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Graduate Programs, Development, and Research Fellowships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Milana Trifkovic, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Karen Andrea Canon-Rubio, University of Calgary; Stephanie Hladik, University of Calgary

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Graduate Studies

of teaching.1. IntroductionSkills such as communication, professionalism, ethics, and project management are notspecifically taught within the engineering graduate curriculum. These skills, referred to as softskills or professional skills, are often assumed to be acquired as a result of performing academictasks and “constant” communication with other graduate students and faculty members [1]. TheCanadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) recognizes the duty and responsibility ofuniversities to train these soft skills. CAGS defines professional development as knowledge thatmust be provided along with practice and continuous coaching within the graduate programs [2].During their first year of graduate studies, many engineering students

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session II: Curriculum

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Maysam Pournik, University of Oklahoma; Bryan William Bodie

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

Problem, gave the BHI Scholars an excellent understanding and appreciation of their engineering tasks at BHI. The BHI Scholars, during their internship, were treated with extra care because the students were viewed as having a longer term commitment.  The Scholars have learned a significant amount of knowledge and most importantly gained an appreciation for another field of engineering from each other through their work and communication in their interdisciplinary team.  Through several interdisciplinary opportunities, student have further enhanced their soft skills, especially ability to communicate and dialogue with people of other disciplines

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Multidisciplinary Outreach and Early Transdisciplinary Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University; Guo Zheng Yew, Texas Tech University; Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

possess patience and good soft skills which require practice,determination and perseverance. These are traits that cannot be mastered through lessons aloneand require time and experience to develop the needed mastery. The authors have accepted results with p-values of up to 0.10 to be statistically significant.While 𝑝 ≤ 0.05 is a commonly used statistical significance borderline in rejecting or failing toreject a null hypothesis (i.e. there is no increase in self-assessment ratings), working with smalldata sets means that – all else being equal – the standard errors calculated will be greater thanthose for large data sets. This causes p-values to exceed 0.05, which indicate a weaker evidenceagainst the null hypothesis just by virtue of having

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Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; James H. Lampley, East Tennessee State University; Leendert M. Craig, East Tennessee State University; Addison Scott Karnes, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Management

. Fortunately, two of our senior faculty memberswhose colleges and departments’ professional service goals were strategically well alignedwith this specific request were able to respond positively. We agreed to establish a cross-disciplinary graduate student team with the required skills. The timing was such that severaltechnology graduate students were taking their capstone class, and this request was strategicand integrative in nature. The mayors presented the real-world challenge: how can we usetechnology to enhance the operational efficiency and strategic effectiveness of our K-12programs in our counties? A specific goal of this effort was to improve the “soft skills” thatour regional employers feel are lacking in our high school and college

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ross Tapia, New Mexico State University; Elizabeth Ann Howard, New Mexico State University; Rolfe Sassenfeld, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

opportunities to encourage studentengagement. The college also plans to implement a bridge program for incoming freshman thatwill enrich soft skills learned from the FYE program to ensure a better transition from highschool to college. We will continue to evaluate the programs both qualitatively andquantitatively to make educated decisions on new implementations and changes in the programs.References 1. Kuh, G. (2008). Excerpt from High-impact educational practices: What they are, who has access to the, and why they matter. Retrieved from accreditation.ncsu.edu 2. Johnson, M. (2009). The role of peer leaders in an honors freshman experience course. Honors In Practice, 189-196, Retrieved from libezp.nmsu.edu:2186/ehost 3. Liang

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Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Grant Crawford, Quinnipiac University; Jason B Burke, Quinnipiac University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

contemporary issues (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. A quick look at many of these EAC student outcomes reveals knowledge, skills andbehaviors that are important to all post-secondary students, not just engineering majors. In manyinstances, student veterans come into programs with a significant head start on their ‘traditional’contemporaries with regard to many of the ‘soft’ skills. Table 4 presents a matching of studentveteran strengths to selected EAC student outcomes that was compiled by QU engineeringfaculty veterans. Table 4. ABET EAC Student Outcomes Matched to Veteran Student Strengths ABET EAC Student Outcome

