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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary H. Bernstein, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

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Electrical and Computer

significant way, namely that it is designed toprepare students for their upcoming courses more so than directly for their intended careers. Theemphasis in the readings is on both the relevance of EE as it pertains to technology that studentscan relate to, e.g., MP3 players, and to global problems, e.g., energy efficiency, as well as whatwill be taught in various courses that they will see in their next two or three semesters, and lesson “what an electrical engineer does in her/his career.”The course goals are listed and discussed below:1. Expose students to a wide range of EE-related topics. The choice of topics is necessarily limited by the constraints of a single semester, so it is not possible to discuss many of the areas of electrical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Shaunna Fultz Smith, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

particularly enable a more diverse group of students to leveragecreativity and innovation toward success in engineering careers; 2) discover specific learningmodels that involve both STEM university students and pre-service teachers in order to developteamwork, self-efficacy, communication, and identity formation in the Maker environment; 3)pilot instruments to measure the impact of such programs on students’ self-efficacy,communication, and identity formation and 4) understand to what extent students who use themaker space for a class project become regular users of the space. This paper reports on theprogress and findings from the first year of implementation. Maker Space user log in data will beanalyzed as will preliminary results of student

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible P.E., Texas Tech University; David Emile Mesple, Texas Tech University; Francesco V. Donato, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Jill Hoffman, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

at the same time, he is pursuing his Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University. He is highly interested in conducting research within the Engineering Education framework. Recently, he received the Early Career Researcher Award from European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) in 2017. In addition, he is one of two scholarship recipients awarded by National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) to attend the ESERA summer research confer- ˇ e Budˇejovice, Czech Republic in August 2016. He has also been named as Jhumki Basu ence in Cesk´ Scholar by the NARST in 2014. Additional projects involvement include: Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Gross, Kettering University; Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

an advanced degree. In particular, a master’s degree has been shown to have a positiveimpact on engineers’ careers. Evidence shows that those with a master’s degree tend to stayabreast of changes in technology as well as ways to adapt to new technology.1 ABET has longencouraged continuing education.2 In 2007, the National Science Foundation sponsored the5XME workshop, which encouraged participants to discuss how to help US institutions trainstudents to become the best engineers in the world. One of the workshop’s recommendations wasto establish the master’s degree as an essential element of the field of engineering. “The mastersdegree should introduce engineering as a profession, and become the requirement forprofessional practice”3 and as

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Sunday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Reid Brown, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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First-Year Programs

-285, 2009.[10] A. M. Schmidt and R. P. DeShon, "Prior performance and goal progress as moderators of the relationship between self-efficacy and performance," Human Performance, vol. 22, pp. 191-203, 2009.[11] R. W. Lent, H.-B. Sheu, D. Singley, J. A. Schmidt, L. C. Schmidt, and C. S. Gloster, "Longitudinal relations of self-efficacy to outcome expectations, interests, and major choice goals in engineering students," Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol. 73, pp. 328-335, 2008.[12] R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and K. C. Larkin, "Self-efficacy in the prediction of academic performance and perceived career options," Journal of counseling psychology, vol. 33, p. 265, 1986.[13] R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and K. C

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Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Deana R. Delp, Arizona State University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

and development product engineer for Test Acuity Solutions. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Where Resources End and Teaching Begins: Experience with Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Freshman Engineering CurriculumAbstractA growing number of students diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are enrollingin science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curricula in college. This paper focuseson first year engineering students, and the importance of accommodating students with an ASDthrough their academic career. It is becoming more common to have a student with an ASD inthe classroom. Colleges have a variety of resources to

Collection

2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College

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Diversity

2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic SectionSpring Conference: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Apr 7 Paper ID #20826Illuminated Umbrella: An Engineering/Visual Arts Interdisciplinary Prod-uct DevelopmentDr. Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College Peter Stupak enjoyed a 22 year career in the optical-fiber manufacturing industry living and working in 7 countries where he held a variety of hands-on technical and business-management positions. Starting as a R&D Engineer, Peter became fascinated by how a manufacturing business operates and made succes- sive steps into engineering and manufacturing management

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair J. McDonald P.E., Western Illinois University; William F. Pratt, Western Illinois University; Il-Seop Shin, Western Illinois University; Khaled Zbeeb, Western Illinois University

