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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natasha Andrade, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Creating new courses and adding modules toexisting ones can be extremely valuable interventions. However, making socio-technical thinkingan integral part of existing technical courses is also a necessary approach to reduce theperception that “social” issues are not equally valued in the engineering 1,2. The efficacy of suchefforts has not been widely tested. This paper builds on our analysis of an effort to incorporate socio-technical systemsthinking into a required civil and environmental engineering sophomore level course to testwhether such interventions effectively bridge the socio-technical divide in engineeringcurriculum 3. Our previous study found that class activities spurred more reflection on socialfactors that influence

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Big Picture Questions in BME

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole L. Ramo, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Barry Belmont, University of Michigan

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Biomedical Engineering

discussed by Harmon in 1975 [2], [6]. Research Questions Student perceptions are equally as important as organizational definitions when seekingto cultivate a shared understanding of the field; as students of BME, they will become the nextpractitioners of BME. Cheville’s assertion above also suggests that student definitions mayindicate how the perceptions held by educators are reflected in their philosophy and teachingapproach [10]. Understanding how students see a field also has important implications forrecruitment and retention (e.g., students may be less likely to persist in a degree program if theirperception of the field is grossly different than that being promoted by the department).However, student perceptions of BME have

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Liberal Education Division Technical Session Session 10

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa G. Kuhn, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

undergraduate engineering students perform in an ambassador role. From this point, ourprimary strategy was to conduct an online search of university websites of ABET accreditedengineering programs. This search yielded information about 102 ambassador-type outreachprograms2. The points of contact for all of the programs were then sent an invitation to completea short survey describing the focus, composition, and core features of their program (AppendixA). Thirty programs reflecting universities in the north, mid-Atlantic, south, mid-west, south-west and north-west of the United States responded to this survey. From this group,representatives of 18 programs attended either one of two in-person workshops or an online1 Please contact Dr. Joanna K

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ERM Technical Session 7: Learning and Research in Makerspaces

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 WIP: Practice-Facing Equity Bifocals for University Makerspaces[I’m thinking about... ] Nasir’s work on achieving equity throughdiversity, “successful learning contexts also attend to students’ need fora sense of belonging and identification” through the organization of thepractice itself and the social interactions that occur [1]. How was thiscontext not a place where this student felt he could ask which machine hecould

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First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Xochitl Delgado Solorzano, University of Arkansas; Don Nix, University of Arkansas; Jennie S. Popp Ph.D., University of Arkansas ; Michele Cleary, Cleary Scientific Intelligence, LLC; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Paul D. Adams, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Dr. Wen-Juo Lo is an Associate Professor in the Educational Statistics and Research Methodology (ESRM) program at the University of Arkansas. His research interests involve methodological issues related to analyses with a focus on psychometric methods. The recent research agenda concentrates statis- tical methods for the detection of bias in psychological measurement, especially measurement invariance on latent factor models. In addition, he also conducts research to develop effective latent variable model and instrument that reflects the factors of college students’ retention.Dr. Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Engineering Management

approaches for improvement with these numbers wouldbe for me to share examples of badge usage in industry and demonstrate how students could usethe badges in job searches.Lessons Learned to dateAfter one semester of badge awards, a list of lessons learned is as follows: 1. When using Canvas LMS, badges are automatically awarded through Modules, so some set up was required. 2. Badge design should reflect accepted university logos and have approval through the marketing department. 3. If multiple badges will be awarded from one institution or class, creating a common framework with accepted logos on the design would more efficient. 4. Measurable criteria for receiving

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ERM Technical Session 22: Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

research and theoryhas devoted too little attention to the study of problem-solving processes.” In PBL, prototypingactivities should help students become more reflective on their design. Lande (2017) suggestedthat scaffolded activities in prototyping support “self-regulated learning by offloading feedbackfrom the instructor to students’ evaluation of their own prototype in the context of iterativefeedback from a user.” In this pilot, exploratory study, the research question we try to address is:What are design educators’ conceptions of prototyping in design courses? Understanding theseconceptions represents a first step to transform design teaching by employing scaffoldedprototyping.Research methodIn this exploratory study, three faculty members

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Technical Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergey Nersesov, Villanova University; Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

