Conference Session

Assessment II: Learning Gains and Conceptual Understanding

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Bethke Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University; Aaron W. Johnson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Educational Research and Methods

in-depth analyses of the tensions that emerged betweendifferent disciplinary goals in these STEM learning environments. These results point to the needfor increased attention on how teachers manage the different disciplinary practices and goals inSTEM activities, particularly when incorporating formative assessment strategies or adopting aresponsive teaching approach.IntroductionThere is widespread agreement among educators and researchers that assessment should be anongoing, integral part of teaching and learning 1,2. Formative assessment provides feedback toteachers about where students are in their learning so that they can make decisions about what todo next. As opposed to assessments that occur at the end of an activity or unit

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Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Mechanical Engineering

associated with a Gantt chart and work breakdown structure. Theymust also develop an instructional lab with a series of questions that helps reinforce the theorytaught in the classroom. And finally, they are required to teach this lab to their peers. The designpremise/requirement for the capstone students is that they must incorporate at least three coreareas of the curriculum into their team project. This will provide future implementation of the labto different areas of study with the engineering technology programs. The areas of study for thislab apparatus in this paper include measurements and instrumentations with LabView, strengthof materials, heat transfer and material behavior. The assessment included in the final paper istwofold. The

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota - Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

• Faculty Course Evaluations • Senior Exit Interviews • Co-op Student and Employer SurveysLab 1 is not part of this list, nor is this paper intended as anything more than an example of ateaching technique, therefore quantitative data has been collected in regards to the affect of thischange on student outcomes. The updated integration of safety culminating with the riskassessment assignment has been used in four sections of lab over two semesters, whichrepresents 54 students benefiting from an application of the principles being taught.Qualitatively, as a result of the risk assessment memo assignment, students identified potentialsafety issues and collected data on them making immediate changes when able. Items requiringfurther resources were

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L Hess, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

rapidly develops), the endeavor of empathic growth anddevelopment need not be abandoned within post-secondary education. Rather, it indicates thatwe lack an understanding of the ideal means for empathic development later in one’s life.Given the growing emphasis on the necessity of empathy to thrive as an engineer, engineeringeducators need to understand the constellation of existing tools and pedagogical techniques tofoster empathy within the engineering curriculum. This synthesis piece highlights a variety ofeducational contexts and pedagogical techniques, each of which we posit are equally salient andmutually supportive for the development of engineering students’ empathic skills, abilities, ordispositions. We draw from literature from a wide

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Design Practices: Best Paper Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ninger Zhou, Purdue University; Tarun Thomas George, Purdue University; Joran W. Booth, Purdue University; Jeffrey Alperovich, Purdue University; Senthil Chandrasegaran, Purdue University; Nielsen L. Pereira, Purdue University; Jeffrey David Tew Ph.D.; Devaatta Nadgukar Kulkaerni; Karthik Ramani

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Institute of Technology), Trichy, India. Before starting graduate school, he worked in the au- tomotive industry, specializing in interior trim design, and then in the heavy engineering industry, spe- cializing in structural analysis and knowledge-based engineering. His research interests include design pedagogy, information visualization, and specifically the integration of computer support tools to aid and understand design learning in the classroom.Dr. Nielsen L. Pereira, Purdue University Nielsen Pereira is an Assistant Professor of Gifted, Creative, and Talented Studies at Purdue University. His research interests include the design and assessment of learning in varied gifted and talented education contexts

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International Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine A. Twyman, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

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International

international and intercultural contexts withengineers who define problems differently from themselves1, 2, 3. To meet those workforcedemands and needs, Virginia Tech offers a program which integrates an on-campus, semester-long experience with a two week international experience in a course for first year engineeringstudents. This study focuses on understanding the range of learning experiences from theperspectives of enrolled students that occurred during the two week international module.Throughout the two weeks students traveled through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Franceengaging in local culture and customs during visits with engineering businesses and universities.These visits, intentionally selected by the program faculty director to align

