. The university has observed that academicsuccess is tied to the student’s ability to be accepted in the culture and feeling a sense ofbelonging.The transitional challenges like challenge to socialize with American peers, feeling of inferiorityor “second class citizenship” and interaction with the faculty affect the student’s ability tounderstand the new culture and socialize with American students. In order to help the firstcoming Indian graduate students in the construction department, the department not only needsto be involved in their academic career success, but also the success in student’s social life. This

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd France, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

degreein mechanical engineering while the other had worked in the construction field. Although neitherhad experience in engineering education methods, faculty members from a nearby engineeringcollege provided guidance. Before designing individual courses, the teachers generated twodocuments intended to form the foundation of all ensuring coursework. The first of thesedocuments, entitled the Academic Standards, focused on five key areas for student development:1) STEM career exploration, 2) collaborative teamwork skills, 3) STEM skills and knowledge, 4)open-ended hands-on design, and 5) communication skills. The second, called the Grade LevelExpectations, broadly outlined the learning outcomes for each of the program’s four years. Theseexpectations

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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

and career. Hands-on group projects formed the bulk of the curricula, providinga semi-authentic feel of engineering work and an atmosphere that was envisioned to highlyengage the students.Incoming freshmen were enticed by a one-on-one laptop initiative, the prospect of no tests andvery little homework, and a formal agreement with an in-state engineering college which offeredguaranteed acceptance to those who met specified requirements. To encourage students of allabilities to apply, admission standards were kept relatively low, the key condition being anability to perform at grade level in math. For those below this level, provisional acceptance couldbe offered. Four years after the academy opened its doors, 340 students were enrolled

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

first-semester course which has three mainobjectives: (1) to prepare students for the rigor of future engineering classes; (2) to providestudents with a solid foundation of basic engineering skills; and (3) to introduce students to thedifferent engineering majors available at Clemson and possible career options. In Fall 2014, theGE program enrolled 1215 new freshman and 177 new transfer students1.Promoting problem solving development in first year engineering courses is critical to ensuringstudents’ transition successfully into upper-division courses and ultimately to a practicingengineer2. Innovative approaches to teaching problem solving skills have the potential ofappealing to a broader range of students in engineering3. “Traditional

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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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Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

Course Review (EOCR) processas the means to achieve these ends. More importantly however, the EOCR process instills aculture of assessment into all of our instructors, both junior and senior faculty.IntroductionA. Program Quality, Assessment and AccreditationThe goal of every undergraduate engineering department is to deliver a quality, but cost effectiveprogram to its students. More specifically, that its graduates attain the stated program objectivesand thereby be successful in their professional careers. The students, alumni, upperadministration and other constituents not only expect, but demand such achievement. A largemeasure of a program’s quality is it satisfying the criteria provided by such accreditation bodiesas ABET. Put another way

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Runing Zhang P.E., Metropolitan State University of Denver; Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Systems Engineering

of solar furnaces he designed to help a low income community reduce their energy bills. This project was recently featured on NPR, the Denver Post and earned him the title ”Community Game Changer of the Month” from CBS Denver. He also was recently nominated for the Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year award and the Presidential Award for STEM mentoring, both related to this project. Previous to his academic career Aaron Brown worked in the aerospace industry on such projects as the Mars Curiosity landing mechanism and Hubble robotics mission.Dr. Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State University of Denver Page 26.274.1

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles; John E. Shamma; Brian Phan, California State University of Los Angeles ; Howard Lum, California State University Los Angeles

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

asproject mentors. This project was conducted in close contact with several civil engineeringpractitioners who shared a professional perspective with the students. This integration andexposure to practitioners will help the students in their career planning process as well as later intheir professional life.Classroom Organization Students from a Freshman Civil Engineering Design course (CE195 – Freshman Design),a Junior Structures Laboratory class (CE 382 – Computer Aided Structural Analysis/Design andExperimentation ), and a Graduate Structures class (CE 564 - Numerical Methods in StructuralAnalysis) participated by vertically integrating the subject matter among these classes.Following are the highlights of the way the program was

