Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matilde L. Sanchez-Pena, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

with measuring how cultural programs andexperiences contribute to positive changes in students’ abilities to work and thrive in diverseenvironments. Global competency can be defined broadly as “having an open mind whileactively seeking to understand cultural norms and expectations of others, leveraging this gainedknowledge to interact, communicate and work effectively outside one’s environment”1.Measuring global competency levels before and after participation in cultural programs maytherefore be a potentially effective method for measuring changes in students’ ability to work ina global environment. Currently, studies on engineering students’ baseline global competencylevels are few at the undergraduate level. This research fills this gap

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Course Development / Curriculum Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

programminglanguage such as C and some familiarity with AI, HCI, or other relevant fields. The course metonce per week for 2 ½ hours for 15 weeks. The class format was approximately an hour forlecture and the remaining time to work on the lab projects. There was no single textbook butweekly readings on the state of the art as well as written discussion and quizzes on the readings.The literature review quizzes and discussion were due each week before the related lecture. Thecourse grade was based upon the criteria shown in Table 1. Table 1: HRI Course Grading Criteria Participation 10% Discussion 15% Quizzes

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Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Foster, George Fox University; Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

a sequence of courses that would be required of all of the engineering students.The ongoing development of the Servant Engineering program at GFU has taken place inroughly six distinct phases:  Phase 1: The instructors attempted to mimic the basic format provided to us by the Purdue EPICS program.  Phase 2: Much of the EPICS structure was shed to create a much leaner system, focusing primarily on performing the engineering service tasks.  Phase 3: The EPICS structure was re-implemented in a manner that was more effective for the Servant Engineering program at GFU, re-emphasizing the importance of learning the engineering design process.  Phase 4: The course was restructured from 4 semesters to 2

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Graduate Recruitment & Professional Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gurlovleen Rathore, Texas A&M University; Matthew Pariyothorn, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

program’s home site.The research questions explored in this study are: (1) How does participation in the USRG program influence students’ intention to pursue different career and degree paths in engineering? (2) What factors influence USRG program participants’ decision to potentially apply to and matriculate in engineering at TAMU at the completion of the program? (3) How do factors that influence USRG program participants’ decision to potentially apply to and matriculate in engineering differ between those who applied and who did not apply to graduate studies at TAMU?MethodsA mixed methods survey design approach was used to collect data from the target population torespond to the research questions asked in this

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

, technology and engineer abilities in order to expand their professional potential. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF 3D TECHNOLOGY IN STEM- BASED COURSES; SPECIFICALLY INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING COURSES.The impact of new technologies on teaching and learning engineering is important to study andunderstand for various reasons, including: (1) the pervasive use of technology tools by students, and(2) the rapidly increasing use of technology tools in schools and college classrooms, as new devicesthat balance cost, functionality and portability and shift the use of computing devices from personalpurposes to mainstream course applications. We present

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melodie A. Selby PE, Walla Walla University

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Engineering Ethics

. Page 26.240.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessing Engineering Ethics Training All engineering schools accredited by ABETa are required to ensure their graduates have“an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.”1 To many ABET-accreditedengineering schools, it is not clear whether they are meeting this requirement2. Walla WallaUniversity (the University) is also struggling with this question. This describes the first efforts atassessing the engineering ethics training at the University. This information will help the facultyat the Edward F. Cross School of Engineering (School of Engineering) at the University continueto improve the ethics

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui (Celia) Pan, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

contribution to the multi-disciplinary team lies in qualitative methodologies, cultural theory and the belief that outliers offer great insight into the workings of power. Her research interests include cultural theory, the cultural/historical construction of women’s identities and roles in past and present societies, and most recently, equity issues surrounding gender and underrepresented populations in engineering education. She can be contacted at cynthia.e.foor-1@ou.edu.Dr. Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Womens’ and Gender Stud- ies at the University of Oklahoma. Her main research focus is diversity in engineering education and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Jackeline Torres, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Margaret E. Beier, Rice University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

being on track to graduate with a degree fromthe School of Engineering. A stratified sample was used to match course enrollees and coursenon-enrollees on observed characteristics, which were gender, URM status, and academicpreparedness. There was an 86% retention rate for engineer starters who had taken the coursecompared to a 74% engineering retention rate for engineer starters who had not. A chi-square testof independence was performed to examine the relationship between taking the course andobtaining an engineering degree (yes or no). This relationship was significant [χ2(1) = 6.59, p =0.01]. Engineer starters who took the course were more likely to persist in engineering thanengineer starters who did not.Our aim is to continue to examine

