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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Maria Perez-Colon, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

Engineering at Rowan University, aNorth-Eastern public university, to switch from entirely faculty-led advising to a dual system,where a professional advisor assists first-year students with course registration while facultycontinue to provide career related guidance. In addition, the Introduction to Engineering coursetaken by all engineering first-year students is used to support the advising program. The goal ofthis paper is to describe the dual system and assess it using surveys and observations of theprofessional advisor.BackgroundA recent national survey of members of the National Academic Advising Association(NACADA) can be used to get a sense of the current state of higher education academic advisingin the US.1 Mandatory advising was reported

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julianne D. Vernon, University of Michigan; Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

“whole engineer” and to begin to transformthe educational environment of our college by emphasizing engaged and reflective learningexperiences for engineering students. Our vision was to advance the curriculum by intentionallyproviding students with greater opportunity to explore their identities, values and goals, and thebroad educational opportunities provided to them through the unique learning environments atthe University of Michigan.To accomplish this vision, we: 1) revised the first year course schedule from 2 large lectures to amixture of delivery mechanisms that include facilitated discussions of 20 students or less; 2)developed a curriculum in support of self-authorship via identity awareness; 3) engaged trainedpeer facilitators as

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Research to Practice: STRAND 4 K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayora Berry, Boston University; Don DeRosa, Boston University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering curricula. Data was collectedpre-, mid-, and post-program using teacher surveys and a curriculum evaluation instrument.Study results indicate improvements in self-reported engineering subject-matter knowledge andteachers’ engineering curriculum design self-efficacy. Analysis of teachers’ curricula indicatesalignment with multiple educational standards and integration of engineering design strategies.I. IntroductionA. BackgroundThe need to prepare K-12 teachers in engineering education is clear. Less than 8% of K-12science teachers report feeling very prepared to integrate engineering in their instruction 1. Veryfew STEM teachers have college-level or professional training in engineering1. There are limitedteacher professional development

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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International

ReadinessAbstractColleges of Engineering have increasingly emphasized the importance of engineering studentsobtaining professional skills relating to global readiness. This paper describes progress in a cross-sectional, longitudinal study to examine the impact that a College of Engineering at a large, mid-Atlantic public institution has on students’ global readiness and related constructs. Data werecollected from first-year and senior undergraduate engineering students for two years (2012-2013and 2013-2014). Research questions examined: 1) previous international experiences of incomingstudents, 2) international experiences that undergraduates have during their academic careers, 3)students’ perceived value of global readiness, 4) activities students perceive to be

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

long working hours, andubiquitous distractions. However, even the students from Harvard also have trouble learning thiscourse.1 Thus we need to think about what instructors can do in improving the learningexperience of the students.As pointed out by Randall Knight,2 many instructors consider the students as younger versions ofthemselves. Therefore, they just teach from the way they learned this subject in the past.However, we have to admit that we are the anomalies and not the norm, and our students oftenhave challenges we may not have experienced. Fortunately, in the past half century, manyinstructors have developed various techniques in teaching this course more effectively.It is interesting to find that atavism happens also in the

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ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hayrettin B Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

educate the students enrolled in the Department of Engineering and Technology forcareers in the power industry. The curriculum includes three fundamental power engineeringcourses: 1. Electric Power Systems 2. Power Electronics 3. Electrical Machines and DrivesThe first two courses have been developed and implemented under the guidance of theConsortium of Universities for Sustainable Power (CUSPTM) at University of Minnesota.This paper describes in detail the first two pilot implementations of the Power Electronics coursefor Electrical Engineering (EE) undergraduates and presents its assessment results.The pedagogical concept that was used is called “Flipped Classroom Pedagogy” in which activestudent engagement is facilitated through on-line

