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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

graduate students in research activities at Mississippi State. He has presented his education research at ASEE conferences in the past.Dr. Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University Dr. Dennis D. Truax, P.E., BCEE, F.ASCE, is Head and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Mississippi State University. He is in his ninth year as the James T. White Chair of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering and serves as Director of the Mississippi Transportation Research Center (MTRC). A member of the faculty for 34 years, he is a licensed professional engineer and board certified environmen- tal engineer. During his academic career, he has published over 100 refereed and reference papers and report

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the areas of innovation andentrepreneurship. These students will start their career with an edge over other engineeringstudents because they will be able to launch businesses successfully by using concepts learned inour program. The offering of this course provided a culture of life-long innovation in our college;it enhanced our engineering students’ entrepreneurship skills. With this new course, our studentswill establish a foundation for a small business incubator in the region. Page 26.1275.9References1. Bousaba, N. and Conrad, J., “Recent Graduates’ Perspectives on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Creation of New Entrepreneurship

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Course Development / Curriculum Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cinda Heeren, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

-Champaign. Prior to joining Illinois he was on the faculties of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University and the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Davis. Prof. West holds a Ph.D. in Control and Dynamical Systems from the California Institute of Technology and a B.Sc. in Pure and Applied Mathematics from the University of Western Australia. His research is in the field of scientific computing and numerical analysis, where he works on computational algorithms for simulating complex stochastic systems such as atmospheric aerosols and feedback control. Prof. West is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award and is a University of Illinois Distinguished Teacher-Scholar and

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Software Applications in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isaiah I. Ryan, Western Washington University; Aaron Cramer, Western Washington University; Ying Lin, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

filters and simulate the filter response.  To realize math script within a LabView VI program. Page 26.1307.3On the other hand, LabView, a popular platform used in industry for real-time measurement andtesting applications, is a suitable tool to accomplish real-time signal acquisition, analysis, andprocessing tasks. Due to these features, we have adopted LabView as the major software platformin developing these lab exercises. Other benefits of using LabView include that students getexposed to such a useful tool and have opportunities to build up their experience and skills whichprepare them for their future career in this area.In addition

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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yaël-Alexandra Jackie Monereau, Elyape Consulting, LLLP; University of Tennessee

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Nuclear and Radiological

Society of Automotive En- gineers (SAE). Through her tenure within these organizations she has served on the Board of Directors for NSBE, as well as multiple leadership roles throughout her undergraduate career with AGC and ASME. Page 26.1308.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015REALITY IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY Reality in the Nuclear Industry: Augmented, Simulated, and VirtualAbstract— In the Nuclear Engineering industry problem-solving and critical-thinking priorto entering into high risk situations are amongst the top skills

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allie S Peters, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Katherine N Thorton; Kristen Shinohara; Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #12527Refinement and Dissemination of a Digital Platform for Sharing Transporta-tion Education MaterialsAllie S Peters, Oregon State UniversityDr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize practicing engineers’ understand- ings of core engineering concepts.Dr. Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow Kevin Chang, Ph.D., P.E., is an

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Federico Garcia Lorca, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Midwestern university for the past three years. WIC leaders believe that participantsgreatly benefit from improved communication in terms of behaviors and resulting skills arethe focus of this paper. Communication has been identified by business executives as one of the top skillsneeded by professionals in the current workplace1. Professionals with good oral and writtenskills, as well as presentation and listening proficiency are more likely to be hired and leadsuccessful careers. ABET’s accreditation criterion for student outcomes include the “abilityto communicate effectively” 2.The WIC Competition Once a week participants from all majors ranging from the college of arts andsciences to law school come to the engineering school where

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Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Alavizadeh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Graduate Studies

. & Prod. in Ind. & Tech. (IT 508) and Adv. Quality Eng. Methods. • Less emphasis on qualitative methods, despite the fact that the degree is an interdisciplinary degree with students coming from a diverse background and career. • Unfamiliarity of a majority of students with the resources available to help them with their directed MS project, how to prepare the final report, and as such (a similar concern is mentioned in [1]). This is in particular, important since the majority of students are non-traditional (e.g., part-time students) who may have been out of academia for a number of years and therefore, they are not familiar with the expectations and degree requirements they need to be

