Conference Session

Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

into other ventures (POED 5c) (carry-forward) Figure 4: Table outlining the changing questions asked in the ‘Current Status’ section of the MII surveys. In each question, linked to a particular POED, we assess student confidence in the utility of that POED in the short-term. In the second section of the survey, we ask students to rate agreement as it applies tothem individually, of ten statements tied to particular knowledge of design using the same five-point Likert scale as the first section. As in the first section of the survey, a preamble promptsthe students completing this section to consider how their knowledge may be applied in the long-term (capstone, their careers, etcetera). Unlike in the first section, however

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Methods

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate 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

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Continuing Education for Faculty

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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International

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 learning and teaching does not go on in Region’scolleges of engineering; I think that a great deal

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Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Adam Banks, University at Albany - SUNY

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

reforms that help to realize the democratic possibilities of engineering.The language of peace in these reform proposals prioritizes engineers’ social responsibilities tothe safety, health, and welfare of humans and the Earth over that of war and corporate profit.21 22This approach includes everything from practical advice on career paths and how to declineworking on ethically dubious projects, to more structural critiques of engineering firms’relationships to state violence. One of the most influential efforts to scale the language of peaceinto engineering education and profession is George Catalano’s 2004 proposition to modify theABET Criterion 3, which deals primarily with student learning outcomes such as “ability todesign and conduct

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anna Newsome Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Entrepreneurship-related Factors Teachers consistently discussed how they valued teaching engineering andentrepreneurship to their students, but their reasons for valuing this content differed. One highschool teacher noted the importance of teaching students about understanding your customer andrecognizing that business decisions entail constant risk analysis and cost-benefit tradeoffconsiderations; his reasoning behind the value of entrepreneurship education focused on specific,practical considerations within a business setting. An elementary school teacher noted thatlearning about entrepreneurship can prompt a variety of career interests, possibly ones thatstudents had not previously considered; her value on entrepreneurship education relates

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Developing New Engineering Educators

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Amy B. Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana

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New Engineering Educators

feeling less stressed andmore energized and including opportunities for personal interests (Dudovskiy 2013).ObjectivesThe intent of being efficient or productive is not complete without a framing in the context ofone’s goals in the short- and long-term. A faculty member’s work, whether they are early careeror at a later stage in their academic career, can fall into a reactive mode, rather than anintentional and proactive mode that supports one’s goals. In other words, one can becomecaught up in the day-to-day series of tasks, many of them calling for one’s immediate attentionand time, and delaying progress on long-term goals and complex projects.This paper presents a holistic framework that helps one make time management decisions andwork towards

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed BOUGAA, CentraleSupelec and EISTI; Stefan Bornhofen, EISTI; Alain RIVIERE, SUPMECA; JEAN-CLAUDE TUCOULOU, AFIS ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE D'INGENIERIE SYSTEME

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Systems Engineering

year. Jean-Claude exercised for more than 30 years in the defense Industry, at ”Giat Industries”, Nexter Group now. He mainly occupied managerial positions, first as development manager of terrestrial defense systems for 24 years. Then as human resources manager for eight years, during this period he was in charge of managers careers management and development, including skills and competencies relative to project management, systems development and productions, and R&D methods and technologies. He also has been a part of Hay Group in 2000 as a certified trainer in leadership development and managerial practices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Toward a

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Learning Environments for Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rohit R. Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nick A. Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nimit Patel, McKinsey & Company; Austin Zadoks, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Taylor Prebel, Purdue University; Claudio Cesar Silva de Freitas, Purdue University; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Mechanics

biological sensing, electromechanical signal processing, and computing; the dynamics of parametrically-excited systems and coupled oscillators; the thermomechan- ics of energetic materials; additive manufacturing; and mechanics education. Dr. Rhoads is a Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a Fellow of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers (ASME), where he serves on the Design Engineering Division’s Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound. Dr. Rhoads is a recipient of numerous research and teaching awards, includ- ing the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award; the Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering’s Harry L. Solberg Best

