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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz; Chantale Damas; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

inneuroscience has been observed to be reduced with reward such as snack allowance before classand instructor guided flip classroom exercise, consistent with neuroscience data. Relationallearning in the theory of cognition has been found to be effective to increase fluid intelligence asreflected in technical feasibility test performance. When a potential client-professor explains aneeded job/project to a contractor-student, the using of pictures and graphs with fewer verbalwordings for less memory loading has been found to be valuable. The student performance onthe client- contractor simulation has been assessed as good for those students showing interest.Student feedback includes observed non-participation, indifference, and enthusiastic

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Virtual Instruction and Collaboration

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Alicia L. Lyman-Holt, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

geographicallydispersed virtual teams that are now common in industry. VPTs consisted of four to six studentsfrom multiple REU sites around the United States who were asked to experiment with variouscollaboration and social network technologies to complete specified research-based and socialtasks. Surveys were used to collect formative and summative feedback. Students agreed theirVPT experiences were significant in their professional development and broadened their networkof colleagues. Further, VPTs increased their ability to comfortably provide feedback to theirpeers, learn about research projects at other sites, and develop a network of colleagues beyondtheir local research facility. VPT assignments were motivated by earlier assessments of REUcohorts, which

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Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Deepa Gupta, The Boeing Company; Timothy Kieran O'Mahony, University of Washington, College of Education LIFE Center; Laura E. Meyers, City University of Seattle; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Danielle LoVallo Vermeer, The Boeing Company

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

engaged in a longitudinal research project for teacher professional development in informal learning environments and blended arenas (MOOCs and SPOCs) that impact student performance and engagement. I look at questions involving fluency in geo-literacy around consequential everyday issues and ’sense of place.’ For this research I examine prevailing western worldviews of science that are constructed and derivative of Cartesian principles and philosophic under- pinnings and compare them with other worldviews that take native and aboriginal account of the ways we view our relationship with the planet and with each other.Laura E Meyers, City University of Seattle Laura E. Meyers is an associate faculty member in the School

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University; Elisabeth Maria Wultsch, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Peter R Turner, Clarkson University; Michael W. Ramsdell, Physics Dept. Clarkson University; Robert Prout Jaspersohn, Clarkson University

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First-Year Programs

first-year students, and 2) the introduction of a more flexible first year curriculum thatoffers two paths for incoming First-Year Engineering (FYE) students. The new course waspiloted in Spring 2011, has grown into a key element of the modernized curriculum, and wasmade required for all first-year engineering students beginning in the 2014/15 academic year. Inthe context of engagement as much as retention, significant changes have been made to the newcourse curriculum to increase the active learning opportunities offered to the students as well asto link the various elements of the course (e.g., class activities, team-based design project, andsummative assessments) to the engineering challenges facing engineers and society today

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Research to Practice: STRAND 5 Other Topics in K-12 Engineering Education.

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosemary L Edzie, University of Nebraska ; Brett Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

related to leading a team, project management,scheduling, budgeting and conflict resolution. While the construction engineer was described asthe individual who would prepare diagrams, charts and surveys showing specific informationabout the area and the desired project.Step 2: The engineering afterschool activity is reviewed. The afterschool activity leaderprovided an overview of the project, checking for participant understanding by asking the groupquestions related to the topics covered. A visual example of a completed project was provided tothe participants with the goal of outlining the construction and building expectations; however,the activity leader gave clear direction to participants that they may not copy the model’s design.An example

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devshikha Bose, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

environments: Individual differences in learning while mobile. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 17(4), 511-530. Page 26.1641.11 10. McNair, L., Paretti, M., Knott, M., & Wolfe, M.L. (2006, October 28-31). Work in progress: Using e- portfolio to define, teach, and assess ABET professional skills. Paper presented at the 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA. 11. Eynon, B., Gambino, L.M., & Torok, J. (2014). What difference can ePortfolio make? A field report from the connect to learning project. International Journal of ePortfolio, 4(1), 95-114. 12. McNair, L

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Best of Computers in Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Daniel Edgcomb, University of California, Riverside; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; Roman Lysecky, University of Arizona; Andre Knoesen, University of California, Davis; Rajeevan Amirtharajah, University of California, Davis; Mary Lou Dorf, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Computers in Education

performance on specific course items using nonparametric analysiswith conservative Bonferroni adjustment for multiple tests. Across all courses involving1,945 students, course grades improved by 0.28 points on a 0-4 point scale (p-value <0.001), or 1/4 letter grade, from static to interactive textbook. More importantly, studentsin the lower quartile of the course improved by 0.38 points (p-value < 0.001), or 1/3 lettergrade. Exam scores improved by 13.6% (p-value < 0.001) and project scores by 7.4% (p-value < 0.001) from static to interactive textbooks. 98% of the students subscribed to theinteractive textbook and completed at least some activities on the interactive textbook.The average student completed 87% of the assigned activities in