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali R. Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University; Salim M. Haidar, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

assemblytolerances to principal problems in rotating machinery. It is to be mentioned that, althoughstudents were asked to design the bearings for their designed shaft, the aspects of that design arenot elaborated upon in this paper. The main thrust of the work presented here is to show thedynamic effects of load in shaft design and compare it with the case where only static loads areconsidered. Page 26.470.2Problem StatementA shaft, transmitting 40.12 hp at 1200 rpm, and its bearings are to be designed to support twospur gears C and D (See Fig. 1). Both gears have pressure angle of 20o, and their radial loadsare in the same plane. Gear C is mounted to the

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melody Baglione, Cooper Union

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

suggest this new facilities-based andhands-on teaching approach helps students appreciate the real-world applicability of classroomtheory.MotivationTraditional, lecture-based undergraduate engineering approaches can leave many students withan abstract or incomplete understanding of the concepts being taught. 1 Actively engagingstudents with practical applications or experimental procedures has been generally shown toprovide engineering undergraduates with a broader understanding of course theory. 2 Inductivelearning approaches, such as case study methods, show students how the theory they are learningis applicable to real-world engineering projects. 3 Students at Purdue University reported thatcase studies added realism to their coursework and

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Utilizing Digital Technologies in Classroom and Distance Learning in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A. Roe, Polk State College; Terry Bartelt

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

bestpractices from competency-based programs (ie. Western Governors University), to implement atrue OEOE registration process, and work within the Florida College System. This impactstechnological education by implementing a hybrid competency-based, self-paced, open-labOEOE program where the content is structured into modules organized within 1-credit coursesthat are faculty-mentored and offered in a non-term schedule that is accessible to workinglearners and is learner-centered rather than faculty-centered. This project also focuses onbuilding a collaborative relationship between the secondary system and the college that embedscertification-based articulation resources and pathways into the program; and providingpathways to baccalaureate degrees.This

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A Beardsley PE, Central Washington University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

core sequence of classesin the major. Though students may have touched on some fluids related topics in Physics classes,this is their first engineering fluids class. The current lab activities have evolved from those thatwere developed in the late 1980s and partially outlined in a paper by Kaminski (1) in 2001.In reviewing the literature on the topic of fluids lab activities it becomes apparent that manyengineering programs bundle fluids labs with thermodynamics labs and sometimes also includeother topics often as a single lab class far removed from the original lecture section (2). Whilethese topics do have significant interactions there is a limit to the number of topics that can beexplored by bundling them into one lab class. In the

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Engineering Economics Teaching Tools

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University; E. Downey Brill, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Economy

Page 26.701.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Evolution of a Flipped Engineering Economy Course AbstractThis paper describes the evolution of a flipped engineering economy course over the last fivesemesters. Included is a description of changes made to the structure and pedagogy used in thecourse. Data and observations on student learning and perceptions are included.IntroductionThe flipped classroom, also referred to as the inverted/backward classroom and blendedlearning, is growing in use in K-12 and higher education settings, entering the “mainstream” ofpedagogical approaches.1 As a classroom model construct, it “flips” traditional in

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Circuits and Systems Education 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

assignments has numerous familiaroptions available. Consider just a few: 1. Ignore the poor writing 2. Mark every error directly 3. Mark every error with a marginal comment 4. Give general feedback about the poor writing over the entire assignment 5. Expect students to rewrite and resubmit work 6. Change careers or retireInstructors who use one or more of the above techniques in response to their students’ work mayor may not see their efforts bear fruit, but they do invest time in the process, sometimes quitesignificant amounts of time. This work questions whether a minor intervention could guidestudents without adding an excessive burden on the instructor. We describe a tool for studentsmay use

