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First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ellise M. LaMotte, Tufts University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

inquiry as wellas analyze their academic background (Input) their college experience (Environment) and gradesearned (Output) using the Input-Environment-Output model [1]. This analysis will assist indetermining the influence the RISE seminar has on the students as it provides tools andexperiences to assist them on their academic journey compared to the experiences and I-E-O datafor students who do not participate in RISE.Purpose of WIPThe purpose of this Work in Progress paper is to begin the process of developing the frameworkthat will be used to analyze the RISE first year seminar through an overarching theoreticalframework focused on phenomonological interview data and student focused analytical data.Ultimately, this information will inform

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First-Year Programs: Cornucopia #2

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Uma Lakshman, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

project-based courses in the first-year engineering experience, which usually iscomposed of the fundamentals (mathematics, physics, computer science). Many universities, including Northeastern University, Purdue University, Penn StateUniversity, and The Ohio State University, have implemented a year-long cornerstone [1-6].Before changing the first-year curriculum, the investigators for this study want to determine thestudents’ interests for this model. The learning objective of the proposed year-long cornerstone isto have students develop interdisciplinary problem solutions through the ideation andprototyping of design projects. The proposed second semester would be based around a secondmultidisciplinary semester long design project, with

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Student Experiences with Undergraduate Research

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Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

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Educational Research and Methods

population. Here we discuss the development of the Undergraduate ResearchExperiences Survey and a few preliminary findings, publish the survey instrument (Appendix1), and pose questions for future analysis.Educators celebrate undergraduate research as a high-impact experience in which studentsdevelop their technical and professional skills [1-2] as well as their sense of identity andbelonging as engineers, especially for students from underrepresented groups in science andengineering [3-5]. Research experience is also highly valued as evidence of excellence forgraduate school and employment [6-7]. However, undergraduate research takes a widevariety of forms and therefore is difficult to document and study. A recent NationalAcademies report about

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Student Approaches to Problem Solving

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Marah B. Berry, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; David J. Therriault, University of Florida; Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

. Schrader, Riggs, and Smith are some of the onlyresearchers to try to operationalize ambiguity specifically in regards to the problem solver [1]. Intheir work, Schrader, et al. posit that the problem solver confronts two distinct stumbling blocks,ambiguity and uncertainty, when framing the problem space. Ambiguity is characterized as lackof clarity and relationships whereas uncertainty is lack of information. Uncertainty can bereduced by gathering information and building models, whereas ambiguity can be reduced bymodel building and problem framing.Problems that are solved by engineers are frequently recognized as ambiguous even though thereis little that defines what it would mean for an engineering problem to be ambiguous. There hasbeen a

Conference Session

Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences

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Brianna B. Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Leslie Light, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Libraries

appropriate for their team’s approach to the course problem.Success of the initial lesson pilot was determined by evaluating team bibliographies from theirmid-semester design proposal and final report assignments. A sampling of bibliographies frompre-flip fall 2016 semester were used for comparison. The bibliographies from the student teams’final project were quantitatively evaluated on both the lower order concerns of citationcorrectness and the higher order concerns of effective source selection. The team found thatstudents successfully used higher quality sources on both assignments following theimplementation of the flipped lesson. However, the results for the final report demonstrated lessimprovement, written 10-12 weeks after the lesson [1].To

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

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Bryan Weber, University of Connecticut

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Computers in Education

, e.g., capstone projects.However, students would benefit from, and are interested in, integrating holistic educationthroughout the curriculum. Moreover, university engineering programs that are accredited byABET are required to meet these objectives. In their recent redevelopment of the student outcomescriteria, ABET [1], [2] identified seven primary outcomes for students. Of these, items two andfour focus on holistic engineering, emphasizing global cultural, social, environmental, andeconomic factors.To address all of the critical aspects of engineering projects, students must successfully analyze therequirements, synthesize information, and evaluate several design options for a given problem.These cognitive skills match well with Bloom’s

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ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

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Tess Hartog, University of Oklahoma; Megan Marshall, University of Oklahoma; Amin G. Alhashim, University of Oklahoma; Md Tanvir Ahad, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

creative ideageneration and creativity studies in engineering. In this paper, a survey is provided of theliterature for the different neurological approaches that have been used to study the engineeringdesign process and creative processes. Also presented are proposed strategies to apply theseneurological approaches to engineering design to understand the creative process in greaterdetail. Furthermore, results from a pilot study investigating neuro-responses of engineers arepresented.1 IntroductionIntelligence, measured by IQ and SAT, has been in a steady increase in America since 1990 [1,2]. On the other hand, creativity, measured by Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT), awidely used and validated measure [3-5] proposed by Ellis Paul