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nick Tatar, Olin College of Engineering; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Chris Gewirtz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

currently a senior-year Engineering Physics student at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Though I’ve enjoyed the technical work I’ve done, and devote myself now to my senior design project, I feel that education research has much to offer me, and that I have much to offer it. I think the combination of science or engineering with education provides an opportunity for me to apply my scientific curiosity towards understanding and helping people, a better opportunity than I could have predicted before doing this research. Page 26.241.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Lucy L. Pick, University of Washington; Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Biomedical

Paper ID #12283Bioengineering Global Health: Design and Implementation of a Summer DayCamp for High School StudentsDr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington Dr. Dianne G. Hendricks is a Lecturer in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Wash- ington. She earned a BS in Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in Genetics at Duke University. Dr. Hendricks’ teaching interests at the University of Washington include develop- ing and teaching introductory and honors courses in bioengineering, tissue and protein engineering lab courses, and capstone projects. She is committed

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey & Universidad Andrés Bello; Jorge Eugenio de la Garza Becerra, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Instruction (MI)and models and modeling perspective. This innovation involves redesigning the course’s content,combining teaching strategies, reshaping the classroom setting, and using technology.In this study 37 first-year engineering students were enrolled in the integrated course. Theresearch questions were: What elements of the physical and mathematical models do studentsuse when solving a complex real problem? How does the consistency of students’ model lead toa robust understanding of the problem? To answer these questions, students workedcollaboratively on a project that involved the analysis of an extreme bungee jump. Theperformance of the students in this project revealed: a) students’ integration of physical andmathematical models, b

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Research to Practice: STRAND 4 K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayora Berry, Boston University; Don DeRosa, Boston University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

architects of change, (b) provide a professional learning vehicle foreducators to reflect on practices and develop content knowledge, (c) inspire a sense of ownershipin curriculum decision-making among teachers, and (d) use an instructional approach that iscoherent with teachers’ interests and professional goals. This preliminary study evaluates theeffects of a CDB professional development program, the PTC STEM Certificate Program, ontwenty-six K-12 teachers who participated in 62 hours of engineering education professionaldevelopment over a six month period. Participants learned about industry and educationengineering concepts, tested engineering curricula, collaborated with K-12 educators andindustry professionals, and developed project-based

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering technology, such as power system, power electronics, electric machines,etc, need to be revamped to deliver relevant information in light of current industrial practices.Complementary knowledge and skills including control theory, embedded system,communications, digital signal processing, etc, are needed to strengthen student knowledge andskills in communication and information technologies. The project investigator team iscomposed of three faculties in two departments, and this presentation focuses on the teachingand research initiatives in Engineering Technology (ET).Background As a supreme engineering achievement of the 20th century, U.S. power grid is one of thelargest and most capital-intensive sectors of the economy. Its total

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Various Prospectives in Power Systems

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Brandon Scott Weisberg, Farmingdale State College; Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #12042Two Phase Flow Water Gas Separation in Biomass Energy ProductionProf. Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale YEONG S. RYU graduated from Columbia University with a Ph.D. and Master of Philosophy in Mechan- ical Engineering in 1994. He has served as an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College (SUNY) since 2006. In addition, he has conducted various research projects at Xerox Corporation (1994-1995), Hyundai Motor Corporation (1995-1997), and New Jersey Institute of Technology (2001-2003). He has been teaching and conducting research in a broad range

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Two Year College Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

. StandardMates are Coincident Mate, Perpendicular Mate, Tangent Mate and Concentric Mate. StandardMates are used in the parts created by grid and origin reference method.5,6 Advanced Matescommands are Symmetric Mate, Width Mate and Path Mate. The Symmetric Mate is readilyadapted to the plane reference method, it positions two selected entities to be symmetric about aplane or planar face.5 This advanced feather which provides fast and easy assembly betweencomponents will not work in gird or origin reference method because no planar relationshipexists between part.5Advantages of Planes reference method over the Origin reference method:  Less time is taken in executing the project, once the method gets adapted.  Enables easy editing of the

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles; John E. Shamma; Brian Phan, California State University of Los Angeles ; Howard Lum, California State University Los Angeles

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

overseeing Metropolitan’s infrastructure reliability and vulnerability investigations. He was the Project Engineer for the Inland Feeder Water Conveyance System’s Arrowhead Tunnels project from 1993 – 2005. He was responsible for the design and construction of two 12 foot diameter tunnel seg- ments totaling approximately 11 miles in the San Bernardino Mountains. Prior to his work on the Inland Feeder Project, he served as design manager for a multitude of projects within Metropolitan’s engineering group. A registered professional engineer in California, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the California State University, Los Angeles. He also earned a master’s of Science in Environmental

