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CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

reformation in general, and to the use of modern pedagogicalskills in particular. The paper also argues that any meaningful change in Region’s classroompractices today (dominated by traditional lecture-based methods) must be mandated andsupported by the university administration. What is necessary to create a change, is for thedepartment or college, to have a comprehensive and integrated set of components: clearlyarticulated expectations, opportunities for faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and anequitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies ofengagement. The theme advocated here is that

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International Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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International

reformation in general, and to the use of modern pedagogicalskills in particular. The paper also argues that any meaningful change in Region’s classroompractices today (dominated by traditional lecture-based methods) must be mandated andsupported by the university administration. What is necessary to create a change, is for thedepartment or college, to have a comprehensive and integrated set of components: clearlyarticulated expectations, opportunities for faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and anequitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies ofengagement. The theme advocated here is that

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

academics withvocational coursework. The VTCs that have partnered with ASCEND specialize inenvironmental education and green careers workforce training. They also support service-basedlearning opportunities with local employers through the Santa Cruz County Regional OccupationProgram (ROP). ROP centers, such as the Natural Bridges Green Career center, receive fundingfrom the California Department of Education for programs that include career and workforcepreparation for high school students and adults, preparation for advanced workforce developmentand training, and upgrading of existing vocational skills. Given the focus of these particularVTCs on “green careers” they are encouraged by California Governor Brown’s recent (2013)signature on SB X 1-2

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Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole M Yates, National Society of Black Engineers; Barry Nagle, Evaluation and Action Research Associates

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

study to focus on chapter activities in the collegiate demographic. Participants in thisstudy, which utilized surveys and existing NSBE data, included student chapter leaders as well asadvisors (minority engineering program directors, engineering college faculty). Four majorquestions guided the survey design: 1. What are the characteristics of each chapter? 2. What activities do the chapters engage in, by type? 3. What assessment methods do the chapters employ to track success? 4. What outcomes are the chapters achieving, by type?The outcomes of interest directly align with NSBE’s 2025 strategic goal to graduate 10,000black engineers annually and include GPA, engineering program retention, graduation rate

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noel Kathleen Hennessey, The University of Arizona; Rebecca Primeau, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

developmental spaces our students share. Wedo this by supporting academic foundations in engineering, promoting community responsibility,and teaching principles of leadership. Our programming model includes cohort-style engineeringcoursework, bi-weekly course reviews, and a collaborative service-learning project in whichsecond-year students are project managers and first-year students are team members.The Engineering Leadership Community started as a retention strategy in 2009. Students who donot integrate socially and academically into their institution of higher learning are more likely todepart from college before earning a degree (1). In fact, student engagement can actuallycompensate for academic under preparedness, giving students the opportunity

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

kinds, the fraction of respondents who are female isabout 10% and quite stable across the range from 18 to 45. Among high-school students Page 26.1738.3the fraction of girls with an explicit interest in IT is over 30%, see Figure 1. This findingimplies that women, who chose IT as a specialty at the University stay in the profession.However, although many girls demonstrate an interest in IT area they do not choose acareer in IT. Why and where have all the girls gone? Percent  of  women  in  IT  by  agegroup   35   30   %  Women

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); DeLois Kijana Crawford, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wendy A. Dannels, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID)

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

credibility or respect 13, 19; andlack of mentoring and/or sponsorship by a senior colleague. 11, 13, 18, 20These findings from the faculty climate survey, objective data review, and benchmarking laid theground work for the successful submission and subsequent funding of the National ScienceFoundation Institutional Transformation (IT) grant. The AdvanceRIT (NSF Award #1209115project was implemented in 2012. The objectives of this project are to: 1. Refine and strengthen targeted institutional structures, and install practices that promoting representation and advancement of women faculty. 2. Improve the quality of women faculty work life, professional development, and incentive/reward structures. 3. Align institutional

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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L Lo, Virginia Tech; Kacie J. Hodges PE, Virginia Tech Dept of Engineering Education; Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Women Engineers (SWE) and is the Faculty Adviser for SWE at VT. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Expanded Advice from Coordinators of Large­Enrollment First  Year Engineering Courses   Abstract  This paper expands upon the coordination experiences and best practices of faculty coordinators within the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, some of whom have been  1​managing large enrollment introductory engineering courses for several years​ .   Since 2012, enrollment has increased from 1200+ to 1700+ students.  In fall 2013, the courses

