Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constanza Miranda, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

project-based course, so students become more inspired with technology development andproduct design.    For Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), New Engineering 2030 has been theopportunity to validate existing efforts to create an innovative and entrepreneurial curriculum.Since 2013, the Engineering Design and Innovation major (www.di-lab.cl) has imparted project-based courses that prepare students to:   1. be comfortable with ambiguity and ill-defined challenges, 2. be able to overcome team conflict , 3. acquire critical thinking and problem solving capabilities with a bias on making, 4. focus on people-driven innovation, 5. manage information through visual thinking strategies, 6. and adapt to a fast moving

Conference Session

Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University; Sandra G. Luca, Loyola Marymount University; Jeremy S. Pal, Loyola Marymount University; Jose A. Saez, Loyola Marymount University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

stakeholder needs and design requirements.IntroductionService-learning in the engineering disciplines utilizes service as a vehicle for both professionaland technical knowledge gains. The use of service in engineering education in the United Statesbegan in the 1990s (e.g., see Tsang et al.1 and Duffy2) and has recently increased based on theneed to reconsider the priorities of the professoriate,3 a desire to improve human conditions tofulfill higher education goals,4 and to meet the interest and demand of students and faculty acrossthe nation. Many engineering programs are exploring ways to offer new and meaningful serviceexperiences for their students.Since 2009, first year engineering students at LMU, a primarily undergraduate private liberal

Conference Session

Innovative Project-based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Wendell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Charles Zheng Guan, MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

  learned  material by demonstrating and  racing  these  go­karts  at  the  end  of  the  semester  in  front  of  their  peers.  Furthermore,  we explore  how  this  structure  for  project­based  learning  may  be  applicable  to  development  of similar programs nationwide.  Introduction   Manufacturing  is  critical  to  the  economy  and  has  received renewed focus after President Obama  1​declared  a  focus  on  American  manufacturing  during  his  second  term​ .   In  order  to  create  an increased  proficiency  in  manufacturing,  colleges  and  universities  must  prepare  students  for design  and  manufacturing  jobs,  and  encourage

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Thomas Smith; Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Esteban Garcia

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

to State transferability requirements). These learning outcomes were used to define thebadges for the Digital Narratives seminar learning experience. For our Digital Narratives course weproduced 8 badges: 4 for English, 3 for Fundamentals of Speech, and 1 for Information Literacy. In eachbadge there were 3-5 challenges, totaling 29 challenges across the 8 badges. The parallel construction ofthe badges to the more traditional classes and credit hour system also facilitated the broaderunderstanding at the university where our learning experiences can map to classes for use on transcripts.In addition, this ability to map to the existing structure enables transferring into and out of the programmore easily.The 8 badges also represented credit

Conference Session

Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria; Erika Müller, University of Pretoria

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

development and infrastructure provision in asociety. The dearth of engineers in South Africa is hampering its ability to meet both itsinternal social development needs and to compete globally. Poor throughput rates inengineering degree programs are exacerbating the problem. Of the 2006 entering cohort ofengineering students nationally only 23% completed their degrees in the regulation time offour years, and 41% completed after five years 1 . Of black a students, only 9% completed infour years and 22% in five years. There are thus both social and economic imperatives forimproving retention and equity in engineering programmes.Although it has been 21 years since a democratic government was installed in South Africafollowing the end of apartheid, great

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher M Murad, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Diversity

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International

activities and funded researchprojects.(1) Some international faculty prefer non-tenure track (lecturer positions) as a career.They are usually satisfied with their choice for reasons including less stress, more flexibility butrealizing the cons including lack of job security and lower salaries. (2) The first author is afaculty member with international background who taught in both temporary and permanentsettings. The second author mentored international faculty at US institutions and overseas. In thenext sections, the authors will address, based on their own experiences and that from theliterature, the challenges and opportunities in temporary and permanent positions for

Conference Session

Dynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Joel Kevin Ness, University of North Dakota

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

, theremaining points were for completing the homework and presenting a portion of the solution.Initially, the grading sheet contained three blanks. One for the student’s name, another for thescore, and the last for comments explaining why students received less than the full twentypoints. This was quickly found to be inadequate because students did not feel the supervisorswere grading uniformly. Name Prep. Part. Name Prep. Part. Comments: Comments: Name Prep. Part. Name Prep. Part. Comments: Comments: Figure 1: The grading sheet used by the supervisors. The supervisor would

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4B: Assessing Student Motivation and Student Success

