Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Karina Arcaute, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

focused on mechatronics, digital manufacturing, digital thread, cyber physical systems, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specialization Mecha- tronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, VA on projects focusing on digital thread and cyber security of manufactur- ing systems. She has funded research in broadening participation efforts of underrepresented students in STEM funded by Office of Naval Research, focusing on mechatronic pathways. She is part of the ONR project related to the additive manufacturing training of active

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

whoare taught or recruited, an important but often overlooked consideration is the effect of theoutreach on the professional development of the STEM undergraduates themselves. Our NSFEAGER project is determining which outreach programs in the United States provided the mosttransformative professional development of the participating STEM undergraduates. This projectthen is capturing the essence what practices in those programs provided transformativeprofessional development. Next, the project is disseminating these practices to a network ofinstitutions doing outreach. Supporting this project is the NSF EArly-concept Grant forExploratory Research (EAGER) program. In this first year of the project, we performed a review of literature and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Dustin M. Grote, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Abbey Rowe Erwin, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford P.E., Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Broadening Participation in Engineering by Enhancing Community College to University Partnerships: Findings from a Tri-Institutional NSF Grant Partnership Project Funded by National Science Foundation - Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S-STEM)Community colleges are often touted as cost-effective gateways to four-year universities foracademically-talented, low-income students. However, there is room for four-year institutions toplay a much more actively engaged role in turning this promise into reality. Funded through theNational Science Foundation

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert B. Pyle, North Carolina A&T State University; Iyshea Borders-Taylor; Christian A. Bock Hyeng, North Carolina A&T State University; Tony E. Graham, North Carolina A&T State University

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Construction Engineering

Excellence Award and the 2017 North Carolina A & T State University (NCAT) Rookie Research Excellence Award. Under her mentorship, Dr. Ofori-Boadu’s students have presented research posters at various NCAT Undergraduate Research Symposia resulting in her receiving a 2017 Certificate of Recognition for Undergraduate Re- search Mentoring. In 2016, her publication was recognized by the Built Environment Project and Asset Management Journal as the 2016 Highly Commended Paper. Andrea has served as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several journals and conferences. In 2015, Dr. Ofori-Boadu established her STEAM ACTIVATED! program for middle-school girls. She

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David J. Keffer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Chris Wetteland, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Mary kocak, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Travis Griffin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford also manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate seniors.Chris Wetteland, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleProf. Mary Skidmore KocakMr. Travis Griffin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Mr. Travis Griffin was is the Fred D. Brown Jr. Director of Engineering Diversity Programs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mr. Griffin comes to the university from Oklahoma State University where he served as the coordinator for the Multicultural

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Lisa Greenwood; Mark Indelicato; Miguel Bazdresch; Mike Eastman

network services, applications and levels of security.This research project is focused on a PBL approach to learning outcome 3.The Scenario The fall semester of 2018 presented an opportunity to rebuild our instructionallaboratory for telecommunications systems following a renovation of that space. Studentswere asked to inventory, install and bring on-line the remaining equipment following therenovation. This required mounting hardware, making cables and re-establishingcommunication with all equipment – routers, switches, servers, IP phones and various otherdevices required to create networks to implement networking protocols.The Problem/Framework The problem statement created an environment for students to learn

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Grace E. Tsai, Texas A&M University; Rogelio Casas Jr., Texas A&M University; Erika L. Davila, Texas A&M University

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Environmental Engineering

the field, desirable ROV speci- fications, and current technology used during field work. She has also led students as a business mentor for water monitoring systems, and guided and tracked students’ progress collecting customer interviews through the NSF I-Site program. Her personal research focuses on understanding post-medieval seafaring life through analysis of diet and physical labor on sailors’ health. Her most recent field work includes the Gnalic¸ Project, an excavation of a sixteenth-century Venetian galley that sank off the coast of Croatia, the Burgaz Harbor Project, an excavation of Hellenistic harbors in Turkey, and the Shelburne Steamboat Project, an excavation of a steamboat graveyard in Vermont

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University

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Educational Research and Methods

Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department and Civil Engineer- ing Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He teaches the First-Year Engineering Program course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is also the Director of Vertically Integrated Projects at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on Smart Cities Technology with a focus on trans- portation. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly for project-based curriculum, first-year engineering, and transportation. He is ac- tive in the American Society for Engineering Education and is the Webmaster for the ASEE First-Year Programs Division and

