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Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Olina Wisniewski, Northeastern University ; Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University ; Kristen Barbara Coletti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

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International Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

learning can advance academic success, quality of relationships, psychologicaladjustments, and attitudes toward the college experience. A number of relevant questions docome to mind, including: What needs to be done to move the process forward? What are the keycomponents of successful deployment of active learning in general and cooperative learning inparticular? How to foster and expand the community of engineering faculty who decide to usecooperative learning? What plans and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalizepedagogies of engagement including cooperative learning, at the department or college level?Achieving the change needed in engineering education across the Region does require acollective effort by all involved in the process

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Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Deborath Silva, Colorado School of Mines; Justin Stephen Fantasky, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

students who aremajoring in electrical engineering (EE) or mechanical engineering (ME) at the target institutions.The research questions that frame this investigation are as follows: RQ1. What exposure to social justice concepts have students had in their university courses prior to taking our Introduction to Feedback Control Systems (IFCS) course, which is required for both EE and ME majors? RQ2. How do students report their perceptions of control systems classes that explicitly include engineering and social justice units compared to similar classes that do not include social justice? RQ3. How does targeted social justice instruction impact student plans to pursue additional control systems courses and student ability to

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati; Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for the National Society of Black Engineers, a student-managed organization with more than 30,000 members. She served as the Planning Chairperson for the 2013 Annual Convention and is currently an advisor for the Great Lakes Region. Dr. Gaskins the Vice-President of the Sigma Omega graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers, the Women’s Alliance, the National Technical Association, The Biomedical Engineering Society and the National Alliance of Black School Educators amongst other activities. She is Deaconess at New Friendship Baptist Church. Whitney was recognized in the 2013 Edition of Who’s Who in Black Cincinnati.Dr. Anant R. Kukreti, University

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Qualitative Methodologies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicki Wendy Sochacka, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

aspects of a perceived reality overothers30. Methodologically, the study is informed by the work of Emery Roe31 in the field ofapplied narrative analysis. Nicki, Jo, and their research team have also written elsewhere aboutdifferent aspects of their project4, 28, 32.Practice anecdotes: From making to handling dataThe following presents a series of practice anecdotes that span quality considerations along theentire research process from making to handling data. More specifically, anecdote 1 explores theearly conception and planning of a qualitative study, anecdotes 2, 3, and 4 examine theprogression of interpretive sense-making in the analysis stage and, finally, anecdote 5 deliberates

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

extra curriculum education in IT area during their final years at school, buthave chosen different profession after. As a result of the interview we have identified thefollowing factors influencing respondents’ decision for not choosing career in IT: self-perceived lack of aptitude to succeed in IT, unwillingness to deal with numbers, self-perceived insufficient knowledge for admission for IT degree, parental influence,stereotypes of IT profession, unattractive image of IT specialist, uninteresting subjects ofthe IT program. Finally we have suggested actions.IntroductionThere is a great need for IT specialists in the world in general and in Russia in particular.By 2020, Russia plans to employ at least 600,000 IT specialists1. At the same time

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Innovations in Communications and Wireless Systems Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech; Taeyoung Yang, Virginia Tech; Christian W. Hearn, Weber State University; Nicholas F Polys, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Computing; R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Tech

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Electrical and Computer

services.Dr. Christian W. Hearn, Weber State University Dr. Hearn is an Assistant Professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology at Weber State Page 26.1743.1 University. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He was a member of the Virginia Tech Antenna Group during his plan of study. Before returning to graduate school, Mr. Hearn was a mechanical engineer for the Naval Surface Warfare Center. He is a licensed mechanical engineer in the state of Virginia. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Christine Olson, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Charles M Schweik, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Steven D Brewer, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 26.1751.11ourselves. The STEAM model is also well-poised to address this challenge. The arts provideopportunities for creative team-building. We have a performance-arts educator visiting the afterschool program to use theater to build trust among the group as we plan our collaborative finalproject.A recurrent challenge for interdisciplinary collaboration is the intensive schedules of manystudents in STEM fields at UMass and the four local colleges. The encouragement of outreachneeds to be addressed at the institutional level. Community Service Learning (CSL) courses areone approach that provide students course credit for participating in programs like ours.However, for many of the STEM fields, engineering in particular, CSL credits are

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ernzen, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Kendra Rae Beeley