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

designcourse in the final year of study, called a capstone design course.2 In this course, students havethe opportunity to apply previously-acquired knowledge and develop new skills in a more “realworld” type of environment than that in their prior classes.3 Design courses have more recentlybecome engrained in other parts of the engineering curriculum; particularly, in the first year, tointroduce students to the engineering career and engineering ways of thinking.22In the consideration of how entrepreneurship parallels engineering design, we considered threeaspects of engineering design: the process that engineers go through as they design, the learningoutcomes associated with engineering design courses, and the behaviors that engineeringdesigners

Conference Session

Studies in Faculty Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin Ashley Keller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stacy L. Chiaramonte, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Beth Wilson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kate Beverage, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Rachel LeBlanc, Worcester PoIytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jody Reis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Continuing Professional Development

manages a variety of functional areas including business development, marketing, product develop- ment, and operations. Throughout her career, Rachel and her team have provided education solutions for several industries including defense, life science, high-tech, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction. Rachel currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and AUVSI New England. Rachel has a B.S. and M.S. in the life sciences, as well as an M.B.A.Dr. Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Camesano is Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Jody Reis, Worcester Polytechnic

Conference Session

Encouraging Students to Think Critically

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebekah Oulton PE, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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New Engineering Educators

careers – there may be more than one valid approach to solve aproblem and more than one “right” answer to that problem. With this challenge in mind, a“Signature Assignment” was developed to help students develop effective critical thinking skills.Here, a “Signature Assignment” as defined as a coordinated series of in-class activities andindividual assignments, collectively consisting of approximately 20% of instructional time and acorresponding percentage of the overall grade.Discussion of development of the Signature Assignment in this paper is intended to be useful forengineering educators in many different disciplines. The material presented was developed for agroundwater hydrology class for senior-level civil and environmental engineering

Conference Session

Insights and Practices for Engineering Leadership Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

people and managing processes is internal.Directly Instructing Students About LeadershipAt the beginning of the semester when students were given the course syllabus they were pointedto the fact that leadership was 5% of their course grade and would be assessed through surveysand observed participation in the course. The students were told that leadership is important inteams and will be important throughout their careers as they will need to learn to work with avariety of people. Some past examples of good leadership practices in engineering courses werediscussed such as helping others learn. Students were told that leadership is about more than justhaving all the right answers and helping others, but that it involves taking responsibility for

Conference Session

Faculty Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hye Sun You, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

pursue STEM as a major and career is a significant concern1,2 for educators, scholars,and policymakers. The prevailing situation suggests a need for reform-oriented teaching practices(RTPs) in K-12 STEM education. The Next Generation Science Standards3 (NGSS) and the NRCFramework for K-12 Science Education4 emphasize the necessity of RTPs that enhance studentunderstanding of the nature of science and practices of engineering. The Common Core StateStandards of Mathematics5 (CCSSM) also describe their reform efforts on how teachers need totransform their teaching style from the traditional instructional methods to more reform-orientedmethods.Recent research suggests that effective technology integration has the potential to promote STEMlearning

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Tanya Dugat Wickliff, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

A&M University Delivering significant results in pivotal roles such as Sr. Consultant to high-profile clients, Sr. Project Manager directing teams, and Executive Leader of initiatives and programs that boost organizational effectiveness and optimize operations have been hallmarks of Dr. Wickliff’s career spanning more than 24 years with leaders in the oil & gas and semiconductor industries. As an expert in the areas of Executive Leadership and Team Development, Strategy Design & Execution, Supply Chain Optimization, Change Management, System Integration and LEAN Process Improvement (technical and business), Dr. Wickliff is passionate about Organizational Wellness and the Holistic Well- ness of

Conference Session

Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Lague P.Eng., University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Richard Jean L'Abbé

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineer in Ontario and in Qu´ebec. He began his professional career as a project engineer for the consulting engi- neering firm Urgel Delisle et Associ´es. From 1989 to 1999 he held a faculty position at Universit´e Laval, where his teaching and research activities focused on agricultural machinery engineering. While at Uni- versit´e Laval, Dr. Lagu¨e also served as Vice-Dean (Research) of the Facult´e des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation and he was the founding chair of the D´epartement des sols et de g´enie agroalimen- taire. In January 2000, Dr. Lagu¨e was appointed to the Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry industrial chair at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of

