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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Xingwu Wang; Bruce B. Rosenthal; Casey J. Busch; Jeff Porter; John L. Cusack

Development as a Catalyst for Curriculum Change towards Education for Sustainable Development: an Output Perspective,” Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 26, (2012), pp. 28-36. 5. C. M. Bacon, D. Mulvaney, T. B. Ball, E. M. DuPuis, S. R. Gliessman, R. D. Lipschutz, and A. Shakouri, “The Creation of an Integrated Sustainability Curriculum and Student Praxis Projects,” International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 12, (2011), pp. 193-208. 6. G. Muller-Christ, S. Sterling, R, Van Dam-Mieras, M. Adomβent, D. Fischer, and M. Rieckmann, “The role of Campus, Curriculum, and Community in Higher Education for Sustainable Development – a conference Report,” Journal of

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Teaching and Learning Strategies II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matias Recabarren, Universidad de los Andes; Claudio Alvarez, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de los Andes; María Ignacia Díaz, Universidad de los Andes

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Educational Research and Methods

education:administrators’ perspectives on integrating inquiry pedagogy into the curriculum. Higher education, 58(6), 841-855.[18] Fee, S. B., & Holland-Minkley, A. M. (2010). Teaching computer science through problems, not solutions.Computer Science Education, 20(2), 129–144.[19] Qiu, M., & Chen, L. (2010). A problem-based learning approach to teaching an advanced software engineeringcourse. In Education Technology and Computer Science (ETCS), 2010 Second International Workshop on (Vol. 3,pp. 252-255). IEEE.[20] Case, J. M., & Light, G. (2011). Emerging methodologies in engineering education research. Journal ofEngineering Education, 100(1), 186–210.[21] Novak, G.M., Patterson, E.T., Gavrin, A.D., & Christian, W. (1999). Just-in-Time Teaching

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Amro El Badawy; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Nazli Yesiller

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Civil Engineering

events. Ethics and systems thinking are integrated in the course.Technical aspects include crystallography, phase diagrams, microstructures, processingtechniques, and nanotechnology. MATE 232 is a required undergraduate course for all MaterialsEngineering students. During the term that this exercise was conducted, 51 students wereenrolled in MATE 232.The overall framework for the exercise was to first provide a focused lecture related to theenvironmental fate and toxicity of nanomaterials to the participating students from both classes.Then an assignment was provided to the CE 587 students to develop suggestions for responsiblemanufacturing of nanomaterials. Next, these suggestions were provided to the MATE 232students as an assignment. The MATE

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Mark Kennedy, University of Portland; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland

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International Forum

. This summer program has been offered everyother summer through 2012 and then, due to student demand, we switched to offering theprogram every year. A cohort of between 15 to 25 students from across the engineeringmajors completes two courses during the six weeks, a core curriculum liberal arts course andeither engineering statistics or engineering economics. The latter engineering courses arerequired for all of the engineering majors and can be taken as an elective by the computerscience majors. The students are typically rising juniors though we occasionally allow risingseniors and rising sophomores to participate. An engineering faculty member accompanies thecohort and several technical and cultural excursions are included in the

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Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

for certain conditions or cases. In addition, Hsieh has developedan Integrated Virtual Learning System for Programmable Logic Controller (Virtual PLC). Thisweb-based system uses a combination of animations, simulations, intelligent tutoring systemtechnology, and games to teach about programmable logic controllers [3-5]. Both of thesesystems are good examples of how technology can be used to help students learn simple PLCprogramming concepts.However, for learning to write complex programs, there is no good substitute for hands-onexperience programming a real PLC. Therefore educating students with integrated knowledgeabout automated systems is a pressing need. A project-based curriculum seems to help studentsdevelop an integrated knowledge of a

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Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs for K-12 Teachers.

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

avariety of software applications and engineering topics. Maryland began offering the PLTWcurriculum in 2002. By 2009, the state had 80 high schools and 34 middle schools teachingPLTW, reaching 100 to 250 students per school, and in 2014 the pre-engineering curriculum wasbeing taught in 106 high schools and 81 middle schools.2 K-12 teachers express a need andappreciation for the technology integrated into the PLTW curriculum that keeps their studentsinvested and interested in engineering using real-world applications.As reported by the American Association of Community Colleges, teachers look to communitycolleges for access to advanced technology and effective strategies.3 For the past seven and ahalf years, The Community College of Baltimore

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, Meredith College; Alina N. Duca, NC State University; H. Joel Trussell, North Carolina State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Foundations project, whose report ispublished in The Curriculum Foundations Project: Voices of the Partner Disciplines [8]. Themathematics knowledge and skills gap encountered by undergraduate engineering studentswhen they enter the engineering courses requiring the use of mathematics abilities, taught inthe three semester calculus sequence and Differential Equations courses, has been welldocumented [1, 4, 9, 10, 5, 6]. However, there is 'widespread agreement among academics andpracticing engineers that a good grounding in mathematics is essential for engineers' [11, 12].Online computer-aided assessment and learning packages have been shown to be an effectivetool for increasing engineering students’ knowledge of experimental design [13, 14