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering. These Engineering Ambassadors develop valuable leadership and communication skills, which they apply through engineering outreach to middle and high school students. Christine received her MBA in marketing and international business from Drexel University and her BA in English and film from Dickinson College.Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer-Verlag, 2013) and founder of the web- site Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science (writing.engr.psu.edu), which receives more than 1 million page downloads

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L Hess, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

variety of fields, including counselling,psychology, moral philosophy, psychotherapy, neuropsychology, and engineering education. Insum, we describe five educational contexts and a myriad of techniques that we posit, when usedeffectively and spread across engineering curricula, will be effective means towards thedevelopment of empathy among engineering students.1. IntroductionIn recent years, scholars have paid increased attention to the phenomenon of empathy within thecontext of engineering. In 2011, Strobel et al. found approximately 20 engineering articles thatexplicitly “embedded the concept of empathy.”1 Yet, a January 2016 search of ASEE’sconference proceedings alone indicates that 69 articles explicitly used the term in 2015, 38 in2014, 23

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

perceptions overthree offerings. Specifically, throughout this study we investigated three research questions: 1. What are the differences in engineering students’ ethical reasoning changes when their mode of participation includes an in-class discussion-based lecture format compared to being completely restricted to online material delivery and interaction? 2. What are the differences in engineering students’ perceived effectiveness of an ethics course when participating in a hybrid versus a completely online format? 3. Are there any differences in the correlations between ethical reasoning changes and course perceptions between the hybrid and online groups?Study OverviewThis multiphase research study27 proceeded in three

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward J. Berger, Purdue University; Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; Julie Innes Caruccio, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

in turn thesechallenges often stem from the kinds of personal struggles mentioned above. As such, the UGOstaff frequently work with ODOS staff, student health, the residence halls, etc. to supportstudents and give them the information and support they need. In a given academic year, theUGO supports a huge number of students; some of the support services are provisioned quickly(issues are handled in a matter of minutes or hours), while others require more sustainedinterventions (measured in days or weeks). The national numbers speak for themselves: almost30% of college-aged students report being depressed to the point of impaired functioning[1](which means perhaps 0.3 x 2700 = 810 students in engineering at our institution), over 20%report

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Janet McDonnell, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Jim L Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

representations, constructed with data from individuals with varying levels of designexpertise, present salient information about how individual design processes can differ. We havedeveloped a series of tasks based on these representations whose purpose is to teach studentsabout design processes, and we implemented them with eight undergraduate engineering studentsin two separate research seminars at a large state institution.Specifically, in these tasks, students were presented with design timelines as well as theempirically-based codes that were used to construct the timelines, and were asked to developnew representations from that data (an activity called Design Brief 1, or DB1). They were thenasked to execute a design task, capture their own design

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas P Langhoff, Skyline College; Eva Schiorring; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

materials in a regular face-to-face course which will beused to inform subsequent on-line delivery. Additionally, student surveys and interviewsare used to assess students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the course resources, alongwith their sense of self-efficacy and identity as aspiring engineers.1. IntroductionEfforts to remain competitive internationally in engineering and technology require asignificant increase in the number of STEM graduates in the United States. A recentreport prepared by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology statesthat currently less than forty percent of students entering college to pursue a STEM careerend up completing a STEM degree, citing that students typically leave the STEM field inthe

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan R. Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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International

our deliberations, a report was released from the National Academy ofEngineering entitled, “The Engineer of 2020,” which discussed the forces acting on engineeringin the United States and what preparation engineers needed to be competitive in the globaleconomy.1 This report was accompanied by a number of credible voices and other studies whichsupported its conclusions.2,3,4 The report indicated that the skill set for engineers needed toexpand beyond analysis and technical skills to include, among others, global competence,leadership skills, creativity, ethical responsibility and a commitment to lifelong learning.As we considered this broadened skill set and the changes acting on engineering, the collegestrategic directions gradually coalesced

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

research and development of distributed medical monitoring technologies and learning tools that support biomedical contexts. His research focuses on (1) plug-and-play, point-of-care medical monitoring systems that utilize interoperability standards, (2) wearable sensors and signal processing techniques for the determination of human and animal physiological status, and (3) educational tools and techniques that maximize learning and student interest. Dr. Warren is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He currently serves as the Chair for the ASEE Midwest Section. c American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynsey Mitchell Kissane, Ryerson University; Liping Fang, Ryerson University ; Ruth Jean Silver, Groundswell Projects