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Innovations in Communications and Wireless Systems Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kelly Charles Seals P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

(ILS) (antenna, phasedarray application). Page 26.116.2Finally, we present multi-year data from end-of-course surveys as the assessment toolthat suggest our students see this course as highly relevant, applicable, and motivating.Studies on GPS: GPS P/N Sequence Generator Mini-Project, Gold Code Properties,and Signal Acquisition Using Cross-CorrelationIn our sophomore level course called Digital Circuits and Computer Systems (DCCS),students first learn about shift registers. In the junior/senior level Electronic Navigationcourse, students see a more in-depth, direct application for shift registers, tied to “Pseudo-random Noise” (PN) sequence generation

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Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Thomas Smith; Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Esteban Garcia

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

be made more truthful and productive. He is the leader of the NSF funded project KredibleNet, whose goal is to set the agenda for computational social science analysis of authorship, leadership, trust and credibility in knowledge markets. He has published papers and developed software that aim to make this into a reality. Among the tools he has created are: KredibleNet: kredible.net Visible Effort: veffort.us Alterpode: alterpode.net Visible Past: visiblepast.net Ubimark: ubimark.com/inDr. Esteban Garcia Page 26.127.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Ted Song, John Brown University; Will C. Holmes, John Brown University; Kyle Andrew Crouse, John Brown University; Zachary Jordan Lee, John Brown University; Cameron Drax Geiger, John Brown University

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College Industry Partnerships

appointment he received his PhD from Washington State University in Materials Science and En- gineering. Dr. Holmes enjoys teaching a wide variety of classes and involving students at all levels of un- dergraduate study in team based design projects and project based learning. Contact: wholmes@jbu.eduKyle Crouse, John Brown University Kyle Crouse is a junior in engineering (with an electrical/computer concentration) at John Brown Univer- sity. He is the Head of Communications and Treasurer of the JBU IEEE Student Branch ad is currently working with a team to design a low-cost maximum power point tracker (MPPT) for use with solar panels in developing countries. Kyle is passionate about engineering and music and aspires to work

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Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle E Jordan , Arizona State University; Mia Delarosa

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

education as K-12 engineering standardsbecome more prevalent1-3 and as benefits of design experiences for science learning gainrecognition.4, 5 Collaborative problem solving around engineering design projects are especiallyimportant because they represent the ways professional engineers often work.6, 7 Drawing on ourdiverse backgrounds as a highly effective middle-school science teacher, an assistant professor ina teacher preparation program, and a pre-service teacher candidate, we explored the creativecollaboration of eighth-graders engaged in engineering design activity. In particular, we wereinterested in learners’ perceptions of their group’s communication patterns, and their perceptionsof their own participation in their group. Our interest

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Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tara Cavalline P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

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Engineering Technology

profession, are presented and discussed.IntroductionFailure case studies have been found to be a valuable addition to the undergraduate engineeringcurriculum, providing valuable support into technical, professional, and ethical issues1. Duringthe past several years, a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has focusedon the implementation of failure case studies into engineering curricula. Work has focused ondeveloping teaching resources on a wide variety of failure cases for faculty to utilize in a varietyof undergraduate engineering courses1, 2, 3. The project has extended from the lead institution,Cleveland State University, to eleven other university partners, including the university of thelead author, the University of North

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Something New??? within Engineering Design Graphics Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

’ to test and refinepolytechnic approaches and to help drive the reformation of the technology learning experience.During the fall semester of 2014, the PPI began with its first cohort of freshmen students, self-selected from departments across the College of Technology. The PPI experience incorporatedcombined studio and seminar experiences that provided collaborative learning opportunities intechnology, programming, English, and communications, with an emphasis on project-basedproblems. One of the novel approaches taken by the PPI was the elimination of course-basedobjectives, and the adoption of competency-based goals in their place. The faculty members whoparticipated in the PPI were released from other teaching loads and were designated as

Conference Session

Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Zhang, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Monish S. Mamadapur, Alcon Research, Ltd.

