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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Manojkumar Vilasrao Deshpande, SVKM's NMIMS, Shirpur, MS, India; Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Innovation Centre; Prashant Pralhadrao Udawant P.E., SVKM's NMIMS, MPSTME Shirpur Campus

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International Forum

Paper ID #13250Analysis of Improved Pedagogy Applied for Teaching courses related to Com-puter Programming for First Year Engineering ProgramsDr. Manojkumar Vilasrao Deshpande, SVKM’s NMIMS, Shirpur, MS, India Dr.Manojkumar Deshpande started career as an entrepreneur and then as faculty in 1991. He joined Mum- bai University in 1999 and further designated as Head of Computer Engineering Department at SVKM’s D.J.Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai. After awarding Ph.D., In Oct 2011, he joined as Professor & Associate Dean at MPSTME, SVKM’s NMIMS (deemed to be university) at Shirpur Campus. He is the Member of Board of

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Julia Ziyatdinova

resource materials that were actively used within the basicteaching and learning activities and within the system of teaching staff career development. Neweducational techniques approbated within the Program realization are successfully implementedin the basic teaching and learning activities, such as lectures being given by foreign projectpartners, including video lectures, presentations supported by audios; usage of databasesprovided by corporate customers and program partners; professional consulting at each stage ofthe program implementation, with due regard to its specialization, etc. Suggestions regardingnew academic disciplines and modules have been prepared. We are working on the developmentof new programs to participate in similar tenders

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Russell D Jamison, Virginia Commonwealth University

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International Forum

President for Research and Development at Smith & Nephew PLC, a global provider of orthopedic and otolaryngology implants. He began his engineering career at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory after serving with the U.S. Army 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Europe. Professor Jamison received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Ma- terials Science Engineering respectively from Virginia Tech and the M.S. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia. He was Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bath, UK. He lives in Richmond, Virginia

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ronald Gonzales; Alan Watkins; Chris Simpson

Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 261Learning ObjectivesMapping student labs to achieve clear objectives not only supports learning, but allows a studentto provide demonstrable skills to potential employers. With the National Initiative forCybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) andthe National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) have created the CybersecurityWorkforce Framework [10]. The purpose of this framework is to identify the common knowledge,skills, and abilities of Cybersecurity workers, along with associated job tasks [10]. Table 1provides a list of the

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford

, CATME was not set upappropriately for using it in this way.Conclusion In the end, the project was interesting. The students at University B appreciated that theywere being introduced to design earlier, but most did not enjoy the interaction with theteammates from the other school. The students at University A mostly viewed this newcomponent of the design project as annoying. They did recognize that these skills were usefulfor their future careers, but they were not happy with it. The authors intend to do another joint design project in Spring 2016. This firstexperience has shown many ways to improve the design of the design project. The instructorswill provide more resources (such as a Forbes article on “Managing Virtual Teams

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Byron Garry

(Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) • Respond visibly to domains of legitimate external concern. • Show action on the results of assessment. • Emphasize assessment at the major transition points in a college career. • Embed assessment in the regular curriculum.Responding to external concern falls under the umbrella of the phrase Culture of Evidence,which is currently popular among policy and assessment experts. It captures the belief thathigher education can enhance student learning and success if they systematically collect andexamine data6. Ewell5 calls this the Improvement Paradigm, which can embrace many kinds ofevidence-gathering, including standardized and faculty-designed examinations, capstoneprojects

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Mahbub Ahmed; Lionel Hewavitharana; Scott McKay; Kendra Ahmed; Mamunur Rashid

several engineering positionsthroughout his career. 8 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Puteri Megat Hamari

, there was a steep learning curve in learningthe steps to create and simulate the inverter. However the students were excited to do the task asthey realized the importance of learning an integrated set of industry-grade design tools in theiracademic career. This was a skill that was directly transferable to industry if they were to seek aprofession in this field. Figure 4 shows the Synopsys custom design flow and the tools used ineach stage.Once the students were finished with the simulation of the inverter, they would then draw theinverter layout using the Layout Editor. The layout of the inverter that they drew must match thetransistors’ size in the schematic stage. To run a design rule check (DRC) on the layout based onthe technology process