Conference Session

Student Learning and Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

of responses for each question. Results indicate that ASMTstudents have some similarities with their engineering counterparts, but place a stronger focus onrelationships and building connections. Students valued the use of group projects as a way tobuild community and noted the importance of classroom management to build community.IntroductionAcross the country, many biological and agricultural engineering departments are also home toagricultural systems management/technology (ASMT) programs. From a historical perspective,nearly all these ASMT programs have evolved from traditional agricultural mechanizationprograms. This evolution parallels how biological engineering programs evolved from traditionalagricultural engineering programs. We

Conference Session

Computing Research II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Eliezer Ochoa Jr.; Joshua David De Piano; Michael G. Milford; Alan Moses Galvan; Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing and Information Technology

DIGITAL THERMOELECTRIC-GENERATOR BASED POWER SYSTEMAbstractThis paper is an attempt to report the modeling, design and build analysis of thermoelectricmodule (TEM) with realistic conditions for electrical power generation. It gives an insight tostatic and dynamic modeling with temperature dependent parametric variations and computationof various TEM parameters for modeling power generators.This paper demonstrates the undergraduate engineering technology student-driven research atour university in this arena. It depicts the application of the multi-agent approach which allowedthe student team to take full control of the project from inception to completion. The teamdeveloped and built a microprocessor based prototype thermo

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariana Leandro Cruz, Delft University of Technology; Gillian N. Saunders-Smits, Delft University of Technology

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International

Gillian Saunders-Smits is Senior Lecturer and Passionate Engineering Education Researcher and Cur- riculum Developer at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of TU Delft in the Netherlands. She teaches Research Methodologies to all Master students, runs a MOOC on the Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials and has previously taught Mechanics, Flight mechanics, and Design Projects and has served as Project Education Coordinator in the Bachelor and Master Track Coordinator for Aerospace Structures and Materials track and was the initiator of the successful online education program at Aerospace Engi- neering. She has overseen many curriculum innovation projects, most recently the overhaul of the MSc. track in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Dr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University Dr. Ertekin received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He received MS degree in Production Management from Istanbul University. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engi- neering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as a qual- ity assurance

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Joseph Callenes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Paul Hummel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.Dr. Paul Hummel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Paul Hummel is a lecturer in the Electrical Engineering department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity. He has a BS in Engineering with a Computer concentration from LeTourneau University and a PhD in Engineering with an emphasis on Microelectronics from Louisiana Tech University. His current activities focus on project based learning and online student assessment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Perceived Benefits and Drawbacks of Group Assignment Methods Bridget

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Campbell, Imperial College London; Deesha Chadha, Imperial College London

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First-Year Programs

in Chemical Engineering - Can We Bolt-It On? James Campbell, Deesha Chadha* Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK. E-mail:d.chadha@imperial.ac.uk; Tel: +44 20 7594 8958IntroductionIn a Chemical Engineering degree programme, teaching the core technical concepts takecentre stage, but in order to produce graduates that are prepared for a career in ChemicalEngineering, degree courses need to develop so-called transferable skills [1]. Transferableskills, including effective teamwork, communication (both written and verbal), problemsolving and leadership are typically gained via assessments such as group project work andpresentations. Hereby

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 4 - Pedagogy & Accreditation I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Penn State Harrisburg; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

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Construction Engineering

,problems, etc.) prior to class. The students receive productive feedback through the processingactivities that occur during class, reducing the need for the instructor to provide extensive writtenfeedback on the students’ work. Walvoord and Anderson describe examples of how thisapproach has been implemented in history, physics, and biology classes, suggesting its broadapplicability (Berrett D, 2012).Flipping of Construction Management CourseConstruction Management course can be flipped in different ways. In the following sectionsthree different case studies are analyzed.Case Study 1A graduate level course was designed having the Building Information Modeling (BIM) as thecore of the syllabus. BIM was used in this course to integrate project

Conference Session

Computing Research I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chafic Bousaba, Guilford College

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

browsing capabilities via TOR (The Onion Router), LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHPor Python or Perl) server, Virtual Private Network (VPN) server, and protected browsing viaproxy service. The main goal of this educational project is to leverage the total holisticintegration of open source hardware and software to provide an affordable and portable solutionthat could be promptly deployed in case of an emergency, as a part of an incident response plan(IRP), or in case it is needed for testing purposes. Implementing this project provides valuablehands-on security experience and best practices in network architecture and configuration.Additional security features, both in hardware and software, were added to the single-boardcomputers to add additional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail P. Baxter, Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Patricia J. Holahan, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Susan Lowes, Teachers College, Columbia University; Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology, President's Office