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Academic Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

. • Affordable education: elimination of redundancies across domains, embedded assessment, and validation of external learning enable a reduction in the financial burden on students and their families. • Flexible curriculum: a shift towards demand-driven education allows the faculty to focus on being facilitators of learning.2 • Mentoring and coaching: flexible curricula allow faculty to work with individual students and develop stronger learning domain and soft skills than may be possible within a traditional educational model.2• Student learning and professional outcomes • Clear and verifiable descriptions of students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities: unlike a traditional transcript that does not show

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Jai P Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology); Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Naveen Kumar Koyi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hassan Abdullah Alibrahim, Purdue University Calumet; Mohammad Almenaies, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

Based Education6, and utilizes the interactivemodel of learning. All the students maintain an online portfolio of their work. The systemdesigned in the laboratory to perform a specific task is the core measurement as the learningoutcome of the course. The laboratory performance of the course is performed in teams of threestudents. This mode provides a platform for horizontal learning through active and engageddiscourse and discussion. Students are empowered to charter their learning and feed theircuriosity. The course culminates in a Final Project which is assessed based upon itscomprehensiveness and originality. Students are required to master the soft skills ofcomprehensive report writing on a weekly basis and of Technical Project Report

Conference Session

Practical Teaching in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Lalley P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael Langerman, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ryan H. Koontz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Lisa Carlson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Eric Jon Holmgren

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Manufacturing

AnnualConference and Exposition . pp26.564.1-26.564.14[2] Brinker, Scott (May 2012) Engineers Are Becoming a Lot Like Marketers Too. Chief Marketing TechnologistsBlog, Chiefmartec .com.[3] Butcher, David (March 18, 2013) 5 Must Have Soft Skills for Engineers’ Success. Industry News,Thamasnet.com[4] MasterCam [computer software] (2015) CNC Software inc.[5] GIMP 2.8 [computer software] (2016) GNOME Foundation.[6] Inkscape [computer software] (2015) Software Freedom Conservancy inc.[7] SolidWorks [computer software] (2015) Dassault Systems SolidWorks Corporation.[8] Photoview 360 [computer software] (2015) CNC Software inc.[9] Photoshop [computer software] (2015) Adobe Systems inc.[10] Adobe Illustrator [computer software] (2015) Adobe Systems inc.[11] Glynn

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth; Evan Bingham; Justin E. Weidman

engineering solutions in a global and social context.2Study abroad experiences have also been linked with helping students develop soft skills, such asflexibility, appreciation for diversity, open-mindedness, and being comfortable with internationaland global perspectives of engineering.3 Student feedback indicates that an internationalexperience becomes a pivotal point in their education, and indeed in their lives.4Although other construction related study abroad programs to China have been reported5,6, thisstudy abroad program was unique in that it directly integrated students from a constructionmanagement program with those from a civil engineering program. As such, the Chinamegaconstruction study abroad program became a single course in a multi

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Lance Hoffman; Rachelle Heller; Costis Toregas

orcareer is based on the discipline within the program.The role of authentic learning has been promoted in educational circles, but in amultidisciplinary program, it gains importance. By reviewing and discussing andusing materials and processes from the working professional world, students learnthe material and, more importantly, are ready to begin their careers.Finally, writing, public speaking and critical argument, often called soft skills areimportant and presenting in them in a realistic fashion heightens their usefulness.In a multidisciplinary program this is even more important as the members of sub-disciplines oft have their own particular vocabulary. Learning to speak, write andpersuade across these lines is an important skill.SUMMARYIt

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental & Research-to-Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Utah State University; Christina Marie Sias, Utah State University; Anne Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

. Applying content knowledge to the solution of authentic problems presents students with a scenario that is more similar to what they will encounter in college and career than prescribed inquiry (such as book work). Core STEM Core STEM practices are Knowledge of STEM is more than learning content, it Practices24, 25, 26 the activities and processes involves understanding of the practices and activities of that align with the authentic associated with the formal process of exploration and work and soft skill sets

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Student Teams, Groups, and Collaborations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Miller, Ohio State University; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

. Zhang, Aimao. "Peer Assessment of Soft Skills and Hard Skills." Journal of Information Technology Education: Research 11 (2012): 155-68.