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu; Rajan Chandra

practical examples and greatly benefited by lab sessions. This paper presents some of theremedial steps that we have taken in order to increase the retention in both classes.Problems with introductory circuit analysis and C++ programming classesStudent success in electrical engineering is built on mastery of foundational circuit analysisconcepts such as Kirchhoff's laws nodal analysis, Thevenin, and Norton equivalent circuits.However, the course in which these concepts are taught, comes very early in the student'sbaccalaureate career. Many students at this level have not yet developed sufficient skills such aseffective note taking, building conceptual frameworks that integrate new ideas with existingknowledge, and the need to utilize concepts from

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Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan E. Canney P.E., Seattle University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

complexity of many social issues, fostered by their engagement in service. The participant would generally feel a strong sense of solidarity with the group they are working with and may become an activist for that cause.5. Internalization In this phase the participant has fully integrated their volunteer experiences into their life. This may include lifestyle or career changes to live lives more consistent with the values that they gained from their involvement with the social issue.DevelopmentalVariables1. Intervention Characterizes each phase through the mode (group or individual) and degree of interaction between the

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General Technical Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, SUNY Farmingdale State College; Clint S. Cole, Digilent, Inc.; Mircea Alexandru Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca; Monica Ignat Bot, Digilent; Alex Wong, Digilent, Inc.; Joe Harris, Digilent, Inc.

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

contest regions and worldwide events, over the last five years.The first question of the survey investigates how beneficial is the competition for the students’professional development and future career as engineer. The majority of the students’ commentsreflect their positive perceptions of learning new computer-based-tools, new technologies, andpresenting their projects in front of a professional audience.“I learned a lot while developing the project itself. It required getting used to a lot of new toolsand features. I now have a much deeper understanding of Xilinx FPGAs then before.”“I learned a lot about putting the software and hardware together. It was beyond theory”.“It was a nice experience to present an alternative to an industry solution

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Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University ; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Radian G. Belu, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Regina Ruane Ph.D., Drexel University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

taught and developed undergrad- uate and graduate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy, smart grids, control, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods, space and atmosphere physics, and applied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and pro- tection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart microgrids, power electronics and electric machines for non-conventional energy conversion, remote sensing, wave and turbulence, nu- merical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published ten book chapters, several papers in referred journals and in

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Twila Ortiz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea R Pluckebaum, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Leah H. Jamieson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

experiential learning; however the results alsosuggest that there is a need to refine the definition of experiential learning as it pertainsspecifically to engineering. For example, is a single project in a design-build course a significantexperiential learning experience or is a traditional semester abroad which doesn’t include anyengineering focus? Additionally, this paper will discuss the development of a tool which couldbe shared with academic stakeholders to guide students to participation in experiences which willserve to propel them toward their career goals as well as advance their progress through theircourse of study. Additionally this tool could be used as a means to measure participationthroughout a student’s academic career rather than

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Fundamental: K-12 Students' Beliefs, Motivation, and Self-efficacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Mariana Tafur-Arciniegas P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Engineering Identity Development Scale (EIDS). This survey consist of a Likert scalewith 16 items related to students’ self-beliefs. A confirmatory factor analysis performed byCapobianco, French, and Diefes-Dux21 identified academic affiliation and engineering career as Page 26.760.5the two factors comprised by the survey. Scores ranged between 1 and 21 for the academic factorand a between 1 and 30 for the engineering factor. Capobianco et al. reported a Cronbach’s αvalue of 0.76. EIDS and SKTs were administered at the beginning and end of each school year.Data Analyses Prior to statistical analyses, assumptions for each statistical

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Agnew Trevey, Marquette University; Andrea L. Gorman, Marquette University; Kristina M. Ropella, Marquette University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

. Kristina M. Ropella, Marquette University Kristina M. Ropella, Ph.D., is interim Opus Dean of the Opus College of Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University. She received her bachelor of science degree in biomedi- cal engineering from Marquette and her master’s and doctoral degrees from Northwestern University. She joined the biomedical engineering faculty in 1990 and served as the chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering from 2004 to 2013, when she was named the executive associate dean. Ropella has focused her research and teaching career on biosignal processing, bioinstrumentation, computer applications in biomedical engineering, statistics and medical imaging. Current

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan C. Hilpert, Georgia Southern University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

