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Construction Session 1: Sustainable Practices

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eric A. Holt, University of Denver; Nathan Barry, University of Nebraska - Kearney

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Construction

the scholarship of teaching, educational facilities, decision-making, housing, and education.Dr. Eric A. Holt, University of Denver Dr. Eric A. Holt is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Denver, teaching in the Burns School of real Estate and the Built Environment. He has 25 years of industry experience, with 18 years in the design field. He teaches Plan Reading, Design Management, Virtual Design and Construction, BIM, Contract Administration, and Construction Building Systems to both undergraduate and graduate students.Dr. Nathan Barry, University of Nebraska - Kearney Nathan Barry is an assistant professor of Construction Management at the University of Nebraska Kear- ney. He holds a Ph.D. in

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Notable Topics in Civil Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek G. Williamson, University of Alabama; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; W. Edward Back, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

pre-labeled binders forportfolio building.Evolving the Graduation PortfolioIn order to understand choices that were made in the evolution of the use of the portfolios withinthis department, it is very important to place them within the overall context of the department’shistory and growth. In 2005, a ten year period of rapid growth started in the department’sstudent population. The department doubled in number of undergraduate students in five yearsand increased another 30% from 2010-2015, as shown in Figure 1. Additionally, a new degreeprogram was added in 2007. However, the second degree plan was constructed with the sameProgram Educational Outcomes (PEO’s) as the Civil Engineering degree. Moreover, the twodegrees used an integrated set of

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Multidisciplinary Academic Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

levels (Figure 1). While the path throughachieving the badges will be different for every student, the levels of achievement roughlyequates to the skills that would be expected for first year students (developing), second and earlythird year students (emerging), and late third year and final year students (proficient). Studentsare not expected to reach the proficient level in every one of the sub-competencies articulatedwithin the overarching eight competencies. There is room for students to determine what areasmake the most sense for their own development and career plans, allowing them to create a pathto the envisioned and desired future that fuels their desired areas of learning.Figure 1. Competency map organized by overarching competencies

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Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Christe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brian J Wisner, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

outset,students were introduced to key library professionals and digital search tools which they employedto review literature relevant to their research foci, forming a basis for research proposals. By weekfour, students presented their research plans before a panel of faculty and student judges. To enrichindividual research experiences, weekly seminars with guest lectures and discussions on moderndrivers of STEM research were integrated in this summer research program. In order to completethe program, each student produced three final deliverables - an oral presentation, a technicalposter and a final paper. In addition, students were exposed to an industrial R&D setting througha visit to a multinational corporation known for its innovation

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Software and Programming

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anurag Goswami, North Dakota State University; Gursimran Singh Walia, North Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

requirementsand design development and the required skills for planning, analysis, and design of softwaresystem. Similarly, Requirements Engineering course focuses especially on requirementdevelopment tasks and technique along with requirement inspection technique. Both the coursesrequired the students to learn about software inspections and their impact on the software qualityimprovement. Students in both the courses had an average of two years of software developmentexperience in past (i.e. classroom projects, assignments, and industry).Artifact: Two externally developed industrial strength requirement documents (Table I), LoanArranger System (LAS) and Parking Garage Control System (PGCS), were inspected by eachparticipant during two inspection cycles

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Circuits & Systems Education I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason McGuire, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

- Link budget & antennasand Networks - Wireless technologies - Testing and characterizing a ZigBee (hands-on) Table 1: Expected Student Background. Our EE capstone is offered as a two-semester course. In the first semester, the students areexpected to define a problem statement and a product idea, create a team, identify their customerbase, create a development plan, prepare a funding proposal, and find an industry advisor. In thesecond semester each team is expected to communicate with their industry advisory and client,and complete a functional prototype [22]. During the first semester of their capstone, the students are encouraged to attend one or more2-8 hour, free

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First-Year Issues in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Chang, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Christopher Miller, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

introduce studentsto the design process with a goal-based design project2. This course was also used to enable thestudent to learn and practice team skills. The final project involved the creation of a LEGO® robotto satisfy a Product Design Specification (PDS). The solution to the design project was presentedduring an end of quarter competition. Some of the course objectives were improving creativity,preparing team documents such as agendas, minutes, memos, making team decisions, organizingand managing a project, preparing a professional development plan, demonstrating ethicalbehavior, and presenting technical oral and written work. The authors found that the overallresponse by the students was positive and that they perceived some value in