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H Guilford, University of Virginia; Anna Stevenson Blazier, University of Virginia; Alyssa Becker, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

dividescuriosity into two dimensions: 1. Exploration (alternatively “stretching”) refers to appetitive seeking out of novel and challenging information or experiences; and 2. Absorption (alternatively “embracing”) refers to the propensity to be fully engaged in activities 4.We measured both using the “Curiosity and Exploration Inventory” 5 – a ten item Likert-scaleinventory in which respondents self report their seeking of new knowledge or experiences, andtheir response to uncertainty and unpredictability.Grit: “Grit” as a psychological construct is defined as perseverance and passion for long-termgoals 6 and can be divided into two aspects: 1. Consistency of interests over time, and 2. Perseverance of effort over time.We used their 12

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International Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Thomas Carl Long, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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International

Republic to engage in a service learning experience.Students from both tracks enroll in the same in-semester course, which enables the class toconsider differences in contexts and objectives from a variety of different perspectives.RSAP provides students with an opportunity to expand their global competencies while learningabout differences through experience. As a result, program participants develop: 1) anunderstanding of technology and business opportunities and challenges in different nationalcontexts, and 2) an understanding of the implications of contextual differences for Americanengineers. Student interest and the number of participants in the program continue to grow, asmeasured by the two-fold increase in RSAP applications for 2015 to

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Research to Practice: STRAND 2- Engineering Across the Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common Core

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce Blandino P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering to participate.Likewise, for students from grades 4-8 who attended the 1-day mechanical engineeringoutreach also showed an increase in interest in considering engineering as a career asreported by Fleischer, Wemhoff, O’Brien, Ural & LeRoy9. Ultimately, Deckard andQuarfoot10 summed it up in their paper:“single-day event can be effective in reshaping attitudes, exposing young minds to theworld of engineering.”The above studies demonstrate the short-term effect (immediately after the completion ofthe outreach program) of engineering outreach to both middle and high school students.However, very few studies have followed the same group of participants to determine thelong-term impact of early outreach program on the students’ decision to

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Using Video, Games, and More in the First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eliza A Banu, Auburn University; Sai Maharaja Swamidason, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE)

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First-Year Programs

format of the test. They can choose either a regular multiple-choiceassessment or a game-based assessment. Quantitative and qualitative results show that students find such materials useful;furthermore, the students preferred this method to complement a lecture. We report thedevelopment methodology of the tutor and evaluation results in this paper.Keywords: Pedagogy (Didactics) of Higher Education, Knowledge Gain, EngineeringEducation Research, Course Construction, Computer Aided Learning1. Introduction: Universities have continued to improve in the use of technology in teaching-learningmethodologies. Tools like videoconferences, chats and blogs, podcasting [1], webcasting andwebinars [1], video streaming [2], and networked

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Eltaher, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT; Yawei Yang, University of Bridgeport; Jeongkyu Lee, University of Bridgeport

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

features, we use feature vector with low dimension. We employ SupportVector Machine (SVM) for the classifier with the gait-based feature vector. The extracted featuredataset are divided into two parts, i.e., training and testing datasets. The training data set areused for training a SVM classifier while the testing dataset are used for the evaluation.According to the experimental results, we know that GEI is an applicable feature for human gaitrepresentation. Despite of the limitation of the dataset, e.g., different races and thickness ofclothes which weaken the distinct differences between males and females, the average accuracyof the proposed approach reaches up to 87% under 10 times holdout validation.1. IntroductionGender classification plays

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Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Miorelli, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Jerry Dwyer, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

)professionals is recognized as paramount in the United States. STEM fields currently impact themajority of activities that comprise modern life. The demand for more and better trained STEMprofessionals continues to increase without a clear boundary. To fully participate in today’ssociety, all students, regardless of race, gender or economic status, require a strongunderstanding of the STEM fields.1 Yet, it is well recognized that there exists an achievementgap in STEM between minority and majority student populations. Underrepresented groups orgroups that have been traditionally underserved in STEM, comprise 26% of the general USpopulation but only account for 10% of the science and engineering workforce.2 This disparity isa social justice issue, as

