Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P. Dempsey, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Joey Mead, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Graduate Studies, Student

attended.During the 2009-2010 academic year, the focus was analytical skills, specifically the ability toidentify strengths and weaknesses in the analysis of a new scientific paper. The GraduateStudent Council members suggested five different fields, i.e., physics, chemistry, materialscience, biomedical, and polymer science. Graduate students selected one article for theirpresentation beyond articles related to their research work. The students also explained theirthought process when making the presentations. Each individual's presentation was peerreviewed and the individual was given suggestions for improvement. The Graduate StudentCouncil also conducted voting among the peers to select the best presenters. This professionaldevelopment program proved

Conference Session

Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly Doyle P.E., University of Nevada, Reno; Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Catherine W. French, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Heidi A Tremayne P.E., Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center; Sean P Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

geotechnical engineering, lifelines, transportation, earthquake hazard, and public policy. Tremayne c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Paper ID #7191 disseminates research results and conclusions to various users including professional engineers, students and faculty, funding agencies, news media, and other interested groups. In this effort, she utilizes both her engineering skills (she is a licensed California Civil Engineer) and communication skills to bridge the gap between academia and engineering practice so that new research findings are used to design safer infrastructure that can

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University; Francisco Castillo, College of Engineering, San Jose State University; Eva Schiorring

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Educational Research and Methods

, moresatisfied students with enhanced career potential. Beginning in AY 2009-10, the Collegebrought together faculty advisors from the eight departments to discuss best practices, establishnew academic policies, and to begin to draw all the departments towards convergence inadvising methods. It soon became clear that to reach convergence on new college-wide advisingpractices, a program with faculty support and recognition was needed. Consequently in AY2011-12, the College launched the Designated Faculty Advisors (DFA) program, for which theDean and the Provost split the funding needed to provide course released time for 16 facultyadvisors. In addition to expanding their advising repertoire, the presence of engineering facultyfrom every department lent

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

identify a graduate student mentor and design a project to meet the academic interests, background knowledge and course training of the individual community college students. ii. Pre-program - Before each class of the TTE REU Site begins, faculty and graduate student mentors participate in a mentor training to: 1) discuss mentor and participant expectations; 2) learn more about the community college cohort, including background, experience, and interests; 3) discuss best practices in mentoring for community college students, underrepresented minorities, women, and first-generation college students; and 4) receive guidance on the creation of a 2-page project summary. Prior to the students’ arrival

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

research training activities designed for this seminar are grounded in two complementaryeducational frameworks: constructivism and socioculturism. At its core, constructivism is theidea that learning is an active process where students create meaning from information andexperiences.2,3 Similarly, socioculturism is founded in the idea that “learning is enculturation,the process by which learners become collaborative meaning-makers among a group defined by Page 23.1084.2common practices, language, use of tools, values, beliefs, and so on.”4 In the context ofscientific research, this enculturation includes background knowledge of the data, terminology

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General Topics in Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a National Science Foun- dation CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios for graduate students to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering. Page 23.647.1 c American Society for

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; rebecca lyons; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyle Heyne; Tripp Driskell, Institute of Simulation and Training; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Hal R Pomeranz; Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida; Andrew Caleb Loignon, UNC - Charlotte; Shirley C Sonesh, UCF

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Richard Layton is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. His professional work includes student teaming, persistence, migration, and retention of engineering undergraduates, and consulting in data vi- sualization and graph design. He is also a singer and songwriter.rebecca lyonsMr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Daniel M. Ferguson is a graduate student in the Engineering Education Program at Purdue University and the recipient of three NSF awards for research in engineering education. Prior to coming to Purdue, he was assistant professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Jani M Pallis, University of Bridgeport

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Engineering Management

Page 23.1205.2with Professor X. Such positive impressions can aid promotion and tenure as well as increasingsuch faculty members’ influence on decisions of which classes they teach.This paper reviews the literature about student response units’ use and discusses prior researchinto their benefits. While this will touch on some best practices for using clickers, the focus isnot upon convincing instructors how to adopt or improve clicker usage. Much of the authors’prior experience with clickers has been in courses with a large quantitative component. Thispaper discusses the authors’ findings from their first application of clickers in a mainlyqualitative course. The results are consistent with previous results indicating that clickers are