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College Industry Partnerships

in May of 2011 and the program was ABET accredited in August of 2012. The School will add a separate Mechanical Engineering Degree in 2017. He has experienced a varied career in government, academia, and industry and has six patents for advanced composite materials.Dr. Il-Seop Shin, Western Illinois University Il-Seop Shin received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from California State Uni- versity, Fresno in 1997, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1999 and 2007, respectively. In 2007, he joined Biomedical Sensing and Signal Processing research center at the University of Mas- sachusetts Amherst, as a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University; Cameron Wesley Davis, Southern Methodist University; Laura A. Frazee, Southern Methodist University; Jennifer Diane Boehm, Southern Methodist University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

internationally over 30 years later, a wide variety of business experiences in international companies, and start up experiences that have helped him lead a very successful industry career. He holds a BS and ME in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. Currently he is using his technical business experiences to develop and run innovation and entrepreneurial programs for the Engineering Innovation Center, a 20,000 sq ft rapid prototyping facil- ity. These include Aggies Invent, TAMU iSITE, Inventeer, and Pop Up Classes. In addition, he mentors multiple entrepreneurial teams. He is also formerly the Chief Operating Officer for GroundFORCE, a company that specializes in a unique patented construction technology

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Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

programs exists at this time.References1. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, ABET, Inc., 2010.2. Definition of Team, BusinessDirectory, http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/team.html, accessed onFebruary 17, 2017.3. Miller, Beth, 7 Team Types That Make Business Possible, Business2Community, May 17, 2012,http://www.business2community.com/strategy/7-team-types-that-make-business-possible-0177106#EuOrRQ1UlZMj96IA.97, accessed on February 11, 2017.4. Meyer, Evan, What Different Types of Teams are in the Workplace? CAPSIM, July 14, 2015,http://www.capsim.com/blog/what-different-types-of-teams-are-in-the-workplace/, accessed on February 11, 2017.5. Ngo, Sheiresa, The 4 Types of Team Players: Which are you?, Money and Career

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kathryn B.H. Clancy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Princess Imoukhuede, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

endometrium in rural contexts. Recently she and her colleagues have empirically demonstrated the continued problem of sexual harassment and assault in the field sciences, and forthcoming results suggest a link between these experiences and the career trajectories of female scientists. She continues to perform research on issues of inclusion, identity, and diversity in science through collaborations with GAMES, the Committee for the Status of Women in Astronomy, and other organizations.Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ruby Mendenhall is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds joint faculty appointments in Sociology, African American Studies, Urban and

Conference Session

International Educational Experiences (2)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zaida M Gracia, Texas Tech University; Albert Sacco Jr., Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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International

1997, when he joined the faculty at Northeastern. He has consulted for numerous companies in the fields of catalysis, solid/gas contacting, zeolite synthesis and applications, and equipment design for space applications. Sacco has more than 192 publications (including book chapters) in the areas of carbon filament initiation and growth, transition metal and acid catalyst and their deactivation, and zeolite synthesis, and he has been the principal inves- tigator on more than $24 million in research grants. Using his space flight experience, Sacco has given more than 300 presentations to approximately 27,000 K-12 teachers and their students as a means to mo- tivate students to consider careers in science and

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisha B. Diggs, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Robert D, Scott, University of Michigan - College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

assessments were with regard to their feelings on the role PFF programming playedon their choice of academic career path, securing a job, and the initial transition from graduatestudent to faculty member.Of the aforementioned categories, alumni reported the most valuable interventions to be thementoring relationship and PFF interventions organized at their home institutions; site visits tocluster campuses closely followed. Most specifically, of value were the discussions withmentors on the faculty roles and responsibilities, balancing research, teaching, and service, andstructures of institutional governance; direct observation of cluster campus courses, facultymeetings, and strategies for teaching diverse student populations; and opportunities

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W Wait, Marshall University; Sameh M. El-Sayegh, American University of Sharjah; Salwa Mamoun Beheiry, The American University of Sharjah

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Engineering Economy

American University of Sharjah. He holds a Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Project Management from Texas A&M University, USA, and an M.S. in Construction Management from Texas A&M University, USA. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2006. Prior to his academic career, he worked in the construction industry in Greece & Yemen with Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) and in the US with the Morganti Group Inc. His areas of research and teaching interest are construction & project management, project control and construction contracting. He published over forty research papers in international reputed project management journals

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel

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Military and Veterans

of the top 13 engineering programs by US News and World Report for Universitiesthat offer a Master’s degree as the highest degree. Adapting to a growing student enrollmentwithin any college is difficult, particularly when competing against colleges/ universities thatreceive more funding and a progressive campus climate. Veterans who are leaving the militaryand considering a second career as well as some active duty students who are enhancing theirskillsets are a potential pool of students. These military and former military students canenhance the engineering education of traditional students as well. Colleges still desire to create adiverse student population and build an inclusive environment with all students to ensure theyfeel a part of

