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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joseph Peter Kosteczko, Old Dominion University; Katherine Smith, Old Dominion University; Jessica Johnson; Rafael Diaz

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

,training, and adoption of innovative new technology as well as the ability to provide real-timesolutions to current and future industry problems. This paper will focus on the three pillars ofDigital Shipbuilding – Career Pathway Mapping and Curriculum Development, Outreach andWorkforce Development, and Research and Development. Additionally, this paper will addresshow the team is ensuring that stackable, transferable education and certification processes areimplemented between military and industry to facilitate the transition of veterans to thecivilian workforce.Section 1: Introduction and BackgroundWith the creation of the world-wide web and ever-increasing computer power, the worldeconomy has entered the 4th Industrial Revolution or what has

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New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Schawnery Lin; Yuxin Xu, University of Washington; Andrea Jacqueline Sequeira; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

self-directed learners who make intentional choices about theiracademic endeavors. Prior research highlights the role of educators in designing active learningclassrooms [1], promoting a reflective culture [2], [3], and using project-based curriculum [4] tosupport student learning. We ask, what are smaller, more attentive opportunities for students todesign their own active learning experience within classroom settings? We take a provocativeapproach to supporting engineering student learning through visual notetaking.Visual notetaking is a method of representing ideas without always relying solely on words.Notetaking offers a large design space and opens up opportunities for metacognitiveconversations about student learning. Further, visual

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ECCD - Technical Session 1 - Energy & Electrical Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Abdullah Al Hadi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Rajab Challoo, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

divided into three main sections, power generation, transmission, anddistribution. The power generation consists of a power plant that produces power from renewableor non-renewable energy sources at low to medium voltage. This voltage is then increased inorder to transmit the power from the generation site to the distribution site. At the distributionlevel, the voltage is again reduced for the consumers. Power transformer, in this case, plays avery important role to step up and step down the voltage. There have been many advancementsin the conventional transformer, mainly magnetic coils, materials, cooling system, manufacturingprocess etc., but the advancements of the transformer structure and functions are first proposed in[1] where power

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Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

students without early exposure to real-worldapplications of their major, that give positive insight into potential careers, do not always connectwith upper-classmen to use as successful peer role models. This research has shown that accessto peer role models increases academic persistence [1], [2]. It has also been shown that retentionof URM and women is increased through project-based learning or experiential learningpedagogies and techniques[3]-[9].Moreover, URM students often have a limited perspective of their contributions to improvingtechnology due to social issues such as a lack of exposure to engineering and science professionsand having personal role models in their local community who are scientists or engineers.Furthermore, when URM

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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian Aufderheide, Hampton University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Engineering Disciplines Brian Aufderheide1, Otsebele E. Nare1 1 Hampton University, USAAbstractThis is a Work in Progress. Students are taught how to model, write, and solve engineeringequations as part of their typical curriculum. But what is not covered is how to meld theengineering design world with the economic domain needed to be successful in industry. Oneauthor has supervised over 35 industrial design projects, and through his experience found thatwhat industry values most is a detailed Financial Operational Model with clear design andeconomic parameters evaluated through sensitivity analysis. At Hampton University

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Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alexander Pagano, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education

examines the impact of the activity on students’ understanding of the role of human-centereddesign in design for manufacturability in engineering. The paper concludes with guidelines on howto modify the activity for future implementations in the course.What is Human-Centered Design? Human-Centered Design (HCD) is an interdisciplinary, problem solving approach thatidentifies the unmet needs of a population in order to collaboratively develop solutions. Thisapproach puts humans in the center of the design process and seeks to understand them, collaboratewith them, and involve them in the design process in order to make products or services useful,usable, and desirable [1]. To do so, human-centered design involves the implementation

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ben Ralph Bernard, North Dakota State University; Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University; Pranay Kumar Marella, Mississippi State University

