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Capstone Design Courses I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa M. Del Torto, Northwestern University; Bruce Ankenman, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Northwestern University; Trevor Harty, Northwestern University; Penny L. Hirsch, Northwestern University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

, Northwestern University Trevor is an undergraduate psychology major with a minor in business institutions and a certificate in marketing. Over the course of his Northwestern career he has conducted research for and served as a coauthor on numerous psychology and other social science studies.Dr. Penny L. Hirsch, Northwestern University Penny L. Hirsch, Professor of Instruction and Associate Director of the Cook Family Writing Program at Northwestern University, teaches classes in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Mc- Cormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. She was Northwestern’s first Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer and played a key role in developing Design Thinking and

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Capstone Design Courses II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University; Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Design in Engineering Education

emphasizes onacquiring soft skills besides the engineering concepts such as professional code of conduct,report writing, and team management. These skills are critical in todays emerging globaleconomies for a successful engineering career. With this in mind, the purpose of the course is toequip the students with technical and non-technical professional skills that could be implementedon engineering design problems, while working in a global team with different dynamics. For thestudents, to be successful in the course, they have to develop and sharpen skills in organization,time management, self-discipline, and technical writing, while working as a strong teammember.At the end of the school year, the capstone design course concludes with a one-day

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

public policy, assessing stakeholder needs and desires, resource analysis, and collective impact engagement. Currently, he is working closely with several local and national organizations to research and rally opposition against the transfer of federal public lands to state governance.Dr. Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah Dr. Steven J. Burian is an associate professor in the Urban Water Group in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Utah. Dr. Burian’s career spans more than a decade during which he has worked in design engineering, as a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a profes- sor at the University of Arkansas and the University of Utah, and as a director of

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But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

this ratherunpleasant situation, how may young faculty members of the Arab Gulf Region,overcome these difficulties and survive in this maelstrom of indecisiveness anduncertainty? What is the role of the institution in assisting young faculty inovercoming the initial hurdles at the start of their journey?The paper addresses issues and concerns that beset the majority of young engineeringfaculty in the Arab Gulf Region at the start of their academic career, and argues thatthe introduction, early on, of “well thought out” professional development strategiesof engineering educators would raise their self-confidence as teachers and help inequipping them with the tools they need in disseminating knowledge in theclassroom. This does not mean that

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Exploring Student Affairs, Identities, and the Professional Persona

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Najla Mouchrek, Virginia Tech ; Liesl M Baum, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Student Persistence Through Uncertainty Toward Successful Creative PracticeAbstract: To increase creative practice among students in engineering and other

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Focus on Faculty Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Mel Chua, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

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Continuing Professional Development

Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include engineering design education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), student preparation for post-graduation careers, and innovations in research-to-practice.Mel Chua, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Mel is an engineering education researcher with a focus on hacker/maker culture and faculty development. She is also an electrical and computer engineer and an order-20 all-pole auditory low-pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 250Hz.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University Stephanie Cutler has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her dissertation

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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida; Navid Khoshavi, University of Central Florida; Steven D. Pyle, University of Central Florida; John Edison, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

experiencesthrough their virtual course platform. The purpose of UNED’s virtual course platform is toreduce the evaluation workload of NetServicesOS courses, especially for practical activities,using an automatic evaluation system 7. UNED has extended the e-learning platform (aLF) by Table 1: Contemporary approaches for hierarchical technology enabled STEM delivery whereby each {,- } indicates relative {strength, limitation}. Service Remediation via Career Content Exam Exam Grade Rigorous Project

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Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Thomas Quigley, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Kathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

 engineering students not seeing the value of reflection, especially in relation to their engineering courses and future career. When students do not see the value of reflection, they may not take it seriously, which in turn makes it difficult for educators to incorporate reflection activities in classrooms. Some educators related this problem to the idea that reflection may be new to many engineering students and because students have not done it before [e.g. Arizona State University FG08, Bellevue College FG07, Bellevue College FG10, Clarkson University FG01]. Educators employed different techniques to help students see the value of reflection and below we present the more salient tips:   Provide clear description.​  Many