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

instruments in lab settings, 59% hadno experience with traditional instruments as part of in-class instruction, and 72% never used amobile devicei. The developed curriculum materials are being piloted in a variety of instructionalsettings including classrooms, labs, practicum experiences, and a combination of graded andnon-graded experiences. Over 250 students were offered experiential engineering modules in theFall of 2014, almost 500 in the Spring of 2015, and an additional 500 in the Fall of 2015. (SeeAppendix Tables 1 and 2 for a more detailed description of students.) It is anticipated, that bythe end of the planned grant over 2200 students enrolled in HBCUs will have had the opportunityto participate in experientially based learning using the

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Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian A. Burt, Iowa State University; Alade S McKen, Iowa State University; Jordan Anthony Burkhart, Iowa State University; Jennifer Hormell, Iowa State University; Alec James Knight, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

advisor-advisee relationship: Implications for engineering research, policy, and practiceRacial microaggressions within the advisor-advisee relationship: Implications for engineering research, policy, and practice The underrepresentation of Black men in engineering highlights a missing segment of thepopulation who could contribute to the knowledge economy.1 An increase in Black men inengineering could lead to an increase in Black faculty members – and in general, role models –who could teach and inspire future generations of students in science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM). To address this national concern, stakeholders must first identifyprevailing issues such as racial microaggressions

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 26.774.4Challenge and Course Layout The context for the two-week course was learning to program a mobile robot that wouldsimulate the search and discovery mission underway to find missing Malaysian Airlines flight470. Students began by learning how to get their robots to navigate around a circular trackformed by yellow masking tape on a gray foam mat as shown in Figure 1. Along the yellowcircle was checkered black and white masking tape, which served as an encoder to allow thestudents to detect how far their robots traveled. The students also learned how to avoid collidingwith other robots on the track using sensors and learned how to detect depths using sensors. Inthe center of the course was cardboard bent at different angles to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tia Jackson-Truitt; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

doctor, for atleast 30 to 40 years, is usually “When was the date of your last period?”.While the picture is bleak for women, whose representation in U.S. engineering programs hasbeen around 18% for at least the past decade, it is even bleaker for African-American students,whose representation is in the single digits: around 6.5% at our institution, and an average of 4%nationally.Research on URMs has generally focused on students who leave engineering and what causedtheir departure. For example, Marra et al.2 shows students of both genders tend to drop out ofengineering primarily for two reasons: 1) the curriculum is too challenging and the quality ofteaching too poor, and 2) students don’t believe they belong. Ohland et al.3, 4 present an

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Gordon Thomas Beverly III, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

range of ways. These skills canimprove their academic performance by allowing for investigation, comprehension andcommunication of ideas, problem solving, as well as furthering understanding of concepts7. Theability to discuss topics with faculty and other classmates provides a chance to extend knowledgeto others and receive it as well. Students can grapple with ideas, share thoughts, enrichunderstanding and solve problems through basic communication practices7.Communication skills and insights form an important basis for employability8. Employers haveshown that potential hires who show effective oral communication are much more desired.Figure 1 shows a breakdown of a survey done asking employers what qualities they believed tobe the most

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2013 and has been ongoingfor seven semesters, including summers. Initially the program primarily supported basic researchprojects. However, in 2014 two distinct mechanisms were established, one that supported basicresearch and another that supported projects focused on technology or product development. Applications are considered from student/faculty teams. Proposals are divided into 3sections: 1) research description, 2) student background and 3) mentoring plan. The proposalsare solicited every semester, including summer, and reviewed (by a faculty panel and the collegedean) for quality and impact with special attention to the mentoring plan. Although the programgenerally places the onus of formation of these teams on the student, the

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Hum, Cañada College; Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

differences in the program outcomes forminority and non-minority students. Comparisons will be based on student retention and successrates in subsequent math courses, pre- and post-program math self-efficacy survey, and surveysthat assess satisfaction with the program and student perception and knowledge of resources andskills needed for academic success.1. IntroductionWith the increasing demand for a skilled and technically savvy workforce in the United States,addressing retention problems in the first two years of college is a promising and cost-effectivestrategy to address this need. A recent Committee on STEM Education National Science andTechnology Council report Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics(STEM) Education 5-Year

Conference Session

Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gerhard Sonnert, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Philip Michael Sadler, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

fully investigated. A greater number of talentedengineers is needed, and understanding how to increase diversity in engineering through out-of-school experiences affect choices of engineering careers will contribute to improving the typesand numbers of engineers entering the workforce to meet the challenges of the 21st century.In this paper, we used the lens of possible selves to address the following research questions: 1)How do students’ out-of-school high school experiences affect students' engineering identitynow and in the future?; 2) Are these experiences different by gender?; and 3) How doesengineering identity now and in the future predict students’ choice of engineering in college?MethodsThe data for this study come from the Outreach