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Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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Isabella Stuopis, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Melissa R. Mazan, Tufts University

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Educational Research and Methods

Work in Progress: Veterinary Medicine as a Context for Student Reasoning in a Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design CoursePrior research finds that practicing design engineers continue to deepen their understandings ofengineering concepts as they work professionally to meet the design needs of their clients [1],[2]. Senior capstone design courses in which student teams are matched with external clients canprovide similarly rich environments for conceptual growth [3]. As the students translate theneeds of their client into specific and measurable engineering requirements, they encounteropportunities to think in new ways about science and engineering concepts they may previouslyhave only considered in well-defined textbook problems [4

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K-12 and Bridge Experiences in Engineering Education

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Sabina Anne Schill, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

university. Following initial questions, participants wereasked, “How do you define mentoring?” Preliminary findings indicate that common themes onmentoring exist across students and faculty. Results from this pilot study will inform futurestudies and benefit K12 STEM outreach programs.IntroductionWith the ever-growing need for educated scientists and engineers in the workforce, there existsan opportunity for the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities (URM) inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). High school demographics are notreflected in bachelor’s engineering programs, with African American, Latinx, and femalestudents underrepresented [1]–[3]. Increasing diversity in STEM is a desirable asset; diversegroups

Conference Session

Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

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Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Constanza Melian, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Javiera Meza, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Gonzalo Cortés, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Jorge A. Baier, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile

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Educational Research and Methods

[1].Along with class time schedules packed with lectures, laboratories, and tutorials, there are asignificant number of course assignments that occur outside of class, such as team-basedprojects and experiential learning tasks [1]. Researchers have encouraged the incorporationof these constructivist approaches into engineering education [2], aiming to help studentsdevelop a wide range of abilities (such as complex-problem solving skills andinterdisciplinary thinking [3]). However, this increasing number of assignments stressesstudents [4], [5], negatively affecting their learning results [1], [6].To understand what students define as a demanding course, several researchers haveexplored the concepts of academic workload and course difficulty

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #2

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Megan Gray, Duke University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University; Sophia T. Santillan, Duke University; Michael Rizk, Duke University; Jessica Sperling, Duke University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

scientist and evaluator. She leads the Applied Research, Evaluation, and Engagement area of Duke University’s Social Science Research Institute. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-In-Progress: Engineering Self-Efficacy in First-Year DesignAbstract This work-in-progress paper describes the implementation and results of surveys tounderstand the impact of a first-year engineering design course on students. During theEngineering Design and Communication (EGR 101) course, students work in teams to learn andapply the engineering design process to a client-based problem drawn from a community partner.The learning outcomes are to 1) apply the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

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James R. McCusker, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Alex Spiro Burch; Jasmine Maya Andrade, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Pre-College Engineering Education

nomenclature behind games can be misconstrued and can “provide some confusion for parentswhen it comes to technology and their children. How much technology should kids use, where canthey learn it from, and how can parents help?” [1]. The perception of screen time and games canoften be confused as restrictive for a student’s innovation and learning. Prensky (2001) “pointedout that combining games with educational objectives could not only trigger students’ learningmotivation, but also provide them with interactive learning opportunities” [2]. Games introducedin the classroom entertain the idea of engaging students through an educational interactive learningtool. Games can introduce many skills including “flexibility, critical thinking, problem solving

Conference Session

Innovative Development for Various Faculty Lines

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Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

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Environmental Engineering, Faculty Development Division

senior capstone project. While expectations are at 12 credit hours, the loadthese past few years has typically been larger - sometimes as high as 17 for this tenure track professor.While classes were historically less than 30 students they have risen to as high as 70 in recent semesters.No graduate student assistants are available at this campus.As summarized in Table 1, in addition to teaching excellence, professional development and service isalso required for all professors. Professional development includes peer reviewed journal publication,publication and presentation of scholarly work at industry conferences, and significant contribution toprofessional societies. Service should include volunteer work that supports the division, the campus

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET II

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Jimmy Ching-ming Chen, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; Roger C. Lo, California State University, Long Beach; Praveen Shankar, California State University, Long Beach

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Engineering Technology

c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Workshop Development for New Frontier of Mechatronics for Mobility, Energy, and Production EngineeringAbstractMechatronics matches the new trend of convergence research [1] for deep integration acrossdisciplines such as mechanics, electronics, control theory, robotics, and productionmanufacturing, and is also inspired by its active means of addressing a specific challenge oropportunity for societal needs. The most current applications of mechatronics include e-mobility,connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV), robotics, and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).The growing mechatronics industries demand high quality workforces with multidisciplineknowledge and training. In this