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Dirk Schaefer, University of Bath

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New Engineering Educators

industry and academia. Through his research on product modeling, variant design, design-with-manufacture integration, standardized product data ex- change, as well as digital and virtual engineering he has made numerous contributions to the advance- ment of cross-disciplinary integrated design of complex engineered systems. At the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) he started spearheading research on Cloud-based Design and Manufacturing, now an emerging high-impact area in which he and his team stand at the forefront. A passionate educator, Dr. Schaefer also conducts research on design education, personalized learning, distance learning, and professional faculty development. His work has resulted in approximately 130

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bungo Shiotani, University of Florida; Dante Augustus Buckley, University of Florida; Amy Elizabeth Bumbaco, University of Florida; Norman G. Fitz-Coy, University of Florida

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Systems Engineering

Aerospace Engineering from UF where his thesis, Reliability Analysis of SwampSat, focused on performing reliability analyses on SwampSat, UF’s first CubeSat. His experiences and as the project manager with SwampSat lead to an internship at NESTRA (Japan) where he worked on developing system diagrams and test procedures as well as assembly integration and testing of their three microsatellites that were in development. In addition to his Ph.D. work, Bungo is the project coordinator for Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program on multiphase fluid science and technologies at the UF’s Chemical Engineering Department funded by the National Science Foundation. As the PIRE project coordinator, he

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Youssef, California State University, Northridge; J. Michael Kabo, California State University, Northridge

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Mechanical Engineering

an intensive writing and presentation experience with criticalfeedback engages students in a continuous reflection on the elements of the complete designprocess throughout the entire semester. It was found that this approach produces students whoare better prepared for their senior design projects and engineering practice. Students noted anincrease in their understanding of machine design concepts as an integration of all their priorpreparatory training. The effectiveness of the revised course structure was evaluated through asurvey of previous and current students.Introduction and backgroundPrior to 2011, one of the common concerns of the Mechanical Engineering department’s seniorstudents was the inability to “engineer” or practice “design

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Construction Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; MaryEllen C Nobe, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Construction

to (a) begin to acquire an understanding ofconstruction hazards grasp difficult technical concepts and; (b) understand how safety sciencechanges over time as a project is observed and lessons are learned; (c) analyze the impacts oftechnical decisions on the execution of the project; and (d) appreciate the importance of ethicalconsiderations in the design and construction decision-making process. Case studies are alsouseful in the education of the engineer and construction manager since they provide anopportunity for students to appreciate the problems of stakeholders to the construction process[21]. Other researchers have integrated case studies into engineering curriculum for differentpurposes [4, 16]. These include:  Introductions to

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Cary Ivan Sneider, Portland State University

College in Massachusetts.Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering Greg Pearson is a Senior Program Officer with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in Washing- ton, D.C. Greg currently serves as the responsible staff officer for the NSF-funded project ”The Status, Role, and Needs of Engineering Technology Education in the United States.” He is also study director for the Chevron-funded project, Guiding Implementation of K-12 Engineering in the United States. He was the study director for the NAE and National Research Council project that resulted in the 2014 report, STEM Integration in K-12 Education: Status, Prospects, and an Agenda for Research. He was the study director for the project that resulted in

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Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington

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Mechanical Engineering

always have an impact on student retention or graduation rates. This finding isconsistent with the understanding that curriculum and instruction have strong impacts on retention.Students who build connections between theoretical academic aspects of the curriculum andprofessional engineering practice are more likely to be retained in engineering. Likewise, those whobuild connections with other students develop a sense of belonging and are less likely to changemajors.The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) promotes practices and strategies forretaining students in engineering7. Based on best-practices submitted by College Deans from manyuniversities, a common theme was found: creating a “community” is important for student retention

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Focus on the Classroom: Novel Approaches to Course Delivery

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Donna Kay Chrislip; Rex Allen Parr; Victoria Alexandra Sauber, Arapahoe Community College

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Two Year College Division

the workforce needs of the metro-Denver region’s high growthindustries. Aims Community College (Aims) and Arapahoe Community College (ACC)collaborated to form the CATEP partnership. The primary goal of the project was to strengthenthe Computer Information System (CIS) introductory curriculum at both institutions, along withassociated Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses, to better prepare technicians for theworkforce.Vetting of employability skillsThe integration of employability (soft) skills with the technical skills employers report they needfor their ICT workforce served as the foundation for curricular design and implementation.While employability skills may be categorized in many different ways, for the purpose of theCATEP

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydney N Hallman, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma