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Dynamic Systems and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University ; Mohsin Mohammad Taufiq, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

mechatronics engineering throughthis hands-on project as an assessment of the design project presented.I. IntroductionA ball-and-beam system is one of the challenging control bench-marking systems integrated intomany practices and techniques [1]. This project will resolve in taking the ball-and-beam conceptand develop a ball-and-plate balancing system. The system will utilize sensors, actuators, andcontrol law to manipulate the servos in a feedback stabilization using three-degree-of-freedomcompensation. This is essentially implementing two ball-and-beam experiments in parallel toconstructing a ball-and-plate prototype.The concept of the ball-and-beam system is a simple system that is an unstable open-loop.Without an active feedback control system

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Blais Dannemiller, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University

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First-Year Programs

semester.IntroductionThe cost of procrastination is often not quantifiable. However, analysis of two assignments froman introduction to engineering course at Texas Tech University produced a relationship betweenassignment grade and submission time as a function of time between the start and submittaldates. The relationships discovered in the Fall 2013 semester clearly illustrate the adverseeffects of procrastination on student performance. The data used herein comes from 4 of 13sections of an undergraduate ENGR 1315 - Introduction to Engineering course offered in the Fallof 2013, 2 of 13 from Spring 2014 and 4 of 13 from Fall 2014, at Texas Tech University. Thethree-hour course lesson meetings are on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 1 hour and 20 minutes,with 28 course

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Physics & Physics

operational procedure and base the assessment on an explanation of what onewould expect to happen if the experiment were performed or why the apparatus acts the way itdoes. For simplicity we only show 5 learning outcomes that are operationally based and brieflydiscuss the assessment of the first two. Many of the assessments used in this work are taken oradapted from Ref 1. The student will: (a) develop operational definitions of electrical charge; (b) explain the evidence for the existence of only two types of charge; (c) determine if a material is a conductor, a dielectric, or a photoconductor; (d) apply Coulomb’s law to systems of charged objects; (e) identify charge transfer mechanisms;...Examples of the

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa E. Ssemakula, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; Shlomo S. Sawilowsky, Wayne State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

), NewMexico State University, Prairie View A&M University, and Macomb Community College. Thework focused on four related knowledge areas: (1) drafting and design, (2) manufacturingprocesses, (3) process engineering, and (4) CAD/CAM/CIM. Each institution had specific program objectives and therefore the number andsequencing of courses required to cover the material varied. To make the work independent ofthe institutions, course-level student learning outcomes in the four knowledge areas wereidentified. A curriculum writing process was undertaken which narrowed these down to acommon core meeting the needs of all participating institutions. Relevant courses at each

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Engineering Laboratory Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

André J. Butler, Mercer University; William Moses, Mercer University; Stephen Hill, Mercer University

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Mechanical Engineering

help solve problems. Laboratory experiences have practically always been used bymechanical engineering educators to instill those fundamentals in students;1-3 and it is,presumably, in the laboratory that undergraduate students learn to fill in for themselves the gapsbetween theory and practice. However, a common problem in the undergraduate laboratory isill- or under-defined learning objectives, which often lead to deficiencies in studentperformance.4 Such a problem existed in mechanical engineering at the Mercer UniversitySchool of Engineering. The overall goal of this paper is to examine the initial results ofcurriculum changes that were made in mechanical engineering to better align learning objectiveswith student performance.BackgroundThe

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Orner, University of South Florida; Christine Prouty, University of South Florida; Colleen Claire Naughton, University of South Florida; Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida; Matthew E. Verbyla, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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Community Engagement Division

Engineering Course Through a Critical Review over its Offerings Orner, K. , Prouty, C. , Naughton, C. , Manser, N. , Verbyla, M. , Trotz, M. and Mihelcic, J.R. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 University of South Florida Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1AbstractThe Sustainable Development Engineering course has evolved over its seven offerings at aresearch university in which interdisciplinary groups of graduate students engage in criticalthinking, problem solving, and collaborate with community partners. Students provide on-siteskilled labor, multi-media presentations, and project proposals for the community; in