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander E. Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan D. Stolk, Southern Methodist University; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Michael D. Gross, Wake Forest University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

and study it can be simplified to a setof usefully distinct categories along a single axis of perceived self-determination, shownin Figure 1 with degree of internalization increasing from left to right. An importantnuance regarding motivational responses lies in recognizing that the four types ofmotivation are not mutually exclusive. Depending on the situation, individuals maysimultaneously show high levels of two or more of the motivation types.15,16 Figure 1. The self-determination continuum, showing the four types of motivation measured in this study, along with example SIMS survey prompts. Figure adapted from [14].For the purposes of this study, we consider four distinct types of motivation along thecontinuum: amotivation, external

Conference Session

Education Programs in BME

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E Reuther, Columbia University; Michael John Cennamo, Columbia University; Tiffany Wen-an Guo, Columbia University

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Diversity

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Biomedical

experience for Master’s studentsthat will fill in knowledge gaps and meet their unique educational and professional goals duringtheir accelerated (~1 year) degree program.B. Our Unique ApproachA one-semester graduate-level course in BME design was developed that incorporated a blendedlearning approach with core video lectures outside the classroom and collaborative in-classlearning experiences. The course enrolled 12 students (4 teams) in the Spring of 2015. Fordevelopment and delivery of this new course, funding and in-kind support, includingcollaboration with an educational technologist from the Center for Teaching and Learning(CTL)b, was provided by a faculty grant from the Columbia University Office of the Provost onHybrid Learning Course

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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International

: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design (1st and 2nd Editions,John Wiley & Sons, 2010, 2014) (1st Edition translated into Spanish and Portuguese). Page 26.930.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Improving the Global Competency of Engineers through the Peace Corps Master’s International Program Manser, N. , Naughton, C. , Orner, K. , Prouty, C. , Verbyla, M. , and Mihelcic, J.R. 1 1 1 1 1 1 University of South Florida Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Conference Session

Hands-on Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Taqiuddin Taher, DeVry University, Addison; Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, Addison

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

identify the presence or absence of learning patterns using qualitative andquantitative modes of data evaluation viz a viz cognitive apprenticeship instructionalmethodology.This paper presents the findings of the research study which tested the hypothesis byinvestigating three key questions: 1) Does the use of simulation improve students ‘learningoutcomes? 2). How do faculty members perceive the use and effectiveness of simulation in thedelivery of technical course content? 3). How do students perceive the instructional designfeatures embedded in the simulation program such as exploration and scaffolding support inlearning new concepts? The paper also discusses the other aspects of findings which reveal that simulation by itself isnot very

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

onehour long and used a question guide with nine questions developed using key areas to probebased on a review of the literature and interview questions developed for similar studies10, 11.The focus group data was analyzed using a careful approach in order to minimize the potentialbias when analyzing and interpreting this kind of data. Krueger & Casey point out that a robustanalysis should be systematic, sequential, verifiable, and continuous17. The Krueger contentanalysis framework was used. This framework includes the following headings for interpretingcoded data: 1) words; 2) context; 3) internal consistency; 4) frequency and extensiveness ofcomments; 5) specificity of comments; 6) intensity of comments; and 7) big ideas18.Some of the

Conference Session

Software and Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

engaging.This paper documents our efforts during the Fall 2014 semester to further integrate the ComplexProgrammable Logic Device (CPLD) into our introductory logic circuits course. This paperconsiders how to better present test benches as well as CMOS device characteristics, both ofwhich are important to students' learning experience about CPLDs. In our prior research weidentified test benches as a critical aspect in the use of CAD tools. Also we consider devicecharacteristics, which some other courses no long cover, to be an important part in anintroduction to logic circuits. For the Fall 2014 semester we started with several clearly defined,achievable goals in furthering the integration of CPLDs in our introductory logic circuits course. 1

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

(WEPs) are often charged with offering college-wideinitiatives. This includes initiatives such as outreach programs for prospective engineeringstudents [1-3], summer bridge programs for transitioning engineering students [4-6], and mentoringprograms for current engineering students [4, 7, 8]. While engineering colleges typically share thecommon goal of improving recruitment and retention, the specifics of these initiatives cansignificantly vary across universities. This variation makes it difficult for practitioners (i.e., thoseinvolved in leading recruitment and retention efforts) to learn from other institutions and, morespecifically, successful practices are not always shared in a manner that facilitates benchmarking.Benchmarking is defined

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi J. C. Ellis, Western New England University; Gregory W Hislop, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Sarah Monisha Pulimood, The College of New Jersey; Becka Morgan, Western Oregon University; Ben Coleman, Moravian College