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

-Director of the Nanotechnology Graduate Program (www.stevens.edu/nano) at Stevens. He has been awarded the NSF CAREER award, the ASEE Mechanics Division Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnson Jr. Outstanding New Educator Award, and the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Stevens Alumni Association.Dr. Patricia J. Holahan, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Patricia J. Holahan is an Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business, Stevens Insti- tute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA. She has served as PI/PD on several NSF funded projects that target large-scale institutional change and transformation where she oversaw the organizational research related to modelling

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shaunna Fultz Smith, Texas State University; Anna H. Wakefield, Texas State University; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

@txstate.edu c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Facilitating Makerspace Adoption: Professional Development for University Faculty in Making Techniques and PedagogyIntroduction As part of an NSF-REE funded research project, The Engineering Education MakerIdentity Project, this research project seeks to study how students’ STEM professional identitywas impacted through the inclusion of making and design projects in their courses. The studentpopulations of interest were majoring in engineering, engineering technology, and pre-/in-serviceSTEM teachers. In order to reach this large and diverse group of students, the study needed asizable and diverse group of faculty members to

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Vasquez III, University of Central Florida; Melissa A. Dagley, University of Central Florida; Hyoung Jin Cho, University of Central Florida; Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida; Alireza Karbalaei, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

University of Central Florida and is anticipated to graduate in Spring 2019. He has two masters degrees one in mechanical engineering from UCF and another in aerospace engineering form Sharif University of Technology. He currently works in the Nanofabrication and BioMEMS Laboratory at UCF and his research areas include Nanofabrication, Microfluidics, Sensors and Actuators, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Optimization, and Mathematical Modeling. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Running Head: Project CoMET RETCollaborative Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Experiences for Teachers (CoMET) Train the Trainer Model of Supports Type 5 Work in ProgressThe K-12 learning environment is

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Track: Special Topic - Social Justice and Reform Technical Session I

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Emily Alicia Affolter, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington

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Diversity, Special Topic: Social Justice & Reform

several NSF- and NIH-funded projects, primarily working with national professional development programs for early-career academics from groups underrepresented in STEM. She is also currently serving as a Virtual Visiting Scholar of the AD- VANCE Research and Coordination Network. Her research is grounded in critical race and feminist theories, and her research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, intersectionality, and institutional change.Dr. Emily Knaphus-Soran, Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE), University of Wash-ington Emily Knaphus-Soran is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

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2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Sonya Dick; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic University, SLO; Julia Holton, California Polytechnic State University: Department of Kinesiology and Public Health

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics.Mr. Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic University, SLOJulia Holton, California Polytechnic State University: Department of Kinesiology and Public Health c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Observing Motor Learning and Control through Juggling and Motion Analysis: A Collaboration Between Dynamics and Kinesiology Students Jay Tyler Davis, Sonya Dick, Brian P. Self, Bradley Wash, Julia Holton

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2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Xichen Jiang, Western Washington University; Patrick William Shive, Western Washington University

AverageInterruption Frequency Index (SAIFI), which describes the average number of outages acustomer experiences, and the Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI), which isthe ratio of SAIDI to SAIFI, and measures the average restoration time. These three metrics fromPuget Sound Energy were used in the regression analysis for both residential and non-residentialcustomers.This project was conducted in collaboration between two undergraduate students, an electricalengineering faculty specializing in power systems, and engineers from a local utility. The natureof the research was interdisciplinary as it required both economics and power engineeringknowledge, which was challenging but also very rewarding for the students. The students reachedout to

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

who teach engineering design in project-basedlearning courses in an undergraduate general engineering program were interviewed, listed inTable 1. The instructors were selected both because of their expertise teaching design coursesacross mechanical, electrical, and robotics engineering concentrations and at one or more level inthe curriculum. This enables the capture of these educators’ perspective observing the students’progress through the curriculum. This pilot study builds on related work done by the authors thatpreviously investigated undergraduate engineering students’ conceptions of prototyping activitiesand process (REF). With educators participants, an interview protocol (see Table 2) wasfollowed through semi-structured qualitative