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2013 GSW

Authors

Amir Karimi; Randall D. Manteufel

. Knight, D.W, L.E. Carlson and J.F. Sullivan, 2007, “Improving Engineering Student Retention through Hands-On, Team Based, First-Year Design Projects”, ASEE International Conference on Research in Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI.5. ASEE, 2012, “Going the Distance: Best Practices and Strategies for Retaining Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computing Students”, http://www.asee.org/retention-project/best-practices-and- strategies/ASEE-Student-Retention-Project.pdf .6. Dimitriu, D. and Karimi, A. “Exploring the Engineering Profession-A Freshman Engineering Course,” ASEE 2004-1793, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 12-15, 2005.7. Karimi, A., 2002

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sang Eun Woo, Purdue University

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Student and Curriculum Development

opportunities to help their employeeslearn foreign languages and cultures, cultural etiquette, and global leadership skills. Nonetheless,there remains a lack of clarity about what specific competencies are most important for globalengineers, much less what training techniques best support development of such capabilities.These difficulties are further compounded by a large and diffuse body of literature discussingtechnical work practices in global context, including for engineers and other professionals.In response to these challenges, this paper reports preliminary results of a comprehensiveliterature review focused on engineering in global context. The analyzed literature includesarticles, papers, and reports drawn primarily from the fields of

Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Rhonda K Young, University of Wyoming; Rod E. Turochy, Auburn University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Joshua Swake, Oregon State University; Andrea R. Bill, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University; Michael Kyte, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Civil Engineering

. Sanford Bernhardt serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Committees on Education and Faculty Development and the Transportation Research Board Committee on Education and Training. She previously has served as vice-chair of the ASCE Infrastructure Systems Committee, chair of the ASEE’s Civil Engineering Division, and a member of the Transportation Research Board committees on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing, Asset Management, and Emerging Technology for Design and Construction. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University, and her B.S.E. from Duke University.Dr. David S Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. David S. Hurwitz is an assistant professor of transportation

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frances Carter-Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patricia Ordóñez, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras ; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC); Miguel Alfonso Nino, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Minorities in Engineering

Balti- more County (UMBC). Her research centers on using visualization and data mining (visual analytics) to improve the state of medicine and healthcare. She is also interested in developing interfaces with univer- sal access to assist in the learning of programming languages. In 2007, she received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to complete her doctorate, which permitted her to pursue her interests in biomedical informatics in collaboration with medical professors at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In 2008, her paper, ”Visualizing Multivariate Time Series Data to Detect Specific Medical Conditions”, was nominated for the Best Student Paper Award at AMIA 2008.Dr. Renetta G. Tull

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Learning styles affect on students in graphic and design courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Y. Scales, North Carolina State University; Terri E Varnado, North Carolina State University; Jennifer Buelin-Biesecker, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 23.378.112 Tremblay, R. (2006). “Best practices” and collaborative software in online teaching. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 7(1).3 Hastie, M., Chen, N-S., & Kuo, Y-H. (2007). Instructional design for best practice in the synchronous cyber classroom. Educational Technology & Society, 10(4), 281-294.4 Dickenson, M., Burgoyne, J. & Pedler, M. (2010). Virtual action learning: practices and challenges. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 7(1), 59-72.5 Wang, W-L., Shih, S-G., & Chien, S-F. (2010). A ‘knowledge trading game’ for collaborative design learning in an architectural design studio. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 20, 433-451.6    Brill, J. M

Conference Session

Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zsuzsa Balogh, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Marvin E. Criswell P.E., Colorado State University; Michael A De Miranda, Colorado State University

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Civil Engineering

and requirements of especially the Masters-Level programsshould be examined, along with the needs and expectations of structural engineering practice,with input from both academics and the profession. The reported study was designed to obtainsignificant critical information on the expected preparation of the young engineer in structuralengineering practice using a survey based modified Delphi method. This paper discusses a methodology for determining the expectations of the structuralengineering profession for the preparation of the young engineer achieved through graduate workand early-career experience, along with the results of this study. For structural engineering thequestion of expected competencies may be examined for at least

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madelyn Espinosa, The Pavlis Institute - Michigan Technological Univerisity; Helena Keller, Michigan Technological University; Nicole Westphal, Michigan Technological University

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International

to students Pavlis Institute students in both their academic andcareer endeavors.Impact on future careersThe Pavlis Institute’s curriculum and unique international experience has a significant impact on itsstudents both in their undergraduate education and in their lives after graduation. Two thirds of PavlisInstitute students in the 2009 cohort reported that their international experiences had an impact on theireducational/career goals. Through the international experience, the Pavlis Institute offers its students anopportunity to consider careers abroad or working for an employer that values cultural sensitivity. Afterspending five weeks immersed in a new culture, students are better suited to work in that country, butfurthermore they are