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

study, but provide stronger evidence thatstudent involvement in HFOSS promotes student learning in the areas of tools and techniquesand technical knowledge about the process and tools used to develop an HFOSS project.1. IntroductionSoftware engineering programs as well as most computer science programs desire to providestudents with experience working on a real-world project in order to supply students with anunderstanding of professional practice including such skills as teamwork, communication, workethic, self-confidence and more. In fact, the SE 2004 curriculum guidelines2 emphasize the needfor including professional practice in the education of software engineers. A common way toprovide this experience is through instructor and/or student

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina H Paguyo, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Jennifer Francis, West Virginia University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

strongly they identified as engineers (identity) and theirappreciation of diversity in engineering (diversity), see Table 1. Approximately one-third of theparticipants on any one survey were female, and approximately one-tenth of the participantswere underrepresented minorities (URM).ProceduresThe research team visited these two courses on the first day of class near the end of the lectureperiod. Students were presented with the research project and asked to complete a consent formif they were willing to participate. Consent forms were collected during the first week of thesemester. Consenting students were then contacted via email and asked to complete an onlinesurvey five times during the semester. The surveys were sent during weeks two, five

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Derek T Reamon Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, multi-year study revealed that engineering differs from othermajors by “a dearth of female students and a low rate of migration into the major.”1 And, therigid, often lock-step nature of engineering programs presents a barrier to student migration intoengineering programs. Others have cited the need for increased flexibility in engineering degreeprograms and have experimented with novel approaches for flexible baccalaureateprograms.2,3,4,5 In a study that compared the students in Purdue’s highly flexible and coursechoice-friendly multidisciplinary engineering (MDE) program, it was found that “male studentsin MDE are more likely to be intuitive, feeling and perceptive than male students in otherengineering majors,” leading to the conclusion that

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental: K-12 Student Beliefs, Motivation, and Self Efficacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

theexperiences they had in the RET, but rather to better understand the perceptions they and theirstudents bring, as a means to consider how to design professional development experiences thataim to enhance diversity of the engineering pipeline.Conceptual frameworkRecruitment and retention of students from groups underrepresented in engineering has been thefocus of a great deal of recent research. We take that stance that interest development is the firststep for recruitment of students who otherwise might not consider engineering. Interestdevelopment is needed but insufficient for real change, as students who become interested butare poorly prepared are not likely to persist in engineering [1]. We therefore focus on strategiesthat develop interest and

Conference Session

CAD Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dongdong Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Deniz Eseryel, North Carolina State University; Uzair Nadeem, Prairie View A&M University; Atiq Islam, Prairie View A&M University; T Fulya Eyupoglu, North Carolina State University; Tianyun Yuan, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

program of research is: How can we effectively and ef- ficiently promote cyberlearning in complex knowledge domains such as STEM (science, technology, en- gineering and mathematics)? Towards this direction, she (1) investigates the development of higher-order thinking and complex problem-solving competencies following a comprehensive framework that includes cognition, metacognition, cognitive regulation, motivation, emotion, and epistemic beliefs; (2) develops innovative assessment methods that can benchmark progress of learning and the development of com- plex problem-solving competencies; (3) develops new and effective approaches to design state-of-the-art digital learning environments (such as intelligent tutoring

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

howstudents’ innovative capability influences such transfer capacity. The goals are: (1) to explore thepedagogical practices used to support non-traditional students in community colleges to informpersistence, (2) to understand whether such practices are effective in offering non-traditionalstudents a program that enables them to stay in engineering and science majors and to transfer toa four year college or university, and (3) to determine if students’ propensity for innovativeproblem solving influences use of pedagogical practices and ultimately, transfer persistence. Theresearch targets five research questions: (1) What are the patterns of pedagogical practices thatcommunity colleges employ to enhance students’ transfer success in engineering and

Conference Session

Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #16074Promoting Engagement through Innovative and Pragmatic ProgramsDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of Engineers for over

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

employing quantitative methods are likely of most interest to practitioners who wouldwant to evaluate the effectiveness of this pedagogical approach before implementation in theclassroom. As a means of identifying future possible frameworks for further investigation on theimpact of peer coaching on female engineering students, this study explores the followingresearch questions: (1) How does student opinion about coaching transform through this class?(2) What new or revised perspectives do students gain, as both coach and coachee? (3) How doescoaching equip engineering women for the transition to the workforce? Findings indicate thatstudents’ initial apprehension about coaching progresses into recognition and experience ofbroad potential impact

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Eva Leong

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Subdisciplines: Challenges and OpportunitiesIntroductionThere are many benefits to a diverse workforce of civil engineers. In particular, work-placeinnovation, creativity, knowledge and productivity have been shown to be enhanced when manyperspectives and experiences are represented.1 As the civil engineering profession tackles someof big challenges facing society in the 21st century, it is critical that we are able to recruit andretain the most talented students, regardless of gender or race/ethnic background. Unfortunately,engineering schools continue to be challenged by student retention, and, for example, only about70% of entering engineering freshman at our large public university graduate with anengineering degree within six years. Although