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession – and ASCE

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janey Camp P.E., Vanderbilt University; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers; Carolyn Sofman, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

differenttypes of infrastructure that civil engineers play a critical role in development of, but the ReportCard as well as the Game Changers (at times) can be used to challenge stereotypes aboutengineering as well as prompt exploration into careers that are associated with the differentinfrastructure types. Students may become interested in water quality or levees and begininvestigating the different types of engineering involved or even the different sub-disciplineswithin civil engineering that may be involved. For instance, in the creation of levees, civilengineers involved may have specializations in hydrology (environmental engineering), soilcompact-ability and soil types (geotechnical engineering), and the actual construction process ofthe levee

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne-Marie A Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Christopher Frayer, University of Wisconsin - Platteville

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

participate in this voluntary community. The dean of the collegeextends a personal invitation to each participant, department chairs support this effort by reinforcingthe message and arranging faculty teaching schedules to not conflict during the meeting times, and theNFLC activities are selected to directly benefit the participants’ careers at UW-Platteville. Participantsare encouraged to apply for internal start-up grants supporting retention of women andunderrepresented minorities, which exposes them to issues surrounding women in engineering. TheNFLC programming is developed in coordination with the College’s Women in Engineering Program. Thisintentional approach prepares new faculty to become allies in the retention effort. Work/life

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Actively Engaging Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Anita Jain

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New Engineering Educators

recent survey of over 1,000 Faculty Focus readers, 90% had an interestin learner-centered teaching articles (Bart, 2016).Therefore, in this paper, we propose that the long-term solution to this problem is to place facultymembers on a positive trajectory of using learner-centered techniques at the very start of theiracademic careers. One effective way to achieve success with this goal is to encourage andenable new faculty members to see for themselves that the benefits of active learning to bothstudents and instructors are real and that most perceived obstacles can be easily overcome. As acase study, we present the transformation of an introductory electrical and computer engineeringcourse on digital logic design from a passive (i.e., lecture

Conference Session

Integrity and the Problem of Cheating

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Ethics

a study looking at the perceptions of and experienceswith academic integrity that students bring with them post K-12, at the start of theirundergraduate engineering careers. It also provides a foundation to help track the evolution ofstudents’ perceptions of academic dishonesty as they progress through their studies.IntroductionEngineering work is performed within the context of a code of ethics. Codes of ethics are sharedby the different engineering professional societies, such as the American Society of CivilEngineers1, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2, and the National Society ofProfessional Engineers3, among others. It is therefore important to ensure that engineeringstudents are being prepared to act within the

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Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession – and ASCE

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Brian J. Swenty P.E., University of Evansville

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Civil Engineering

professional engineering license. Licensure carries with it responsibility,liability, and privileges that are a very important part of the engineer’s career. [2]Licensed professional engineers are the cornerstone of the civil engineering profession. One ofthe intended goals of the licensure process is to protect public health, safety, and welfare. [3] Itprovides society with a verifiable reason to trust the profession and an assurance that licensedengineers possess the knowledge and experience to practice. Unlike their engineering colleagueswho are employed in industries that assume product liability for their designs, engineers whooffer professional services are regulated by state licensure boards, laws, and regulations. [4]In most jurisdictions, the

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Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Student

competitive jobs and activities wheresituations for advancement often exist.There have been several programs implemented to provide hands-on activities in a way thatpromotes females’ sense of belonging, which have been studied by various researchers. Carlsonand Sullivan 12 found many females, in addition to other underrepresented populations, have beenapproached at middle school and high school level to take part in different hands on educationexperiences with a focus in computer science and coding tasks. The purpose of this was topromote STEM fields for a career path, which many of the female students would otherwise notconsider. In some cases, these programs provided them with female role models and femaleengineering mentors in order to help with

Conference Session

International Educational Experiences (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia B. Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Isabelle S. Crist, Vanderbilt University Global Education Office; Christopher J. Rowe, Vanderbilt University

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International

futurestudies in graduate or professional school or forego particular career choices7. The need to payoff need-based student loans can become a real barrier to a desire to teach, or practice medicinein an underserved community, or work in a nonprofit or service agency—among many othercareer choices8.Starting in fall 2009, our university eliminated need-based loans in financial aid packages,replacing them with grants and scholarships for the approximately 64% of undergraduates whodepend on some sort of financial support. Since its official fundraising launch the year before,the financial aid program has supported more than 8,900 undergraduate students. In the 2016-17academic year, the financial aid program is providing aid to 3,058 students. These

