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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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A. J. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Jonathan T Riehl, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger P.E., Michigan Technological University; Mary A. Fraley, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

, Michigan Technological University Valorie Troesch, J.D., is a Ph.D. candidate in the Rhetoric, Theory, and Culture Program in the Department of Humanities at Michigan Technological University. Her research interests are in engineering ethics pedagogy and, specifically, applying and testing a phenomenological approach to teaching ethics and using qualitative methods to measure learning outcomes. She has taught Engineering Ethics at Michigan Tech for many years and initiated a pilot project working with faculty in Engineering Fundamentals to redesign the ethics module used in first year engineering fundamentals coursework. Troesch also has a background in assessment and evaluation.Ms. Amber Kemppainen, Michigan

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Construction Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; MaryEllen C Nobe, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Construction

teaching in the sustainability of infrastructure projects. He believes that educating the next generation of professionals will play a pivotal role in making sustainability a standard practice.Dr. MaryEllen C Nobe, Colorado State University Dr. MaryEllen C. Nobe is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University. Her primary areas of research are construction education, human dimensions of construction management, and sustainable construction.. Page 26.1675.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Using Personal Case Studies to Raise Construction Safety Awareness

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Using Video, Games, and More in the First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angel Ari Perez-Mejia, Quinnipiac University; John E. Greenleaf P.E., Quinnipiac University; Priscilla C Fonseca P.E., Quinnipiac University; Chris Hakala, Quinnipiac University

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First-Year Programs

students that had been exposedto the music performed much better as compared to students in the control group. This waswidely reported in the media, and led to a frenzy of activity in the media and social policyspheres, including the project to distribute a Mozart cd to every baby born in Georgia2.Subsequently, Davies3 reported a host of other academic benefits to music listening such as“music in the classroom reduces stress, increases productivity, regulates energy, and creates arelaxed supportive learning environment”. Davies also recommended playing songs withlyrics related to the subject being studied, as it led to establishing an enhanced learningatmosphere. Davies included a list of songs arranged by subject that could be used to

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Victoria Bernal, Kennesaw State University, Marietta; Jeffrey Chastine, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. She received her M. Ed. and B.S. from Georgia State University (1979, 1981). Prof. Bernal teaches the User-Centered Design, Ethics, and Software Engineering courses at SPSU. The areas of Software Engineering, User-Centered Design and Software Engineering are the focus endeavors. She is a co-founder of the SPSU Usability Research Lab (ULAB) and is directly involved in corporate-sponsor ULAB projects. She has given numerous papers, tutorials and presentations locally and internationally on User-Centered Design, Usability and Software Engineering topics. Barbara is engaged in educational support through her company Software Education and Support (SES). She does specialized software de- velopment and evaluation as a

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Curriculum Exchange

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Sharon Wensel Bowers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

taught middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate level technology education in his 30 year career as a teacher and researcher. He has extensive research and curriculum development experience in STEM disciplines. His research includes the study of thinking processes, teaching methods, and activities that improve technological problem-solving performance and creativity. He has expertise in developing technology and engineering education curriculum that inte- grates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) concepts. Dr. Deluca is Co-PI on NSF project Transforming Teaching through Implementing Inquiry (DRL 1118942). This project focuses on developing research-proven professional development

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Xiaoyu Guo; Anirban Ganguly

a Kalman filter and 9‐sample 2 (1)Project the state ahead window filter, with an

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Anne L. van de Ven; Mary H. Shann; Srinivas Sridhar

nanomedicine research project that could beconducted from at least two different perspectives within different laboratories (and ifappropriate, via an internship as well). For some students, the proposed research was acontinuation of their primary thesis project; for others, it was an opportunity to develop a newsecondary research direction. Trainees were asked to select at least one scientific co-mentorduring the application process; however, many took the initiative to cultivate additional mentorsover their 2-year training period (Table 1). Sources of formal and informal mentorship wereidentified from trainee progress reports, meetings, interviews, and publications. Table 1. Trainee utilization of mentoring during their Nanomedicine research

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Christopher M. Moore; Semih G. Yildirim; Stuart W. Baur