Conference Session

Research Methods I: Developing Research Tools and Methods

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Thomas, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Nicole M. Colston, Oklahoma State University; Tyler Ley P.E., Oklahoma State University; Beverly DeVore-Wedding, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Leslie R. Hawley, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Juliana Utley, Oklahoma State University; Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

ideas can help advance curriculum design.Future ResearchFuture research will necessarily need to establish validity and inter-rater reliability of this scoringrubric. Having begun to explore inter-rater reliability, we plan to create a scoring guide to insureobjectivity of rubric scorers. This guide will present examples of children’s illustrations and arationale for thinking about continuum score assignment. Our exploration with mDAET codingprocedures thus far suggests such a guide will help to maintain inter-rate reliability (i.e. helpcoders refrain from interpreting or assuming children’s meaning).Other potential research initiatives might analyze a collection of children’s naïve conceptions ofthe work of an engineer and organize these child

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Information and Network Security

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Pickard, East Carolina University; John B. Southworth, East Carolina University

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Computing & Information Technology

generation IP protocol. Wemeasure IPv6 adoption through eight adoption metrics gleaned from eleven datasets. Datacollection covers a two year period from January 2014 through December 2015.In addition, we address the implications of the sudden uptick in IPv6 adoption, as it continues ona path of accelerated expansion. The long awaited transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has implicationsfor all organizations who will soon be making the change; many of which may not be preparedfor how to systematically approach such an undertaking. Factors such as project planning, IPv6saturation, infrastructure assessment, policy redesign, and network continuity are discussed askey areas that will need to be addressed as organizations begin to adopt IPv6.Key words: IPv6

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Patricia A. Nava, University of Texas, El Paso; Valarie E. Taylor, Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

to answer 0.4% Missing Data 18.1% Total (n=1070) 100.0%The project's institutional sampling plan sought to gather information from a disproportionatelyhigh percentage of Hispanic engineering students and alumni relative to the nationalrepresentation. As shown in Table 2, data collection did meet this objective, as one-third of allrespondents who answered this question identified as Hispanic/Latino (note: this percentagejumps to 41% when missing data were removed). The 18.2% who did not answer this questionwill be filled in following the institutional data merge. Therefore, the data set

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Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Chitra N. Javdekar, Massachusetts Bay Community College; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

integrates requiredcourses with career planning and support, followed by a paid internship with a partner company,completed by final reflection and placement. The net cash outlay for a participant is $4,400 withthe opportunity to earn the equivalent or more during the paid internship. We have developedtwo tracks for the program, one in Innovation and one in Technology. Each track shares severalfoundational courses and has been designed to meet the diverse needs and prior skills of ourtarget population.Courses/core curriculumManufacturing certificate programs are offered at MassBay Community College and are part ofthe engineering department offerings. The college is an open access institution and thecertificate programs do not have prerequisite

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Experiential Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liang Li Wu, University of California - Irvine; Robert M. Cassidy, University of California - Irvine; J Michael McCarthy, University of California - Irvine; John C. LaRue, University of California - Irvine; Gregory N. Washington, University of California - Irvine

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First-Year Programs

requirements, were formulated. Competitions were planned atthe end of each quarter with the goals of having the shortest time for the quadcopter to traversethrough a set course in the Fall quarter and the shortest time for delivering two objects based oncolor and distance recognition in the Winter quarter. We are in the process of developingadditional discipline focused projects to be implemented during the second quarter due tosuggestions from faculty to diversify projects to be more major specific.Course ImplementationSince the course was not required, first-year students were informed and recruited throughpresentations during summer orientations and were enrolled on a self-selecting basis. Studentenrollment increased dramatically since the initial

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; P. Scott Carney, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dipanjan Pan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andrew Michael Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

). In spring 2016, the first cohortcontinued research projects and finalized summer clinical immersion plans while the secondcohort entered laboratories, began research projects, and planned summer experiences.EvaluationTo assess and continuously improve the CSP, the CSP development team works closely with anon-campus engineering education focused group, the Academy for Excellence in EngineeringEducation (AE3). The CSP received start-up funding through UIUC’s College of Engineering’sStrategic Instructional Innovations Program (SIIP) which requires a mid-year and end-of-yearreview by an AE3 panel. As part of the funding, the CSP is assigned a delegate from AE3 who istasked with attending CSP development team meetings and serving as an

Conference Session

Make It!

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Chariah, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Nicholas Kumia; Jonathan R. Zubarriain, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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Manufacturing

an NSF research project.Nicholas Kumia Senior in the Undergraduate Mechatronics Engineering Program at Vaughn College He graduated high school at the age of 16 and has completed the 4-year Mechatronics Program in 3-years. Recently, He co-founded the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Club at Vaughn College and has been working as Lead Programmer. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science to supplement this expertise in Mechatronics Engineering.Mr. Jonathan R. Zubarriain, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Jonathan Zubarriain is a senior in the Mechatronics Engineering program at Vaughn College of Aeronau- tics and Technology. He is co-founder of the Vaughn College UAV Club and has held the

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Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Andrew Phillips, The University of Glasgow

