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Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Thomas McDonald, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanics

, students must first be able (or know how) to communicatethis technical information. Efforts are being made to help students improve communication skills early in theirundergraduate career.[1] One of the ways to enhance technical communication skills is to teachstudents what a proper solution looks like early in their academic career. This work does notsuggest a specific format for a clearly communicating a technical solution; engineers often fallback onto a “Given, Find, Solution” format. We do suggest that with increase in class sizes andtherefore a demand for easier ways to assign and grade homework, one skill in particular isquickly diminishing; technical communication. Students who only work with online homework systems, or those

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L. Peters PE, Kettering University; Janet Brelin-Fornari P.E., Kettering University; Sheryl Janca, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

discussed.BackgroundAt Kettering University, all mechanical engineering majors take two courses in dynamicsystems. In Dynamic Systems 1: Dynamic Systems with Vibrations (DSI), students learn aboutthe bond graph modeling method for deriving a system’s governing differential equations, andstudy the vibrations of mechanical systems, particularly second-order systems. In DynamicSystems 2: Dynamic Systems with Controls (DSII), students study the characteristics of dynamicsystems, given their differential equations, and learn about classical control topics. Initially, theDynamic Systems 1 class was purely lecture-based, with four hours per week of lecture time.Dynamic Systems 2 was intended to be primarily a lab-based class, with four hours of labandtwo hours of

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Arturo Olivarez Jr., University of Texas, El Paso; Eric D. Smith, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

manufacturing.TECHNICAL AND LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP SERIES A series of technical and leadership workshops and seminars have been implemented to cultivateskills and knowledges of minority engineering students by exposing the sustainable and greenmanufacturing technologies. These workshops and seminars were initiated and developed as a part ofAnnual 2015 Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering (IMSE) Day held on campus at UTEP.“The theme, “Industry 4.0” implies,” the ongoing and future development of sustainable and greenmanufacturing and the challenges in this field to create opportunities for innovation. The poster illustratedin figure 1 was designed for students to promote and encourage attendance of this annual event. Figure 1. A poster of

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Use of Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

address the NGSS standards MS- ETS1: Engineering Design and MS-LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy and the crosscutting concept Stability and Change (NGSS Lead States 2013). The following disciplinary core ideas can be taught to extend the unit or after the unit: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience (MS- LS2.C) or Biodiversity and Humans (MS-LS4.D). Unit Summary The STEM unit can be implemented in middle school life-sciences classes. See Table 1 for the overview of the unit. The first lesson introduces students to American white pelicans and helps to build the context for the engineering challenge. Students read an actual newspaper article about a farmer who destroyed a pelican colony by

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota - Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

any agreed upon significantfindings to the appropriate unit or person that has the authority to make changes. This open-ended student-designed risk assessment offers more realistic communication experiences;introduces the concept of project shaping; and requires the application of safety knowledgegained to be put into practice. Qualitative student and staff response to this teaching approachare presented.IntroductionAll ABET accredited Chemical Engineering programs are required to show student outcomesrelating to the eight guidelines for teaching safety and design.1 Individual departments have thediscretion of meeting these objectives in a single course, through inclusion across multiple corecourses, or through some combination of both.The

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University; Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University; Weslene Tallmadge, Gannon University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Faculty forOrganizational Retention and Management. TRANSFORM initiatives aimed to increase therecruitment, retention, advancement, and leadership development of female faculty in STEMdisciplines at a Master’s L institution by adapting strategies proven successful at researchuniversities. The grant has been operationalized through three strategies: (1) Dual CareerServices aiming to provide employment opportunities to accompanying partners via the creationof a consortium and a website; (2) Research Initiation Awards supporting advancement andtenure needs by providing release time and funds to early-career female STEM faculty; and (3)Leadership Developments increasing education opportunities in the areas of leadership forfaculty and

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Six Sigma, Data Modeling, and Risk Management

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sandeep Krishnakumar; Arun Kottayil

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Engineering Management

Tucson, one in Meteorology from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary. She is a Senior Lecturer now at the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include a wide range of topics from educational games in college teaching to engineering management and optimization problems and applying systems methods to climate change modelling.Mr. Sandeep KrishnakumarMr. Arun Kottayil c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 1 How to design lean six sigma simulation games for online

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Elizabeth E. Vidal, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

graduation [1]. Under this context students are expected to graduate withcertain skills in addition to the technical skills that are part of all Engineering curriculum [2].ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) stresses the importance of the skill"professionals" and the skills of "conscience" in addition to the development of technical skills toachieve excellence in the training of engineers [2]. In response to these needs there are manyexperiences related to the teaching of these skills. One of the most comprehensive studies islocated in the Shuman work [3]. Williams presents a systematic review of the literature on theexperiences of the teaching of these skills [1]. Other more specific work related to the ability tocommunicate