Conference Session

Experiences of Diverse Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

but when I talk with other engineering students it’s cool to be on the same level. [To be] able to have engineering discussions with them. I fit in, in that aspect… If there’s some new technology out there and we’re like, “Oh they, they did this, they built that.” We’re like, “Oh wow! That’s, I wonder how they did that.”… Or if it was a non-engineer they’d be like, “Oh, Okay?” – Henry. Yes, definitely [I feel I belong in engineering]… Because I don't fit into the other careers or majors. Often times if I'm speaking to an arts or a biology or anything like that, there's a disconnect. Just the way they see the world, and they don't seem very interested in [the world around them]... They almost

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natasha Perova-Mello, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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First-Year Programs

on projects, and project management skills to monitor project progress. Students are then given multiple in-class design challenges and out-of-class projects to provide them with opportunities to act on these skills and reflect on their process to improve for the next design activity. The first year engineering course is worth 3.5 credits each semester and has 3 2-hour sessions. Class sessions use a studio model of instruction and encourage peer instruction in teams for every class session. The "context" for the course is to prepare students for their academic and professional engineering careers. This means developing skills in innovative design, computational modeling/analysis, project management and teaming. Engineering students

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue University - Engineering Education; Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Kyle Patrick Vealey, West Chester University of Pennsylvania; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr

Conference Session

Graduate Education Model, Industry and Practitioner Experience - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Molly H. Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Joanne Lax, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

researchmethods, theories, and philosophical stances.”28Unlike direct pathway graduate students, returners enter graduate school with more variedrhetorical experiences due to their years of writing in industry. They have already learned howto write in a new context when they began their professional careers and continued this learningprocess as they needed to produce different types of documents, either in a new position in thesame company or after moving to other employment. The amount of time they devote to writingat work is substantial and rises as engineers move up the corporate ladder.29 Thus, they may havemore “cultural capital” (similar to the previously mentioned “experience capital”) on which todraw in the transfer process than their classmates

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meeko Oishi, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Victor Law, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

, and modeling of motor performance and con- trol in Parkinson’s disease. She previously held a faculty position at the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, and postdoctoral positions at Sandia National Laboratories and at the National Ecological Observatory Network. She is the recipient of the UNM Regents’ Lectureship, the NSF CAREER Award, the UNM Teaching Fellowship, the Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholar Award, the Truman Post- doctoral Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering, and the George Bienkowski Memorial Prize, Princeton University. She was a Summer Faculty Fellow at AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, and a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at The National Academies.Dr

Conference Session

Learning from Industry

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pryce Davis, University of Nottingham; Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University; Reed Stevens, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

, San Diego. Her research interests include professional education in medicine and STEM fields.Prof. Reed Stevens, Northwestern University Reed Stevens is a Professor of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. He holds a B.A. in Mathe- matics from Pomona College and PhD in Cognition and Development from the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Stevens began his professional career as a mathematics teacher. For the past two decades, he has studied STEM learning both in and out of school. His research seeks to understand how and when learning environments are productive for people and to translate those findings into practical use in the design and resdesign of learning environments. In recent years and in

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Newbolds P.E., Benedictine College; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College; Meredith Stoops, Benedictine College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #19626Integration of Critical Reflection Methodologies into Engineering Service-Learning ProjectsDr. Scott A. Newbolds P.E., Benedictine College Dr. Newbolds is an assistant professor in the engineering department at Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas. After graduating from Purdue University in 1995, Dr. Newbolds started his career in construction as a Project Engineer for the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). He returned to Purdue for graduate school in 1998 and subsequently took a position in the INDOT Research and Development office. While completing his graduate degrees, Dr. Newbolds conducted and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Steve Robert Harrison, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech; R Benjamin Knapp, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology; Luke F Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Annie Yong Patrick; Matthew Wisnioski, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

+ Design. He is the co-director of the Virginia Tech E-textiles Lab and the Associate Director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. His research and teaching interests include wearable computing, electronic textiles, and interdisciplinary design teams for pervasive computing. In 2006 he was selected for the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his research in e-textile-based wearable computing.Ms. Annie Yong Patrick, Annie Y. Patrick received her Master of Science in