ASU to Associate Professor. Dr. Husman serves as the Director of Education for the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Tech- nology Center - an NSF funded Engineering Research Center. Dr. Husman is an assistant editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, has been a guest editor of Educational Psychology Review, served on editorial board for top educational research journals, and currently sits on the editorial board of Learn- ing and Instruction. In 2006 she was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant award and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the President of the United States. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and

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Faculty Development I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim L Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

parallel PLCconceptions and help to demonstrate how widespread those conceptions may be.Some of the PLC conceptions may have found their spark in a professor’s earlier studentexperience when the joy of learning was discovered, or they may have originated along with aprofessor’s commitment to a career in knowledge-making, or they may have taken root whileteaching when they witnessed a student’s transformation from an uncomprehending state to aknowledgeable state. For the eight professors in the study, their conceptions came from a varietyof sources including those just mentioned, but building and sustaining a PLC involved severalfactors, shown in Table 2, that were common to all of the professors.Table 2. Six of the factors necessary to build and

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill S. K. Nakatsu, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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First-Year Programs

they connected with faculty • Mentors wanted more time to prepare (they were only notified less than a month before the start of the program) • Mentors also wanted more mentorship training • Mentors also wanted a clearer explanation of the challenge Page 26.113.10It was recognized that students, both freshmen and mentors, needed to be informed much earlierto prepare for commitment to this program. The feedback received was that while mostfreshmen appreciated the benefit of meeting other students and experiencing a design projectearly in their college careers, they did not like the feeling of being forced to participate in amandatory

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ERM Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Elizabeth Bumbaco, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

the two groups. Anotheraspect that may explain these findings is the social concept of identity. Academic identity, orstudent identity, may be influenced through the interplay of the individual, discipline, profession,and institution.35 As one form of these interactions, the faculty-student encounter is believed toinfluence student development. For students of any discipline, faculty interaction and beingtaught by student-oriented faculty influence students’ affective, personal, and cognitivedevelopment.36,37 There is also evidence showing that student-faculty interaction has a positiveinfluence on the likelihood of students choosing academic and scientific research careers,38 andthat informal interaction affects the development of problem

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken C Stanton, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

]. Creating these objectives is also challenging as various educationalphilosophies, interests, and perspectives are frequently present. For example, some believe thatacademia’s main purpose is higher learning, while others posit that job placement is the majorfocus. Such differences can lead to a variety of distinct learning objectives, which in turn lead tovery different academic curricula. Therefore, it is essential to first consider such purposes andthen carefully tune the program objectives to said purposes, and to have guidance with writingthe objectives themselves.When designing an engineering program that is focused on job and career placement, learningobjectives should be focused on outcomes that lead to employment. Therefore, a logical step

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Pearl Chen, California State University, Los Angeles; Anthony Hernandez, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

approach.Based on multiple evidences, the students appeared to focus more on understanding the materialsfor themselves than simply on completing the assessed work. Most of the students expressed that“their main goal is to create something that can be used in real world”. Due to time constraints,a few students adopted a strategic approach to successfully complete the project requirements,but none reported using a surface approach. Clearly, the shift towards deeper learning led to theimproved project design performance in the re-designed course.3) Engineering EfficacyOverwhelmingly, students reported an increase in their self-efficacy in both the skills developedin class and for their future engineering career. Good team work experience, the

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

require the traditional thesis-based Master of Science (M.S.) degreetraining since they are planning to spend their careers as consulting engineers and are notconsidering future research-based work. Additionally, such students want to complete theireducation in a shorter time frame than is typically required for a traditional research-based M.S.degree. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is developing an environmental engineeringcourse-based Master of Environmental Engineering program to meet these needs.The course-based master’s program being developed would allow students to develop additionalskills and to provide deeper and broader exposure to environmental engineering challenges allwithin a one-year timeframe. The intent of this program is to

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Gregory John Kostrzewsky, Cummins, Inc; Lin Xiang Sun, Danfoss Turbocor Compressors

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

fronts: continuous improvement ofthe capstone course and curriculum, harvesting of relevant projects for the capstone coursethrough strong industrial involvement, and expanded career opportunities for our graduates.Several curricular modifications are either directly or indirectly driven by MEAC feedback. Asan example, as suggested by MEAC, a mechatronics curriculum was developed in light of theincreasing important of smart system integration in both industrial settings and commercialproducts. As a result, we have substantially increased our mechatronics-relevant projects overthe years while further enhancing our students’ capability to work on multidisciplinary (MD)projects. The direct result is the expansion of MD projects in recent years