Conference Session

Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; James William Schwoebel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ethan James Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anish Joseph, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ajit Vakharia, Georgia Institute of Technology; Steve M. Potter PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

determine the lasting effects of participation on this program. Anticipated data includeoverall educational utility of the program as well as project sustainability (evidenced by grantapplications) and impact in the Georgia Tech community. We are already beginning to see how the first implementation of LINCR seems to bemaking an impact on collaborative efforts at Georgia Tech. For example, a Center for HumanAchievement of Movement and Performance (CHAMP) has been proposed as aninterdisciplinary research center for movement disorders. This was originally a proposed LINCRproject self-assembled into a PI initiative to start a new collaborative research center designed tocultivate a community of interdisciplinary research. Additionally, the

Conference Session

FPD 2: Retention

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert P. Schroeder, University of Alaska Anchorage; Linda P. Lazzell, University of Alaska Anchorage

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First-Year Programs

. 3, 11, 14, 15, 16, 22, 26, 27, 29, 31, 41, 42, 45ANSEP components and strategies are consistent with research on best practices for STEMundergraduate success. 2, 19, 25, 28, 32, 36, 37 Professional guidance on diversifying the STEMworkforce and pathways to the professorate 17, 20, 21, 18, 33 has also informed ANSEP faculty andstaff in the best approaches to providing an effective undergraduate STEM retention program,real-world internship experiences, undergraduate research opportunities, pathways to STEMgraduate studies, career mentoring and networking, and on-site job interviews for graduatingseniors with employers in STEM-related fields. The ANSEP longitudinal model for thepreparation, recruitment, retention, and graduation of Alaska

Conference Session

K-12 Robotics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Selin Frances Sirinterlikci, Carnegie Mellon University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

not only build a robot using alternative energy, but also to work out the problems to make it more functional.ConclusionsIn conclusion, the three day pilot built on the lead author’s previous summer campexperiences presented a good insight on the possible content, project scale and durationof the new research camps7,8,9,10. It also strengthened the idea of combining highperformers with (hands-on) practically oriented students in groups to help improve eachothers’ weaknesses. Next year’s camp duration will be extended to 5 days, since 3 daysdid not allow enough time for elaborate design and problem solving. Students in the pilotstudy were told to prove concepts and work hard to come up with a working-prototype

Conference Session

Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

graduate CE programs such as double dipping, accreditation ofmasters programs, combined MS/BS degree, research versus practice oriented mastersdegrees, etc.”California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) is a predominatelyundergraduate university. Cal Poly has recently expanded master’s level graduateprograms to support advanced education and faculty-student professional developmentopportunities. The Architectural Engineering Department in the College of Architectureand Environmental Design (CAED) started a structural engineering master’s degreeprogram six years ago and has graduated five separate classes. Since its inception, thismaster’s program has dealt with a variety of issues to include accreditation, blending

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Design in Engineering Education

skills.The question of student motivation is an interesting one. The goal is to intrinsically motivatestudents, but we know from our own experience and from research studies that most situationsinvolve a mixture of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors. As a clear example, considerhow many students would submit a design report documenting their work if it was not beinggraded and the only motivation to do so was to get experience writing and to get formativefeedback from the instructor to improve their writing skills. The book chapter Motivation toLearn in College Science14 details various factors that influence college student motivation andlists some practical suggestions for increasing it, including showing relevance of activities

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University; Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University; Latricia Walker Townsend; Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

- building in instructional technology.Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University Alana Unfried is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University. She works on the Data Analytics team for the MISO Project (Maximizing the Impact of STEM Outreach through Data-Driven Decision Making), funded by the National Science Foundation. Alana’s responsibilities include the development of statistically sound evaluation instruments for teachers and students involved in these campus outreach programs. She also analyzes survey results and related data to understand the collective impact of these pre-college outreach programs. Alana is also a full-time Ph.D. student

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Zunkel, Iowa State University; Jason Pontius; Thomas J Brumm, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

requirements and how they may influence time to graduation. There is also a general lack of awareness about the process involved in transferring ECC to Iowa State. Policies/programs that use student credit hours earned (classification: freshman, sophomore, etc.) as a determining factor need to be revisited based on the ECC trend.Research QuestionsWhile there is a growing body of research of the impact of early college credit at theinstitutional-level or on student success as a whole, research specifically related to early collegecredit within a College of Engineering or for engineering students is lacking. By furtheranalyzing the data collected as a part of the Early Credit Task Force, this paper will answer threebroad research