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

performance expectations.For each of the two performance expectations, participants were prompted to address two keyinquiries: 1. Please provide your own plain language interpretation of this performance expectation (i.e., what does it mean?). 2. Provide an example of how this standard could be applied in a middle school classroom (i.e., a lesson, activity, unit).This second point was left rather open, such that participants did not necessarily have toreference any prior or ready-made lesson plans. The IEDS additionally included questions whichprompted the participants to indicate what they felt were the challenges and benefits ofimplementing these performance expectations into a middle school classroom. Finally, the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University

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Computers in Education

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Work-in-Progress: A Software Based Robotic Vision Simulator for Use in Teaching Introductory Robotics CoursesWith the rising popularity of robotics in our modern world there is an increase in engineeringprograms that offer an introductory course in robotics. This common introductory roboticscourse generally covers the fundamental theory of robotics including robot kinematics,dynamics, differential movements, trajectory planning and basic computer vision algorithmscommonly used in the field of robotics. To teach robotic vision the student is generallyexposed to a variety of vision algorithms where they learn how to combine them along withthe selection of their parameters to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan; Colin M. Gray, Iowa State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, engineeringstudents (both undergraduate and graduate), and engineering entrepreneurship. Furthermore,through our planned dissemination paths at national conferences, and our ongoing virtualnetwork and instructional website, we will support the inclusion of sound design education inengineering classrooms in even greater numbers.Project GoalsOur project is designed to support the implementation of lessons on concept generation skillswithin engineering education courses using our empirically demonstrated method: DesignHeuristics. While many courses include concept generation, they often lack a specific method forteaching these skills. Our project fills this important educational gap. In this work, our goals areto: 1. raise awareness of the importance of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eun Ah Lee, University of Texas at Dallas; Nicholas Gans, University of Texas, Dallas; Magdalena G Grohman, The University of Texas at Dallas; Marco Tacca, The University of Texas at Dallas; Matthew J. Brown PhD, Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology
, The University of Texas at Dallas

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

does research and teaches a course on psychology of creativity.Dr. Marco Tacca, The University of Texas at Dallas Marco Tacca received his Laurea Degree from Politecnico di Torino and PhD from The University of Texas at Dallas. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Texas at Dallas. Marco’s research interests include aspects of optical networks, high speed photonic network planning, fault protection/restoration, and performance evaluation. Additionally, Marco is the EE director for the UTDesign program.Prof. Matthew J. Brown, Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology, The University of Texas atDallas Assistant professor of philosophy and history of ideas, Director of the Center for Values in Medicine

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Kelly Klima, Carnegie Mellon University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the world, and has been applied in the City of Pittsburgh and counties in New Jersey. Previously, Dr. Klima worked at the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), where she helped New York and Washington DC advance their adaptation planning. Dr. Klima completed her doctoral research in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) at Carnegie Mellon University where she used physics, economics, and social sciences to conduct a decision analytic assessment of different methods to reduce hurricane damages. She has published several journal articles, won multiple speaking awards including the AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award, is an active member of 9 professional societies, and serves on the Natural Hazard

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University; Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University

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Civil Engineering

Public Policy, and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware, specializing in transportation planning. She received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engi- neering from Lafayette College. Her research and teaching focus is in the area of sustainable transporta- tion planning. Specific research topics include transportation adaptation to climate change, sustainable transportation performance measures and rating system development, pedestrian and cycling mobility, and sustainable engineering education. Page 26.865.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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Topics Related To Engineering Design Graphics Division

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vimal Viswanathan, Tuskegee University; Maria Calhoun, Tuskegee University

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Engineering Design Graphics

weekafter the submission). Although the students were allowed to meet the instructor and discuss theirmistakes during the office hours, they never received additional grades for such an extra effort.Though detailed records of these meetings were not kept, it was estimated that approximately40% of the students met the instructor more than two times for additional help outside theclassroom. In order to aid in the development of their spatial visualization skills, the feedback ontheir homework assignments were very detailed and the instructor provided them explanations ofthe areas where they needed to improve. In order to avoid any ethical conflicts, a pre-planned grading plan was formulated for thetwo classes. In the control class, the grading

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

they skip to first. If they canincorporate more planning prior to simply throwing facts and figures onto a slide they will findmore success. It can be again stated that any information that is put into the presentation shouldbe appropriate and concise.How will the presentation be delivered?It is important that students consider the way they will deliver their information. Aspects ofdelivery include: opening, attire, voice projection, and body language. Each of thesecomponents are important to engaging the audience and providing validity to the presentation.The opening of a presentation can be the make-or-break point for audience reception. Presentersneed to capitalize on this opportunity as it is the point in the presentation that should help