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Gregory Lyman; Jeffery Wilcox; Rowdy Sanford

tobe difficult; small-to-midsize institutions may not have the funding available to outfit alaboratory with robotics systems that cost $20k or more per station. Following feedback fromour industry advisory board (IAB) members, as well as industry partners, a need was determinedto find a way to incorporate these topics into the curriculum with our already limited resources.Faculty members presented a solution by retrofitting several outdated robots, currently in ourpossession, with newer technologies. These 30+ year-old robots had been slated for disposal dueto age, but after some exploration, it was determined that they could be salvaged and updated.The project entailed reverse engineering motor driver circuits, developing new hardware

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Momen Nasri Mohammad, Elizabeth City State University

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Mechanical Engineering

deflection. Real world applications, such as designing structural components oftrusses, bridges, cars, aircraft, and spacecraft can be formulated and solved as engineeringoptimization problems. The goal of this project is to utilize computational methods includingnumerical and simulation analyses to find various optimal values and study the behavior of thestructure. The MATLAB optimization solver is used to find optimum values numerically withoutviolating constraints. The optimal values are, in turn, used as design parameters in theSolidWorks simulation software for creating a Computer Aided Design (CAD) model andvirtually simulating a CAD model of the structure to ensure that the structure can withstand real-world physical behavior. This project

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Juan R. Pimentel, Kettering University; Mehrdad Zadeh, Kettering University

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College Industry Partnerships

industrial computer networks, particularly issues related to real-time protocols, safety-critical protocols, dependable automotive embedded distributed systems, and distributed industrial and embedded systems. He is a recognized international expert in the area of industrial communications and real-time and depend- able protocols. He has written 3 books on networking, multimedia systems, and safety-critical systems. He has worked with major manufacturing and process control projects involving products from companies such as Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider Electric, ABB, and GE-Fanuc. He has also prepared and delivered seminars in Europe, Middle East, North and South America in areas such as Distributed Control Systems, SCADA

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ERM Technical Session 14: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

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

Associate professor at KTH.Prof. Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University Anette Kolmos is Professor in Engineering Education and PBL and Chairholder for UNESCO in Prob- lem Based Learning in Engineering Education, Aalborg University, Denmark. Guest professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Guest Professor at UTM University Technology Malaysia 2011-2013. President of SEFI 2009–2011 (European Society for Engineering Education). Founding Chair of the SEFI-working group on Engineering Education Research. During the last 20 years, Dr. Kolmos has re- searched the following areas, primarily within Engineering Education: development and evaluation of project based and problem based curriculum, change from traditional to

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia

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Manufacturing

subject, but not so much for a discipline like manufacturing.Critical Thinking in Manufacturing Engineering EducationFour Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering BOK (Body of Knowledge) do not explicitly presentcritical thinking in its components including personnel effectiveness, any of the design,improvement, or management content, as well as the overarching components listed at the top ofthe graphic given below in Figure 1. Figure 1. Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering Education [10]Critical Thinking in a Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering CourseThe authors employ two different projects in his Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineeringcourse. In the first project, student groups need to reverse engineer a simple toy. In

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stefanie A. Hotchkiss, Undergraduate Research Assistant; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Michelle Londa, Texas State University; Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University

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Diversity

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Student

in makerspaces. This study is in the preliminarystages of developing such a tool.A university makerspace is where students may create personal projects, prototype ideas, orwork on class assigned projects by utilizing resources such as 3D printers, laser etchers, CNCmachines, sewing machines, embroiderers, vinyl heat-press, and other tools/crafting machinery.While these kinds of machines are not inherently gender/racially biased, the use of facilitiesnationally is not equally demographically balanced and supports data depicting a user dominanceof “affluent males” [5]. One hypothesis is that the gender imbalance could be due to ambientidentity cues that do not accurately portray a fully representative population [4]. With theunveiling of a new

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anas Chalah, Harvard University; Fawwaz Habbal, Harvard University; Michael Raspuzzi, Harvard University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

human challenges.1 Engineering schools that are embedded within liberal artsschools, such as ours, are uniquely suited for such education. In addition, schools that havestrong research faculty can enable an additional component where students and curriculumare informed by research methodologies as well as advancements in science andengineering, thus creating a mind set for innovation and critical inquiry.In this paper we present two cases of comprehensive summer programs where studentsworked in teams on research-oriented projects. The teams are composed of internationalstudents and worked with a clear objective to learn and contribute in creating new devicesthat may advance state of the arts within a social and economic context. The topics of