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International

4 2019 ASEE Annual Conferencelectures); 3) these modules can be used as a reference later in life; 4) videos were a good way tolecture MATLAB functions/commands. The major negative comments from students include: 1)certain lectures were too condensed for a completely effective learning experience; 2) studentsdidn’t have motivation to finish all the modules (as supplemental materials of their courses); 3)instructors should give more directions to students on when and which modules students shouldfinish. The positive comments are in line with the survey results for Questions 1-3 and 5, whilethe negative feedbacks are reflected in the survey result for Question 4. In the futureimplementation of the MATLAB

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 9

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

grammar, punctuation, and usage. Adownside is that the assignments do not reflect well what the students experience asprofessionals because not only is the scope of the documents defined by the students (rather thanby a manager) but also the students receive little feedback on the technical accuracy of thecontent. Another common model, often used sequentially with the first, is that engineeringstudents learn technical writing through a writing-intensive design or laboratory course. In thismodel, while the students experience writing assignments more closely aligned with what theyexperience as professionals, the instruction on writing in larger such courses is often limited toonly a few class periods [5]. Moreover, students in larger courses often

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Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

thread and digital twin are demonstrated. In the future, we willcontinue to build the laboratorial tools and environment for digital twin, and then integrate andevaluate these tools in the Manufacturing Engineering curriculum.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1818655. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. 4Reference1 Devarshi Shah, Jin Wang, Q. Peter He, Austin Hancock, Anthony Skjellum

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Biomedical Division Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Paul Licato, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

sequence. In addition, design instructors will be asked to ratestudents’ abilities to apply standards appropriately to their respective design projects. Allassessments will be given to two cohorts of students who took the introductory course withoutthe standards module and the first two cohorts participating in the module. It is hypothesized thatall performance measures will increase for the cohorts taking part in the module experience,reflecting a positive effect of introducing first-term engineering students to a hands-on projectincorporating real medical device standards.[1] W. Kelly, “Standards in civil engineering design education,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 134, no. 1, pp. 59-66, 2008.[2

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Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell William Buccalo, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

. Behaviors that are transcribed and coded have beendeemed likely behaviors while composing a technical report based upon literature search [6], [7].The ability for this method to capture the ability of a student to express certain behaviors in thecognitive writing process while also leaving room to evaluate activities that have not beenpreviously valued as important during the process allows for this portion of the study to build upquantitative and qualitative data. Groups of students who have taken ENGR 248 and groups ofstudents who have not will be graded on a rubric of cognitive writing processes to see whichbehaviors reflect previous dedicated technical communication training. Similarly, a students finalproduct can be assessed on a rubric of

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M1B: WIP - Learning Experiences 2

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2019 FYEE Conference

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Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Todd P. Shuba, Virginia Tech

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

teach my students to think about the why and not just the how”. Similarly, Naomidescribed how she uses reflection activities to help students get over the fear of failing which oftencomes from prior learning experiences that espouses always having one right answer. Engineeringpractice, all participants discussed, cannot be explained by a single path to a right answer. Oftenthere is no right answer or a single way to get to a solution and the first-year experience shouldprepare students for this reality.Overall, participants agreed that the learning environment should provide a space for theconstruction of knowledge while guiding students in the development of autonomy over their ownlearning without causing undue stress and anxiety. Additionally

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T1C: Developing Foundations in Mathematics

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2019 FYEE Conference

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Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Wil Stuckey, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tom Cody, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nicholas Tomlin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nate Eckhart, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hamza Tanzeem, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Dan Irby, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anna Francis, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

data like that in Figure 2but is also reflected in the qualitative policies set forth by each institution, holding students tohigher standards as time progresses. These increasing academic standards have accompaniedmore clearly defined policies over time. With a few exceptions, schools have become morestandardized with their catalogs, and have become more responsible with publishing relevantcatalog information every year. Two years of general engineering student

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M1B: WIP - Learning Experiences 2

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2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Sara Willner-Giwerc, Tufts University; Kristen B Wendell, Tufts University

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

Science Foundation (NSF) GraduateResearch Fellowship. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References:[1] P. J. Denning, “Viewpoint Remaining Trouble Spots with Computational Thinking,” pp. 33–39, 2016.[2] U. Ilic, H. I. Haseski, and U. Tugtekin, “Publication Trends Over 10 Years of ComputationalThinking Research,” Contemp. Educ. Technol., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 131–153, 2018.[3] C. Concepts, A Framework for K-12 Science Education. 2012.[4] J. M. Wing, “Computational Thinking : What and Why ?,” no. November, pp. 1–6, 2010.[5] T. T. Yuen and K. A. Robbins, “A Qualitative Study of Students’ Computational ThinkingSkills in a