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Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin Kelly Frady; Rebecca S Hartley, Clemson University Center for Workforce Development; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Hope Epps Rivers, South Carolina Technical College System; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Stephanie Denise Frazier, South Carolina Technical College System

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Two Year College Division

-equipped to prepare students for highly technical careers. Educators suggested that schools move away from standardized learning, and focus more on employability skills such as critical thinking, soft skills, professionalism, and technological skills to better prepare students for the workforce. • Participants agreed that educators need additional STEM training and education in order to properly implement STEM education in their classrooms. Suggestions for professional development included “Educators in Industry” programs to provide teachers with technical job experience, best practices tours of

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 1: Using Co-Op and Internships to Improve Diversity, Retention, Learning, and Assessment

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katelyn Elizabeth Gunderson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology ; Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Jamie Ladge; Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

hired engineers interviewed strongly believed that theircooperative education (co-op) experience had helped prepare them for full-time employment.Additionally, all strongly conceded that these experiences specifically helped ease the transitionfrom student to professional. Although three out of five agreed that their college coursesprovided them with technical skills they could use in the engineering field, only two felt asthough they had adequately developed the soft skills in college that they needed for full-timeemployment. Notably, all mentioned that their co-ops provided opportunities to meet and workwith active role model(s) which aided in the development of self-confidence.All five of the engineering students graduating within the next

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

. “Adaptive Thinking & Leadership Simulation Game Training for Special Forces Officers.” I/ITSEC 2005 Proceedings, Interservice/ Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference Proceedings, November 28-December 1, 2005 Orlando, Florida, USA. 3. Aebersold, M. and D. Tschannen. “Simulation in Nursing Practice: The Impact on Patient Care.” The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2013. 4. Shaw, Carolyn M. "Designing and Using Simulations and Role-Play Exercises." The International Studies Compendium. Ed: Robert A. Denemark. Wiley – Blackwell, 2010. 5. S. Kumar, and J. K. Hsiao. Engineers Learn “Soft Skills the Hard Way: Planting a Seed of Leadership in Engineering Classes.” Leadership

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A. Kuczenski, Santa Clara University; Erin Susan Araj, Santa Clara University

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Design in Engineering Education

 changes shown in IRB survey results to any one course characteristic. One exception might be for question 9, where the positive change was likely due to inclusion of Maker Lab training as part of the course. In general, we believe many of these gains were related to the more structured design communication expectations from the eFolio templates. Additionally, the course learning objectives have been more focused on project management, teamwork, and communication, with particular emphasis towards partner communication with regard to design expectations. The application of these ‘soft’ skills in relation to their discipline skills has been well received.  Conclusions When looking at student project progress using an engineer’s notebook, there seems

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Cindy M Walker, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Luciana Cancado, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dian Mitrayani , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

getting a job in industry upon graduation. As such, mostof the faculty interviewed wanted to tailor the URE to best help the students in getting a job inindustry.5) Faculty wanted the students to obtain applied engineering skills in their URE.6) The faculty interviewed saw both soft skill development (confidence, responsibility,leadership) and applied engineering skill development by the students that they have overseen inUREs.From the survey results and the interviews of the faculty, it can be seen that the preliminarydefinition of a successful URE developed from the student survey is generally in agreement withwhat faculty also perceive. One item that may be missing from the preliminary definition isdevelopment of self-sufficiency by the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqulyn Baughman, Iowa State University; Lesya M. Hassall, Iowa State University; Nadia V. Jaramillo Cherrez, Iowa State University; Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

communication and workstyles, coining the rules for team ethics and accountability and accepting the team member’sshortcomings. Several students reported that functioning as part of a team was a learningexperience on its own that prompted them to reflect on their own contribution to the prototypedesign and development and compare their share against that of the other team members. In anattempt to solve team-conflict and self-regulate, the students embraced soft skills: for somesharing equal amount of work was effective; for others, establishing individual member roles andaccountability was critical. Having learned to trust, the students tended to more frequentlydiscuss and review the content of the learning modules with their team members