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey S. Goss, Arizona State University; Philip Regier, Arizona State University; Scott Pitasky, Starbucks

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Continuing Professional Development

Education Administration from George Washington University (Washington, DC). Under Mr. Goss’ direction, thousands of global engineering professionals from various corporate organizations have advanced their companies and employee’s careers with training through executive seminars, certifications, short courses and media distributed graduate degree programs.Dr. Philip Regier, Arizona State University Dr. Philip Regier is University Dean for Educational Initiatives and CEO of EdPlus at ASU. Page 26.307.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Starbucks College Achievement Plan: An Innovative Educational PartnershipOn

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 26.314.2Pedagogical ContextA controls laboratory experience should prepare students for a career in control systems 4 byperforming the following steps: building the system, 5 modeling and analyzing the system,developing a controller to meet performance requirements, simulating the controller and system,observing the physical system, collecting the data, and using the data to improve the systemmodel or control tuning. 6,7 Experiments based on DC motors 1,2 and inverted pendulums 6,8 havebeen identified to meet these goals for controls laboratory experiences.To date, five experiments have been designed for our new kit: introduction to the sensors,introduction to the equipment, first principles system identification, black box

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Anne Aloia, Bayonne High School; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #13813Crafting a Successful High School Engineering ProgramMs. Marie Anne Aloia, Bayonne High School Marie is an alternate route teacher with an educational background in math, physics, chemical engineering and computer science. As the first girl in her family to go to college, and maybe to prove the point, she earned two bachelor’s degrees, one from Montclair State University by day, and 8 years later, one from New Jersey Institute of Technology, by night, while working full time by day at Exxon Research and Engineering. While a traditional female career, like teaching, was the last thing on her mind, she was

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Julie Lucier, Frenchtown School District; Julian Fallon Collins, Montana State University

) Attention to specific engineering 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): 1. Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement. We hope that our participants have time to make improvements to their first model. If they don’t, we are certain that they will know what changes they would make if they had time to make modifications. In previous sessions, most teams needed three to five models to design a car that would climb the ramp. 2. Attention to specific engineering habits of mind. Our participants will work in

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Katheryn Kennedy, CIESE, Stevens Institute of Technology

the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: X Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind X Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering 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

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Thomas Haas, University of Cincinnati

Engineering Connection. Identify and describe how you will explicitly address theways in which your lesson or activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields. At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Cheryl Farmer, University of Texas, Austin

has at least one iteration/improvement X Attention to specific engineering habits of mind X Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering 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):Engineering Habits of Mind and Practices: Participants will engage in design of experiments(how to design an three-factor experiment to gather data to brew the perfect cup of coffee), dataanalysis and interpretation (given a data set, how can one represent and

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Cary Ivan Sneider, Portland State University

engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering 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 in Page 18.19.4your

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Greg Burnham, Allen High School Allen ISD; Kenyan D Burnham

/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering 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):Emphasis will be placed on the cyclic nature of engineering project design. The plastic andductile properties of the conductive material make it possible for team participants to completeseveral iterations of the project in the relatively short period of time the workshop will occur in.This property also augments the physics and math portion of this project making the resistanceand conductivity manipulate able. Specifically, algebraic

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Ann D Kaiser, ProjectEngin LLC

mind X Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering 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):This project focusses on many aspects of engineering design. In both the full classroom versionand the abbreviated workshop summary, key engineering practices, as emphasized in the NGSSare stressed. The problem is defined by research or in a design brief and delimited by given andinherent constraints, as well as student developed criteria. Multiple

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Lija Yang, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D Portsmore, Tufts University; Elissa Milto, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering 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

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Beau Vezino, University of Arizona; Scott A Weiler, Amphi MIddle School

Engineering Connection. Identify and describe how you will explicitly address theways in which your lesson or activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering 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):Service-learning engages students in real needs for real people. The workshop will address theseapproaches and link engineering with service-learning. While service-learning is not traditionalengineering, there is a rapidly growing awareness of how engineering can

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Veronika Zhiteneva, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

in which your lesson or activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other (please describe below)Provide a description of how you will explicitly address