Conference Session

Challenges in Engineering, Models in Professional Programs, Capstone Design and Function Generator for Educational Environment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon M. Sipes, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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International

different from the UnitedStates. These are things they originally took for granted when designing from their Americanperspectives. “When [we] began the project I thought they would have all of these items and wewould be able to design like we do in the United States.”One alumnus very eloquently summed up the need for a site visit. “Having worked in Africa onprojects for 3 years, I now realize how much a site visit could have impacted our design. Ourdesign lacked a lot of practicality because we didn’t have first-hand experience with the cultureand environment we were designing for. A site visit, while very expensive, could have taught usa huge amount about working in other cultures. It’s something many American engineers neverexperience and have no

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

. Page 23.1368.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 What’s Trust Got to Do with It? Assessing a Research-Based Mentoring Program for Novice EngineersAbstractWhile the importance of trust has largely been explored in large business organizations, littleattention has been given to the role of trust in one-on-one mentoring relationships betweenengineers1. Trust has been relatively understudied in academic settings, especially in mentoringrelationships between undergraduate and graduate students in research laboratory settings. Byassessing ways of creating and maintaining trust in engineering relationships, we will be able tocreate more comprehensive guidelines on building

Conference Session

Building BIM into Construction Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin R. Miller, Brigham Young University; Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Justin Earl Weidman, Brigham Young University

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Construction

demonstrate that there is much to be learned from industry inhelping strengthen our academic programs. These topics have been incorporated into thecurriculum to provide students with a better understanding about best BIM processes used inindustry.Utilization of BIM within the Construction IndustryDuring the site visits it was observed that BIM was used to plan and sequence construction,make work plan documents for self-performed work, design coordination, constructioncoordination, communicate with neighbors to help understand the project’s impact on them,estimating, and owner visualization of space. These appeared to be the predominant uses of BIMon the projects visited. Is every project right for BIM and is BIM essential on every project?These are

Conference Session

...by Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mangold, University of California, Berkeley; Stefanie Robinson, University of California, Berkeley

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests are sustainable design and manufacturing, and engineering education and K-12 outreach. Page 23.1196.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Engineering Design Process as a Problem Solving and Learning Tool in K-12 ClassroomsAbstractIt can be difficult for teachers to develop engineering curriculum for the classroom due to timeconstraints, limited access to resources, and lack of knowledge about the benefits and potentialsuccess in the classroom. Another challenge to incorporate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Brian P DeJong, Central Michigan University; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University; Shaopeng Cheng, Central Michigan University ; Steve Kettler, Alma High School; Daniel Chen, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6888Learned Lessons from the First Year Research Experiences for Teachers Pro-gramDr. Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University Dr. Tolga Kaya currently holds a joint assistant professor position in the School of Engineering and Technology and the Science of Advanced Materials program at Central Michigan University. Prior to joining CMU, Dr. Kaya was a post-doctorate associate at Yale University from 2007 to 2010, a research and teaching assistant at Istanbul Technical University from 1999 to 2007. In 2007, he was a consultant at Brightwell Corp. Dr. Kaya was also a senior VLSI analog design engineer and project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; David F. Bahr, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shelley N Pressley, Washington State University; Kimberly R Schneider, University of Central Florida; John C Lusth, University of Alabama

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

thatincorporate coursework and/or peer mentorship should increase transfer student engagement andretention.Programs to introduce students to the research process and community do exist at public researchuniversities [13], but there currently is not a best-practices method established, or verifiedtransferable models, for getting large numbers of students (hundreds per year) into researchactivities, beyond one-on-one mentoring (of the sort referred to as “A Mentor for Every Student”in the Boyer report). This is not a viable solution to significantly increase our pipeline ofstudents entering STEM research careers. We do not mean to discount one-on-one mentoring andfeel that indeed, this is probably one of the most high-impact transformative learning

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

published a book and more than fifty articles in various areas of industrial engineering. He is involved with editorial and professional society activities including ASEE. He is the editor in chief of the International Journal of Logistics & Transportation Research. Page 23.381.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Designing STEM Curriculum for K12 StudentsAbstractUnited States is facing tremendous shortage of Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) graduates. This shortage is poised to hurt the future workforce and henceeconomic growth of

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #8139A Senior Student Design Project in Marine and Coastal Environment Moni-toringDr. Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Univer- sity, Philadelphia. He is holding the second position as Research Assistant Professor at Desert Research Institute – Renewable Energy Center, Reno, Nevada. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager and