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Construction Session 2: PM, BIM, and Collaboration

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Linda Reeder, Central Connecticut State University

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Construction

Paper ID #14848A Preliminary Study on Upper-Level Building Information Modeling Educa-tion for Construction Management StudentsDr. Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Namhun Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Manufacturing and Construction Manage- ment at Central Connecticut State University, where he has been teaching Construction Graphics/Quantity Take-Off, CAD & BIM Tools for Construction, Building Construction Systems, Building Construction Estimating, Heavy/Highway Construction Estimating, Construction Planning, and Construction Project Management. Dr. Lee’s main research areas

Conference Session

Cool Ideas

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Keith Buffington, Bucknell University

Geisinger Health System SYNCHRONIZED ENGINEERING COLLABORATIONS: THE BUCKNELL – GEISINGER INITIATIVES Geisinger Health System Geisinger Health SystemFacilities & Physicians:  44 county service with 2.6M patient population  4 major hospital centers & 2 community hospitals  77k admissions / 1800 beds  1000 physicians & 450 resident physiciansManaged Care Plans:  322k members Last updated 03/05/12 (including 68k Medicare Advantage members)  34k contracted providers/facilities  43 PA counties Nationally Recognized for Integrated Healthcare

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Research to Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan D. Hertel, Museum of Science; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science; Gregory John Kelly, Pennsylvania State University; Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

building to a design challenge in which studentsexperience the arc of the engineering design process and develop a technology. The efficacystudy included four units: • An Alarming Idea: Designing Alarm Circuits: This unit introduces students to the field of electrical engineering as they incorporate their understandings of electricity to design alarm circuits. During the design challenge, groups are tasked with developing a circuit that triggers an alarm when a trough for feeding a baby lamb is empty. Students plan a circuit design, test it themselves, and develop a schematic diagram. They pass it to another group in the class to construct and test. Based on the results, they improve their design10

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ebisa Wollega, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Vitor Ambrosio Winckler, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Industrial Engineering

that can beintegrated to the curriculum design and review process. We describe the adaptation of a user-based collaborative filtering recommender systems algorithm to analyze the online data and toconvert the data into relevant information that can be used as input to the process. Anundergraduate industrial engineering Operations Planning and Control course case study wasused to illustrate the adaptation of the algorithm. Some of the topics taught in the course weresearched on websites that advertise jobs and tallied. A professor who is familiar with the topicsalso provided expert judgments with regard to the relevance of the topics to industry needs. Bothdata sets were used as inputs to the algorithm. The experimental results show that some

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Libanos Redda, SPEED; Fabian Reichl, SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development); Agustin Ferrario, National Technological University, Resistencia Faculty, Argentina; Rohit Kandakatla, SPEED; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Student Platform for Engineering Education Development

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Diversity, International Forum

Education Development Graduate Research Assistant at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University and Global Stu- dent Forum Chair for 12th GSF’2016, Seoul. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Global Student Forum: A model for developing student leaders in engineering educationIntroductionThe Global Student Forum (GSF) is a three-day event organized by the Student Platform forEngineering Education Development (SPEED).1 Students come to GSF from all over the worldto participate in a series of workshops, discussions, and presentations, culminating in the creationof action plans. The chief aim of these projects is to enable students to become a factor

Conference Session

MVCC Technical Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Francis Rogers III, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Russell Barrett Thomas Sr, United States Army; Jeffrey A. Starke, U.S. Military Academy

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

learners is an often-stated goal of higher education institutions andprofessional organizations. The ability to develop and master a specific body of knowledge is acommon attribute of both academia (peer-review discipline activities) and professions. Thecontribution of lifelong learners is paramount to the success of these institutions. The UnitedStates Military Academy at West Point presents a unique opportunity to blend the developmentof lifelong learning in our graduates in both their identity as an undergraduate engineeringstudent and a member of the profession of arms. The West Point Strategic Plan (2015-2021)explicitly identifies that the development of professional engineers and Army Officers is notmutually exclusive. The two goals are

Conference Session

Teaching and Advising Tools Using Computers and Smart Devices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas - El Paso; Virgilio Ernesto Gonzalez, University of Texas - El Paso

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

teamwork, believes in education as a process for achieving life-long learning rather than as a purely aca- demic pursuit. He currently works on maintaining, upgrading and designing the classroom of the future. Mr. Perez is inspired because he enjoys working with people and technology in the same environment.Dr. Virgilio Ernesto Gonzalez, University of Texas - El Paso Virgilio Gonzalez, Associate Chair and Clinical Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at The University of Texas at El Paso, started his first appointment at UTEP in 2001. He received the UT System Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012. From 1996 to 2001 he was the Technology Planning manager for AT&T-Alestra in Mexico