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

interdisciplinary 7-pt, 1-7 1/3/5 knowledge for future career Concern for Others13 Analyze Belief in importance of stakeholders and non- 7-pt, 1-7 5 technical issues in engineering design Professional Sense of moral obligation to help others using 7-pt, 1-7 4 Connectedness one’s professional skills Global Work Interest Interest in working on projects outside the U.S. 7-pt, 1-7 1 during career* The lowest number of items in common (listed first) was used in this paper

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Ethics Instruction in Context: Civil and Construction Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

over a 19-year teaching career and among the lowest courseratings in the department. The average departmental overall course rating is 4.8. A few studentsrated the course adequate; four students rated the course at a 4 or 5. Students’ expectations werelow; the “personal interest before enrolled” average rating was 2.1 / 6 (median 2.0); the lowestseen in the department. The average amount of time that students reported spending on thecourse (including class) was 7-9 hours per week; that is appropriate to an upper-divisionengineering course that meets 2 hours per week with an expectation of 2 to 3 hours of outsidework per week per credit hour (6 to 8 hours, by that estimate). The median was only 4-6 hours,and this may be why some students did

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Nilsen, Purdue Center for Regional Development; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Edward F. Morrison, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

worked for Telesis, a corporate strategy consulting firm. In this position, he served on consulting teams for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Volvo, and General Electric. He conducted manufacturing cost studies in the U.S., Japan, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Sweden, and France. Ed started his professional career in Washington, D.C., where he has served as a legislative assistant to an Ohio Congressman, staff attorney in the Federal Trade Commission, and staff counsel in the US Senate. He holds a BA degree cum laude with honors from Yale University and MBA and JD degrees from the University of Virginia.Mr. Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell Phil Weilerstein is the President and CEO of VentureWell (formerly NCIIA). Phil began

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

implications for both faculty members and students. Important questions to considerin future studies include the following: What are other gender-based differences among faculty?Are women more likely to be placed in teaching versus research roles? What is the impact ofwomen being in more teaching-centered positions? How does this impact the careers of femalefaculty members? Should there be an increased emphasis on the value of teaching for faculty?Are there differences in student performance based off of instructor gender?AcknowledgementThe authors gratefully acknowledge support of this work by the National Science Foundationunder Grant No. 1524527.References1. Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. (1996). Navigating the bumpy road to student-centered

Conference Session

Online, Hybrid, and other Virtual Learning Environments

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brittany Paige Mihalec-Adkins, Purdue University; Nathan M. Hicks, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Peter Bermel, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

from silicon for photovoltaics, and comparing to theoretical predictions * Explaining key physical effects influencing selective thermal emitters in order to achieve high performance thermophotovoltaic systemsDr. Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Krishna Madhavan is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. He is Co-PI and Education Director of the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnol- ogy (nanoHUB.org which serves over 330,000 global researchers and learners annually). Dr. Madhavan was the Chair of the IEEE/ACM Supercomputing Education Program 2006. In January 2008, he was awarded the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for

Conference Session

Classroom Practice I: Active and Collaborative Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dawn Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew Jackson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

commitment to your academic career based on the followingstatements: (Range: Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree) 1. I would be happy to spend the rest of my academic career at this institution. 2. I feel that my academic institution's problems are my own. 3. I feel like "part of the family" at my academic institution. 4. I feel emotionally attached to my academic institution. 5. Taking classes at my academic institution has a great deal of personal meaning for me. 6. I feel a strong sense of belonging to my academic institution.Turnover Intention ScalePlease indicate your level of agreement for each of the following statements as they pertain toyour institution: (Range: Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree) 1. I am

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Amy Huynh, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Totonto

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Hart Center for Engineering Leadership has a dual mandateMethodist for career development and college-wide leadership development.University (2010) SMU embeds its learning in first and final year design courses, and offers assessments to every single incoming freshman.Rice University The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) offers a(2010) certificate in engineering leadership that is a combination of coursework, experiential labs, an internship and a final presentation. RCEL experimenting with a course on leadership coaching in partnership with the business school and in the process of developing a professional master’s degree in