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CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Jenna Christie-Tabron, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mari Pina, University of Central Florida; Richard Allan Quinn, University of Central Florida; Jackie Herold, University of Central Florida; Kim A. Small, University of Central Florida

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Associate Editor of the Neural Networks journal from 2006 to 2012. He has served as the Technical Co-Chair of the IJCNN 2011.Ms. Mari Pina, University of Central Florida Mari Pina is the Director of Employer Partnerships and Internship Placements for the CAMP-YES In- ternship Program and IT Certifications Program. She is responsible for tracking student and employer communication, recruitment and placement along with tracking the progress of the student’s experiences YES Internship Program. Ms. Pina is a doctoral candidate and her research interests include engineering student soft-skills gap and self-efficacy as relevant employability skills.Mr. Richard Allan Quinn, University of Central Florida Richard Quinn, CBC

Conference Session

STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University; Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

character. Other failures mentioned 9were related to breakdowns in how the teams worked; however, for the most part the teamsprovided the self-correcting power to overcome technical problems, like miscalculating fuelratios, or soft skills problems, like not communicating well to teammates. Finally, ifcollaboration is the engine, the teachers’ ability to manage teamwork and motivate studentsthrough failures was the lubricant. Generally, students were very positive about their teachers.One student said this about his teacher as a guide: “Encouragement from my instructor to figurethings out myself has been very beneficial to my learning experience.” Another

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University; Christopher Leslie, New York University; Gunter W. Georgi, New York University; Alyssa Marie D'Apice, New York University

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First-Year Programs

improve team interactions. For instance, somecourses manage teams by providing pre-defined roles for members and pre-selecting the teammembers based on personality profiles.3 Others focus on how team experiences influence studentsatisfaction in the course. Some have discussed how to address slackers on a team in aneducational setting, such as removing students who do not contribute to the team effort.4 Recentinvestigations have looked at how teamwork improves retention throughout undergraduateeducation. However, now, a focus has shifted from educational exercises to improving soft skills,or skills needed for long-term professional development.Many studies on teamwork performance and attitudes have identified the need for professionalskills as a

Conference Session

ECE-related Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, Rochester Institute of Technology; Reza Azarderakhsh, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mehdi Mirakhorli, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

. Hierarchy of the first part of an S-box structure for the Pomaranch cipher.Educational Objectives: - Understanding the implementation platforms (hardware [ASIC/FPGA] or software [microcontrollers]) through which the overheads were derived, this objective is fulfilled by implementing the original and fault detection designs and deriving the metrics overheads. - Refining soft skills including presentation of the results of IWMDs security research (a) orally or (b) in writing, and decision-making. - Evaluating hard technical skills for simulations and implementations of the fault diagnosis schemes for crypto-systems.We already have a security

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Effects on Student Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Ortegon, Universidad Icesi

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

with engineeringtechniques and problem solving; and a set of “soft skills” associated with professional practiceand work environment skills. Although the means to develop each of these hard and professionalskills individually has been discussed in the past, since the creation of the ABET accreditationsystem, educational research has been centered on assessment methods and learning methods toimprove the attainment of (a)-(k) outcomes in students.2,3,4 Little attention has been given tolearning strategies that develop multiple student outcomes in an integrated way and theassessment and impact of real-world learning experiences on the developing of multi-outcomes.5,6The Solar Decathlon competition is one example of a variety of alternatives