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Electrical and Computer

University of Glasgow (UoG) and the University of Electronic Science and Technology ofChina are partners in a joint educational programme (JEP) in Electronic and ElectricalEngineering (EEE). The Glasgow College, UESTC in which the JEP in EEE is housed is now in itsthird year of operation. The JEP in EEE has an enrolment of 600 students in the first threeyears of the four year undergraduate programme with a planned enrolment of 960 studentsin steady-state. As part of its mission, the Glasgow College, UESTC has organized severalsummer overseas immersion programmes (OIP) to enable all students in the programme tohave an international experience prior to graduation. One of the OIP is a trip to the UnitedKingdom and Ireland. The students spend a long

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Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College; Denise Hum, Cañada College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

for academic success.1. IntroductionWith the increasing demand for a skilled and technically savvy workforce in the United States,addressing retention problems in the first two years of college is a promising and cost-effectivestrategy to address this need. A recent Committee on STEM Education National Science andTechnology Council report Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics(STEM) Education 5-Year Strategic Plan indicates that the United States needs make STEMeducation a priority. To achieve that goal, the Department of Education has committed $4.3billion to encourage states to develop “comprehensive strategies to improve achievement andprovide rigorous curricula in STEM subjects; partner with local STEM institutions

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MVCC Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force Academy; Timothy Hyer, US Air Force

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

Immersion TripsOur International Programs Office offers various study abroad opportunities, including a 10-daycultural immersion trip offered during the summer between the junior and senior year. Eventhough these trips are short in duration, they offer a high-impact, motivational event in thestudent’s educational experience. We identified students that would be on the same seniorcapstone project teams and planned a cultural immersion trip that would be technically related totheir UAS capstone project. This had three benefits: (1) developing cultural awareness; (2)learning technical information which would aid in their UAS capstone project; and (3) a team-building experience for the capstone team. We tried two different formats for the trips. The

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Issues in Engineering Technology Education II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

2Technical Elective 2Technical Elective 2Total MXET Core Courses 48Total MXET Focus Area (See Table 7 and 8) 29Total Required Courses 127Emphasis Areas Two different focus areas are presented as viable examples of the breadth of the MXETprogram in supporting multidisciplinary undergraduate experiential learning opportunities. Thefirst focus area planned for implementation will be mechatronics. Based on industry support andstudent interest, once the mechatronics focus area is stood up and operational, the entrepreneurialnew product development focus area will be created. Other focus areas which would

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Multidisciplinary Teamwork

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A Zachary Trimble, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa; David Garmire, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

case, allstudents take the discipline-relevant core courses in support of the project they are working on.The students interact as a cohort from start to finish - from general education and math tograduation. However, such an idealized plan is difficult to implement in the face of alreadyestablished pedagogy. Electrical Mechanical Engineering VIP Engineering Senior Design Senior Design Senior VIP Team Member Junior Project Technical Elective Sophomore Project

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Yeonsu Ryu

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Industrial Engineering

students the intricacies of business practices and the help themunderstand the tradeoffs between different organizational goals in Supply Chain Management.In the Integrated Systems Engineering department, the undergraduate students take rigorouscourses in linear and non-linear programming as well as simulation modeling as part of theiroperations research core classes. In their junior year, they take a class where many of thesemethods can be applied called Production Planning and Facility Layout. It is this course that isthe subject of the research described in this paper.Today’s industrial systems engineering students do not just go into the traditional manufacturingsector, but also delve into many diverse fields such as healthcare, the airline

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Luan Leao Gloria, Florida Atlantic University/ Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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Electrical and Computer

approach is not an attempt to abandon the traditional ControlSystems textbooks. Instead they aim to foster a stronger engagement and interest from studentsbefore facing complicated concepts in control systems. Presenting a less aggressive introduction,rather than going straight to formulas and long enunciates, may make students more comfortablewith Control Systems, promoting more self-motivation that can positively affect students’academic achievements.Results of a questionnaire at Florida Atlantic University have shown that students, who wereexposed to the new way of introducing Control Systems concepts, support a more nontraditionalapproach to teaching. We plan to further assess the educational value of the puzzles as related toControl Systems

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Jane Goodyer P.E., Massey University; Lizzie Miles, Coventry University UK; Anh Lan Ho Tran, Coventry University

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International Forum

-Disciplinary Research where as other partner academics were under pressure to use the Network to generate income and had targets in the areas of Internationalisation, Student Satisfaction and Curriculum Development.As a result of analysing these challenges the following Outcomes have been proposed and arein the process of being implemented to enhance the operation of the UNITWIN: • Development of a ‘New Partners agreement’ for new institutions joining the UNITWIN. This will incorporate a method of recording clear expectations on both sides, reporting methods and timings. • Better planning of subject specific meetings with exact regularity under negotiation. • Development of potential retreats and workshops (some on line