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Community Engagement Division

lastsummer, 70 high school students participated in the week-long cybersecurity summer campevent at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota.The cybersecurity summer camp curriculum is facilitated by junior counselors (students whohave completed high school that have a strong interest in cybersecurity), counselors (collegestudents with cybersecurity experience), and university faculty & staff. This paper studies theimpact of having counselors and junior counselors integrated into the cybersecurity summercamp experience and evaluates the impact that being a counselor has on the students thatparticipate in that role. These impacts facilitate cybersecurity community engagement.1. IntroductionThe need for quality cybersecurity education

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NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (1)

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Nidaa Makki, University of Akron; Linda M. Subich, University of Akron; David Steer, University of Akron; Erin R. Stevic, University of Akron

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

is grounded in Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) [1],[2]. In short, SCCT states that an individual’s efforts towards reaching a goal are functions oftheir interest, confidence and outcome expectation. The latter two (confidence and outcomeexpectation) are then functions of an individual’s prior learning experiences.As it relates to the current project, the theory implies that the shadowing experiences wouldenhance positive outcome expectations regarding a STEM career, as well as self-efficacyexpectations for success. This, in turn, would result in a strengthened commitment andpersistence to their chosen STEM major.Literature exists to support the tenets of Social Cognitive Career Theory [3]. SCCT has shown tobe a useful framework in

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Krishna Prasad Kisi, Texas State University; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Snigdha Rangineni, Texas State University; Guntulu S. Hatipkarasulu, Texas State University; Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University

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Construction Engineering

rates from Fall 2013 through Fall 2020 is presented in Figure 1. Note thatthese DFW rates are for the entire university, and not just for the students majoring in ourdepartment. The mathematics course with the lowest DFW rate was Statistics (MATH 2328),with all Calculus classes having a higher rate. The course that typically had the highest rate wasPre-Calculus (MATH 2417). As such, it appears evident that the students with the poorest pre-college mathematical preparation (those who are not calculus-ready when they arrived oncampus), had the greatest challenges successfully completing their mathematics requirements.This situation correlates with the trends reported in the literature (Kisi et al. 2011, Shields andKisi 2011, Orth 2004, Shrestha

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Computers in Education 9 - Technology 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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David Beevers, Pennsylvania State University; Qi Dunsworth, Pennsylvania State University

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Computers in Education

their analysis.BackgroundHomework is a crucial part of every student’s education, especially in STEM disciplines. Thestatement that “the one who does the work does the learning,” [1] can be clearly seen in actionby any educator. However, in recent years more and more students are turning to copying andmissing this crucial part of the learning process [2]. The growth of online homework “help”websites has made it easier and easier for students to attempt to shortcut this critical step in theirlearning process. In fact, many students don’t even consider the use of such websites to completetheir homework to be cheating. [3] There have been some attempts with online homeworksystems to use randomized variables and questions to mitigate this problem

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Herring, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS); Robert St Jacques, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Division

RIT is required for most incoming freshmen each year.Students that fail to successfully complete the first course in the introductory sequence (i.e.withdraw or receive a grade of D or lower) are at risk for late graduation, and a high percentageof such students end up leaving the college or university. During the Fall 2018 semester, anexperiment was conducted involving 4 of the 13 sections of the course (34% of the enrolledstudents). For this experimental group, active learning was incorporated into what wastraditionally a passive learning lecture approach. Active learning was chosen based on its successin increasing outcomes for students in STEM fields [1]. The goal of the experiment was toreduce what has historically been one of the highest

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lihwa Lin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Ocean and Marine

circulation modeling of infrastructure installation at Rota Harbor in Northern Marianna IslandsINTRODUCTION Rota Harbor is located on the northwest coast of the Rota Island in the USCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), approximately 6,100 km westof Hawaii. Rota Island is small, around 85.5 km2 above the mean sea level (MSL), 17 kmlong and 8 km wide with a highest elevation of 500 m on Mt. Manira. Rota harbor wasconstructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) between 1978 and 1985. Itlies 60 km northeast of Guam and 110 km southwest of Saipan at 14o 10’ N, 145o 14’ E(Fig. 1). The study area is located on a sandy peninsula, partially surrounded by fringingcoral reef. Adjacent to Rota Harbor, the natural reef