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Guvenc, Florida International University; Natalie Paul, Florida International University; Rhys Bowley, National Instruments; Maria Lorelei Fernandez, Florida International University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Learning Technolo- gies. She, also, has a background in Mathematics Education and Engineering.Mr. Rhys Bowley, National Instruments Rhys is an engineer working at National Instruments in a role that focuses on wireless communications in education. Rhys graduated with a Masters (MEng Hons) in Communications and Electronic Engineering from Cardiff University, where he spent a short time working as a researcher in loadpull characterisation techniques for mobile device power amplifiers. During his time at Cardiff he also taught lab classes in LabVIEW programming for both under graduate and post graduates alike. His passion is that wireless communications in

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2A: Using Alternative Measurements to Look at Students and Their Success

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; James C. Curry

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First-Year Programs

teaches a wide array of courses that includes statics, reinforced concrete design, structural analysis, and materials engineering. Dr. Brake actively integrates project based and peer assisted learning pedagogies into his courses.Dr. James C. Curry Dr. James Curry is an Associate Professor in the Lamar Industrial Engineering department. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The impact of one-credit introductory engineering courses on engineering self-efficacy: seminar v. project-basedAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper presents the results of two different one-credit introductoryengineering courses: i) a project based and peer assisted learning introductory

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Annemarie Galeucia, Louisiana State University; Warren R Hull Sr. P.E., Louisiana State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Louisiana State University a gift from an alumnus made possible the establishment of auniversity-wide program to improve undergraduate students’ communication skills. As weinitially described in a 2006 paper, the Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) programwas established in 2004 with an initial emphasis on engineering students.¹ A key element of theCxC program was the inception of Communication-Intensive (C-I) courses. C-I courses areintended to be integrated into existing discipline-specific courses, with additional requirementsfor emphasis on two of the four modes of communication: written, spoken, visual, andtechnological. In a 2007 survey designed to solicit student perceptions of the value of C-Icourses in the engineering curricula, our

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cary Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette Rebecca Essig is a 6th year PhD Candidate at Purdue University in Civil Engineering. Rebecca is a GAANN Fellow under Dr. Cary Troy specializing in Environmental Fluid Mechanics. She received her BS and MS from the Lyles School of Civil Engineering in 2010 and 2013 respectively. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Faculty on Writing: What They Think and What They WantAbstractWriting has been identified as an important skill for engineers. While faculty generally agree thatwriting should be included in the engineering curriculum, there are many barriers that maydiscourage them from bringing

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

, the paper identifies biographicalinformation common to those who appear to be most engaged in the topic and compares it toexisting national faculty profiles. These findings are augmented through national survey ofengineering faculty. The survey investigated faculty perceptions on the importance ofengineering leadership development and the manner faculty think these materials should beincorporated in engineering curricula. These perceptions are investigated with respect toparticipant’s backgrounds and experiences outside the academy. This work will be of interest toboth faculty building commitment for and materials supporting integration of engineeringleadership in the curriculum and the engineering leadership profession.IntroductionMany of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Leslie Seawright, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ibrahim Hassan P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Ali Darwish Alashar, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Diversity, International Forum

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The STEM Loop: Undergraduate Engineering Students Create a STEM Children’s BookAbstractThis paper documents an innovative project in which undergraduate mechanical engineeringstudents created and produced a children's book about combustion engines. Funded through agrant provided by Texas A&M University at Qatar, students researched, designed, and wrote achildren's book intended to promote interest in STEM fields. The book, written in both Englishand Arabic, will be used in Qatari public schools and in the Texas A&M University at Qatar’sSTEM Outreach Program. The interdisciplinary project was co-led by a mechanical engineeringprofessor and an

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Brakoniecki, Boston University; Michael Ward, Boston University; Gretchen Fougere, Boston University

