Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge E. Bohorquez, University of Miami

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Biomedical Engineering

the problems, the instructor better understand any possible misconception that the students may have. We identify the student team management as one aspect with high improvement need: there is still great variability in the effectivity of the student teams. In the most recent pilot we start using the Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME) to create and assess team effectivity. In our case we feel that active learning has been a successful pilot experiment to teach bioinstrumentation because it enhances problem-solving skills along with other important traits of modern engineers such as teamwork and communication skills. After applying some refinements to the method we plan to perform

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University Fort Wayne; Kimberly Warren O'Connor, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne; S. Scott Moor P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Sara Marie Thomas

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Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions

encouraging.Using available tutoring data, the researchers found the number of tutoring visits by ENGR 101students increased from 22 visits in fall 2016 to 44 visits in fall 2017. This increase was expectedsince attending tutoring was required during the pilot study. Although researchers expected anincrease in total number of indepent tutoring visits during the pilot study, it was originallysurmised that once students were over the awkwardness of an initial visit then they would bemore likely to use the resource again. It was disappointing to find no change in the number ofstudents with more than one tutoring visits. Fall 2016 had 17 students while fall 2017 only had16 students visit tutoring more than once. For future semesters, the researchers plan to

Conference Session

Technical Session III

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Tech

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FYEE Conference Sessions

. References[1] M. Prelewicz, “Engineering Competency Model,” American Association of Engineering Societies, 2018-2003. [Online]. Available: http://www.aaes.org/model. [February 12, 2018][2] J.P. Gee, “Identity as a Lens for Research in Education,” Review of Research in Education, 25, pp. 99–125, 2000-2001.[3] B.D. Jones, M. C. Paretti, S.F. Hein, and T.W. Knott, “An Analysis of Motivational Constructs with First-Year Engineering Students: Relationships among Expectancies, Values, Achievement and Career Plans,” Journal of Engineering Education, 99(4), pp. 319– 335, October 2010.[4] R.M. Marra, B. Palmer, and T.A. Litzinger, “The Effects of a First-Year Engineering Design Course on Student Intellectual Development as Measured by the

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2018 ETLI

Authors

Ruch Bill

industry: – Focus on workforce skills and preparation, diversifying credentials, 2-year education – Established Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion; President’s National Council for the American Worker; American Workforce Policy Advisory Board – Expected to feature prominently in federal STEM strategic plan (ASEE has provided input!)• Ramp up in support for apprenticeships: – Congress has bolstered funding for apprenticeship development – Major Department of Labor grant opportunity for institutions of higher education.• Relevance for Today’s Meetings: – Congressional offices will be interested in how ET prepares graduates with hands-on learning and helps diversify the workforce – Agencies looking to meet Administration goals and

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2018 Engineering Research Council (ERC)

Authors

Rosemarie Hunziker

sciences with the knowledge to reduce the life sciences to advance basic burden of neurological disease. research and medical care. Novel polymer Neural progenitor Pivotal large scaffold for tissue cells in biomimetic animal studies for regeneration matrix in rat brain stroke therapy Planning Meeting Output:Blueprint for Successful ResearchProject Title: really a quick summaryPrincipal Investigator(s) and Key Personnel: defines role, commitmentOverall goal: resolve an important issue in a timely mannerSpecific goal: best stated as a

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2018 Engineering Research Council (ERC)

Authors

Tilbury Tornow Kurose

• Summer 2017: Working group • October 2017: ENG AdCom discussion • November 3, 2017: Workshop • March 2018: Solicitation for Planning Grants • Upcoming: Solicitation for GEN-4 ERCImage: National Academies Press, Copyright 2017, National Academy of Sciences 12

Conference Session

Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, & Self-efficacy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Murat Akarsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Peter Wesley Odom, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Maurina Loren Aranda, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Richard Lie, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

was a traditional instructor.After stating, “I have to turn in my lesson plans on a weekly basis at the beginning of the week,”she expressed her belief that following the lesson plans enabled her to think about different partsof the lesson and provided a beginning and an ending of the lesson to give it closure. Thisstatement provided evidence of how she viewed her role as a curriculum planner for her students.After attending the long-term professional development, she demonstrated a major change in herbeliefs about her role as facilitator of group discussions. She stated, “[Students] do a lot of worktogether with their group, so I just monitor them and give them expectations, guidelines, andassignments.” This comment demonstrated that she was

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

a now-defunct water agency, some of the types ofprocess wastes deposited there may be identified. With this information, scientists candevelop a sampling and analytical plan to locate and identify residual chemicals from thehistoric operation and to compare them to the contamination problem at hand.5. History of environmental regulationsIn 1899 Congress passed the Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA). The RHA prohibits thedischarge of refuse matter “of any kind or description whatever” into the navigablewaters of the United States without a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.However, the RHA was difficult to police and, therefore, rarely used for enforcement.The following lists the major environmental regulations enacted in the United