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Engineering Management

master and how to define andmeasure those skills [1]. Micro-credentialing or digital badging is a relatively new assessmentmethod in higher education used mostly in noncredit coursework, but is gaining attention intraditional colleges and universities as well [2]. Research on the effect of using this type ofassessment is incomplete. Some research has shown that this type of assessment does make apositive contribution to student engagement with module content throughout the semester [3].Digital badging has also been shown to help learners create a sense of personal reward,confidence and connection to the learning process [4]. Dyjur and coworkers showed mixedresults on the perceptions of digital badge use, with many participants having a

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 1 - Capstone & Case Study

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fei Yang, Ohio State University; Michael Parke, Ohio State University; Fabian Hadipriono Tan P.E., Ohio State University; Adrian Hadipriono Tan; Shilun Hao, Ohio State University

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Construction Engineering

dagoba or Sinhalese stupa [1]. In this paper, the authors focus theirinvestigations on one of the most famous pagodas in China (if not the most famous), the Dayanpagoda or Dayanta located in Xi’an, one of China’s ancient capitals in the Shaanxi province. TheDayanta’s prominence is related to the religious and cultural legacy brought from India to Chinaand beyond: Xuanzang, a Chinese Buddhist monk traveled to India to translate the “sutra”(Indian scriptures) of the Buddhist religion, and in the 7th century AD, he brought thesescriptures back to China and stored them in Dayanta, where they remain today, as shown inFigure 1. Figure 1. The Dayanta in Xi’anHow this monument was built is a question that has

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NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Heather Maness, University of Florida

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

knowledgeand skills that are crucial to succeed in creating high quality online learning environmentsbecause, as the famous quote from Joel Barker says, “When a paradigm shifts, everyone goesback to zero” and then “your past success guarantees nothing [1].”This is a reflective paper, in which I, the instructor (the first author), will narrate my experienceon transitioning from teaching in a face-to-face classroom to teach fully in an onlineenvironment. It will also explain how the support of an instructional designer (the second author)can make this transition smoother.About me, “the instructor”Before becoming an online instructor, I taught in face-to-face classrooms using teacher-centeredpractices and more recently the learner-centered (flipped

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M Nathans-Kelly, U of Wisconsin-Madison; Cornell University

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Continuing Professional Development

. This foundation is critical for themto convince others that their topics and research questions are important and to get buy-infrom influential stakeholders in their organizations. Once the topic is set, the graduatestudent-professionals begin their research and writing for the course. In brief, the courseis broken into the following topical progression: • Weeks 1-3: topic determined, schedule proposed, research issues addressed • Week 4: the art and science of persuasion • Weeks 5-6: effective presentation techniques, slide design for technical work Page 26.1780.5 • Midterm: begin to secure audience members, room, permissions to record

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Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

President of ASEE. His teaching and research focus on space mission planning and spacecraft design. He is co-author of Statics and Dynamics textbooks with Dr. Anthony Bedford. Page 14.741.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 INSIDE THE NASA/ TEXAS SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM DESIGN CHALLENGE PROGRAM: Motivating Students Through the Design ProcessIntroduction:A paper entitled The NASA/Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge Program: ASystems Engineering Educational Program 1 was presented at the 2008 ASEE meeting inPittsburgh, which provided a general overview of Texas Space Grant

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Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University