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Mathematics

thecoursework required for their degree, there are also seminars offered which attempt to moreexplicitly connect the work and experiences of engineers to that of the K-12 mathematicsclassroom. There are five seminars offered over the course of the program and range in topic toinclude engineering, technology, curriculum, professional communities, and other aspects ofinterest to new teachers.This paper describes an activity used in one of these seminars to connect the Engineering DesignProcess to the content and process standards in the Common Core State Standards. In thissession, 10 engineering undergraduate students and 10 beginning mathematics teachersparticipating in the special program worked together to solve an engineering design challenge byusing

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nazmun Nahar, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; John Devitry, Utah State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

curriculum that would encourage and improve students’creativity? Additionally, Kazerounian and Foley [7] showed a valid argument for the importanceof creativity in engineering as well as a lack of techniques to foster it in our engineering students.Thus, an engineering professor at a western university developed a pedagogical approach toengineering graphics instruction called Conceptual Design Blending (CDB) that facilitatescreativity in engineering students. The term CDB has its root in Fauconnier and Turner’sConceptual Blending [8] and Arthur Koestler’s Bisociation [9] where students are asked togenerate an entirely new design using features of two or more pre-existing designs. [10] Withregard to CDB, as defined by Bell et al.: “CDB is

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Innovative Graduate Programs and Methods, Developing Master's & Ph.D. Programs and Graduate Teaching Assistants

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Karly Anne Danhausen, Middle Tennessee State University; Chelsea Rae Nihill, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

to pursue a PhD have the opportunity to obtain a masters that will give them thescience and business skills they desire to be successful in an industry setting.Program DescriptionWhen the MSPS program was first established, it had three concentrations: Biostatistics,Biotechnology, and Healthcare Informatics. Due to the undeniable success it has generated, itnow contains six different concentrations: Biostatistics, Biotechnology, Actuarial Science,Geosciences, Healthcare Informatics, and Engineering Management.5 All concentrations requirethe same business courses, but have their own specific core curriculum. Each individualconcentration has a designated advisor that assists students in creating schedules, obtaininginternships, and

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Best Papers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahid Behrouzi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Daniel Kuchma, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, especially those associated with the instructors’ personal research/consulting experience, received highly positive feedback and students would often approach the instructor to ask follow up questions. These types of case-studies should be more fully integrated throughout the semester, rather than concentrated at the end as they were in the Fall 2015 semester.  Students enjoyed the creativity associated with the final design project and the fact that each team’s problem statement was unique. Many requested that some of the experiment- based activities from earlier in the semester be replaced with small design challenges. Instructors would have to be selective to insure curriculum topics are still addressed if this

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey Kiassat, PhD, MBA, PE P.E., Quinnipiac University; Xiaoyue Jiang, Quinnipiac University

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ASEE Diversity Committee

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Engineering Economy

Paper ID #16737Systematic Team Formation Leading to Peer Support and Leadership SkillsDevelopmentDr. Corey Kiassat P.E., Quinnipiac University Dr. Corey Kiassat is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Industrial Engineering at Quinnipiac Uni- versity and has a BASc and a PhD degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has an MBA, majoring in Marketing and International Business, from York University. Corey is a Pro- fessional Engineer and has 11 years of industry experience in manufacturing engineering and operations management with General Motors in USA and Canada. He has also been involved

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Assessment II: Learning Gains and Conceptual Understanding

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineering and Technology. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs: 2015- 16. (ABET, Inc., 2016).7. Bailey, R., Dugan, J.B., Coso, A. & McFarland, M. ECE/SYS Integration: A Strategy for Evaluating Graduates from a Multi-year Curriculum focused on Technology Systems Integration. in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference (ASEE, San Antonio, TX, 2012).8. Cardella, M. et al. Special Session - Assessing student learning of engineering design in Frontiers in Education (ASEE/IEEE, Rapid City, South Dakota, 2011).9. Vinck, D. Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and Innovation, (MIT Press, 2009).10. Newstetter, W.C. Of green monkeys and failed affordances: A case study of a mechanical