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession – and ASCE

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

for over 28 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA – including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Soci- ety of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initiatives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education). As ASCE’s Executive Vice President, Dr. Lenox led several educational

Conference Session

Development of Technical and Soft Skills in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-michel I. Maarek, University of Southern California

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Biomedical

relevant to working in the industry, but it was a pretty sudden change from the traditional lab structure… • More thinking and freedom, more interesting. • As a student with a job and limited time, I would definitely prefer "follow-the-steps" but as a future professional with a career, I feel I learned a lot more with the approach used in our labs. • I would prefer follow the steps laboratories. While I find that I am able to link the labs to the lecture material much better in these labs as opposed to follow the step ones, the labs this

Conference Session

International Research Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Michelle Hatfield, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Heather Elizabeth Lyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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International

for the Discover Abroad office. She is currently working on a Master’s degree in Public and International Affairs and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management with the expected graduate date of May 2017. Her focus is on community change and cultural democracy.Prof. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan R. Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

class will be to my future. I can see that this class will help me in every aspect of my life, whether that be in my career, as a father, or as a member of the community/church.” “When I signed up for this class I assumed that it would be an easy class that I wouldn’t really learn much from, in all honesty how can a class teach someone to become a better leader? Nevertheless, I can now see that just from the last two weeks of class I am already learning to be a better leader, not by giving presentations or taking charge of major groups and projects but instead by understanding myself better. Self-mastery is an essential step in developing leadership skills.” “To be honest I wasn’t

Conference Session

Technology and Design in Engaging and Analyzing Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Mark Stephen LaCour Jr., Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Richard A. Burgess II, Texas Tech University

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Engineering Ethics

both engineering students and practicing engineers. Additionally, he teaches an on-campus ethics course for undergraduate students. Burgess provides guest lectures on ethics throughout the Whitacre College of Engineering. Burgess has also worked to incorporate ethics into K-12 STEM education. The push to increase the number of students pursuing STEM careers needs to be accompanied by a sophisticated understanding of the complexity of technology. Ethics is a key part of this complexity and the next generation of STEM professionals will need the skills to effectively engage the ethical challenges they will face. Burgess is a regular presenter on incorporating ethics in a K-12 setting. A theme throughout these roles is

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 1: Instructional

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asefeh Kardgar, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Dawn Laux, Purdue University; Amelia Chesley, Purdue University; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Engineering Design Graphics

successful (when done well) methods of presenting complex and largedata sets to general audiences (Tufte, 1997; Smiciklas, 2012; Lankow, Ritchie, & Crooks, 2012).An ongoing proliferation of multimedia communication also means that visual literacy skillscontinue to grow more and more valuable for students and college graduates, and teaching theseskills is becoming important to multiple academic disciplines. Teaching visual literacy willideally help students to interpret the mass of visual media they encounter as young people, and inturn help them to apply and extend those critical skills within their future careers. Kibar andAkkoyunlu (2014) have discussed the use of infographics as a tool for teaching visual literacyskills. They found that

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Dylan Kollmer, Temple University; Robert Sambuca Irwin, Temple University; Saroj K. Biswas, Temple University; Walid Saad, Virginia Tech; Arif I. Sarwat, Florida International University; Li Bai, Temple University

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Electrical and Computer

, Wireless, and Security (NetSciWiS) laboratory, within the Wireless@VT research group. His research interests include wireless networks, game theory, cybersecurity, and cyber-physical systems. Dr. Saad is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2013, the AFOSR summer faculty fellowship in 2014, and the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in 2015. He was the author/co-author of five conference best pa- per awards at WiOpt in 2009, ICIMP in 2010, IEEE WCNC in 2012, IEEE PIMRC in 2015, and IEEE SmartGridComm in 2015. He is the recipient of the 2015 Fred W. Ellersick Prize from the IEEE Commu- nications Society. Dr. Saad serves as an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Conference Session

Engineering Identity

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Educational Research and Methods

courses’ active learning activities averaged an increase in competence from 6.8to 8.1 on a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the highest. Thus, not only does qualitative work supportsuch an increase, but it also directly links increases to the participation in active components ofthe course.Perceived Instrumentality – Identification of knowledge needed to develop students’ emergingengineering identities.While students found what parts of engineering they were competent at or not competent at, somestudents went further to identify what aspects of design they needed to learn more about for theirfuture careers. We can first see this in Marcus’ journal when he is asked about the aspects of designhe felt he is better or worse able to complete in the