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Self Efficacy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacey Leigh Kelly, Virginia Tech; Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

report they planned to change their major than students with low engineeringidentification. They also found that engineering identification was the best predictor of the likelihood that studentswould change majors, even more so for women than for men.Engineering utility. Engineering utility is a measure of the perceived usefulness of engineering for an individual’sshort- or long-term goals.14 The utility value construct is commonly studied in the context of the expectancy-valuemodel of motivation.16 Expectancy-value theory suggests that an individual’s attitude, choice, and performance canbe explained by their competence and value beliefs. Jones et al. [14] found that engineering utility was one of themost significant predictors of first-year

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Solar

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Joel B. Shoemaker, Madison Area Technical College; Scott Liddicoat, Green Bay Southwest High School; Cris Folk, Madison College

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

34 conference 35 Model Facilities and/or Instructional Laboratory Design Specifications and Plans 32At the same time, when the survey respondents were asked to weight which renewabletechnologies they most sought professional development, solar photovoltaics clearly stood out asthe strongest preference with a weighted score more than twice as high of many other renewabletechnologies (see Table 3). Table 3) Faculty survey topic prioritiesSolar Photovoltaic Institute Weighted priority forIn attempt to build solar career pathways, professional development in Weighted

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anant Sahai, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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New Engineering Educators

enrollment by hiring networks of graduateand undergraduate teaching assistants and graders. This approach brings additionalorganizational and cost burdens into large-scale teaching. Students in the classroom must bealigned with the mission of the course for both inclusiveness and quality of education, specificcontent taught, expectations of students both behaviorally and academically, plans forassessment, problem and classroom management, and the course instructional structure28.These considerations have significant hours and costs for hiring, training, and replacingteaching assistants on a regular basis.The issues facing engineering education at scale have implications for student success. At theheart of the matter is meeting demands for higher

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Course Design & SE Competencies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University; Greg A. Dunko, NantHealth

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Systems Engineering

fabrication, algorithm development). These projects have included Robotics Platforms, Planning, Monitoring and Control algorithms, Sensor Interface, User Inter- faces, Wireless communication, Signal Processing etc. All of this involves direction and teaching teams how to use the required tools and apply engineering skills to transform a concept into a product. She also manages interdisciplinary senior design projects in collaboration with other engineering departments such as Textiles Engineering, Mechanical engineering, etc. Beyond senior design, she has also created and teaches undergraduate as well as graduate level classes in ECE (Python in Engineering, Algorithms in ECE, Practical Engineering Prototyping (PrEP)). She

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers and Counselors

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. M. Kendall, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

culminates in site specific sessions which provide a view into eachcamp’s agenda for the summer.Our one-day pre-camp preparation workshop follows the teacher training workshop and focuseson the specific activities for the specific camp. This training includes all levels of staff, theteachers, along with the engineering undergraduate counselors and the high school assistantcounselors. The agenda begins with a team builder activity and presentation on campus safety forminor participants. Teachers are split up into their specific camps where they review theiragendas with the help of the counselors that have been working the previous week in establishingtest protocols, test fixtures and change management communication plans. All activities arereviewed

Conference Session

Design & Development Projects and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Prashant Yadav

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Manufacturing

report describes our objectives, rationale, implementations,and assessment plans in developing a practical robotic ultrasonic welding process as aneducational hands-on project and laboratory exercises for undergraduate STEM students, andparticularly Engineering Technology majors. The project combines ultrasonic welding ofplastics, robotics, force sensors, rapid prototyping, thermal imaging and image processing in apractical demonstration of an industrially-important automated plastics manufacturingtechnology. An ultrasonic horn attached to the end of a robotic arm can be programmed to spotweld or seam weld acrylic parts. The process is monitored and optimized using a thermalimaging camera and a force sensor.Introduction and Background

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Rebecca Croxton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Libraries

semester.Participants In Phase I of the study, all students who were enrolled in the university’s Introduction toEngineering course (ENGR 1201 or ETGR 1201) during the Fall 2017 semester were invited toparticipate. In all, there were 576 students enrolled in these courses and 10 individuals elected toparticipate with a 1.7% response rate, much lower than desired and anticipated. Because thenumber of participants was lower than desired in Phase I, the recruitment plan for Spring 2018was revised to include participation incentives - $5.00 restaurant gift cards to a nearby fast foodrestaurant offered to ​all ​individuals who agree to participate as well as a chance to win one of six$25 gift cards to the campus bookstore. In Phase I, the 10 study

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lianne Cartee, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Frances S. Ligler, North Carolina State University