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

interpretations of what is desirable to young people (ex. rock star).They ultimately lack the authenticity, relevance, and ultimately, the social and environmentaljustice elements that many female Millennial adolescents seek.2.3. Perspectives on female adolescents from the Millennial GenerationA female-inclusive engineering identity must reflect an understanding of the unique time inwhich female adolescents have been raised and are now living. This paper focuses on the Page 26.772.5Millennial Generation – people born between the 1980s and the early 2000s, and who can becharacterized by the following traits: 1. Special – they feel that their input is

Conference Session

Qualitative Methodologies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Aubrie Lynn Pfirman, Clemson University; Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Shannon K Stefl, Clemson University; Frederick Paige, Clemson University ; Lindsey Whitfield Cain, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

: A New Way to Explore Unearned Advantages and Unearned DisadvantagesAbstractThis paper describes the development of a unique interview method based on Peggy McIntosh’s“serial testimony” technique. Our “singular testimony” technique preserves many of thehallmarks of the serial testimony technique, specifically: 1. Giving participants the opportunity to share their personal narrative, or testimony, about unearned advantages and unearned disadvantages as they perceive them; 2. Allowing participants to speak uninterrupted; 3. Exhibiting no judgment and expressing no rebuttal to participant responses; 4. Returning to a particular advantage/disadvantage for further exploration and follow up questions in

Conference Session

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Andrea Gebhart Rommel, Independent Scientific Consultant; Laurie A. Clayton, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the development of this internal grants program. Additionally, it describesthe framework for implementing this internal grants program and the outcomes of the awarded grants.1. INTRODUCTIONWhen examining technological innovations, particularly in computing organizations, the concept ofdisruptive change is often a focus. Without the innovations that are enabled by change, technicalorganizations are unable to sustain themselves, let alone thrive. Research by Christensen, et al. suggeststhat three factors affect the abilities or inabilities of an organization to change: the organization’sresources, its processes, and its values. They also suggest that these factors are critical to theorganization’s ability to innovate.[1]Resources include

Conference Session

Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer P.E., Kansas State University; Linda P. Thurston Ph.D., Kansas State University; Beth A. Montelone, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 26.1052.2While the need to increase numbers of students in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) degree programs is well established, less than half of students enrolled in  STEM programs of study graduate with STEM degrees.1 Further, underrepresented minority(URM) students continue to be a small percentage of the students receiving STEM degrees. TheNational Academies propose doubling the number of underrepresented minority studentsreceiving undergraduate STEM degrees.2 Recruitment programming must be coupled witheffective retention programs to achieve increases in underrepresented STEM graduates. Aninstitution’s ability to increase numbers of underrepresented students

Conference Session

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney S. Smith, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

occur acrossrace and sex boundaries.IntroductionMore-so than other post-secondary degree fields, engineering is dominated by both Whites andmales, who represent 70% and 82.1%, respectively, of the field1. In contrast, African-Americanwomen, who represent 6% of the U.S. population and 7% of the college student population2, asrecently as 2009 accounted for only 1% of the 70,000 undergraduate engineering degrees andonly 2.3% of the 3,376 engineering PhDs awarded in this country3 - a percentage that remainedunchanged in percentage in 20102, 4. The profile is even more troubling at the faculty level whereAfrican-American women remain less than 0.5% of the more than 20,000 tenure-track faculty inengineering5.These statistics illustrate that, despite

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Harlan E Spotts Jr., Western New England University; José Antonio Riofrío, Western New England University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

mindset important?The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) foundation has set as its objective toestablish an entrepreneurial mindset within engineering programs. This entrepreneurial mindsetencourages engineering students to combine the technical skills learned in their traditionalengineering coursework with a mindset to “create extraordinary value for others.” This mindsetis comprised of three critical factors, including: Curiosity, Connections and Creating value. [1]Curiosity focuses on the rapidly changing environment in which we live. It is important forengineers to have an “insatiable” curiosity reflected in constantly questioning and wonderingabout the world around them. Curiosity is evidenced through Demonstration and

Conference Session

Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Jeremy M. Goodman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

College of Engineering Page 26.1328.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Relating project tasks in design courses to the development of engineering self-efficacyIntroductionEngineering self-efficacy, the strength of one’s belief that one is able to complete an engineeringtask, is necessary for students to persist in the field and continue to be motivated to learn andchallenge themselves.1 Students who have a high level of academic self-confidence feel a senseof self-assurance about themselves, whereas students with high self-efficacy are sure that