2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)each steps were clearly defined initially. Therefore, students’ feedback was fairly positive as 8.27out of 10. Similarly scaled model assembly as term project was a task project having clearlydefined hand-outs (design guide) prior the activity. Whereas, students have to think outside thebox in cargo container design activity. In Table 2 number 1 and 3 activities can be named as thetask projects, but number 2 – cargo container design activity - was a discipline project. This canbe the possible reason of having lowest rate of educational significance. In terms of analogy of afootball game, this means that playing field is specified, some

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ECCD Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James V. Masi, University of Southern Maine; Daniel M Martinez, University of Southern Maine; James A Wilson, United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps; Benjamin Richard Male, United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2013 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Mechanical Engineering. He completed a 10 week internship for NASA at Johnson Space Center where he designed a microstrip patch antenna for the International Space Station for use in RFID technology. After graduating from USM, ENS Wilson reported to Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Newport, RI and was commissioned on September 20th, 2013. Following OCS, he reported to Civil Engineer Corps Officer School (CECOS) in Port Hueneme, CA graduating in CECOS Basic Class 256 in May 2014. In May 2014, ENS Wilson reported to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi as a construction manager where he has currently managed 45 projects

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University

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Mechanical Engineering

alternative solutions. Without elaborate custom programming, MS Excelwill only be able to handle simpler problem solving, and its core functionality would certainlynot replace any commercial codes that are highly specialized, and used for high-levelengineering design and analysis. However, in some cases, it can be used as a cost effective,simple, and quite useful tool to perform analysis or automate tedious and error prone tasks andcalculations.Over the past four years, several MS Excel examples and projects have been implemented intothe MET curriculum to illustrate concepts being taught in various courses. Additionally,periodic student assignments using MS Excel have been used to further reinforce basic conceptsas well as give cursory instruction

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Roberta J Herter, California Polytechnic State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

garnered the students most engaged with the project andwilling to continue. There had been a steady decline of students participating in the study surveysover the first year (starting with 31), but a core set of approximately 12 students remainedengaged throughout the course of the study.The focus group data were collected in seven discrete meetings over a period of three academicyears (Table 1), and included a total of 14 individual students (4 female and 10 males), each whoparticipated in at least two focus groups. The participating students were attending full time,although some were also working, and one of the focus groups consisted entirely of communitycollege transfer students. Focus groups met for approximately one hour.Table I. Focus

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Gordon W Skelton, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

perspective for prompting STEM faculty to acquire SRL and other learning theories andprompting students to develop higher-order learning skills, which is the main implementationframework of a NSF-funded Target Infusion Project. The novelty of the presented frameworklies in building a broad teaching community among STEM instructors and learning scientists,whose members can provide the peer support to acquire learning theories and design, implement,and evaluate effective teaching practice in implementing SRL Assessment. This noveltyapproach enables STEM instructors to adapt or develop learning strategies that are particularlysuitable for a specific STEM subject. The process also enables students to be simultaneouslyprompted for learning, adopting, and

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Simulation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie L. Cutler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Computers in Education

follow the sameformat as the other items on the survey.The survey included a number of items about students’ perceived ability to use the practicalsoftware taught using the simulation such as “Do you feel confident using Microsoft Excel?”; “Ifyou were asked to complete a project using Microsoft Excel, would you feel: comfortable?;prepared?; confident?; able to complete the project?” This allowed the researchers to betterunderstand the students’ perceived ability to effectively complete activities using the targetsoftware.The survey also included items that asked about student prior experience with Excel, how oftenthey used MyITLab, if they attended the Exam Review lecture, and if they felt MyITLabprepared them for the exam. These items were

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Utilizing Digital Technologies in Classroom and Distance Learning in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric A. Roe, Polk State College; Terry Bartelt

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

and the P.I. of the NSF ATE funded Engineering Technology Open-Entry / Open-Exit project at Polk State College. At CLEE, Dr. Roe is responsible for the college’s professional engineering master’s degree programs, engineering professional development, conferences, and customized corporate training. At Polk State Dr. Roe was the Director of Applied Technology and founder of the Manufacturing Talent Development Institute. In these roles he oversaw the shift from a traditional program to a competency-based Open- Entry / Open-Exit Engineering Technology AS degree, served the state through the ManufacturingTDI statewide resource center bridging industry and talent development systems, and served as Co-Principal