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one of the orientation courses is required by all students in the CoE.Since the creation of these orientation courses, evaluations and student surveys have beenregularly assessed to continuously improve curriculum and better meet the needs of the differenttypes of incoming students.Undergraduate studies in both the United States and Canada have shown that students with peer-and near-peer mentoring supports are more heavily engaged in their academic curricula and aremore socially integrated into engineering-related programs than those students without mentors.1-6 Student evaluations in both the freshman and transfer sections at the University of Oklahomareflect that the mentorship techniques that are currently in place not only encourage

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Problem-based and Active Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

industrystandard to an FPGA-based intelligent controller for daily life applications. Such project willcontribute to the feasibility study of industry standard of wireless IEEE 802.11 and VHDL,FPGA for real world applications [2]. The developed system of FPGA-based microwave ovencontroller integrated with IEEE 802.11 wireless communication is illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1 The system design of the wireless intelligent micrwave controllerStudents implemented the intelligent controller on FPGA and also developed IEEE 802.11communication functionality for remote control. The features of this team-based project are asfollows. • The project provides students with a great opportunity to obtain extensively hands-on experience to deal with

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sergio Celis, Universidad de Chile; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, particularlycommunity service and humanitarian engineering projects, by creating intentional linkagesbetween the formal curriculum (e.g. developing global awareness) and these informal learningexperiences (e.g. engineering-related study abroad). Such linkages may be particularly effectivein helping develop students’ contextual awareness.” As engineering entrepreneurship education takes shape and continues to leverage co-curricular experiences for learning, Lattuca et al.’s findings suggest that a more in depth analysisof entrepreneurial co-curricular experiences in the context of the Terenzini and Reason’s collegeimpact framework is warranted. There is an organizational reliance on both entrepreneurshipacademic and co-curricular programs, required

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #12477Outcomes of a Systems Engineering Project for K-12 TeachersProf. Greg Bartus, Stevens Institute of Technology Greg is an Adjunct Teaching Professor and Senior Curriculum and Professional Development Specialist in STEM Education for the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Insti- tute of Technology. Greg has an MAT and BS in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Cornell University.Dr. Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Frank T. Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co-Director of the Nanotechnology Graduate

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Ryan Milcarek; Ryan Falkenstein-Smith; Jeongmin Ahn

horizontal bar represents breadth, with the boundarycrossing into several different areas (the students understanding of many disciplines and systemsand ability to communicate said understanding). Developing T-Shape professionals through aninnovative curriculum would provide students with a major advantage in any competitivetechnical field. Although the idea of transforming an entire curriculum could encourage thedevelopment of T-shaped professionals on all fronts, it requires a significant amount of time andresources. However, small steps can be made to begin transforming engineering education bymodifying individual courses. This paper focuses on the development of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, a newinnovative course that was designed to

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Something New??? within Engineering Design Graphics Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick E. Connolly, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Esteban Garcia Bravo, Purdue University; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Raymond Patrick Hassan, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

College during the fall of 2014 in the Incubator experience. Although the pilot study did notfind an advantage of teaching integrated courses, it was an important step towards the re-envisioning of the existing curriculum. The Purdue Polytechnic Incubator operated as a facultynetwork that explored best practices on education by deconstructing the models of traditionaldisciplines. This allowed for re-visioning of the traditional educational model by including co-teaching and group reflections as a core component of the experience. The integration ofhumanities and technology provided with a rich ground for student development. Rather thanfocusing only in a mechanistic approach to technology, students were able to draw parallels withtheir cultural

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aidan F. Browne, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; David George Vutetakis Jr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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for a greater diversity oftraining setups to be utilized in a smaller area.IntroductionIn order to effectively teach instrumentation, mechatronic and robotic courses in an Engineeringor Engineering Technology curriculum, a variety of electromechanical laboratory setups aredesirable. [1] Exposing students to an assortment of technologies is also desirable, to give themas broad an experience as is reasonable. Thus, setups containing different sensors, effectors andactuators and indicators are needed. Quite often, the cost of such laboratory setups (or trainers) ishigh, thereby challenging the desire to have numerous full setups.To broaden the students’ programming capabilities, many programs teach such courses acrossboth microcontroller and

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Learning Through Service

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Sherry Levin, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Community Engagement Division

solve those needs through an integration of service learning and design.The future of engineering requires individuals to be strong communicators and engage inteamwork and problem solving.The Community Based STEM Program is an engineering service learning program designed forengineering students to help them build professional and leadership skills. This is an engineeringprojects in community service program (EPICS). The EPICS program and model was started atPurdue University. It is proven to be effective at retaining minority and female students, buildingleadership skills, and supports faculty development. It is considered a well-respected model forservice learning in engineering and promotes interest and practice in the STEM fields. The

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Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