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Two Year College Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Mariano Olmos, El Paso Community College; Tonie Badillo, El Paso Community College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).The Exito Sin Limites (ESL) project was undertaken to enable a 2- and 4-year institution to worktogether in providing matching opportunities for students; who can now transfer seamlesslybetween the El Paso Community College (EPCC) and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)in science and engineering education. This has increased retention and graduation ofunderrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly women, in scientific and technological careers toover 22-% of all engineering graduates in engineering at UTEP, beyond the original project goalof 15-%.At the completion of their program students can earn both an Associate of Science degree fromEPCC and a Bachelor of Science in their

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Timothy J Hinds, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #12230Spatial Visualization Skills Intervention for First Year Engineering Students:Everyone’s a Winner!Dr. S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University S. Patrick Walton received his B.ChE. from Georgia Tech, where he began his biomedical research career in the Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He then attended MIT where he earned his M.S. and Sc.D. while working jointly with researchers at the Shriners Burns Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. While at MIT, he was awarded a Shell Foundation Fellowship and was an NIH biotechnology Predoctoral Trainee. Upon completion of his doctoral studies, he

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto

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Civil Engineering

. Page 26.1403.2The topic is not particularly compelling for the majority of students, many of whom have cometo engineering to avoid performing writing or communication tasks. Nor is it typically seen as anessential skill for sophomore students, most of whom have yet to enter the industry in anymeaningful way, and therefore, yet to experience for themselves how pivotal goodcommunication skills can be to their jobs and to their career advancement. Keeping the audienceattentive for a 50 minute lecture on communication concepts can often be a difficult task.Furthermore, engineering students are often suspicious of instructors who are not themselvesengineers, and most technical communication instructors are not. Developing trust and respectbetween

Conference Session

Educational Strategies in Architectural Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

potential gap through extensiveinteraction between the Architectural Engineering (ARCE) and the Architecture (ARCH)Departments, two of five departments located within the college. The ARCE Department hastraditionally taught a sequence of five structural courses to ARCH students with the goal ofgiving them structural engineering skills so that in their careers as project leaders they will betterunderstand structural engineering systems and principles. With this ability they can betterproduce efficient integrated designs, collaborate effectively with their structural engineeringconsultants and lead more successful projects.Although the five course structural sequence has been comprehensive and has given theArchitecture students the skills needed to

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Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Pradip Kumar Krishnadevarajan, Karpagam University

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Manufacturing

leadership skills inthe area of manufacturing with an emphasis on process and systems design, manufacturingoperations, maintenance, sales and service functions. Their curriculum also includes advancedskills like casting, forging, stamping, fabrication, plastics and CNC machining that are needed inthe industry6.Zargari et al7. present a survey of SME fellows regarding the curricular need for undergraduate(B.S.) manufacturing engineering technology program. Their findings show that MfgETcurriculum should include electrical/electronic technology, Manufacturing/Robotics Technology,Packaging Technology, Computer Technology, Design for Manufacturing and ArchitecturalDrafting7. Career opportunities for manufacturing ET graduates also include other areas

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Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina R Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University; Leigh Sharma; Jennifer Vandenbussche, Kennesaw State University; Valerie Washington, Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

[homework assignments] in this class this term? Yes No 2. On a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 represents not at all committed and 5 represents extremely committed, how committed are you to completing your [homework assignments] in this class this term? 1 2 3 4 5 3. Please take a moment and think about those assignments. a. What is the primary reason that you want to be successful on them? Be specific. (ex: It will help me in my future career; so I don’t fail the course) ______________________________________ b. Finally, write a statement of your goal for [the assignment] on the line below. Start

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, and to provide apreview of law school for students considering legal study. The course primarily covered the IPfields of trade secret protection, patents, and copyright. The course emphasized critical thinking,with the expectation that these skills would transfer to the students’ future learning and work,regardless of major or of career plans. In its current form (the course is being taught for a fourthtime in the spring of 2015), the course’s expected learning outcomes are • Knowledge and comprehension: Explain the purpose and scope of the U.S. Constitution patent and copyright clause, federal statutes on patent, copyright and trademark, and judicial decisions on intellectual property; explain the key concepts of non