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Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University; David J. Terrell, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to a reason for pursuing (or not) engineering thatis related to the self-perceived identify of an engineer; Cost is the price of success (or failure) interms of effort, time, and/or psychological impacts in pursuing engineering in comparison toanother career; Interest is the enjoyment (or lack of) experienced in doing engineering activities;and Utility is the perceived usefulness (or lack of) of becoming an engineer and/or earning anengineering degree (Matusovich et al., 2010). The authors conducted longitudinal semi-structured interviews of 11 participants (5 boys and 6 girls) during their four years ofundergraduate engineering education. They found that all four Eccles’ value categories arepresent; that attainment value plays a prominent

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AEE Journal

Authors

Claire Dancz; Kevin Ketchman; Rebekah Burke P.E.; Troy Hottle; Kristen Parrish; Melissa Bilec; Amy Landis

eachinstitution during this study.Key words: Sustainability, capstone design, mixed methods INTRODUCTION Engineers of the future must be prepared to address the complex, multidisciplinary problemsthat necessitate engineering solutions in sustainable and global contexts. Engineering educationcan provide students with the tools to approach these grand challenges of the 21st century whileconsidering aspects that are key for designing sustainable systems (David Allen et al. 2006, ­Davidsonet al. 2010). Furthermore, according to the National Academy of Science report, Changing theConversation, youth are seeking careers that make a difference (Sullivan 2011, National Academy ofSciences 2008). Sustainable engineering

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Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University; Ricardo Cummings, University of Michigan; Valentina Tafurt, University of Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

variety of aspects relevant to entrepreneurship education including but notlimited to students’ academic performance and retention (Ohland, Frillman, Zhang, Brawner, &Miller, 2004), career choice and attitudes (Duval-Couetil, Reed-Rhoads, & Haghighi, 2012; Jin etal., 2016), and learning outcomes (Duval-Couetil, Reed-Rhoads, & Haghighi, 2011; Duval-Couetil, Reed-Rhoads, & Haghighi, 2010). These studies provide a window into the impact ofengineering entrepreneurship programs, with growing evidence supporting their effectiveness inaddressing several predominantly noted engineering education challenges such as studentlearning and retention.Despite the above studies, the impact of engineering entrepreneurship programs onentrepreneurial

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn A. Nichol, Rice University; Alice Chow, Rice University; Carrie Obenland, Rice University; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University Office of STEM Engagement ; Carolina Avendano, Rice University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

underserved elementary schools to promote STEM literacy, and provided in school STEM training for both teachers and students. She began her career at Rice in 2010 as a post-doctoral research fellow and then project manager in the Colvin labs. She joined the office of STEM engagement at the beginning of 2015 as Director of Programs and Operations. In her role Carolina is responsible for overseeing the program operations and the research efforts for the RSTEM group. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Nanotechnology Research Experience for Teachers Enhancing STEM EducationAbstractTeachers serve a vital role in improving the nation’s STEM education and

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Camille M. George, University of St. Thomas; Erin Anne Kern, University of St. Thomas; Jenna Laleman, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Intercultural Sensitivity. Although this instrument is not designed forself-evaluation this method allowed to students to better understand the ethnocentric toethnorelative spectrum as they set their own personal growth goals. The “professionaldebriefing” module had students construct one-minute elevator speeches for a professional i.e.,interview, experience as well as an informal bullet point list that addressed the question “Whatdid you do and what did you learn?”. This module allowed for a deeper conversation on the rolethat intercultural competence will play in their engineering career, as well as goals thatemployers are setting for engineering applicants, employees and managers.These modules were prepared to facilitate student discussion and were

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Paula Alvarez Pino; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Talat Salama, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

U.S. students to foreign cultures, improve their communication skills, boost their confidence, and provide them with the tools necessary to adapt to and succeed in a global environment; 5) Promote diversity by engaging students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, and engineering. 2Program Development and PlanningThis section provides an overview of the process used to develop our international researchexperience.1. Program Management TeamAssembling a management team early in the process was essential for the success of theprogram. International programs for students require formal agreements with international hostinstitutions

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Deirdre-Annaliese Nicole Hunter, La Gran Familia De Gregory; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

aftertreatment.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate 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