Conference Session

Development as Faculty and Researcher: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia M Walter, DiZ - Center for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; Christian H Kautz, Hamburg University of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #13356”Conceptual Change” as a guiding principle for the professional developmentof teaching staffClaudia M Walter, DiZ - Center for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Claudia M. Walter has a Masters degree in Education from the University of Regensburg, Germany. Since 2005, she has been planning and directing faculty development workshops at the Center for Teaching and Learning of the Bavarian Universities of Applied Science (DiZ). In 2009, Claudia became the deputy director of the Center. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Education on a topic related to faculty development.Prof. Christian H Kautz

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Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natascha M Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

research experiences can impact a student’sexcitement, curiosity, and identity11. This project in particular was structured so that graduatestudents were exposed to a distributed research project that presented various methodologicalconsiderations. The project was organized and scaffolded in a way that would introduce newresearchers to engineering education research that would make them comfortable in the field12.The following potential results of participation were marketed to graduate students in an email:  Belonging. Increase your sense of belonging to the engineering education community;  Personal reflection. Engage in reflection on your own trajectories, plans, and expectations;  Curiosity. Become increasingly curious

Conference Session

Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fabian Hadipriono Tan P.E., The Ohio State University; Adrian Hadipriono Tan, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

bracings, so that houses could withstandnatural forces such as wind and rain. We can watch designs, shapes, roofs, and building materialsfor dwellings improve. Logs became the first choice for walls, but when builders decided toconstruct basements, they would likely select stones for the walls instead. As they become moreproficient in building their houses, we will see them begin to improve their excavationprocedures, especially for their basements. We will tour the inside of some of their Iron-Agedwellings. As the number of inhabitants in a certain location grew, a village was formed; at first,these villages did not follow a specific pattern, but eventually, increasing population created aneed to plan a small town. The earliest towns were

Conference Session

Microprocessor, Microcontrollers, and Embedded Systems Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Felipe Patarroyo, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Gerson Beauchamp, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Electrical and Computer

custom made Analog Signal Conditioning Board. The system is enclosed in a box Page 26.66.2with all the ports needed to connect to the Controls Laboratory Experiments. Also, a set of Clanguage libraries with solutions to the most common control problems was developed.To document the project, students delivered a work plan, two progress reports and one finalreport. The work plan specified how each team completed the tasks assigned and included a timeschedule with the activities needed to complete the project. Progress reports were used to assessprogress and allowed the instructor to provide guidance to the teams accordingly. Teamspresented a

Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods in a Multidisciplinary Context

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willard W. Neel, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interwoven pathway. Theauthors also include the Onegar project description at length to inform and guide engineeringfaculty who are particularly interested in developing similar types of historically-basedengineering course projects. The authors also include in the paper a discussion of theirassessment of the project with respect to the targeted skill sets and of their plans for future work.The Onager ProjectThe students found that the historical information referencing the Onager is rather sparse. Little Page 26.70.2is known about this machine despite its supposed frequent appearance at sieges during the lateRoman Empire. One armed throwing

Conference Session

Construction Project Delivery and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wesley Martin, Central Washington University; Philip Warren Plugge, Central Washington University

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Construction

Paper ID #11303Active Learning Games; Challenging Players’ Mindsets for Integrated ProjectDeliveryMr. David Wesley Martin, Central Washington University Certified Professional Constructor with twelve years professional experience in civil and construction project management encompassing over $100,000,000 worth of vertical and horizontal construction. An additional ten years involved in college level construction management instruction and administration including contract and project management techniques, estimating, disputes resolution practices, planning and scheduling, safety engineering, engineering practices, and

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Skromme, Arizona State University; Dan Robinson

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Electrical and Computer

methods improves theresults.To date, the instructional approaches described above have been used only by one instructor.Our plan for broader implementation is to incorporate these approaches into an interactivecomputer-based tutorial, so that other instructors can easily assign such work without having toheavily revise their lecture approaches. The interactive tutorial could incorporate simulated or“virtual” laboratory experiments, where students could gain “hands-on” experience related to theideas we are presenting. This tutorial will be incorporated into our existing Circuit Tutorsoftware package,13-15 which we plan to distribute through a textbook publisher at some point toensure its sustainability.6. Conclusions