Conference Session

Assessment & Accreditation in ECE

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fong K. Mak, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

the mastery level. However, what if the assessed results indicate there are concerned areas thatneed to be improved. From the independent raters’ perspectives, they can only suggest areas tobe looked at, but not precisely which course in the curriculum or rather which content in a courseneeds improvement in instructional delivery. In addition, the following are the challenges weface if the GR assessment model were to be implemented: • Owing to limited resources, multi-raters are not a practical approach for our program. It is difficult to form independent raters who have the necessary subject-matter expertise to evaluate students’ work in core engineering subjects. For general education subjects or soft skills assessment

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Leslie, Engineers Without Borders - USA

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Corporate Member Council

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College Industry Partnerships

field of engineering.The model is depicted as a pyramid consisting of several tiers. The arrangement of thetiers in this shape is not meant to be hierarchical, or to imply that competencies at thetop are at a higher level of skill. Instead, the model’s tapered shape represents theincreasing specialization and specificity of proficiencies covered. Its tiers are furtherdivided into blocks that represent competency areas (i.e., groups of knowledge, skills,and abilities), which are defined using critical work functions and technical contentareas.Foundational Competencies Competency – A cluster ofTiers 1 through 3 represent the “soft skills” and work related knowledge

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University; Jacqueline Doyle, Florida International University; Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno; Dina Verdin, Purdue University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

continual process engaged in by participants – students, educators, and professionals10.Therefore, effective interventions in engineering can impact not only the future generation ofengineers, but the current one as well.NormativityThere are perceptions of a normative culture within engineering which dictates, firstly, thatengineers and engineering is a highly technical field that does not focus on or value the socialaspects of one's life. This false dichotomy of “social skills” versus “technical skills” withinengineering leads to a valuing of technical prowess and a devaluing of social skills (oftenlabeled, pejoratively, as “soft skills”) which many students who have non-normative identitiesbring to the table. This dualism of skills is a false

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christopher Theriault, DigiPen Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

history of electrical and computer engineering, the electronicsdevelopment cycle, professional ethics, multidisciplinary team environments, and commondevelopment tools used in industry. Students are expected to apply this and knowledge fromprerequisite and concurrent courses to completing their project.In our paper, we describe the course in detail, including examples of student projects. Studentoutcomes related to both technical and soft skills are assessed using student surveys and projectevaluation rubrics. We discuss these assessment results and highlight some successes andlimitations of the experiential 1st-year course.IntroductionThe traditional model for engineering undergraduate programs in the US is to have mostlyfoundational courses in

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark William Killgore, American Society of Civil Engineers; Eric Lee Flicker PE, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Bradley Aldrich P.E., Aldrich + Elliott, PC

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Civil Engineering

fit an ever-expanding body of knowledge intotraditional baccalaureate programs while program credit hours decline and there are justifieddemands to include more “soft skills training” within their already full programs. The civilengineering BOK concludes that the level of engineering knowledge needed by PEs to meet theever-expanding and complex needs of our changing society cannot be taught solely within afour-year civil engineering program (see Appendix A). The breadth and depth of curriculaneeded simply doesn’t fit!With the ever-expanding complexity of societal needs and the techniques needed to addressthem, it should be obvious that post-baccalaureate education is necessary for all licensedprofessional civil engineers. In engineering as in

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikhil Gupta, Florida State University; Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Design in Engineering Education

emphasizes onacquiring soft skills besides the engineering concepts such as professional code of conduct,report writing, and team management. These skills are critical in todays emerging globaleconomies for a successful engineering career. With this in mind, the purpose of the course is toequip the students with technical and non-technical professional skills that could be implementedon engineering design problems, while working in a global team with different dynamics. For thestudents, to be successful in the course, they have to develop and sharpen skills in organization,time management, self-discipline, and technical writing, while working as a strong teammember.At the end of the school year, the capstone design course concludes with a one-day