1’s. I feel they are of great benefit to anybody who has not done DCG for leaving cert. I hope to further improve my sketching skills.”Discussion / ConclusionThere are a number of positives that can be extracted from the study presented in this paper.A unique spatial skills intervention [8] was successfully blended into a freshman graphicscourse in an Initial Technology Teacher Education program at the University of Limerick.The spatial skills intervention was integrated into a unique set of learning outcomes that alsoincluded the development of observational freehand sketching skills and the ability tocommunicate graphically using digital media.The level of improvement (Table 4) was very promising with a mean increase of 14.3

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Research to Practice: STRAND 3 – Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bassant Mohamed Yasser, Qatar University; Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University; Rashid Alammari, Qatar University; Saud A Ghani, Qatar University; Mazen O. Hasna, Qatar University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the early 1990s1 , Malcolm argued that students perception towards engineering was considered more of atechnically oriented, they did not understand the socio-economic context and benefits ofengineering. Accordingly, preferences of introducing of engineering design to K-12 educationprograms were emerged to provide a venue and experience demonstrating engineeringconnections to human needs 2. STEM is actually an integration of four disciplines in which technology and engineering arelayered onto standard science and Mathematics curricula resulting in cohesive curricula in whichbarriers are removed between the four disciplines. Although wide spectrum of scientific knowledge and socio-economic advances are based ontechnological developments

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Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Rick Pendergraft, University of Oklahoma

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Electrical and Computer

the middle of the pack in the final standings.One disadvantage they felt that contributed to their lackluster finish was that many other teamshad some form of course that went along with the competition so the unskilled students couldobtain background knowledge and have structured time to work on the project instead of learningand creating everything on an extracurricular basis. With this in mind this robot-based studentorganization looked to use the course described in the paper as the first step at forming the 2015ASEE robot team as well as an opportunity to recruit and mentor many future organizationmembers. The remaining sections of this paper will describe the curriculum of this course,learning objectives, and the mentoring structure

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Stuart W. Baur; R. Joe Stanley

struggle with in the PLTW curriculum? The participants indicated math, science andvocabulary as the largest area most students seem to struggle with (48.7%). A second area thatstudents struggle with is problem-based learning (12.1%), followed by course documentation inthe form of an engineering notebooks (10.6%). Fifth, as seen from Question 5, instructorsindicated that time to teach the PLTW course curriculum (29.3%), accommodating for studentbackgrounds (23.6%), and course preparation time (20.7%) were the most difficult aspects ofteaching PLTW courses. Sixth, from Question 6, students tend to struggle with requisite math,science and vocabulary backgrounds (48.7%), project-based learning (12.1%), and coursedocumentation including engineering

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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International

Paper ID #13068Improving the Global Competency of Graduate Engineers Through PeaceCorps Partnership and Long-Term International ServiceMr. Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida Nathan Manser is an Environmental Engineering PhD candidate at the University of South Florida con- ducting research on the fate of pathogens in biological waste to energy systems. His research interests include the application of household engineered systems to recover resources in a low impact environ- ment, developing globally competent engineering graduates and integrating active learning methods into engineering curriculums.Ms

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University

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College Industry Partnerships

issues, and new technologies in the distribu- tion and logistics sector. She was one of three professors in the United States recognized in an Inbound Logistics Article featuring leading professors in today’s supply chain curriculum. She has worked with a team of colleagues throughout other colleges at East Carolina University to plan a STEM initiative for 8th grade girls. This initiative helps bring more than 100 Pitt County girls to campus to engage them in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. She has also worked with ECU’s Global Academic Initiatives to collaborate with other institutions throughout the world. In addition, Dr. Pagliari collaborates with many external organizations. She is past president of

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Thomas M. Korman

studentsacross the college would be able to design, build, and test a variety of building components. Theresult was a privately funded laboratory 5,000-square-foot lab named the Simpson Strong-Tie(SST) Materials Demonstration Lab for the donors to the laboratory which was dedicated inOctober 2010.The integrated curriculum model described by Hauck and Jackson provides tremendousopportunities to engage teaching strategies far beyond the common lecture approach typicallyutilized in many single subject courses3. They proposed that various methodologies, such ascooperative learning, could be utilized in an integrated learning lab environment. Furthermore,they proposed a teaching approach for construction management education which requiresstudents to be

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Ann P McMahon, Pacific Science Center; Jacob Clark Blickenstaff Ph.D., Pacific Science Center-LASER

State LASER has accomplished: 1) Building the capacity of the school districts to deliver quality science and engineering education through an emphasis on curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, materials and equipment support and administrative and community support, 2) Facilitating alignment of science and engineering instructional materials to state standards and Common Core State Standards in order to help student be ready to succeed in college and careers, 3) Establishing, maturing and evolving a K-8 science and engineering program that is designed to improve teaching and learning in classrooms and schools across Washington State in the 21st Century