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Engineering Technology

. Page 26.1619.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Understanding Additive Manufacturing Part Performance through Modeling and Laboratory ExperimentsAbstractAdditive manufacturing (AM) has attracted extensive attention in recent years due to its wideapplications in academia and industry. As most of the AM parts are built layer by layer, it isclear that parts manufactured from AM processes would perform differently compared toparts manufactured from conventional processes such as casting and injection molding. Sincestudents often rely on AM for part fabrication in courses and capstone projects, and industriescould adopt AM to produce components for their products, there is a

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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International

including co-op and research abroad and established meaningful connection for research and attraction of funded international graduate students. Maria started working at Texas A&M in 2005 as Assistant Director for Latin American Programs and in 2009 she was promoted to Program Manager for South America in the same office. During her time at the Office for Latin America Programs she created, managed and developed projects to enhance the presence of Texas A&M University in Latin American and to support in the internationalization of the education, research, and outreach projects of the university. She was charged with the development and implementation of a strategic plan for Texas A&M in South America. While

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Additive Manufacturing Practices

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas; Juan Alejandro Saavedra, University of Texas; Eric D. Smith, University of Texas

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #13899Augmenting High School Student Interest in STEM Education Using Ad-vanced Manufacturing TechnologyProf. Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Tseng is a Professor and Chair of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering at UTEP. His research focuses on the computational intelligence, data mining, bio- informatics and advanced manu- facturing. Dr. Tseng published in many refereed journals such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transaction, Journal of Manufacturing Systems and others. He has been serving as a principle investigator of many research projects, funded by NSF, NASA, DoEd, KSEF and

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lina Margarita Prada-Angarita, Fundación Universidad del Norte; Katherine Sofía Palacio, Fundación Universidad del Norte; Carmen Regina Berdugo Correa, Fundación Universidad del Norte

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Industrial Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Building the Design Competence in Industrial Engineering Junior Students through realistic constraints of the Operations and Logistics LaboratoryAbstractThis paper provides a laboratory development experience through a product design projectwith junior students of the Industrial Engineering (IE) program in Universidad del Norte,Barranquilla, Colombia. In the course “Productive Systems Design” (PSD) the students hadthe opportunity to develop their final project according to the needs of the Operations andLogistics lab, which serves around 6 courses of the IE department. Students wereintroduced to a challenge: to design a product with its manufacturing process

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University

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International Forum

leadership the college has increased the number of students studying abroad, established new models of study abroad including co-op and research abroad and established meaningful connection for research and attraction of funded international graduate students. Maria started working at Texas A&M in 2005 as Assistant Director for Latin American Programs and in 2009 she was promoted to Program Manager for South America in the same office. During her time at the Office for Latin America Programs she created, managed and developed projects to enhance the presence of Texas A&M University in Latin American and to support in the internationalization of the education, research, and outreach projects of the university. She

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Aparicio Carranza; Casimer DeCusatis

following:   • Understand a basic introduction to cybersecurity principles and best practices • Programming security scripts and compiled code based on open industry standards, and contributing to open source software projects • Understanding recent use cases in information security as a basis for future threat assessment • Hands-on experience with penetration testing environments and implementations using open source code and hacking toolsThe Computer Engineering curriculum at City Tech allows students to earn a two year Associateof Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in either Electro-Mechanical Technology. After completingtwo years of additional coursework, students can earn a B.Tech. degree in Computer

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunil Dehipawala; George Tremberger; Wenli Guo; Eva Hampton; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

Service Learning and Humanitarian Application Pedagogy in Community College Pre- engineering Physics Class Sunil Dehipawala, George Tremberger, Wenli Guo, Eva Hampton, Todd Holden, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractQueensborough Community College in New York City has an active Service Learning Pedagogyacross various disciplines including physics; and we have taken the service learning opportunityto introduce our physics class students to humanitarian application as well. Collaborationbetween faculty and community partner in designing a project based on the partner's specificgoals and needs is an important

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev; Nasser Alaraje; Scott Kuhl; Michael Meyer; Mark Kinney; Mark Highum

countries and territoriesas part of its annual Talent Shortage Survey4 and identified that employers are having the mostdifficulty finding the right people to fill jobs in Japan 81%, Brazil 63% and the US 40%. In fact,two occupations in the US: technicians (primarily production/operations, engineering ormathematics) and engineers top the list of 10 jobs employers have difficulty filling. In addition,the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) reports major skill gaps in the US.The 2013 ASTD report states that US organizations spent ~$164.2 billion on employee learning5in 2012. The US is facing an alarmingly high replacement need for STEM professionals6,7. Forinstance, the projected replacement rate in mathematical science is 29.5%, in

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Ochia P.E., Temple University

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Biomedical

engagement, experience, and retention within our newprogram.Our program has an introductory course (BIOE 2001) that is used to acquaint students to thebroad and varied field of bioengineering. Initially this course designed as a typical ‘survey’presentation style, where guest lecturers from a variety of backgrounds in BioE would presenttheir research to the class via a lecture-style format. The students were given examinations on thepresented material and did group final projects (written and oral portions) on a bioengineeringtopic of their choice.However, student feedback indicated that many of the lectures were too “high level,” requiringmore foundational knowledge than the students had in order to understand the presentedmaterial. The students