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Aerospace

experience the fastest relative growthamong all modes of transportation, especially due to many fold increase in demand inmajor developing nations of Asia and Africa. Figure 1 shows the current market outlookfor airplane demand by 2025 and Figure 2 shows various categories of 27,200 airplanesthat would be needed by 2025. The total value of new airplanes is estimated at $2.6trillion. As a result of three fold increase in air travel by 2025, it is estimated that the totalCO2 emission due to commercial aviation may reach between 1.2 billion tonnes to 1.5billion tonnes annually by 2025 from its current level of 670 million tonnes. The amountof nitrogen oxides around airports, generated by aircraft engines, may rise from 2.5million tonnes in 2000 to 6.1

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Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University; Ronald Way, El Camino College; Bradley Harriger, Purdue University; Buford Pringle, Butler Community College; Scott Schaffer, Purdue University

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Aerospace

advantage composites offer in the performance of these products. - Ten Cate Aerospace Composites is a manufacturer of high performance composite systems. Using the internet, answer the following questions; o For the BT250E-1 Resin System, what are some typical applications? o What is the shelf life and how would this impact manufacturing operations? - One of the ways in which composites fail is by de-lamination of the plies. Explain why this happens. How would you modify a multi layer composite to reduce the risk of this type of failure?Formative evaluationTwo types of evaluation will be used to validate the curriculum. Formative evaluation willconsist of two major phases: design review and learner

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair J. McDonald P.E., Western Illinois University; William F. Pratt, Western Illinois University; Il-Seop Shin, Western Illinois University; Khaled Zbeeb, Western Illinois University

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College Industry Partnerships

senior designexperience. A project with significant design content, where work is completed in a teamenvironment, is universally desired. The following statement is from ABET’s Engineeringprogram accreditation requirements: “Students must be prepared for engineering practicethrough a curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge andskills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards andmultiple realistic constraints.”1 What fits the bill better than having students work withinindustry, maybe even as paid interns, on an active company project? Nothing could be more realsince the project is real. Such projects automatically include real schedules, deadlines,constraints, codes

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Barnes , Rowan University; Nicholas Lenzi; Katherine G Nelson, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

participate in outreach programs as a working Professional Engineer.Mr. Nicholas LenziDr. Katherine G Nelson, Rowan University Katie just recently finished a postdoc at ASU and is currently working as temporary faculty int he college of engineering at Rowan University. Her research interests include complexity learning, cognition, and motivation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Understanding impacts of Women in Engineering K-12 Outreach ProgramsIntroductionThe percentage of women that are employed as engineers (14.5% as of 2015) has gone up since1985, when women made up only 5.7% of the engineering population [1]. Be that as it may, thepercentage of women in engineering has plateaued

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Paul Merriweather, Texas A&M University; Harriet A. Lamm, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, TAMUS; Shannon D. Walton, Texas A&M University; Karen L. Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Judy Kelley, West Texas A&M University; Krystal E. Thomasson, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John David Rausch Jr., West Texas A&M University; Frank Pezold, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Kendall T. Harris, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

undergraduate (UG) students (such as usingparticipation in research and motivation to enroll in graduate school enrollment [1-5]), theAlliance has demonstrated its impact across a range of academic success indicators.The Alliance is now composed of three of the five original universities from the TAMUS and isfocused on increasing the participation of STEM URMs who successfully complete a Bachelorof Science (BS) degree and who are prepared and ready to matriculate into doctoral programs.The foci of this paper are the remaining three Alliance institutions which are  Texas A&M University (TAMU): Highest Research Activity (R1) University and Lead Institution  Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU): Moderate Research Activity (R3

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

competitive graduate programs. Future research on engineering students’ attitudesto graduate studies should include a more in-depth examination of the differences between maleand female students.The current paper provides; 1) background information on the development of the Attitudestoward Graduate Studies Survey for use as a pre-post measure in evaluating the impact ofundergraduate summer research experiences on students intentions to pursue graduate studies, 2)a summary of results from three cohorts of students from the summers of 2010, 2011 and 2012and 3) conclusions from a follow-up study of the students from these three cohorts.BackgroundOver the last decade, the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has hosted numerous REUsites and the