Conference Session

Mechatronics and Robotics II

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Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Monique Jethwani, Columbia School of Social Work; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distin-guished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipientof 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. His scholarly activities have included3 edited books, 9 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 63 journal articles, and 164 conference pa-pers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 40 M.S., and 5 Ph.D. thesis students; 64 undergraduate research studentsand 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 500 K-12 teachers and 130 high school studentresearchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 59 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he di-rects K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

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Lina Battestilli, North Carolina State University; Sarah Korkes, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

found that it takes students more submission attempts in the auto-grader whenthey are given BT Apply/Analyze-type questions that contain some starter code. Studentscomplete the auto-graded assignments with fewer number of submissions when there is no-startercode and they have to write their solution from scratch, i.e. BT Create-type of questions.However, when writing code from scratch, the students’ code quality can suffer because thestudents are not required to actually understand the concept being tested and might be able to finda workaround to pass the tests of the auto-grader.IntroductionThe number of undergraduates seeking Computer Science (CS) degrees has nearly doubled inrecent years 1 . To manage large course enrollments, many CS

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 2: Success In and Out of the Classroom

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Elizabeth Payne Tofte, South Dakota State University; Albena Yuliyanova Yordanova, South Dakota State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

: Testing Brookfield’s critical incident questionnaires effectiveness in improving student learning [WIP]IntroductionStephen Brookfield’s Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ) is a formative assessment tooldesigned to help faculty better understand their students’ behavioral responses to key factorsaffecting learning in a traditional (face-to-face) classroom. Grant and Trenor claim the CIQ holdspotential for building grounded theory in engineering education [1, p. 13]. CIQs have also beenidentified by Phelan as being “particularly valuable in an asynchronous online learning contextwhere students are typically geographically isolated from one another.” [2, p. 1]. This paperdescribes how a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

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Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Mitzi Desselles Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

scholarship were not permitted to enroll in the S-STEM-dedicated sections of Calculus III or Statics. This also allowed us to schedule the Professional Development course and related activities around their coursework and exam schedules. The course instructors, as well as other faculty from the college, participate in the industry tours to facilitate out-of- class interaction with faculty. b) Professional development course: The project team designed a two-credit hour professional development course for the S-STEM Scholars. The 2017 course included curricular components in spatial visualization (Developing Spatial Thinking by Sheryl Sorby [1]) and developing an engineering identity (Studying Engineering: A Road

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Faculty Development Evidence-based Practices!

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Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois

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Faculty Development Division

,evaluative data are reported from the participants’ end-of-year survey results and an analysis ofthe faculty members student ratings of instruction compared to non-program participants.BackgroundFaculty development in higher education has seen great growth over the last 30 years [1]. Itmakes sense, why hire new faculty if you are not going to train them to be successful? Since1998, first-year faculty members in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University ofIllinois have participated in a multifaceted program designed to help them succeed in theirinstructional responsibilities. We call this program the “Collins Scholars” in honor of W.Leighton Collins, a former executive director of ASEE and long-time faculty member at theUniversity of

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

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Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

, manyuniversities are not equipped to test large steel members with bolted connections because evensmall steel specimens generally require large forces to cause failure. Finally, watching a video ofa tension test is useful to observe yielding and fracture in steel, but it is not the same asphysically witnessing it and experiencing it in the classroom.Therefore, the author set out to develop a simple, portable, inexpensive model which coulddemonstrate the basic concepts of yielding and fracture and help correlate these concepts to thefailure limit states of excessive deformations in the gross cross section and fracture at the netcross section (see Figure 1 for cross section definitions).Physical ModelsTo visualize yielding, the author remembers an annoying

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Research and Spatial Skills

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Susan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

practice paper will explore how a freshman and sophomore focusedresearch program has produced positive results in terms of student engagement and studentdesire to pursue an engineering degree – while also addressing the hot topic of paying forcollege. Institutions work hard to recruit and attract students to their engineering programs, andwant to do everything they can to engage and retain those students. First-year experiences andundergraduate research are both high impact practices (HIPs) [1] that can be extremely beneficialand rewarding to students from almost all backgrounds. The implementation of such HIPs forstudents in the form of co-curricular programming can be quite daunting and time-intensive.This paper will provide clear, concise

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Vahideh Abdolazimi, Drexel; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University; Jason Henderson, Girard Academic Music Program

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Pre-College Engineering Education