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Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American So- ciety of Engineering Education, holds membership in a number of organizations and presently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Citizen Engineering: Disrupting Expertise in Classroom and CommunityAbstractA new engineering course at a large land-grant university seeks to introduce non

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Education Programs in BME

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Biomedical

environment, in additionto formal instruction on the use of methodical approaches to observe, interview, and identifyand prioritize user needs, will thoroughly prepare students to identify not only potentialopportunities, but also the requirements and constraints imposed by users and theirenvironment.3. Program StructureInterdisciplinary Medical Product Design courseIn 2014, the Bioengineering Clinical Immersion summer program was launched with nine risingseniors. Applicants were accepted on the basis of GPA, career goals, and potential for success.Some preference was given to students enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Medical Product Designcourse over the traditional senior design capstone sequence. The IMPD course is a two-semestermedical

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

and can contribute, you are Come with skills immediately in.” “You have to be assertive… that is how we see who is Assert yourself Integration really interested and who is just hanging around.” “When different people come together there is a Insert yourself sorting. If you can’t hang with the group, you don’t stick around.” “40+ hours per week is fine; the experience launches Give us your all careers.” Ethos of Commitment

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2A: Using Alternative Measurements to Look at Students and Their Success

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nick Tatar, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lauren Van Beek, University of St. Thomas; Laura Ann Lilienkamp, Smith College

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

the activities students participated in involved social interaction. Toincrease the quality of data in this vector mini-classes that involved everyday interpersonalinteraction were not included. Going to an event with friends or learning from peers and mentorswas considered everyday interaction, and was thus excluded. Activities in this category includereading books, participating in career fairs, participating in diversity and leadership training, andseeing plays. Participating in these activities pushes students to have a deeper understanding ofthe world and their peers and how to interact with them than everyday interactions.Managing EmotionsManaging emotions involved activities that were specifically structured to give students tools

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SDR & Programming in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley G. Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park; Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Shuvra Bhattacharyya, University of Maryland, College Park, and Tampere University of Technology; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #14455An Application-based Learning Approach to C Programming Concepts andMethods for EngineersProf. Wesley Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park Prof. Lawson has earned five degrees from the University of Maryland, including a Ph,D, in Electrical Engineering in 1985. In his professional career at College Park, where he has been a full professor since 1997, he has worked on high-power microwave devices, medical devices, and engineering education. He is an author or coauthor on 5 books and over 70 refereed journal articles and 200 conference presentations and publications.Mr. Stephen Douglas Secules

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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Penn State University Erie, The Behrend College; Joseph Wilck, United States Air Force Academy; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University Erie, The Behrend College

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy

members expressed apressing need for students to be exposed to business planning, financial statements and financialratio analysis with special emphasis on understanding how engineering project decisions impactcompany financial statements1.Shortly after the initial work was carried out to incorporate changes in the engineering economycourse to address the key concerns of the advisory boards, the Penn State University Presidentcalled upon faculty members to put special emphasis on developing business skills in allstudents. The university president called upon the faculty to “Invent Penn State: Let’s turndiscoveries into a great economy, together.”2 The president put forth a $30 million investmentin economic development and student career success

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Online, Hybrid, and other Virtual Learning Environments

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology); Tsu-Chiang Lei P.E., Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Information, Feng Chia University; Tien-Yin Chou, GIS Research Center, Feng Chia University, Taiwan; Yi-Min Huang, GIS Reserach Center, Feng Chia University; Srinivasa Raju Kolanuvada, Anna University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

GeographicInformation Systems (GIS). The proposed framework helps realize the ultimate goal of nurturingGIS/Geo-Informatics students with advanced geospatial skills while contributing to enhancedcritical thinking and problem solving skills due to the interactive delivery of modules. The‘interactive’ nature of the framework allows the transition from conventional methods that arepassive and uni-directional to active learning through involvement driven by the event-responsemechanism. As a result, GIS academic programs can give advanced state-of-the-art training totheir students, thereby increasing their graduation rates, employability, and overall career success.This paper delineates some of the common examples employed in geospatial education andelaborates with