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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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Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Alex Petersen, STEMpact2020; Christopher D Wyant, Wichita East High School

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the lack of this guidance intheir social circle.High impact STEM mentoring is needed for mentors to have a lasting impact on our nation. Thispaper will focus on converting STEM professional volunteers into roles as mentors. This paperwill describe efforts to increase the number of mentors in a mid-sized urban community. Thepaper will discuss the levels of commitment and the level of intensity of desired by the mentors.I. Introduction and MotivationMentoring is critical to success in any field. Chubin1 found that mentoring was a strong factor instudents desire to study STEM. There is much in the engineering education literature regardingmentoring in the STEM fields. Many of the articles reference individual projects that are mademore

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Biomedical

, students will participate in the Frontiers in Cancer Research discoverycourse in which TED-style talks on cancer research are delivered, followed by facilitateddiscussion. Through this course, students will (1) gain an understanding of the current themes incancer research, (2) be introduced to faculty members who mentor undergraduate researchers, Page 26.1774.3and (3) develop skills in reading and discussing scientific articles. In their second semester,students will begin a research project with a faculty mentor and continue expanding on thisproject through their time in the program or until completion (similar to typical undergraduateresearch

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. Page 26.514.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Development and Implementation of Interactive Virtual Laboratories to Help Students Learn Threshold Concepts in Thermodynamics

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

correct and expand the technical content.Industry professionals were identified with experience that spanned the topics of the Engaged inThermodynamics material. Secondly, the paper will discuss the current year’s activity ofexploring innovative and creative uses of the Engaged in Thermodynamics material.Engineering educators are being recruited to create case studies of how the material can be usedwith different pedagogical approaches. Examples of possible case studies will be presented inthe paper; such as flipped classroom use and problem based learning.I. History of the ProjectThe Engaged in Thermodynamics project was originally supported in 2005 by a NSF-CCLIPhase 1 grant with the purpose of improving student engagement in thermodynamics and

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Temesgen Wondimu Aure, University of Cincinnati

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research field.Dr. Temesgen Wondimu Aure, University of Cincinnati TEMESGEN W. AURE, Ph.D., is the STEM Program Coordinator working under Dr. Kukreti on the NSF Type 1 STEP and S-STEM Projects in the Department of Biomedical, Chemical and Environmen- tal Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Temesgen joined UC as a graduate student in 2008 Fall and completed his doctoral degree in Civil Engineering in 2013. He started working on his current position at UC in January 2014. He plans, designs, evaluates and modifies pro- grams supported by the NSF Type 1 STEP and S-STEM Grants in the College of Engineering and

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pnina Ari-Gur, Western Michigan University; Peter Thannhauser, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Roman Rabiej, Western Michigan University; Daniel M. Litynski, Western Michigan University; Marwa M Hassan, Louisiana State University; Jeff Johnston, Muskegon Community College; Tyler Bayne

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

University of Auckland in new Zealand. She has been working on magnetic shape memory alloys as smart materials and for alternative energy. She has years of experience working on a variety of materials. Her research has been funded by NSF, the Air-Force Ofce of Scientic Research, NASA, CRDF Global, and industry. Her research projects also benet society such as her NSF grants where nano-ceramics were used as photocatalysts for cleaning contaminants from water and air or for developing ferromagnetic alloys for alternative energy. She has used grants from HP and NSF to develop virtual laboratory to enhance student learning. She is also en- gaged in a number of outreach activities. A regular presenter in math and

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Catherine D. McGough, Clemson University; Courtney June Faber, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #11543CAREER: Students’ Perceptions of Problem Solving Driven by MotivationsAcross Time ScalesDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student moti- vation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning

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Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monika Herrmann, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Engineering Design Graphics

broadening of the initial perception hasoccurred. The survey is conducted anonymously but pre and post survey can be associatedthrough the use of random codes. The project was determined to be exempt from review by theInstitutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research (IRB).Some survey questions are listed in Figure 3. Page 26.392.4Figure 2 - Learning process diagramFigure 3 – excerpt of introductory surveyIn this initial study, the research team decided to focus on sketching, spatial visualization andvisual expression as an essential preparation for the introduction of CAD and modeling tools.The intent is to expand this

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Lija Yang, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Merredith D Portsmore, Tufts University; Elissa Milto, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