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David A. Rogers P.E., North Dakota State University; Orlando R. Baiocchi, University of Washington, Tacoma; Paulo F Ribeiro, UNIFEI

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

influence of technological media, the increased mechanizationand automation of warfare, cultural change promoted by new technologies, and the reshaping ofthe earth itself through technology. Such studies lead to the question of whether or not thehuman impact can be devastating on one hand or liberating on the other hand. This course istaught with a world vision even though a local or regional focus is helpful in order to connectwith the student.An understanding of the social impact of technology on human life can make engineering ethicsmore relevant and vital to an engineer’s career. The student develops ethical discernment throughcriticism of technological development and observation of its progress and consequencesnationally and

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Louis, Purdue University; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Karan Sharma, Purdue University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

and communication. Individual’s recognition of the interdependencies between Impact on Society and engineering work and impact, including awareness of relevant Economy problems, solutions, and change navigation. Engineering Individual’s ability to build relationships among a team for mutual Leadership benefit and interpersonal cooperation and exchange. Individual’s ability to adapt to change in careers, personal situations, Adaptor to Change and ability to make decisions that impact project success.Methods In this study, we discuss the

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Systems Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Lei Huang, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

Conference, Boston, MA, May 7-8, 2010. http://acamedics.com/proceedings/aseene2010/papers/faculty_papers/80.pdf9. G. Carmichael, “Girls, Computer Science, and Games”, ASM SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 40, No. 4, December 2008. pp. 107-110.10. D. Grant, F.C.Payton, “Career Staging for Girls Moving Toward (Away) from Computing Careers”, Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research Annual Conference, Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGMIS11. Lei Huang and Yonggao Yang, “Facilitating education using cloud computing infrastructure.” Journal of Computer Sciences in Colleges, published in Vol. 28, Issue 4, April 2013, pp. 19-25

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Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University; Pao-Chiang Yuan; Richterica Tukiya Ford; Thomasina Jenkins

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Engineering Technology

projects.2. PROGRAM DEVELOPME TDuring the Spring of 2010, JSU’s Technology Department was selected to receive a grant fromthe U.S. Department of Homeland Security to establish an Emergency Management Technologyprogram and offer scholarships. In September 2011, Technology Department received anothergrant from DHS, through its Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics CareerDevelopment Grants program. This grant enabled EMT program to award scholarships to moreundergraduate students who demonstrate career interest in Homeland Security. In 2014, JacksonState University received two additional grants, from DHS and Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC), to augment the EMT program with new curriculum and state-of-the-art laboratories.The EMT

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology; Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University

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Engineering Ethics

. Page 26.685.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Ethics for BeginnersIntroductionConsider this scenario: For several years, you have been responsible for teaching the “Introduction to Engineering” class for new students in your department. This year, your department chair decides that integrating ethics would be a stellar idea, so that students can begin their academic careers with a firm understanding of behavioral expectations in their chosen field. Since you have only a vague knowledge of ethics, you hop on Google and start searching. To your dismay, you find 156 million websites on the general topic of ethics. So you

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Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Eron E. Drake, Central Michigan University

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Electrical and Computer

their students to take at least one electrical engineering(EE) course1. However, on the other hand, some non-EE majors do not see the relevance of EEto their educational program until they face a real-world problem, often on-the-job aftergraduation, when the opportunity for learning applicable, real world skills or concepts in a coursehas already passed. Thus, one of the significant challenges engineering educators face is how toengage students of all engineering and technology majors in meaningful electrical & computerengineering activities that would encourage them to persist and pursue a career in engineeringand technology. Historically, incoming engineering and technology students had to work through a series ofmathematics and other

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Koufakou, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

first implementation of this courseachieved positive student feedback and performance in the class. Results and lessons learned arealso discussed in the paper.Literature ReviewDespite the importance of Requirements Engineering (RE) in Software Engineering, RE is notemphasized in computing education. In fact, most computer science and software engineeringprograms do not include RE courses and tend to cover this area using a few class periods1,2.Additionally, topics and careers related to RE, and subsequently a related course, are perceivedas uninteresting and not relevant to future career prospects3, 4. This is described very well by(Lethbridge et al.)5 as follows: “Anyone who has tried to teach topics such as ethics, quality, process