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gon Namkoong, Old Dominion University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

)References[1] P. Jennings, “New directions in renewable energy education”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 34, pp 435–439 (2009)[2] J. Swart and T. Sutherland, “Fusing theory and practical in a curriculum for engineering students-A case study”, IEEE AFRICON Conference, Article number #4401497 (2007)[3] H. Banchi and R. Bell, “The Many Levels of Inquiry”, Science and Children, Vol. 46, pp 26-29 (2008)[4] J. R.V. Flora and A. T. Cooper, “Incorporating Inquiry-Based Laboratory Experiment in Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Laboratory”, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 131, pp 19-25 (2005)[5] K. Kephart, “The discourse of engagement: an approach to analyzing conceptual understanding in an inquiry

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Avi Kaplan, Temple University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering. Taking action as an ambassador might in turn impact her beliefs about how and whyindividuals decide to stay or leave the STEM pipeline in school. Actions might also impact herself-perceptions about her capacity to influence and lead others, thus strengthening herprofessional goals of achieving a leadership and mentorship position in engineering career. Thismight lead to further action possibilities of becoming a senior ambassador, and perhaps lookinginto engineering management as a future career goal. In this hypothetical case, all of these roleidentity components are in alignment. Moreover, different other roles, such as that ofundergraduate student (and the imagined role of future engineer) are integrated with the role ofthe

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University - Calumet; Gregory P. Neff, Purdue University - Northwest

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Instrumentation

., Electrical Engineering University of El Mina Cairo, Egypt, May 2001.Prof. Gregory P. Neff, Purdue University - Northwest Gregory Neff is professor of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University Northwest, Calumet campus. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Certified Manufacturing Engineer, and a Certified Manufacturing Technologist. Greg is active in ASEE where he won the Meryl K. Miller award in 1994 and in SME as faculty advisor for SME student chapter 161 and an advisor for Tau Alpha Pi. He is a mem- ber of ASHRAE and sponsor of student members. He is active in ASME, where he has served as chair in 2001-2002 for the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Head Committee (METDHC) of the American

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne-Marie Jacob Job, Tulane University; Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group; Donald P. Gaver, Tulane University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

bedside.As such, the Bioinnovation Program requires that fellows not only become well-versed in humanphysiology and science and engineering fundamentals, they must also develop an understandingof the business, regulatory and administrative hurtles they will face in today’s rapidly evolvinghealthcare industry. To this end, business and law classes have been integrated into theBioinnovation curriculum to supplement a rigorous science and engineering course load, andfellows regularly participate in entrepreneurship-focused seminars, conferences andcompetitions. One additional critical component of their training is a 12-week summer internshipat the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Silver Spring, MD in the Division ofPostmarket Surveillance

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Aerospace Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Scott Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

design process evolvesthroughout a student engineer’s educational experience.10,11 For example, senior engineering studentsgenerally have more breadth in how they approach design problems.13 When compared to expertdesigners, students spend less time on problem scoping and also gather less and less diverse informationto solve the design problem.11 Thus, there is a need for the creation of a model that helps scaffold noviceengineers’ design knowledge management and problem-solving strategies. Educational approaches toengineering design can be improved by integrating a coordination lens. This paper describes designknowledge coordination and validates this model using an authoritative model of aerospace engineeringdesign

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Darwin; Joseph Patrick Kale, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Manufacturing

Badging System is to provide an open-source resourcefor other campus Makerspaces that may be interested in controlling access to some equipmentand logging equipment usage. A demonstration system will be available at the ASEE conferencewith functionality determined by successful completion of the project by the capstone designteam and the vagaries of internet access. The complete plans and code for the project will furtherbe made available on a public website at the conclusion of the project in early May 2016.1 Kotys-Schwartz, D., D. Knight, and G. Pawlas, First-Year and Capstone Design Projects: Is the Bookend Curriculum Approach Effective for Skill Gain, in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition2010