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Western Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

out.IntroductionEngineering freshmen at Grand Valley State University participate in a two courses sequencedesigned to explore the basic skills of electrical, computer, mechanical, and manufacturingengineering. The courses are EGR 106 - Engineering Design I and EGR 107 - EngineeringDesign II. The courses introduce computer aided design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing(CAM), microcontroller programming, and electrical interfacing. The lectures and laboratoriesare interwoven so that students may use the knowledge to design and build robots in the firstcourse, and create more complicated work in the second course. This paper describes the robotproject used in the first course of the sequence, EGR 106.A course plan for one winter 2015 lecture section is provided in

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Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luz Adriana Amaya-Bower, Central Connecticut State University; Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

structure: Firstly, class time is insufficientto cover all the material and for the students to complete assignments with the assistance of theinstructor. Secondly, the tutorials are written in a format which may be confusing and difficult tofollow. In addition, these tutorials provide an emphasis on the tools to construct the CAD models,while dismissing the model planning stage, which is critical for an engineering design. Theauthors have attempted to address these drawbacks. Tutorial videos were created to clearly showthe model construction process from start to finish. One instructor taught the course in the usualmanner but made the tutorial videos available to the students. The second instructor converted theclass to a “flipped” or inverted

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Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Outreach

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugo Gomez, University of Texas - El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas - El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas - El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas - El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas - El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas - El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas - El Paso

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

creation of a wide variety of objects.Learning Environments Department has embarked on a project to incorporate the Maker Campstrategy into a more formal process that includes creating sessions using learning blockswhich utilize a Project Based Learning (PBL) model at their core. This type ofstrategy could support the hands-on components of a Maker Camp combined with theinstructional strategies of Active and Project Based Learning in a simplified planning tool. Thedesign could then become a template moving forward. Our research explores what impact usingsuch a strategy had on our Tech-E Camp hosted at The University of Texas at El Paso –Undergraduate Learning Center as well as the impact of the technology challenges as theypertained to the

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University & University of Hawaii - Manoa; Cody Alan Chapman, University of Tulsa

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Diversity

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International

Paper ID #16659International vs. Domestic Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU):A Three-Year Assessment of the Preparation of Students for Global Work-forcesDr. Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education at The University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ co-directs the NanoJapan program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to expand international research opportunities for students in STEM fields. She is the recipient of two

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Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, State University of New York - Farmingdale; Mircea Alexandru Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

type of expertise is increasing at a fast rate.Trying to address the current and future needs of the industry in the areas of digital systemdesign, instructors and members of the Industry Advisory Board of the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology Department at Farmingdale State College-SUNY, are in theprocess of restructuring the digital design sequence of courses, placing a strong emphasis inthe study of modern tools, technologies and current industrial practices while considering thecharacteristics of the student population at this school and their educational needs. The resultsof the current restructuring process, challenges presented by the process, “lessons learned”are presented. Plans for the future include more access to “hands

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Classroom Practice I: Active and Collaborative Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ray Essick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Emma Mercier, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

groups of three or four members.Student opinions regarding the space and design of these classrooms were evaluated by paper-based surveys in the Introductory Solid Mechanics course during the Spring 2015 semester.Results are shown in Fig. 5. The results confirmed anecdotal feedback from students andteaching assistants: the classroom was too crowded and the chair arrangement did not facilitate Figure 1: Diagram of classroom layout in active learning configuration.collaborative learning. [11, 29, 32] To address this issue, a new active/flexible learning classroomwas created to host discussion sections for all three introductory mechanics courses.The initial planning of this active learning classroom began in February 2015. The selection

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Dixon Y. Nielson

with him later that afternoon. Two weeks earlier, you attended a senior management meeting in which the company CEO announced plans to close the facility where you work. Although profitable, your facility is not producing at the level necessary and its remote location and high transportation costs are major concerns. Its operations will be consolidated with a facility about 200 miles north. This decision will mean the largest employer in your small town will be closing down. The town’s economy could potentially collapse. Everyone at the management meeting were told they could not, under penalty of losing their jobs, say anything about the closure to any of their employees until the formal

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Jeffrey S. Bates; Taylor D. Sparks

course catalog, this course is designed as a technical elective for students inMaterials Science and Engineering, while also satisfying one of the six required courses forstudents seeking a Certificate in Entrepreneurship. Course content includes solving problemsthrough the engineering design process, identifying the need for new materials in industry,designing a project to test for the “fastest route to failure” or develop a prototype, building abusiness plan, pitching new technology ideas to investors, and making team decisions aboutgetting new technology into the market.Furthermore, with respect to course outcomes and ABET criteria, this course was designed tointroduce undergraduate students to the following: • An ability to apply