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Biomedical Engineering

report of a three-year study of engineering education led by Leah Jamieson andJack Lohman [2], one of the seven recommendations was: Expand collaborations andpartnerships between engineering programs and a) other disciplinary programs germane to theeducation of engineers as well as b) other parts of the educational system that support the pre-professional, professional and continuing education of engineers. The 3D frameworkaddressed these recommendations.This is a process that aligns the attributes of graduates with their post-graduate plans in a waythat is customized for each student in the program. In the first dimension, the academicfoundation, core courses required of all students have been converted into course bricks thatinclude

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander James Carroll, North Carolina State University; Andrew J. DiMeo Sr., University of North Carolina & North Carolina State University; James McCall, North Carolina State University; Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Kelly A. Umstead, North Carolina State University; Shelby Hallman, North Carolina State University

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Biomedical Engineering

-founder and VP Business Development for the design and manufacturing company EG-Gilero. Andrew worked for Alaris Medical Systems (now BD’s CareFusion) as a design engineer and project manager. He is Business Advisor and Speaker for the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, an advisor to the NIH C3i Program, Director of Duke NeuroInnovations, and on the planning team for BME IDEA. He holds a BS in Physics, English Literature, and Secondary Education from UNC Charlotte, an MS in BME from UNC Chapel Hill’s Medical School, and a Ph.D. from the UNC/NCSU BME Department.Mr. James McCall, NCSU James McCall is currently a BME PhD student at North Carolina State University.Dr. Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University Dr

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Stephen J. Ressler P.E., United States Military Academy; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Brock E. Barry, United States Military Academy; Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University; Dion Coward, American Society of Civil Engineers; Norman D. Dennis Jr. P.E., University of Arkansas; Scott R. Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Thomas A. Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers (Retired); Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers; James J. O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers; Robert James O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Kelly Salyards P.E., Bucknell University; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

challenges in civil engineeringeducation and proposing educational reforms and initiatives to address these challenges. At the1995 Civil Engineering Education Conference, 235 participants considered a wide range ofissues and collectively identified four major areas for focused action by ASCE: (1) facultydevelopment, (2) an integrated curriculum, (3) practitioner involvement in education, and (4) thefirst professional degree.1Following the 1995 conference, the ASCE Educational Activities Committee (EdAC) assumedresponsibility for the faculty development issue area. EdAC proposed to the ASCE Board ofDirection that a standing Committee on Faculty Development be established and provided withfunding to plan and implement a teaching effectiveness workshop

Conference Session

Motivation, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justine Chasmar, Goucher College; Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

linked to goal-setting, self-regulation,and success in engineering programs [2], [6], [10]–[13]. In this paper, domain-general(Connectedness, Value), domain-specific (Perceptions of the Future, Present on Future, Futureon Present), and context-specific constructs (Perceived Instrumentality) were considered. Ingeneral, Value, often termed valence, is the “anticipated subjective value”[14] (p. 567) of futuregoals for a person; thus students may place a higher value or hold one goal in higher regard thananother goal. The second domain-general FTP construct, Connectedness, is “general feeling ofconnectedness to and planfulness about the future” [15] (p. 116). Perceived Instrumentality (PI)[15]–[17] is a context-specific variation of connectedness

Conference Session

Curriculum and the Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Salah Burhan Al Omari P.E., United Arab Emirates University; Aysha Al Ameri P.E., United Arab Emirates University

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Engineering Management

this by establishing ahypothetical model of a design division and used the model for the specifiedcompany. The feedbacks from students suggest that the case study method showedthem how to use the knowledge acquired through the taught courses in solving real-life problems.1 IntroductionInvestigating what is typically involved in the Engineering Management (EM)master’s degrees as offered by the larger programs, Peterson and Humble [1]identified 28 topics or courses. Since all 28 topics cannot be included in any singleprogram the universities choose the topics in accordance to the requirements of theirconstituencies. Engineering Management is the process of planning, organising,staffing, leading and influencing people, and controlling activities

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colby Weishaar, University of Arkansas; Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Trevor Joe Dodson, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

hour. The three major sections of theworkshop consisted of the following: (1) the content and structure of the GRE; (2) what a good score is for each portion of the exam; and (3) how to prepare for the test including study plans and materials.The first section gave a brief overview of how the GRE is organized, discussing briefly each ofthe three sections: analytical reasoning, verbal reasoning, and the writing portion. If the studentsdo not understand what the GRE consists of, then the rest of the workshop will not provideadditional benefit for the student. The type of students who attended the first workshop rangedfrom freshman to graduate students, so some students had never previously heard of the GRE,other than that it is