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Faculty Development II: Building Community Among STEM Educators

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Natasha Aniceto Mamaril, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

  Gill, M. J. The possibilities of phenomenology for organizational research. Organizational  Research Methods, 1094428113518348 (2014). 11  Kupers, W. Embodied “inter‐learning”‐an integral phenomenology of learning in and by  organizations. The Learning Organization 15, 388‐408 (2008). 12  MacQueen, K. M., McLellan, E., Kay, K. & Milstein, B. Codebook development for team‐based  qualitative analysis. Cultural Anthropology Methods 10, 31‐36 (1998). 13  Braun, V., & Clarke, V. Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology,  3, 77–101. (2006). 14  Creswell, J. W. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches.   (Sage Publications, Inc., 2009). 15

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #16184Development of Authentic Engineering Problems for Problem-centered Learn-ingDr. Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University Yen-Lin Han is an Assistant Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University. Her research interests include micro-scale Molecular Gas Dynamics and heat transfer applications such as the Knudsen Compressor, a temperature driven micropump with no moving parts. Her work in exper- imental and computational investigations of gas transport phenomena has been published in high impact journals including Physics of Fluids, Applied Materials and Interfaces, and Journal of

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison J. Kerr, The University of Tulsa; Bradley J. Brummel, The University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily P.E., The University of Tulsa

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

actually presenting enough distinct processing options as well as providing enoughopportunity to actual practice making decisions. Current options for ethics training arenoticeably limited in these areas.Approaches to Ethics InstructionThere are multiple methods of ethics training currently in use. When determining what should beincluded in ethics training, there are aspects of both the delivery and the content to consider.Delivery methods are often separated based on whether instruction is disseminated as part ofstand-alone ethics course focused on either general or more field specific ethics or if it isdelivered in an ethics-across-the-curriculum method which is essentially an integration of ethicscontent in otherwise technical skills courses. 4

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Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra S. Fuentes, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randall Davies, Brigham Young Unversity

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

contributing to narrow perceptions of ethicsamong students.22 For example, educational reforms aiming to introduce more social and ethicalrequirements into curricula can be perceived by students as “constraints” and “discreterequirements” rather than integral to both their education and future professional practice.Related research has additionally questioned whether engineering education has measurableimpacts on the ethical capabilities and moral development of engineering students. For instance,Shuman et al. coded student responses to an open-ended ethical dilemma, and found littleevidence of growth in ethical reasoning from the freshman year to senior year, althoughrelatively few of these students had taken formal ethics courses.23 Similarly, Wu et

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Auburn University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

were doing it to satisfy their own intrinsic values. While they still believed that good writingwas important to an engineering professional, the lack of continuity in the curriculum madewriting seem far less important to an engineering student.Compounding this devaluation, students often received negative social messages from otherstudents and even faculty about the value of communication coursework. Some students hadbeen told by peers to expect their writing class to be tedious, and mostly just a meaninglessrequirement. One student reported that in a subsequent class with a communication component,the instructor explicitly messaged that the students were there to get an easy grade on thatcomponent and pass through to more important work.The

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University; Heather Sapp, Ohio Northern University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

David Reeping is an undergraduate research assistant with a major in Engineering Education and a minor in Mathematics. He is a Choose Ohio First scholar inducted during the 2012-2013 school year and the recipient of the Remsburg Creativity Award for 2013 and The DeBow Freed Award for outstanding leader- ship as an undergraduate student (sophomore) in 2014. David is a member of the mathematics, education, and engineering honor societies: Kappa Mu Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, and Tau Beta Pi respectively. He has extensive experience in curriculum development in K-12 and develops material for the Technology Stu- dent Association’s annual TEAMS competition. His research interests involve the analysis and refinement of the