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kepner, Midwest Photonics Education Center; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

curricula, surveying 950 employers to determine their educationand training needs in the photonics area, delivering outreach events to 8000+ K-12 studentsinvolving hands-on exploration of lasers and optics, providing professional development tofaculty, participating in training and subsequently developing a recruiting and retention plan forfemales and minorities into the photonics technology field, and giving presentations about bestpractices in photonics technician education at several conferences. Next steps include setting upa laser assisted manufacturing laboratory at Indian Hills Community College and developing theassociated curriculum to serve as a model for colleges in the Midwest interested in teaching thisadvanced manufacturing technology

Conference Session

Effective Use of Technology in Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Magpili, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering (EMSE), Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Preetham Sathish Ullal, Old Dominion University

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Computers in Education

projects give little consideration to the cognitive and behavioralprocesses such as team building, clarifying goals and expectations, planning, communication,consensus building and conflict resolution; which hold the key to successful collaboration.5,6 Arecent review of research on engineering student teams suggests that our understanding of howbest to cultivate collaboration amongst remote teams of students is largely underdeveloped7.Others have noted an opportunity to capitalize on much of the life-long learning that can occurthrough team dynamics and interaction.6Web-based scaffolds that include technologies and team activities help enhance virtual teamcollaboration by providing support for online collaboration. A team scaffold is a stable

Collection

2016 ERC

Authors

Douglas Friedman

institutions face the challenge of limited resources. Within this constraint, institutional head(s) of research and department chairs should consider the resources they have available for safety when considering or designing programs, and identify types of research that can be done safely with available and projected resources and infrastructure.• Recommendation 4: University presidents and chancellors should establish policy and deploy resources to maximize a strong, positive safety culture. Each institution should have a comprehensive risk management plan for laboratory safety that addresses prevention, mitigation, and emergency response. These leaders should develop risk management plans and mechanisms with input from

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #15568Enhancing Industrial and Systems Engineering Education through Academic-Industry AlliancesDr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark Angolia, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Industrial Distribution and Logistics degree program in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to entering academia in 2005, he held industrial positions in engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, and operations management for manufacturing companies within the automotive sup- ply chain. Dr. Angolia’s teaching focuses on Enterprise Resource Planning

Conference Session

Focus on the Classroom: Innovative Pedagogies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David I. Spang, Rowan College at Burlington County; Kathryn E. Strang, Rowan College at Burlington County

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

mission and goals. Most recently her responsibilities included serving on the PRR steering committee for Standards 7 & 14 and the Co-Chair for Standard 14, working as a lead on ABET accreditation, chairing the general education committee for the college, and overseeing all assessments and institutional effectiveness plans. At the 2015 Drexel University assessment confer- ence: Assessment for Student Success - Building Academic Innovation & Renewal, Kathryn authored and conducted the presentation, Utilizing & Linking Academic Assessment Outcomes to Strategic Planning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Student Outcomes Assessment Methodology for Technology

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Huffman, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kelsey Lee Reker; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Architectural

and then students were tasked with further refining and re-designingtheir safe shelters. The students were given three additional weeks to refine and complete afinalized plan and professional scaled model. At project close, the students presented theirproposed designs for the safe shelter project to the professor and the community partner. Thecommunity partner offered valuable insight as to the most appropriate solution, and offeredsuggestions for further refinement before the project could be constructed. At the semester’send, the community partner chose which design best embodied the design intent, and onestudent’s design was chosen, see Figure 1. This design was the springboard to further explorationand study. Figure 1

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Robert Stambach, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

) have been created in a flexible manner that supports theiradaption to multiple venues and grade levels. The design presented here simplifies the lessoncreation process while supporting a broad dissemination to pre-college teachers and students.The importance of this effort is reflected in the research findings that many young students donot know what engineers do.3 The proposed approach supports faculty and graduate students inmaximizing the potential impact of their outreach efforts, reaching a broader population of youngstudents. Two specific lesson plans are presented, Mining Coal and Bridge Building. These lessonswere selected because they illustrate flexibility in design and our initial efforts at embeddingsuch flexibility

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; John Ray Morelock, Virginia Tech; Deirdre-Annaliese Nicole Hunter, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

reach solutions more efficiently and effectively and to continuelearning from their experiences [5]. More specifically, metacognition improves ones awarenessand regulation of how they think – identifying and defining problems and sub-problems, howwell specific known strategies are matched to a particular problem, planning and monitoring asolution process, and evaluating the process and results. These same skills improve engineeringstudent learning in present educational contexts and are connected to lifelong learning. Inpreparing to become practicing engineers, i.e., messy problem solvers, engineering students willbenefit greatly from explicit development of their metacognitive skills – now and throughouttheir lives.The purpose of this project