-gelatinmixture to explore fluorescence effect in macroscopic dots, a similar optical phenomenon in Q-dots at nanoscales. Instructors explained the concept of fluorescence as a quantum kinetic innanoparticles, which expanded the lesson through the theoretical discussion of Q-dots and theapplications of fluorescent Q-dots in contrast-enhanced biomedical imaging systems.Introduction Quantum dots are nanometer (nm)-sized particles, typically less than 10nm indiameter [1], composed of semiconductors which have been proven to be powerful probes forfluorescence imaging [2]. Fluorescence is a physical phenomenon in which a chemical compoundemits light of a particular color very shortly after being hit by light of another color [3] and is animportant tool used

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Russell L. Rhoton, Baker College

project end, the addition of an unexpected failure added an additional test ofthe validity of the ‘internalized pyramid’ theory and its influence on the final outcome. Again,the group succeeded, although not without setbacks, as described in later sections.“Blackman Twp., MI - How far can you toss a pumpkin? The world record is just under 4,695feet, says the World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association. Can’t hurl a pumpkin nearlya mile? No worries. The Baker College of Jackson,…will still let you throw at its annual“Pumpkin Fling” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, October 26…”[1] Initiated just last year,pumpkin flinging for charity quickly became an established event at Baker College inJackson, MI.Initially conceived as an exercise to test the

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Ahmed Ammar, Ohio Northern University; Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University

3 discusses the logistics of administering the final exam, aswell as the content. Section 4 presents the rubric for grading the exam. Section 5 concludes thepaper, offering a few key performance indicators that enable the laboratory final to supportassessment of the ABET Student Outcomes. 1 Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education2. Electric Circuits Laboratory Experiments and Testing EquipmentOur electric circuits lab is equipped with 12 bench stations, each of which contains an oscilloscope,waveform generator

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Robert Allen Langenderfer, The University of Toledo; Hong Wang, The University of Toledo

approached from the vantage point of conqueringa series of digital enemies. Additionally, by examining the techniques utilized by their favoritevideo games, students infuse the enjoyment excitement of their play-time activities into theircoursework.Industry Demands Algorithm KnowledgeStudents with a background in computer science and software design are in high demand andsignificant job growth is projected. Jobs for high paid applications and systems programmerscurrently employ the largest number of people in the technology field and have a projectedgrowth of 21% by 2028 [1]. To meet this demand, university faculty need to find innovativeways to keep students engaged and increase graduation rates.Technology companies commonly ask software developer

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Bhuvana Ramachandran, University of West Florida; Chathapuram Ramanathan, University of West Florida,; Mohamed Khabou, University of West Florida

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Diversity

-authored and co-edited book titled: Spirituality, Culture and Development was published in October 2016, by Lexington Books (Foreword written by Dean Emeritus and Prof. Kay Hoffman). In 2011-2012 (October 1, 2011 to March 30, 2012), Dr. Ramanathan was conferred with Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Scholar award, and NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences) served as host institution. In 2004, he was conferred a Fulbright Senior Specialist award to lecture on Social Work as a Full Professor, to students and professionals, at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, a Deemed University, (first social work pro- gram in Asia - established 1936 ); and at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Shuchen Cong, Carnegie Mellon University

the advisory panel may make suggestions on data and other resources and on thedirection and scope of the work. A final oral report is presented to the panel along with a writtenreport (~200 pages) at the end of the semester. The course also serves as a project managementlearning course for doctoral students in the department.By the end of the course, both students and the project managers should gain skills in thefollowing areas: 1. Decomposing, structuring, and formulating solutions to unstructured, complex, real- world problems. 2. Interdisciplinary problem solving: Data collection, analysis, and synthesis, formulation and evaluation of policy recommendations. 3. Developing professional oral and written communication skills

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Nicole L Kamm, The University of Toledo

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Natalie Grace Bowen, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University

collaborative effort involving the NationalResearch Council (NRC), the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and adept science educators and leadersfrom 26 states [1]. The NGSS include engineering and engineering practices as integrated partsof K-12 science education, which allows students to practice not only science content, but alsoproblem solving and critical thinking skills that are desperately sought after by colleges andemployers. In 2009, state leaders, educators, and standards experts in 48 states came together tocollaborate on the Common Core State Standards Initiative with the goal of laying out a clear setof standards for K-12 students in English language arts and

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Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University

Learning(Stanford University) [1], many capstone courses require students to not only apply the conceptsand principles learned in theory classes but also to fabricate a device that satisfies the originalrequirements set forth in the project proposal. However, from the students’ perspectivecompleting an applied research project without having to fabricate the device will give more timeto carry out high quality theoretical project that may give competitive advantage in gainingadmission to a graduate school or demonstrating discipline-related skills for the job market.There are numerous papers available in the literature and published in ASEE and other technicaland educational journals of repute. Funding agencies such as NSF also encourage inter