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Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley Davidson, University of Denver; Corinne Shirley Lengsfeld, University of Denver; Bernard Chao, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11375Providing ME Students Opportunities to Enroll in Law School CoursesDr. Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver Dr. Matt Gordon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. His research areas include numerical and experimental plasma physics, chemical and physical vapor depo- sition, electronic packaging, and bio-medical engineering. He has supervised to completion 26 MSME students and 5 PhD students. Publications include 1 book chapter, 32 journal publications, 47 refereed conference proceedings, 29 non-refereed publications, and 27 non-refereed presentations. He is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

disciplines to successfully apply the results of basicresearch to long-standing global challenges such as epidemics, natural disasters and the searchfor alternative energy sources.”1 Clearly, the global preparedness of engineering students isbecoming an important educational outcome and is a natural extension to recent concerns by anumber of national commissions and scholars, who have also noted the impact of globalizationand the implication for continued U.S. economic leadership.2,3,4Hence, the purpose of our collaboration is to comprehensively study the various ways that wecan better educate globally prepared graduates given an already crowded curriculum.Specifically, we aim to better understand how the various international experiences both in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

exclusive excellenceThe institutional context of this action research was a comprehensive undergraduate institution inthe Western United States, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly).Cal Poly’s many successes have created a traditional culture of exclusive excellence. Like many“successful” universities, entry and graduation highly favor those who have a wealth of historicaladvantages--this is particularly true for what is traditionally called “STEM”--Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math. These exclusive dynamics show up as gaps in access(Figure 1) as well as an apparent “achievement gap” with respect to students who aretraditionally underrepresented in STEM and other majors (Figure 2). At Cal Poly, this

Conference Session

Distance Learning in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Wendel, Sinclair Community College; Larraine A. Kapka, Sinclair Community College

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

districts across Ohio preparing students for STEM career and college endeavors.Larraine A. Kapka, Sinclair Community College Assistant Dean and Professor, Sinclair Community College MSME, MS Ind Mgt, PE (Ohio) Over 20 years industry experience 15 years higher education experience c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Virtual Online Tensile Strength Testing SimulationAbstractSupported through NSF-DUE, this TUES Type 1 project is 1) developing an open source,virtual, online tensile testing laboratory simulation; 2) conducting research to compare the costsand learning outcomes for using on-site, hands-on tensile testing equipment versus an onlinesimulation; 3) creating close industry

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

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Tina Smilkstein, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

difference in a student’s experience. Again, the direct methodis the most visible technique to stop bad actions so, yet again, I am preaching visibility.My interest in using visibility (or “getting the ball rolling”) is to protect and support students thatare underrepresented, or feel less than for some reason. One person showing support can make alarge difference in the experience of a student.Below are some experiences from my department and school around visibility.ANECDOTE 1: RACIST EVENTS (Lack of protection)The lack of visible, swift and meaningful response by our school in response to, among otherthings, racist events, in many cases hurt students more than the events themselves. Theperpetrator of one of the events was removed from the school

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mandy Biggers, Penn State University; Leigh Ann Haefner, Penn State University - Altoona; Jonathan Bell

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

integration. “One of the biggest educational challenges for K-12 STEM education is that few general guidelines or models exist for teachers to followregarding how to teach using STEM integration approaches in their classroom4” (p. 32). This project explored how five elementary classroom teachers integrated scienceand engineering in their classrooms while piloting engineering curriculum. Our specificresearch questions were:1. How do teachers integrate science units with engineering design units? a. What aspects of the curriculum or content do they struggle with? b. What do teachers feel most influenced their implementation in terms of their instructional goals or learning outcomes?2. How does the instructional sequence

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part I: Artifacts for Creative Pedagogy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Alec Roberto Zavala, California Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

courses. Other applications have included constructing structuralmodels for structural design and capstone courses. This paper takes this use of classroomtechnology even further by demonstrating how K’nex pieces can be used effectively in an upper-division, highly technical structural dynamics / seismic design course.K’nex pieces consist of various rods and connectors as shown in Figure 1. The rods areingeniously sized such that right triangles are naturally formed. While one size of rod forms thesides of a triangle, the next size up forms the hypotenuse. The pattern continues as the rodschange colors and triangles get progressively larger. The connectors allow rods to be joined at45 and 90 degree angles in various configurations. Some connectors