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Caroline Hurtado, Arizona State University; Jake Smithwick, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University; John Savicky, Arizona State University

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Construction

can be applied in the workplace has been identifiedas a need by industry and accreditation bodies. Institutions are seeking to properly meet theseneeds, while also balancing decades of history with traditional courses. Courses that teachbusiness-type practices and fundamentals help fill key a necessity for the “engineer of thefuture.” In response, the researchers developed a new course over two semesters that providesinstruction on the owners’ role in developing request for proposals (RFP), evaluating proposals,conducting project pre-planning, and identifying project performance indicators. The researchersused applied instructional design concepts from the field of education in creating the course,focusing on the objectives and related

Collection

2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

John M. Santiago; Jing Guo

engineering, system thinking, system mindset, master’s programsIntroductionThe paper describes the implementation of system engineering concepts for an electrical orcomputer engineering capstone course for CTU’s Master’s programs. Course deliverables helptrack student progress during the 11-week course and assess the degree of meeting courseobjectives. A student must frame a vague engineering problem and define requirements for theirproposed solution to an identified need. Following a systematic engineering process, studentsmust design and model a system, and then develop a test plan and protocol to verify their designthat meets their system requirements. The student must communicate regularly with the facultymentor and present their project through

Conference Session

Construction Session 2: PM, BIM, and Collaboration

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Luis G. Costa Agosto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Douglas D. Gransberg PhD, PE, Iowa State UIniversity

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Diversity

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Construction

, 2016 A Case for Incorporating Preconstruction Cost Estimating in Construction Engineering and Management ProgramsThe need to effectively manage costs during the construction phase of a project to meet budgetconstraints is widely understood by both practitioners and academics. Most, if not all,Construction Engineering and Management undergraduate and graduate programs require thatstudents complete construction cost estimating courses as part of their core curriculum.However, the value of estimating the owner’s planning, design, and procurement costs during thepreconstruction period is not typically included in the Construction Engineering andManagement curriculum. Preconstruction costs are usually defined as all work required

Conference Session

Developing Better Engineering Managers - Curricular Ideas from Year 1 Through Graduate School

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peilin Fu, National University

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Engineering Management

skills.IntroductionOperations management refers to the systematic design, direction, and control of processes thattransform inputs into services and product for internal, as well as external customers. It is a vitaltopic that every engineering management student needs to understand because it is at the heart ofthe creation of wealth for business and the improvement in the living standard of citizens of allcountries1. Operations Management has been listed as a core course in the management scienceand engineering programs all around the world3. This course usually covers broad areas such asprocess analysis, quality and performance, capacity planning, supply chain, inventorymanagement, forecasting, operations planning and scheduling, and resource planning etc., whichare

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University; Thomas J. Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computing & Information Technology

skills are essential for career development. However, in typicaluniversity settings, undergraduate students take different courses and work on different projects indifferent teams each semester. As a result, students lack opportunities to work on multi-yearprojects and develop the skills essential for long-term planning. To remedy this situation, ourdepartment has created elective courses that allow students from all years (first-year students tograduate students) to work on research projects under the supervision of faculty members and thementorship of senior graduate students. These projects provide the opportunities for students tolearn many skills essential in workplace, such as (1) understanding how projects are designed andmanaged; (2

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

recruitmore female students to the STEM fields by showing them the emerging and multidisciplinaryaspects.Our collaboration with the local high school started in Fall 2014 by offering their students a year-long robotics workshop. Our objective is to utilize the robotics workshop to introduce STEMconcepts to high school students, and encourage them to be interested in an engineering andscience career. A sequence of workshop topics were given to introduce the fundamentals ofrobotics science and the basic components of a robotics system, including hardware, software,programming, sensors, and control. The students would gain intensive experience working withthe robots. In addition to introducing the fundamentals, we planned to prepare the students withthe

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University - Northwest

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Engineering Technology

makerswith very useful and important information in planning and implementation of manyengineering practices or taking some proactive engineering measures. In the followingsections, we will use coastal shoreline erosion, geotechnical/foundation engineering asexamples to stress the importance of Google Earth in the mankind’s engineering workand planning efforts.COASTAL/SHORELINE EROSIONShorelines and especially sea or great lakes beaches provide many recreation, stormprotection and attractive environment for human natural habitat. They are veryeconomically attractive magnets where more than 50 percent of Americans prefer to livewithin 50 miles of the coast/shorelines. Boruff et al. (2005) reported the erosion hazardvulnerability of US coastal