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Explorations in Mechanics Pedagogy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Graves P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Young Hwan Chun, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanics

Page 26.1741.2that carryover from one course to the next is unreliable at best. This is especially true over thesummer and is particularly challenging for most students transitioning from statics tointroductory mechanics. The work described in this paper was undertaken to quantify the extentof that deterioration of knowledge and to attempt to establish linkages between that deteriorationas it relates to both past and future performance.With that in mind, the authors have developed two basic research questions about the statics andmechanics sequence at the United States Military Academy, which is very similar to theprograms of instruction at other institutions: 1. Do students retain sufficient mastery of the basic material to enable effective

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Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

continue to be under-represented infaculties of engineering and engineering workplaces [1-4], a disparity that intensifies at eachstage of an engineers’ career [5, 6]. Our primary objective in this paper is to examine anunexpected finding emerging from our study of engineering leadership—the significant over-representation of men in engineers’ identification of exemplary leaders. We explore twopossible explanations for this finding—individual women’s disinterest in leadership andstructural constraints limiting their rise. We use a post-hoc statistical analysis to examine theformer and a focused literature review to generate hypotheses about the latter.MethodologyData for this paper was drawn from larger study on engineering leadership driven by

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac L. Howard PE, Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

, masters, anddoctoral levels with instructional opportunities in and out of the classroom. Practitionerengagement (e.g. agencies, consultants, contractors, material suppliers, private laboratories) hasbeen a key component of this process, and is the focus of this paper. Practitioner involvement is:1) important to the educational process; 2) not always easy to obtain; 3) not always easy toeffectively utilize; 4) a key to the presence or absence of balance; and 5) debated amongsteducation literature. Key items that resonate through this paper are the student opportunitiescreated by balance, and how practitioners fit into this balance.Industry and agency collaboration concepts are nothing new and are discussed in literature1-5.The amount or extent of

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Ann He, University of Rochester; Amy L Lerner, University of Rochester

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Biomedical

estimations, and the use of significant figures. At the college level, the learningobjectives include application of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to conduct sensitivity analyses and toquantify the statistical significance in the observed effects.High School LevelMethods Evaluation of our high school teaching model was conducted over two days with 28 high schoolstudents from the Upward Bound program at our university (Figure 1). The 60 minute module focused oncalculating the required force of the biceps muscle to hold up an apple at 90 degrees. Instruction beganwith a 10-15 minute lecture that introduced uncertainty, elbow biomechanics, anatomy, momentcalculations, and the use of significant figures. The active learning component involved

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Multidisciplinary Course Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi Reeves, National University; Brian Arnold, National University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. The goal was to engage online students as well as onsite students inthe multidisciplinary course content that included mechanical engineering, electrical engineering,and thermodynamics. Analysis showed that the multidisciplinary course was very successfulsince the average teaching assessment scores (on a scale of 1-5, where 1 is poor and 5 isexcellent) for both course modes were very high, 4.15/5 for onsite courses and 4.30/5 for onlinecourses.IntroductionAs the number of online courses increases1, student engagement remains critical to studentpersistence 2-6 especially in multidisciplinary classes where there are a variety of student majorswith a multitude of student learning goals. Student engagement increases when students are ableto

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Circuits and Systems Education 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Keith Holland, James Madison University

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Electrical and Computer

emphasizesengineering design, systems thinking, and sustainability3,4,5.The engineering program curriculum is represented graphically in Figure 1. This programintegrates a liberal arts general education core with courses in mathematics, engineering science,engineering design, business, systems analysis, and sustainability. Skill development, beginningin the freshman year, is blended with engineering design theory and engineering scienceconcepts throughout the program. A design curriculum, comprised of six courses, is includedthroughout years two through four of the program, providing students with opportunities to applyscience, management, and liberal arts education to a variety of complex, ill-defined problemsthat incorporate customer needs alongside