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah ; Hessam Tavakoldavani, University of Utah; Pedro Romero, University of Utah; Michael E. Barber, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #16217Developing Global Learning Outcomes in a Civil Engineering ProgramDr. Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Dr. Steve Burian is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah. Dr. Burian’s career spans two decades during which he has worked in design engineering, as a sci- entist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a professor at the University of Arkansas and the University of Utah, and as a co-founder of Harit Solutions, an engineering design and sustainability consulting firm in India. He has research and teaching expertise related to the engineering of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan W. Krauss, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Cem Karacal, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

9 .Some have suggested that strategies to improve retention in the first year include hands-onengineering projects 10,11 and real-world experience 12 . Participation in co-ops increasesself-efficacy which is reported to improve retention; albeit co-op experiences do not usually occuruntil after the first year 8 .Other researchers argue that student’s pathways through engineering are guided by theiridentification with engineering rather than a homogeneous curriculum acting like a pipeline 13 . Inessence, freshman engineering retention might be improved by stronger identification withengineering careers 14 . Studies have shown positive results from efforts in career planning 15 anddeveloping a better understanding of what engineers do 14

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Facilitating Student Success and Inclusion

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saryn R. Goldberg, Hofstra University; Jennifer Rich, Hofstra University; Amy Masnick, Hofstra University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Cassandra J McCall, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teach- ing practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Miss Cassandra Jo Groen

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International Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Lum, University of Washington; Stephanie Gardner, University of Washington; Cathryne Jordan, University of Washington; Matthew Dunbabin, Queensland University of Technology

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Diversity

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International

Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and his PhD from the Queensland University of Technology. He started his pro- fessional career in 1995 as a project engineer at Roaduser Research International, and following his PhD joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in the Autonomous Systems Laboratory. At CSIRO he held various roles including Principal Research Scientist, project leader and the Robotics Systems and Marine Robotics team leader before moving to QUT in 2013. A strong advocate of robotic systems in civilian applications, Dr Dunbabin is involved in a number of initia- tives aimed at promoting, educating and

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren E. Donohoe, Department of Electrical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University ; Julio Urbina, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Tim Kane, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Sven G. Bilén P.E., The Pennsylvania State University - University Park

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

educators, we not only need to convey information, but must alsoprovide students with different learning styles and diverse backgrounds the means to develop theskills required for a broad range of career paths, from teaching and research to design, industryand production.8 Three of the most important abilities for engineers — logical reasoning, critical thinking, andproblem solving — are some of the toughest to teach. In addition to these abilities, developing acommand of electromagnetics requires the ability to visualize and manipulate fields and vectorsin three dimensions, making this subject one of the most difficult to teach within the field ofengineering.9 Usually, individuals who are highly educated in the subject, such as instructors,have

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy L. Hermundstad, Virginia Tech; Thomas E. Diller, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies. Matusovich has authored a book chapter, 10 journal manuscripts and more than 50

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott W Campbell, University of South Florida; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida; Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

lead, in turn,to an increased number of students who will pursue careers in engineering or other STEM fields.One means to accomplish this is through the National Science Foundation’s ResearchExperiences for Teachers (RET) program5, which seeks to develop collaborative relationshipsbetween pre-service and in-service K12 STEM teachers, community college faculty and theengineering research community, with the goal of allowing STEM teachers to translateuniversity-gained knowledge and research experiences into their classrooms. This paper reportson an ongoing (2014-2016) RET project at the University of South Florida (USF).Our approach to developing a high quality RET professional development experience for STEMteachers is based on our beliefs that

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth (Part 2)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

designed to consist of four sections. The traditional PBL teachingstrategies are utilized with some expansion in key areas that we felt were missing in the long termgoals of most summer STEAM programs, specifically, making the connection to a job, career,major, or field of study. Based on this thinking, a learning block is composed of the followingsections as can be seen below:Learning blocks are then strung together to create a much more dynamic program for a week longsetting such as the one seen below:The order of a learning block is important. The first portion is specifically tailored to give realworld careers, jobs, majors, fields of study that engage the learner upfront. These examplesdemonstrate what concepts we are about to teach and how