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Smith, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

employer feedback surveys (not included in this document due to spacelimitations). This broad area includes topics such as programming languages, basic debugging,problem solving, algorithms, mathematical skills (rated highly), standards, and root causeanalysis.The survey confirmed to the department that the current inclusion of these topics is importantand we should not reduce these at the cost of other topics. In our follow up work we took care toensure that these topics continued to be a strong part of our degree plan.A second group of topics that were ranked closely together could be collected under the broadcategory of “Software Design, construction, and testing”. Upon closer examination of ourdegree plan, and with consultation with our

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Angela Harris, Stanford University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

provides background anddetails about the project.MotivationThe PEPS study follows a small, but growing, body of literature in engineering education onearly engineering career choice. While some studies focus on the proportions of engineeringbachelor’s graduates who pursue engineering jobs and graduate degrees,1,3 other studies haveexamined the specific factors related to engineering students having plans to pursue engineeringcareers, versus non-engineering careers, after college, finding that the experiences thatengineering students have in their programs have a big impact. For example, in their study ofengineering undergraduates at nine institutions nationwide, Amelink and Creamer (2010) foundthat student satisfaction with the quality of teaching

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University; Jack Fitzmaurice, Northeastern University; Paul John Wolff III, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

, master planning, management for energy conservation/renewable energy projects and space planning for campus expansion. As a senior administrative leader, I have facilitated climate action planning in com- pliance with the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and re- ceived the Outstanding Climate Leadership award that recognized successful carbon reduction strategies, innovative curriculum and the dynamic engagement faculty, staff and students in a the pursuit of carbon neutrality. Although my primary formal training has been in the field of architecture, recent doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania were focused in the field of higher education management. As part of an

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Reginald DesRoches, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan E Burns P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janille A Smith-Colin P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Wes Wynens, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisa Gail Rosenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Planning and Evaluation, published ex- tensively on these subjects, and serves on several professional boards and expert panels including the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE, U.S. National Research Council) and the International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC, United Nations). She is coauthor of the college text- book Systems Engineering with Economics, Probability and Statistics, J. Ross Publishing, 2012. She serves on the editorial boards for the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation and Transporta- tion in Developing Economies. Kennedy is the founding chair of the Committee on Sustainability and the Environment of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Transportation and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vann Priest, Rio Hondo College; Gisela Spieler-Persad, Rio Hondo College; Ryan Taylor Bronkar, Rio Hondo College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

each semester during one academic year. • Tier 4: $6,000 for students who complete their major preparation at Rio Hondo College and transfer as a STEM major to a four-year university or college.The NSF award is for a total of $599,988. This enables the college to present more than twentyscholarships a year for five years.Eligibility is determined by the following criteria: U.S. residency, full-time enrollment in aSTEM major (biological sciences, physics, chemistry, astronomy, materials science,mathematical sciences, computer and information science, and engineering) as shown by acomprehensive educational plan, financial need, motivation and professionalism (as described inan essay), and academic merit.Grade point average and

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs & Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A. Harper, The Ohio State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

first part, the model development, students are guided (usuallythrough carefully crafted laboratory experiences) to develop concepts and gain familiarity withthe associated representations for those concepts. The students become accustomed to referringto their laboratory data as the authority on scientific relationships. In the deployment phase thatfollows, students apply the model to a variety of situations and test the limits of the model, oftenthrough problem solving and sometimes via lab practica. Incorporating engineering applicationsin the deployment provides the ideal structure for seeing the relationship between fundamentalscientific understanding and well-planned engineering.The Ohio State University has offered a series of Modeling

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James C. Curry, Lamar University; Brian Craig P.E., Lamar University; Weihang Zhu, Lamar University

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Industrial Engineering

programs in a range of engineering disciplines1,2. Morgan Stateand Stony Brook in Electrical Engineering and University of Alabama in MechanicalEngineering have 2+2 programs online3,4,5. Our program in Industrial Engineering is similar tothe 2+2 online programs at other universities in other disciplines. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 discusses the degree plan andcourse modifications required for online teaching. Section 3 discusses the delivery technologyand approaches used to offer online courses. Section 4 discusses the potential market for thisprogram. Section 5 discusses marketing and outreach efforts. Section 5 presents the evaluationresults of a student survey about online courses and discuss the progress of

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Six Sigma, Data Modeling, and Risk Management

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Tabibzadeh, California State University, Northridge; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

schedule and cost analysis and considereda topic for upper management to deal with. However, as projects become more complex and theuncertainty associated with technical aspects of them increases, the risks related to not only thoseprojects but also the environment have to be considered from a holistic or systemic perspective. Inthis dynamic environment, it is important for engineers and engineering managers to understandvarious aspects of risk management such as risk identification, risk tracking, risk impactassessment, risk prioritization and risk mitigation planning, implementation and progressmonitoring.In this paper, the authors review all the existing courses in their Engineering Management (EM)program and analyze the current offerings of