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An Anchored Open-Ended Survey Approach in Multiple Case Study AnalysisIntroductionSurveys are ubiquitous in educational research; this data collection method is used to examine awide range of topics, including behaviors, attitudes 1, perceptions 2, and many other aspects ofstudents and their experiences. Surveys are also used to make inferences and predictions aboutpopulations that would otherwise be too large to examine 3. By asking questions to arepresentative sample of a population, statistical tools can help generalize results. Furthermore,question type can, and often does, vary within and across surveys, with typical formats beingsliding scales (e.g., Likert

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael R. Penn, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University; Steven D Hart, Virginia Military Institute; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Modified Delphi ProcessBackgroundThe Center for Infrastructure Transformation and Education (CIT-E) is a community of civil andenvironmental engineering faculty members from more than 30 institutions interested in thescholarship of infrastructure education. CIT-E activities have evolved in a short period of time,starting with sharing materials from existing infrastructure courses at University X and theUniversity of Y [1, 2, 3], to collaboratively creating sample “showcase” course materials, to thecurrent effort of creating a crowd-sourced model infrastructure course outline.This paper will describe the steps taken to create the course outline for a model infrastructureclass using a modified Delphi process. The Delphi process utilizes a panel of

Conference Session

Professional Skills development in Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Grace Louise Cravens; Linh Huynh

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Design in Engineering Education

selected to include the two highestperforming participants (1 and 2) and the two lowest performing participants (3 and 4) withrespect to the quality of the requirements generated during the design task.Data Collection and AnalysisFor the analysis presented below, all interviews conducted by participants with stakeholderswere audio and video recorded. These interviews were then transcribed for data analysis.Interviews lasted a maximum of 15 minutes each; however participants were free to schedule asmany interviews with stakeholders as they desired.Nvivo 10 was used to analyze all interview transcripts. A deductive coding system wasdeveloped based upon a systematic literature review of academic articles on interviewmethodologies. Articles from a

Conference Session

Notable Topics in Civil Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Kwaku Frimpong Boakye, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Civil Engineering

counselors helped thestudents complete portion of their assigned project works. Details of the two projects and theircorresponding activities are described subsequently.Project 1: Speed, Acceleration, Braking distance, and Time. So What?Driving a motor vehicle is an integral part of daily life for most adults in the USA. A driver notonly has to interact with the vehicle, but also with the roadways system elements (such asgeometry, signs, signals, markings), other road users and vehicles, the environment, among otherfactors. Driving safely requires comprehending various stimuli and responding appropriately tothem. Drivers make critical decisions such as when to slow down, stop or pass another vehicle onthe roadway. Transportation engineers work to

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Use of Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James F. Nowak Jr., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tyler Parker Graf, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lucas M. Dvorozniak, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tyler Sterling Brown, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Johnson Samuel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

LegoTM-based Desktop-factory Concepts (Evaluation)1. IntroductionIn 2011, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Report onadvanced manufacturing identified biomanufacturing as one of the key pathways to revitalize theeconomy in the United States (US) [1]. While the field of biomanufacturing has seen significantresearch growth over the years, the fact remains that student interest in manufacturing-centeredcareers has been on the decline in the US [2-4]. This trend has been primarily attributed to theirview of manufacturing as a "dirty, dark, dangerous, and declining" field, which is the wrongperception of the advanced manufacturing sector in the US [4]. In order to address this criticalhuman resource shortage faced

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Christensen referred to innovation as ―the new science ofsuccess‖ and predicted that innovation would become a new management discipline andprofession 1. Immelt, the GE CEO, emphasized that the only reason to invest in organizations istheir ability to innovate 2. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon challenged the 2011 WorldEconomic Forum at Davos to apply revolutionary thinking and innovation to the challenges ofour time such as lifting people out of poverty while protecting the planet and ecosystems thatsupport economic growth. 3. Mohanty believes that for a nation to achieve pre-eminent positionand superior status, it has to pioneer the culture of innovation 4. Drucker notes that innovationhas become a buzzword and predicts that the next decade

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Supply Chain, Systems Thinking, and Lean Initiatives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

undergraduate program. There are fourlearning objectives defined in this course: After successful completion of the course, studentsshould be able to: 1) Differentiate and explain the concept, framework, and techniques of the supply chain design, planning, operation, and strategic management. (ASAC j) 2) Apply analytic methodologies, utilizing practical managerial levers, to design a supply chain for defined conditions, and to achieve competitive advantage in the supply chain. (ASAC l) 3) Analyze contemporary issues in SCM and to propose solutions to the identified issues. (ASAC m) 4) Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively and use information from a variety of sources. (ASAC g)The notation of (ASAC x