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Simulation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah

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Computers in Education

earlier in our students’ academic career bymaking complicated engineering theory more accessible. The resulting database of simulation usage data has been effective in detecting andresponding to usage patterns of successful and unsuccessful students, allowing for iterativedevelopment of educational material. For example, ensemble averages of mouse location forsuccessful and unsuccessful attempts in a spectrophotometer simulation revealed thatunsuccessful students did not understand the need to properly calibrate. Student study habits andproblem solving strategies also are evident in such data. Finally, we have found usage trackingdata to be effective in improving user experience; for example, we detected attempts to interactwith non

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Katherine C. Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

impression that engineering will be a rewarding career increased for all students (mean4.5 to 4.6), males (4.5 to 4.7), and URMs (4.4 to 4.7).Additional assessment results have been obtained for ESCAPE. In 2011 a matched sample gradeanalysis was performed for the 2008 entering cohort of attendees. These results are summarized inthe form of grade point averages and retention of participating students in subsequent semesters. Thesample analysis in Table 2 is interesting for two reasons. Women who attend the ESCAPE bridgeprogram are identified from a group at risk of leaving the College. The grade analysis indicates thatthey perform at least as well as women who do not attend and out-perform males.Table 2: ESCAPE Matched Sample Grade Analysis for 2008

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Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Whipple, Bishop Fox; Keith B Smith, Brigham Young University; Dale C Rowe, Brigham Young University; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University

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Electrical and Computer

help. This can createa situation where some students are unable to benefit from the advanced techniques andknowledge a teacher possesses.Limited Administrator Support and UnderstandingAnother obstacle that can come, often unexpectedly, is lack of department or school support, oreven opposition. This is often due to misinformation, confusion over terminology, or lack ofeducation on the subject of security and the need for InfoSec careers. Typically, these concernsrange from a benign concern about lack of research possibilities to outright mistrust of students’self-control or competence with dangerous knowledge or tools.Misused or Misdirected ToolsPerhaps the biggest danger to the institution as a whole is misused or misdirected tools. If a

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Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11195Capstone Design Assessment and Student MotivationDr. Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Kiefer has spent the past fourteen years teaching mechanical engineering at four institutions. As an exemplary teaching specialist in mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, Scott received the Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence, given to one faculty member in the College in Engineering for outstanding instructional performance. Scott specializes in machine design, vibrations and controls, and mechatronics. He started his career at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in the

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Clemencia M. Cosentino, Mathematica Policy Research; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-traditionalstudents participate in academic life differently and that these styles of engagement influenceattrition rates. Integrating findings from this project with an independent study of non-traditionalstudents will deepen our understanding of older students, only some of whom are transfers.Focus a current manuscript-in-progress on first-generation engineering transfer students and therole of two-year colleges in facilitating transitions to four-year institutions. First-generationstudents are more likely to begin their college careers at a two-year colleges and two-yearcolleges are an important source of engineering majors. This paper uses an asset-based approachand social capital theory to understand and explain academic persistence and student

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech; Kim Lester, Virginia Tech; Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine; Thomas Carl Long, Virginia Tech

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International

Virginia Tech alumnus and Boeing employee.Virginia Tech student delegates were selected by the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering facultyand were required to have completed the department’s two semester senior capstone designproject. Students from UCI were selected from an aerospace engineering student club, DesignBuild Fly (DBF) and also from a student satellite club, CubeSAT (SAT). The students chosenfrom DBF were participants of the 2013 AIAA Student DBF competition where they wereawarded first place. The students selected from SAT worked closely with the Boeing satellitedivision. Boeing provided programming addressing both the business and technical aspects of thecompany. These included a panel on career and leadership development, a

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Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University, School of Engineering Technology