Milto, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Elissa Milto is Director of Outreach at the CEEO. She holds two masters degrees in education allowing her to focus on special education and engineering. Currently, she leads Novel Engineering, an interdisci- plinary engineering literacy project. Her work focuses on understanding what engineering looks like in elementary and middle school and finding ways to help teachers include open-ended, hands on engineer- ing in their classrooms while paying attention to their students’ ideas. Page 18.21.1 c American Society for

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu; Rajan Chandra

andhomework and lab exercises. It has the ability to contain links to video lectures in the YouTube.These lectures are also five to ten minutes long and is given by programming professionals. Theyare free and can be accessed from anywhere as they are public domain.During lab sessions students have to work on practical problem for around three hours (some ofwhich as a group), of which are supervised by graduated students. Student are also encouraged towork on a final group project of which the size is limited to two or three students. The studentsmay choose instructor defined projects or may work on their own project which are approved bythe lab instructor. Students are required to present the project in the final week of the quarter(before finals) to

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Examining Social Ties and Networks

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

. Her research focuses on methods to improve the teaching and learning of team effectiveness in engineering design courses.Dr. Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto Penny Kinnear currently works with the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Toronto where she focuses on the development and delivery of Professional Language support for a highly student body. She has a background in applied linguistics, second language and bilingual education and writing education. She is co-author of the book, ”Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education: An in- troduction through narratives.” Her current research projects include a longitudinal study on professional identity development of Chemical Engineering

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ECCD Innovations in Energy Engineering & Technology

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

: This paper is a continuation of work presented at the 2014 American Society ofEngineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Here the author provides a briefsummary of the work undertaken from the spring of 2012 into 2014 by Lawrence TechnologicalUniversity in conjunction with DTE Energy (the parent holding company of the local utilitycompany) to have students and faculty undertake an applied research project with the MichiganAgricultural Commodities, Inc. (MAC) to undertake an energy assessment of the MAC Marlette,MI facilities. MAC is a private company in the business of buying, selling, storage and distributionof agricultural commodities such as corn, wheat and other grains, dry beans and edible soya beans.Rising utility costs and

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

manufacturers’demonstration objects usually print well, student-designed objects do not, thus causing delays instudent projects. This work describes 3D-printing laboratory experiences with unsuccessfulprints (based on over 3000 print hours) in an undergraduate engineering 3D-printing lab usinginexpensive 3D printers implementing fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology.Unsuccessful prints caused by 3D printer failures and by 3D-printing process failures areclassified based on severity (catastrophic, compete, and partial failure types), analyzed, andcorrected. The solutions include reprinting the failed objects using different object orientations,changing the printing material, changing the printing platform surface properties, rework byusing tools like 3D pens

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

external training organization 9. Review of creativity and innovation in the engineering design process Introduction of final projects. 10. Requirements and constraints of final project. 11. Brainstorming for final project. 12. Building models of final project. 13. Refining models of final project. Presentation of draft model to peers and peer review of models. 14. Refining models of final project. Presentation of draft model to peers and peer review of models. 15. Submission of final project and presentation of final projects to peers. Page 26.748.9 Wednesday Thursday

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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Instrumentation

. He has worked in the vibration test and measurement industry helping to drive new technologies to market and working with industry to meet their emerging needs. He is currently a Professor at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo in the Department of Mechanical Engineering teaching dynamics, vibrations and controls. He is involved in several undergraduate and master’s level multidisciplinary projects and interested in engineer- ing education research. Page 26.798.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 From ‘system modeling’ to

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International Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Artem Bezrukov; Petr Osipov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University

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International

programs in Chemical Engineering and trains skilled professionalsdemanded in both the Russian and global markets.Research at KNRTU is based on long-lasting traditions of excellence in chemistry andtechnology. There are 5 research priorities related to chemical engineering corresponding to thestrategic areas of economy development in the Russian Federation. These priorities are:Chemistry and Technology of Polymer and Composite Materials; Chemistry and Technology ofHigh Energy Materials; Integrated Processing of Hydrocarbon Resources; Nanotechnology,Nanomaterials; Energy and Resource Saving Technologies for Advanced Materials.These research priorities are the “centers of gravity” grouping scientific, academic andinnovative projects around the most