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teaching Practices of Engineering Technology FacultyA 2012 report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) notesthat for the U.S. to maintain its historical preeminence in science and technology, about onemillion more science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals will be neededthat U.S. colleges and universities will produce over the next decade (assuming the current rate ismaintained)1. One reason for this shortage is that less than 40% of students who enter

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Design Practices: Best Paper Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Fail Words after Teaching Engineering for Two YearsIntroduction The inclusion of engineering design within elementary education, motivated mostrecently via the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS),1 introduces opportunities forstudents to not only solve a problem, but to also likely experience design failure in the process.Practicing engineers acknowledge failure as a normal and expected outcome as a part of theiterative nature of designing solutions to problems, although the end goal is that the solution(hereafter, the “design”) is not intended to fail. Since the introduction of aspects of engineeringdesign in the NGSS, pre-kindergarten through grade 12 (P12) teachers have begun to tackle thedichotomy of failure as: 1) a normal

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polinpapilinho Katina, Old Dominion University; Joseph M Bradley, Leading Change, LLC

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Systems Engineering

characterized as global, long term, complex problems c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Towards a systems theory-based curriculum for Complex Systems GovernanceThe purpose of this paper is to explore challenges associated with the development of acurriculum for an emerging field of Complex System Governance (CSG) that could be used forinstruction and teaching leaders, managers, and students interested in increasing their knowledge,skills, and abilities about CSG. CSG has been suggested as a means to (1) explore deep systemissues impacting performance, (2) introduce practitioners to new thinking, technologies, tools,and methods to address these issues, and (3

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Carmine Vaccaro, Hofstra University; Kevin C. Craig, Hofstra University; Alexander Hans Pesch, Hofstra University

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Mechanical Engineering

multidisciplinary engineering skill set towards actually solvingreal-world problems. An example of the proposed curriculum strategy, initiated during the 2015-2016 academic year, is presented. A discussion of the concept of model-based design inmechanical engineering education is first given. Then, details of the case study are presented,including a progression of five courses from freshman to senior years.1 Introduction If a young person wants to be a complete baseball player, he or she must be able to field,throw, run the bases, hit, and hit with power, and all these skills must be applied in an actualbaseball game. To achieve this goal, he or she learns all these skills at the same time, improvinggradually in each one while playing actual games and

Conference Session

Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

are interviewed in focus groups to gain insights on the following researchquestions: 1. Why do veterans pursue a Bachelor’s degree in engineering? 2. How do military experiences shape student veterans’ educational experiences? 3. What are the experiences of student veterans in engineering education?The thematic analysis indicates that military veterans pursue engineering based on (1) previousexperiences with engineering-related activities while in the military, (2) recommendations fromfamily and friends, (3) the challenging nature of the engineering discipline, and/or (4) thepositive job outlook (including prestige and salary) associated with the engineering profession.Other themes that emerged include: differences between

Conference Session

Faculty Development I: Attitudes Towards Teaching

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Kari L. Jordan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Aeronautical University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Balancing the Influence of Driving and Restricting Factors to Use Active LearningAbstractSeveral change models have stages where faculty decide to adopt, persist, or abandon usingalternative teaching approaches. While there have been several studies that identified keybarriers and driving factors to implement evidence-based practices, there has been little focus onexploring the relational balance between these factors. Therefore, this study examines thefollowing research questions: 1) How do faculty perceive the balance between driving andrestricting factors to implement active learning? 2) What professional

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandana K.K. Jayasooriya, Engineering Technology Division, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

domainrepresentation of a signal and ideal filtering that can be performed directly without applyingmuch involved z-transform is presented.IntroductionIt is a great challenge to teach mathematically intensive engineering courses to undergraduateengineering technology students. Teaching subjects like analog and digital communicationsystems involves an elaboration of numerous theories as well as extensive derivation offormulae. This paper shows how Matlab can be used to effectively teach communication theoryto undergraduate students who may not have a sound mathematical background in the relevanttopics but come with a little knowledge in programing.Matlab® [1] has been a very popular tool among researchers, industrial community as well as inmilitary to simulate

Conference Session

Classroom Practice I: Active and Collaborative Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ray Essick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Emma Mercier, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

implementation at UIUC in the context ofresearch on learning space design, [1, 2, 34] teacher and TA professional development, [27, 37, 40] andteam interaction. [3, 28, 36] Longitudinal survey data and two-sample hypothesis testing are used todescribe the impact of collaborative learning and particular implementation decisions onstudents.2. The introductory mechanics sequenceThe introductory mechanics sequence is comprised of three courses: Introductory Statics,Introductory Dynamics, and Introductory Solid Mechanics. Most students encounter thesecourses during their sophomore year, enrolling first in Introductory Statics, which is aprerequisite for the other two courses. Students studying in ten different engineering majors arerequired to complete