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Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R.F.A. Hamilton, Siena Heights University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineers and non-engineers. Engineering faculty needto push for inclusion in the liberal arts core of their universities. Exposing those from otherfields of study to engineering broadens their knowledge base. The grand challenges facingengineering are going to require collaboration with those from other fields to solve. Engineeringas a liberal arts exposes others to the principles of engineering and well enable the types ofcollaborations needed to solve these problems.Bibliography[1] Abelson, Paul. The seven liberal arts: a study in mediæval culture. Vol. 11. Teachers' College, ColumbiaUniversity, 1906.[2]Adner, R., & Kapoor, R. “Innovation ecosystems and the pace of substitution: Re‐examining technology S‐curves.” Strategic Management Journal

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Education, 2016 Military Veteran Students’ Pathways in Engineering Education (Year 2)AbstractGiven the diverse backgrounds of veterans, their increasing numbers, and the growing nationaldemand for engineers, the timing is ideal to study the conditions under which student veteranspursue engineering education and the factors that support their success. This project aims toaddress gaps in the literature on student veterans in engineering through a comparative casestudy across four institutions: University of San Diego (USD), North Carolina State University(NCSU), Purdue University, and Clemson University. Our research questions include:1. Why do veterans pursue a Bachelor’s degree in

Conference Session

SDR & Programming in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

inputs. The Bluetooth adaptor creates awireless serial port and the Android app retrieves the desired sensor information, formats thedata into a byte stream, and transmits it via the Bluetooth link. The app development is done inthe App Inventor platform, which is based on a visual programming environment and can bequickly learned. Students can easily develop basic, functional apps and create a customized I/Omodule that can be incorporated into microcontroller, digital systems, or embedded systemsprojects.1. Introduction1.1 Motivation The input devices of a computer system are peripherals to take user command, such asswitches and keypad, and sensors to measure environmental conditions, such a barometer and anaccelerometer. In the computer

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Education Programs in BME

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha L McCarthy, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Reed T. Bjork, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Tasnia Tabassum, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John P Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Diversity

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Biomedical

a Communication Tracking Survey and to complete an anonymous exit surveyregarding their experience. We received a 95% response rate in the Communication TrackingSurvey (Figure 1) and a 70% response rate to the exit survey. The mentee’s completed a similarexit survey with a 41% response rate. 5.0% In person mentor-mentee meeting 28.4% Emails exchanged between mentee and mentor 50.0% Mentee did not respond to the mentor Mentor did not respond to survey 16.5% Figure 1: Results of mentor and mentee

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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saviniano Samuel Perez, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering of the National Academies.Challenge 1- Provide access to clean wateri.Desert environments such as the Sonoran desert where the large city of Phoenix is settled haswater challenges. Phoenix is primarily served by the Salt River Project from the Salt and Verdewater sheds and Central Arizona Project canal system which draws from the Colorado River.Engineers have a challenge to make water access viable and sustainable to a continuing growingmegapolis in the desert.Challenge 2- Engineer better medicinesii.Pathogens become resistant to therapeutic drugs from natural selection. Drug resistant strainssurvive to infect the host and can become resistant to multiple kinds of drugs. Novel solutionssuch as personalized medicine which target the DNA of

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment & Professional Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University; Diane L Peters, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

, newsletters, andmagazines, as they attempt to attract new members, retain existing members, and draw membersinto taking an active role in the society. As an example, a President’s Message in the IEEEMicrowave Magazine set out both tangible and non-tangible benefits of IEEE membership, withtangible benefits including the society’s magazine, discounts on journals, standards, andconference registration, career-related resources, and group life insurance.1 Non-tangible benefitsincluded the ability to hold office, professional development and networking opportunities, andthe ability to influence the direction taken by the society.1 One of IEEE’s divisions, the ControlSystems Society, published a similar President’s Message in the IEEE Control

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Benneyan, Northeastern University; Corey Balint, Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute at Northeastern University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

implementing a change, or when dealing with a complicated medicalcondition, such as sepsis, the clinician can help guide and inform the engineering team’sapproach. The clinician, in-turn, also learns how systems engineers approach problems anddevelop solutions. Clinicians embedded on the engineering team can interact with the cliniciansat the healthcare site to more fully understand the specific clinical implications of engineeringdecisions so we make most effective solutions early on in the iterative process Figure 1 provides an overview of the center and a visual representation of itsrelationship with the healthcare industry. The center takes what is learned in the academicsetting and sets out to apply it in healthcare systems. While great