Conference Session

Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Students' Perspectives

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Massie Chance, University College London & Dublin Institute of Technology; Bill Williams, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

findings of this study?Methodological approachWe conducted initial phenomenological interviews during students’ first year (2014-2015),follow-up interviews with the sub-set of women from the Middle East (spring 2017), andfinal-year interviews with Irish-based participants (2017-2018). The Irish-basedparticipants joined our DT066 common core Bachelor of Engineering program together, inSeptember 2014.We conducted initial analysis, using interpretive phenomenology, to summarize eachparticipant’s first interview and help shape the direction of the study and the plan forfollow-up interviews. Starting in the third year, we used NVivo software to code allinterviews collected. As per Table 2, this included first-year interviews (n=7), the second

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Swinburne University of Technology

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts 5) an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives 6) an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions 7) an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.The EC2000 criteria were initiated in August 1994. 58 invited guests, including guests from theABET Engineering Accreditation Commission board, several of the professional

Conference Session

ET Projects

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Benalla MB, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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Engineering Technology

- Step 2: Sketch and drawing of the architectural designThe second part of this project started in the beginning of the spring 2017. During this periodstudents sketched a first draft of the architectural design based on the dimension and the size ofthe location. The sketch was designed based on different norms. First, the total rectangular areaof the course was accurately measured and divided to twelve equal rectangles. Second, thedistribution of the holes as well as the difficulties and obstacles were located depending onrandom criterions. Third, the degree of challenges was gradually increased from the beginning tothe end of the course and the part for the disabled people was planned with all the requiredfacilities and included in the middle

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenai Kelley Brown, Clemson University; Natalie Stringer, Clemson University; Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

work together in practice groups (Community of Practice).There are typically 2 to 4 practice groups in each section of the course. During the first half ofthe semester, the leaders participate in case clinics [10] where each week one member of thepractice group poses a real situation or question from their sessions to the group for discussion(Practice-based Activities). Another member of the group documents the discussion and adds itto a folder accessible by all leaders in the class. The presenter then reflects on the conversationand writes a short summary of the discussion and how the leader plans to handle a similarsituation in the future (Documented Deep Learning). These case clinics continue each week untilevery leader has presented a case

Conference Session

The BEST InDEED

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington

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Design in Engineering Education

complex work of design for the first time,knowing how to plan and carry out a design project specific to their discipline, how to documentthe process, and how to make their invisible design thinking processes visible in a blank bookcan be a challenging task. Moore et al. reported on some of the challenges that students andinstructors encounter when using blank engineering notebooks, including confusion about whatshould go in the notebook, uncertainty about the purpose for keeping a design notebook, notseeing the value in careful documentation of design work, and a reluctance to engage inreflection of their design process [5]. The structured engineering design notebook described inthis paper can help support students as they build expertise in

Conference Session

Underrepresented Populations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kayla R. Maxey, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

engineeringperception does not quite rate as highly. It is important to remember that we only did theperceptions of engineering as a post-survey. There may have been movement up or down in anyof these over the course of the 3-week SEEK camps, which would be more telling for what theprogram really impacts. Pre- and post- administration for the survey is planned for the 2018camps. The figures presented below break things down by gender. Female and Male Personal Interests 3.00 2.90 2.80 2.70 2.60 2.50 2.40 2.30

Conference Session

ET Administrative Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

school students and motivatethem to choose engineering/technology career paths as they enter their undergraduate degreeprograms. This paper presents an overview of and results from the two-week workshop hostedduring summer 2017. Included in this overview will be an outline of the buildingautomation/energy management experiential learning that was undertaken and how IoT wasintegrated into this important technology discipline. Examples of edge devices, sensors, wirelesscommunications, and IoT processes such as publishing, subscribing, and building sensor/actuatordashboards for IoT-based building monitoring and control systems will be provided. Evaluationdata, teacher feedback and anecdotal information will also be presented. In addition to plans

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

owndeveloped system. Sargison et al.4 in 2005 presented the results of the first trial of introducingsome form of ePortfolio to 1st year engineering students as part of an initiative of University ofTasmania. It was used for the students to track their development skills and to help them in theircareer planning. Unfortunately, in all those cases, they just described the initial implementationand nothing on how they dealt with any issues that might have raised during the implementation. There has been also some implementation initiative in specific engineering programs.Christy and Fasina5 compared the eP implementation in two undergraduate biosystems/biologicalengineering programs, one from Ohio State University and another one from Auburn

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, University of Colorado, Boulder; Barbara M. Moskal, Texas Tech University; Olivia Cordova, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

amount of ambiguity, necessary collaboration, sociotechnical complexity, andpersuasion needed: Many [of the interviewed engineers] felt frustrated because they did not think that their jobs provided them with enough technical challenges. Others felt frustrated because they thought that a different career choice might have led to a job that would enable them to make more use of the advanced technical subjects they had studied in their university courses. Many of them were actually planning to leave their career in engineering. In our research, we found that more experienced engineers, those who had stuck with it for a decade or more, had mostly realized that the real intellectual challenges in engineering