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Engineering Technology

., O'Connor, T., McRuairc, G., McNamara, M. & O'Donnell, D. Critical thinking in the university curriculum–the impact on engineering education. European Journal of Engineering Education 37, 125-132 (2012).5 Claris, L. & Riley, D. Situation critical: critical theory and critical thinking in engineering education. Engineering Studies 4, 101-120 (2012).6 ABET. ABET Home Page, (2015).7 ABET. Engineering vs. Engineering Technology, (2013).8 Hart Research Associates. Falling Short? College Learning and Career Success. (2015).9 Downey, G. Are engineers losing control of technology?: From ‘problem solving’to ‘problem definition and solution’in engineering education. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 83

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; David T Crowther, University of Nevada, Reno; Melissa Ann Jurkiewicz, University of Nevada

Engineering Connection. Identify and describe how you will explicitly address theways in which your lesson or activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other (please describe below)Provide a description of how you will explicitly address these aspects of authentic engineering inyour workshop (maximum 2,000 characters):The focus of this workshop is

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Anne Parry, North Carolina State University

the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other (please describe below)Provide a description of how you will explicitly address these aspects of authentic engineering inyour workshop (maximum 2,000 characters):The workshop requires the use of the EDP to solve the problem given. The participants definethe problem, brainstorm solutions, build models to solve those solutions, test the models, takedata, analyze the data and iterate until they have a solution that they bring to the final test andanalysis stage. Each of the habits of mind (as defined by the NAE) is discussed in the course ofthe workshop as the facilitators highlight

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego

design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other (please describe below)Provide a description of how you will explicitly address these aspects of authentic engineering inyour workshop (maximum 2,000 characters):Authentic Engineering: Drawing is a fundamental engineering skill that is used for conceptgeneration and sharing of ideas with others. The proverbial “back of the envelope” sketch issomething engineers do on a daily basis, and is also something that

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sergey Gerasimov; Yury P Pokholkov

the professional development? - Have you finished or are you engaged now in supplementary educational activities (workshops, language courses, trainings, etc.)? - Are you going to continue your study after finishing the program? Where? When? - What kinds of CPD are the most effective for engineers? - What do you think about the mentor’s role in the career of young engineer?The AEER Accreditation Centre is working closely with academic institutions to help themprepare for the engineering educational program accreditation, namely, write self-study reportand conduct the on-site visit. Besides it develops training programs for evaluators andorganizes workshops gathered experts (representatives from industry, academe

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova

significant complications in the full-scale implementation of these concepts. [3,11]  Promote international recognition ofnational system for public-professional accreditation of engineering educational programs; There are several organizations involved in these activities in Russia, in particular National Accreditation Agency and Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Career Development.The most long-running non- governmental accreditation organization in Russiais the Association for Engineering Education of Russia. AEER is a full member of many respected international alliances and conventions, such as ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ronald J Hugo, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary; Jian Zhang; Xiaodong Niu, Shantou University

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Diversity, International Forum

Department of Mechatronics Engineering in Shan- tou University in China. He obtained his Ph.D. in department of Mecahnical Engineering in National University of Singapore in 2004. His earlier academic career includes:2008˜2011, Associate Professor of Doshisha University and, 2006˜2008, Visiting Researcher of Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. in Japan, His majors are computaional and exeperimental fluid mechanics, particularly on lattice Boltizmann method and magnetic fluids. Page 19.16.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Evolution of a Chinese-Canadian

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Monica Gray P.E., The Lincoln University - College of Science & Technology; Constance Loretta Lundy

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Diversity, International Forum

in a real situation or problem that needs tobe addressed and solved,…”.Mourtos8 offered the following link between the learning framework and Student Outcome 3(i)"a recognition of the need for (affective - organization), and an ability to engage in lifelonglearning (cognitive - analysis)". Thus, the potential lifelong learner must at some point in theiracademic career develop value for information that pertains his or her discipline and has a strongenough sense of self-efficacy to be intrinsically motivation to independently learn.Concomitantly, in exploring his or her discipline, the student will face new, ill-defined andchallenging tasks which require concerted, systematic and extended efforts in order to succeedand subsequently graduate