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Raymond Floyd

encounter similar events in their future. Over the course of the term, the students began toanticipate the impending change, and it became a point of enjoyment for them to prepare for thenext adjustment. Such changes were also reflected in their term papers, as some portionsrequired re-writes due to the revisions in the assignment.SolutionsThere a number of actions that could help address the problem. First, inter-departmentcommunications on content and structure of technical writing would help students understandingof the difference between writing and technical writing. The Engineering Department couldprovide specific research-like projects that could be undertaken by the pre-engineering students Proceedings of the 2019

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Donndelinger

in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business. However,1. Introduction engineering students may also satisfy this requirement byInstilling an Entrepreneurial Mindset in undergraduate taking Global Business Economics and Communicationstudents is a foundational goal of the Engineering programs (GBEC), an elective course offered by Baylor’s School ofat Baylor University, as reflected in the mission statement of Engineering and Computer Science. This course is intendedthe Mechanical Engineering Department: for engineering students with deeper interests in exploring value creation opportunities from

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Viktor N_ssi; Ana Goulart

laboratory experiments that will be described in Section 4. We adopted a combination of the aforementioned laboratory experiments in our study abroad course at Aalto University. The radio link lab, in particular, was a good example of hands-on experiment to understand microwave point-to-point links at 58 GHz. In that experiment, students used the reflection of a nearby building

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Yu-Fang Jin

. training design was illustrated in Figure 1.1. Introduction Critical thinking is defined as “the intellectuallydisciplined process of actively and skillfullyconceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/orevaluating information gathered from, or generated by,observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, orcommunication, as a guide to belief and action.[1, 2]Different practice guidelines and resources have beenestablished and available for instructors to follow forcourse design and instruction.[3] However, recent reportshave illustrated the failure of improving critical thinking inhigher education.[4, 5] Such failure is partially due to themissing training modules specifically for critical thinkingskills in our higher education

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2019 PPC

Authors

Miriam Quintal

societies, managers of large federal facilities• Goals of ASEE Advocacy – Conducting outreach to Congress to support funding and sound policy for engineering research and education – Supporting ASEE Councils to enhance advocacy goals of deans and other constituencies – Engaging the Administration and federal agency officials to inform future programs and create new opportunities – Elevating the role of ASEE within the Washington, DC-based scientific, STEM, and higher education advocacy communities and ensuring community advocacy reflects ASEE prioritiesAdvocacy: What’s the Point?Why Advocate?• Advocacy: The process by which ordinary citizens make their interests known to Congress• You can help Members of Congress make informed decisions on

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2019 PPC

Authors

Lewis Burke

other constituencies – Engaging the Administration and federal agency officials to inform future programs and create new opportunities – Elevating the role of ASEE within the Washington, DC-based scientific, STEM, and higher education advocacy communities and ensuring community advocacy reflects ASEE priorities• 2018 Efforts and Successes – Increased funding for the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense basic research – Engagement in federal STEM education strategic plan – Outreach and awareness of engineering technology – Enhancing Department of Defense workforce and industry collaboration – Ensuring engineering is included in federal K-12 education investmentsASEE/EDC Congressional Priorities• Advocate for

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Graduate Student Writing and Communication

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy M. Clobes, University of Virginia; Lindsay Wheeler, University of Virginia

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Graduate Studies

withthree components: 1) hands-on training seminars, 2) communication challenges putting thetraining into practice on video and for audiences reflective of the professions discussed in theprogram, and 3) mentorship by a non-program institutional STEM alumnus/a. This paper will present the program design and research results from the first year. Usinga mixed methods approach, we sought to examine the extent to which graduate students’perceptions of communication confidence and awareness of STEM career opportunitiesimproved over the course of the program. We also aimed to measure their communication skillsto different audiences and obtain feedback on the most impactful program components. Dataincluded pre/post-surveys, focus groups, and