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, United States Air Force Test Pilot School

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Aerospace

.” Students gained superficial procedural knowledge without understanding the “why’s”behind that knowledge. According to How People Learn “Superficial coverage of all topics in asubject area must be replaced with in-depth coverage of fewer topics that allows key concepts inthat discipline to be understood.” 1 At USAF TPS we now refer to his concept as “targeted depth.”The new integrated curriculum was designed with the idea that approximately 10 coremathematical concepts keep reoccurring throughout the flying qualities phase curriculum. Thoseconcepts are introduced at the beginning of the curriculum with minimal context. These conceptskeep reoccurring throughout the curriculum where their application is called out to a specificapplication. This

Conference Session

Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Nicholas Langhoff, Canada College

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Minorities in Engineering

baccalaureate degree in engineering, andpursuing a graduate degree. It will also highlight lessons learned and future plans for theprogram, as well as best practices that are useful to other institutions in developing similarprograms.1. IntroductionThe PCAST Report Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates withDegrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics states a critical need todramatically increase the number of STEM graduates over the next decade. The report cites thelow completion rate among STEM students, with many leaving the STEM field in the first twoyears of their program. Among the recommendations to address this issue of low completion rate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College; Donald George Pratt, Messiah College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

level. Thus,at Messiah College, we have formed a new Circuits I core course combining introductory analogand digital circuit theory. Accordingly, we replaced our Circuit Analysis and Digital Electronicscourses with a new Circuits 1, 2 sequence. While the Circuits 2 course takes up more advancedtopics required for electrical and computer specializations, the Circuits 1 course covers basicanalog and digital theory, including both discrete circuits and selected integrated circuit devices,working knowledge of which is required for competency in all engineering disciplines. Suchcompetency allows multidisciplinary teams to work together more effectively, when decidinghow to implement circuit functionality, make digital measurements, analyze and share

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

calculus” are just acouple examples of the students expressing their struggle to see the relevance of what they arelearning. Likewise, engineering faculty are often frustrated by their students’ apathy toward reallearning. When a machine design student says, “You mean I have to remember Statics?” itbecomes clear the student didn’t see the usefulness of free-body diagrams back in Statics class.When students don’t see a connection between the concepts they learn in Statics and their futureas engineers, they are less motivated to engage and to remember what they learn. There may bemany contributing factors as to why students tend to see Statics as “series of mathematicalmanipulations”1 rather than a way to understand physical systems. Textbook

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Darrell K. Kleinke P.E., University of Detroit Mercy; Molly McClelland, University of Detroit Mercy

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering Education, 2016  Multidisciplinary Patient-Centered Capstone Senior Design ProjectsAbstractCapstone design projects are the culmination of the student learning process at the undergraduatelevel and provide an opportunity for students to work on real-world, open-ended problems.Following the engineering design process, students discover needs, propose solutions, buildprototypes and test the implemented design. There are many models that exist in the exactimplementation of this student experience, which satisfies many of the outcomes required by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), ranging from need-based designto basic research.1 A common model for biomedical engineering

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Alex Petersen, STEMpact2020; Christopher D Wyant, Wichita East High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. For example, one company provides employees 40 hours a year of paid leave forvolunteer efforts and will now encourage its employees to spend those hours on STEMmentoring. As more companies become aware of successful high impact mentoring efforts, wecan establish a “new normal” for industry commitment to volunteerism and high impact STEMmentoring. In the pilot year, Academic Year (AY) 2014-2015, we will establish a documentedbaseline of STEM mentoring (both high impact and volunteerism). The activities are: 1)Promotion of STEM mentoring in terms of adding new corporations and in increasing thenumber of professionals engaged per company, 2) Coordination with coalition mentoringorganizations to increase the STEM mentoring activities in our

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Reginald DesRoches, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan E Burns P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janille A Smith-Colin P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Wes Wynens, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisa Gail Rosenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

of the strategic plans of the various engineering schools. Table1 provides a list of leadership-focused objectives and strategies within the strategic plans of theInstitute, College of Engineering and selected engineering schools reflecting the broad focus onthe development of leaders and expansion of global influence. These strategic plan elements arewell aligned with the National Academy of Engineers’ Vision for the Engineer of 2020, whichincludes the following attributes (1): (1) Technical proficiency (2) Broad education (3) Global citizenship (4) Ethical grounding (5) Ability to lead in business and public service.These strategic plans and the NAE vision were foundations for the development of the GELMinor