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University; S.R. Subramanya

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Engineering Management

thewater scarcity issue is at the heart of the issue, starting with single family water conservation or aHome Water Management Plan (HWM) that is easy to learn, follow and implement, with theultimate goal of making a mobile application (or App) available to the masses.This research introduces the awareness and educational aspects of water conservation to ourfuture leaders through ‘gamification’ (learning through games) at the graduate levelSustainability Management courses, and proposes a plan to bring a HWM mobile app to themasses through local governments, such as city or county. The mobile app approach would beaccomplished through a research relationship with the Computer Science department toprototype the gamification (website and mobile app

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Boulder; Hunter Porterfield Ewen, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jiffer W Harriman Jr, University of Colorado; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

activity tapered off to allow formore individual or team work.Each instructor gave the lectures or guided the activities most closely affiliated with his or herexpertise. That instructor was responsible for that portion of the materials, documentation, andcontent. The instructors started the course with a mutually agreed-upon general outline, andmade detailed plans roughly two days in advance. The design of the course had to be adaptive,both for the shortened semester format and for the needs of the particular students. Activitieswere added, removed, lengthened or shortened based on the reception of topics in previous days.To facilitate this on-going instructional design, instructors met daily for 30-60 minutes after theclass. Fortunately, their

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique S. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

retaining underrepresented minorities and women in STEM. Prior to Purdue, she spent time in industry holding technical and operations-based roles and has experience with informal STEM community and outreach projects. She holds a BS degree in Industrial Technology and a MS degree in Engineering Management.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Course Development / Curriculum Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Gilmore P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Computers in Education

Page 26.460.9Subsumption Architecture in the 1980’s at MIT. This paradigm for controlling robots wasrevolutionary in its treatment of the three robot primitives - sense, plan, and act, which up untilthat time involved a heavy planning and world modeling component. Behavior based controlprograms did not rely on planning, but they separated the robot’s brain into modular behaviorsthat were triggered by sensor inputs. The output of the behaviors sent commands to the actuators,and these commands could be suppressed by other behaviors. The simplest manner in which tochoose which behavior the robot executes at any time is to list behaviors in an order of priority.The behaviors cooperate in that any behavior can be executed at any time, if the right

Conference Session

ECCD Innovations in Energy Engineering & Technology

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, University of Alaska Anchorage; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Lucian Ionel Cioca, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering technology curricula, 2) the faculty inter-disciplinary expertisenecessary to teach new sustainability, green design or renewable energy topics, 3) the resistanceto revising existing senior design project courses, and 4) new laboratory infrastructure6-12. Thegreen manufacturing, renewable energy technology and sustainability skills and knowledge arerequired to meet the following objectives, including energy efficiency and management,sustainable planning and design, sustainable and green manufacturing, and renewable energysources such as biomass, biofuels, solar power, and wind energy. These components are selectedbecause they represent green technologies highest potential impact in our areas. Development ofa workforce skilled in these

Conference Session

Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang (Susie) Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Fayequa Majid, Alabama A&M University; V. Trent Montgomery, Alabama A&M University; Chance M Glenn Sr., Alabama A&M University; Juarine Stewart, Alabama A&M University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

gatekeeping courses. Among many factors to this failure, an important one isattributed to the lack of engaging pedagogy inside and outside classrooms. Through this NSFWIDER Program sponsored planning project, a team of faculty and administrators at AlabamaAgricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU) are implementing evidence-based instructionalpractices in foundation courses in STEM curricula. Recognizing that it is essential to implementeffective pedagogy in gateway courses where most attrition occurs, this project has conducted apilot study, which focuses on: (1) collecting baseline data about the extent to which evidence-based practices are currently being used in STEM gateway courses; (2) redesigning threefoundational gateway courses in

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Semih Aslan, Texas State University, San Marcos; Jesus Alejandro Jimenez, Texas State University; Yoo-Jae Kim, Texas State University; Hassan Salamy, Texas State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

pipeline” with the goals of increasing students’ early interest in STEMcareers, enhancing student academic and professional preparation in the green energy industryand increasing retention rates in undergraduate STEM courses. The SMART team set a plan todevelop and deploy a series of outreach programs and a university green learning and discoverymodel to connect with a broader range of students from middle school, high school, communitycollege to undergraduate/graduate students by 1) moving beyond traditional STEM topicsthrough the exciting themes of green energy and environmentally friendly designs, 2) exposingstudents to careers in the green energy industry, 3) emphasizing the social and moral impact ofscientists and engineers involved in the