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anita Patrick, University of Texas, Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering. Studies show that a lack of identification with engineering and byengineers often motivates students to migrate out of engineering into other majors.1 Attempts todefine identity in the context of engineering education necessitate a deeper understanding of theterm “identity.” While definitions of identity vary across disciplines, how identity is formed isstill a central and driving question. For example, what are the components that predictengineering identity and what does engineering identity predict? We posit there is more to engineering identity than just feeling like an engineer or seeingoneself as an engineer. This definition is limited and does not take into account the various facetsof personal identity that contribute to

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Jamie R Gomez, University of New Mexico; Victor Law, Program of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico; Sophia Bowers, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

diversity of theirstudent populations. Despite myriad efforts, students from groups underrepresented inengineering are still less likely to persist, relative to their peers.1-10 To address this, manyprograms have incorporated design projects early in the curriculum, leading to higher overallretention of diverse students in engineering.11-23 For instance, students from underrepresentedgroups were likelier to persist if they completed a first year design course, and this was attributedto the hands-on and contextual nature of the experience12. Elsewhere, higher retention of diversestudents is attributed to the fact that students like getting exposure to authentic projects,24, 25because such projects provide opportunities for students to learn

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; Jacob William Leachman, Washington State University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company

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Design in Engineering Education

Design Lessons in Education for Projects Demanding Cross-Disciplinary IntegrationIntroductionUAVs have been used for curricular development in a handful of pioneering instances[1]. Because of their external physical configuration, they are extremely interesting tostudents with hobbyist interests in radio-controlled aircraft, as well as to studentsinterested in careers in the aerospace industry. Though the reality of jobs in aerospace issuch that students will work on one small part of an airplane, UAVs offer the potential tointroduce students to all aspects of aerospace design, in a controllable microcosm [2], [3].However, UAVs offer different developmental opportunities outside the aerospacecommunity. Notably, they are an active

Conference Session

Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Keeler, Oregon State University; Thomas W Ekstedt, Oregon State University; Ying Cao, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Data Analytics for Interactive Virtual LaboratoriesIntroductionWe have previously described the development and implementation of a set of InteractiveVirtual Laboratories (IVLs) in thermodynamics.1 Each IVL provides a set of activities to addresstargeted threshold concepts2 via actively engaging students in a series of actions. The IVLsprovide a less

Conference Session

Innovative Project-Based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April M. Bryan, Western Washington University; John Andrew Lund, Western Washington University

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Manufacturing

developed using the principles of reconfigurablemanufacturing. The WeRMST was developed to support the teaching of a future course inmanufacturing systems. The paper includes a description of the product family of lamps that theWeRMST was developed to produce and illustrates how the WeRMST could easily be adaptedto produce other product families. When implemented, the proposed manufacturing system isexpected to positively impact student engagement, retention, and motivation.1. IntroductionA course in manufacturing systems is being proposed with the objective of providing studentswith the tools necessary to analyze and design manufacturing systems. The course assumes thatthe designs of products are already known and considers the operations and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Emily Olina Wisniewski, Johns Hopkins University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University; Tyler Byrne Cole, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

improved term and overall GPAs while in college. [1] Further, evidence suggests that theway students start their college career often indicates how they will finish. [2] At NortheasternUniversity, General Chemistry for Engineers is the first challenging course a student entering theengineering program takes that serves as model for subsequent coursework in the fullengineering curriculum. Among engineering students, where historically males are the majority,females often have been seen as the primary seekers of SI. Retaining female students inengineering and enabling their overall academic success has been a subject of great importancefor engineering programs.The first portion of this study focused on the grade progression of the students enrolled

Conference Session

MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Francis Rogers III, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Russell Barrett Thomas Sr, United States Army; Jeffrey A. Starke, U.S. Military Academy

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

specifically outlined in Strategic Goal 3 (DevelopExceptional Intellectual Capacity).1 This goal states that: • USMA [West Point] is consistently recognized as a top-tier institution of higher education in competitive national rankings. • USMA [West Point] is valued by the Army and the Nation as a trusted source of human intellectual capital used to address issues of significant importance.Within this strategic statement is the intent for each individual to demonstrate the competence toachieve and demonstrate excellence in both their chosen academic discipline and the professionof arms. The West Point Model can be understood as the balance of the goals of the West PointLeader Development System (WPLDS) across the Academic, Military