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Education, 2016A Civil Infrastructure System Perspective – Not just the Built Environment1 IntroductionBased on a perceived need within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at theUniversity of Utah to increase faculty and student awareness of 1) the national infrastructurecrisis and 2) a departmental-wide pedagogical approach to engineering instruction with a moreholistic, global understanding of infrastructure systems, three faculty members attended the 2ndAnnual Infrastructure Education Workshop on Pedagogies of Engagement in InfrastructureClassrooms. Hosted by the Center for Infrastructure Transformation and Education (CIT-E), over30 national faculty members participated in a three-day, best-practices teaching seminar

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeLean Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

labeled engineering or not, canserve a unique role for African American boys. These experiences may inspire them to pursueengineering degrees, can contribute to the students’ development of engineering skills,knowledge, behaviors. Furthermore, the experiences may positively impact their engineeringself-efficacy through their college years. Although all students may not continue into engineeringcareers these skills are transferable to many career and challenges. [1, 2] For those AfricanAmerican males, who complete STEM degrees, they will be our problems solvers who willaddress the technological challenges to come. While society is bombarded with propagandaaround the challenges and failures that African American male students experience

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra J McCall, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

mostengineering disciplines, we focus our discussion solely on professional identity formation withinthe civil engineering discipline. To reinforce the relationship between the history of the civilengineering profession and students’ professional identity formation, we review the literature onthese two areas of inquiry. In particular, we will frame our paper using the following keydiscussion points: 1) providing a brief overview of key historical events of civil engineering inthe United States; 2) discussing the influence of this history on instructor pedagogies and studentlearning within civil engineering education; and 3) conceptualizing this learning process as ameans of professional identity formation.From this work, we will begin to understand how

Conference Session

Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University; Jacob Massa, Rutgers University; Dan Battey, Rutgers University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

on the genderedinterplay of institutions and individuals’ everyday experiences in engineering. Our analyticalcategorization of the reviewed literature resulted in the following distribution: 10 texts underdivision of labor, 15 texts under symbols, and 10 texts under identities. Appendix 1 presents alisting of the reviewed literature for the division of labor and identities categories including theirrespective number of citations as of February 2016, study contexts, and participant profiles.Our analysis of the research examines the extent to which Faulkner’s call for disrupting theheterosexist mapping of the technical/social dualism to masculine instrumentalism/feminineexpressiveness was pursued. 11 This allowed us to trace the intellectual

Conference Session

Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sedig Salem Agili, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Linda M. Null, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Janice E. Smith, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Sofia M. Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

with reflections on how to successfully implement auniversity STEM scholarship program to attain the simultaneous goals of increasing STEMenrollment and increasing diversity in the STEM fields. In particular, this paper highlights thenecessity of strong and broad-based (peers, faculty, and industrial) mentors. Initial results areencouraging with regards to STEM scholarship student retention.1 IntroductionThe Executive Summary of “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and EmployingAmerica for A Brighter Economic Future,” notes that “scientific and technological buildingblocks critical to our economic leadership are eroding at a time when many other nations aregathering strength”1. This, however, is not the first report that has spelled

Conference Session

Shaping the Future: Structured Mentoring for Today's Diverse Engineering Student Populations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Alyce Wilson, University of South Florida; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Deonte Cooper, Bulls-Eye

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

andEydgahi (n.d.) approach this issue as it relates to curricula, by recognizing that non-STEM fields such as Social Sciences andHumanities “emphasize more on ‘soft skills’ and ‘social service’ and as such have naturally embraced ‘service-learning’” (p. 1). As aresult, integrating academic fields with “service-learning” that emphasizes, “‘technical’ and ‘scientific’ skills such asEngineering…[is] rare”33. Another difference in the definition of service learning provided through an evaluation of Jacoby (1996), who defines servicelearning as a “form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs togetherwith structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

; Section III presentsoverviews of sample experiments; and Section IV summarizes the lessons learned.II. Analog Discovery BoardThe analog discovery board combines a full suite of common electronic measurement tools into asingle, portable USB-powered device, as detailed in Table 1. Technology advancements such aslow-cost high-performance FPGAs have dramatically reduced the cost of implementing thefunctionality of these instruments, and digital signal processing has supplanted historicallyanalog functionality. In addition, instrument control and data display, processing, and storageare carried out via a USB-interfaced computer running the Digilent Waveforms software, ratherthan costly on-board hardware. With the ubiquity of laptops on campus, the