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ECCD Technical Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

and air-conditioning systemsof the building [2]. The world equipment demand for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning(HVAC) has increased from 50 billion US dollars in 2004 to more than 90 billion US dollars in2014 and for the US from almost 11 billion to 19 billion US dollars over the same period [3]. Areduction in the HVAC energy consumption load would reflect a significant reduction in the totalenergy consumed.In this paper, the improvement in refrigeration efficiency and COP were analytically investigatedby looking into a shaded condenser as compared to unshaded units. Thermodynamic equilibriumand energy conservation equations were used to estimate changes in the condenser temperatures.MethodologyThe study assumed that the difference

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Innovation and Fun in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University

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Civil Engineering

campus wide inpromoting creative thinking among students.Table 1. AAC&U VALUE Rubric for Creative Thinking [28] Sub area 1 Benchmark 2 3 4 Capstone Acquiring Successfully Successfully adapts an Creates entirely new Reflect: evaluates creativecompetencies reproduces appropriate exemplar to object, solution or process and product using appropriate own specifications idea appropriate to domain-appropriate criteria exemplar the domain Taking risks Stays strictly within Considers new Incorporates new Actively seeks out and

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New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Ed Tatar Ph.D., Idaho State University; Cheryl Xu, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

)]where V0+ is incident voltage and V0- is reflected voltage. At the source location z = -ℓ and theinput impedance seen by the source is given by:Zin = Z0 [ ZL + Z0 tanh(γℓ) ] / [ Z0 + ZL tanh(γℓ) ] Ωwhere tanh(γℓ) = [exp(γℓ) – exp(-γℓ)]/[ exp(γℓ) + exp(-γℓ] and ΓL = (ZL – Z0)/( ZL + Z0)=V0-/V0+Students at this point see the mathematical complexity of the EM problem. The followingnumerical example helps students compute input impedance and complex power delivered to theload by using a software package.We next present a MATHCAD example for computation of complex power absorbed by a loadimpedance ZL = 100 + j50 Ω, connected to a voltage source vs(t) = 20.28 cos (ωt) V with sourceresistance Rs = 20 Ω and frequency of f = 75 MHz. The

Conference Session

PCEE Resource Exchange

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin Dixon, Concord Consortium; Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum; Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Foundation under Grant No. IIS-1735836. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation.

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ERM Technical Session 14: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

and Lucas [15]. The study will be exploratory and the intervieweeswill be asked to give their personal perceptions of how they see the phenomenon and alsoregarding how and why they have developed those viewpoints.One week before the interview, the interviewees will receive the interview protocol, includingthe questions and short texts presenting the three contemporary challenges the informants aresupposed to reflect upon. The following questions will form the basis for the interview. 1. How do you think these challenges affect the development of your discipline and the educational program(s) you are involved in? 2. What do you expect the situation to be 10 years from now? 3. How do you prepare your students for the future with

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University; Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

1999 and later. This was not always apparent; frequently, and depending on whatwas being analyzed, analysis was conducted using several years of data and the findings werereported in a given year, even though there may not be data available that year. As an example,with citations per document, or the average number of times documents published in a journal inthe past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year are reported, while theremay not have been coverage in a given year, results will still be reported in years in which theremay not have been coverage. Conversely, the proportion (%) of international collaboration isreported on an annual basis. If there are no data, it will be reflected in any graphical product aszero.Of

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Student Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Samaniego, United States Air Force; Martin Span III, United States Air Force

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Diversity

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Student

to reflect their new priorities.Evaluation: Following the synthesis and analysis tasks, students must use the requirements andpriorities they determined in order to utilize effective study habits. This is known as theevaluation phase. In the synthesis phase, it became apparent that time was a major constraint.Due to this students must be aware of the fact that they should only take on activities and workthey believe they will be able to effectively complete. Taking on too much will not only leadto a decrease in performance across all of the tasks but will also lead to added unnecessarystress. For these reasons, it is vital to the success of the student to create a plan that takes inimportant system requirements and prioritizes work to

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Elizabeth Long Lingo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

tone of the reform and interactions among the parties involved. A summary of thistimeline is presented in Table 1. We also gathered information and analyzed the composition ofeach committee during each academic year of the promotion reform process: the number ofmembers by gender, rank, and type of appointment (tenure-track or non-tenure track). Thesedemographic dimensions reflect underlying power differentials among institutional members andmay also reflect a variety of professional interests and strengths.Step 2. Inductively generating categories and micro-processes. We then analyzed our casestudy data to identify key categories of action and interaction within the reform process. We paidclose attention to how these actions and interactions