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Learning and Assessment in ME 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

of a reasonable solution.Rowland [1] described how units can be used to deduce how given quantities should becombined to give a particular result (for instance, how velocity and area can be used to determinevolumetric flow rate). He also discussed how the units cancellation process can provide a checkof the validity of equations, both in choice of governing equations and whether any algebraicmanipulations were done properly. His study suggested that students accept governing equationswithout much thought about the need for dimensional homogeneity, supporting the finding bycognitive scientists that “humans tend to discriminate only as finely as necessary.” He discussedthe inclination of students to interpret constants in relationships as

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexa Rihana-Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; James Joseph Lynch, University of Detroit Mercy

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Environmental Engineering

. 4 For simple domains, i.e., homogeneous properties and simple boundary conditions, thegoverning equation can be solved analytically. In general, an analytical solution does not existand the governing equation must be solved numerically.Contaminant Transport by Advection-Dispersion A model that includes only advection and dispersion can be solved numerically and maybe solved analytically for certain domains and properties. The contaminant will flowdownstream with the groundwater and the front will spread out through dispersion. Thegoverning equation is C x, t   2C x, t  C x, t  D v (1) t x 2

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Meliksah Demir, Northern Arizona University

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Environmental Engineering

questionsincluding a list of the vocabulary for Group 2. Mind Dumps were implemented the same way.Some student comments included “very helpful. I don’t use my mind dumps on the test but thatis because I know what I wrote, I remembered it because I completed my reading.” and anotherstudent added “The benefits [are] in the long run for remembering the reading. It encouragesme to do the reading and be ready for Mind Dumps.” Although some students were able to seethe point behind Mind Dumps, observations showed that still only 1/3 of the class wasAgreeing/Strongly Agreeing with “Mind Dumps make me complete my readings.” A studentcomment was interesting to note “They are not graded, don’t affect my overall grade.” Preparedstudents would allow the instructor to

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines

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Environmental Engineering

effective in helping themlearn lesson objectives. While examining the effectiveness of these active learning interventionsand flipped classes with an increased sample size over several years is likely needed to determinestatistical significance, our experience indicates that choosing the appropriate classes to flip andsuitable active learning interventions is challenging and selected interventions may not beimmediately effective. Nevertheless, a variety of learning techniques is likely beneficial tomaintain student engagement in a three-hour evening lecture course covering a highly technicaltopic such as air pollution control.1. IntroductionAccording to ABET’s criteria for accrediting environmental engineering programs, air pollution,along with

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John C. Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie PhD, University at Albany-SUNY; Ali Reza Osareh, North Carlina A&T State University; Lisa D. Hobson, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

survey datacollection. Of the 11 institutions, the majority of the students, 72%, were male and 28% were female.Regarding race/ethnicity, 85% of the respondents self-reported the race/ethnicity as Black, 4% asHispanic, and 9% as multi-racial; 7% as Asian and 9% as White. Of the students involved, 16%indicated that English was not their primary language. The majority of the students were 2nd year(27%) or 3rd year (42%) higher education students; 67% of the enrollees were majoring in electricalengineering; 23% self-reported as computer science or mechanical engineering majors. Theremaining students generally reported majors related to other STEM domains for which the courseserved as an elective or to fulfil a minor requirement (see Table 1

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Kowalec, University of Michigan; Andrew Deorio, University of Michigan

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Software Engineering Division

results examine several factors influencing the success of a partnership, including differencein cumulative grade point average (GPA), gender balance, and work habits like starting projectsearly. After controlling for GPA, we observed an association between starting projects early andincreased performance on both exams and projects. The impact was greatest among those in thelowest GPA quartile, where an early start made the difference between an average final lettergrade of C+ (lowest early-start quartile) and B- (highest early-start quartile).1 Introduction and Related WorkAn important goal of group work in education is to increase student learning of course material.In computer science courses, group work often takes the form of pair

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Environmental Engineering

learning in the affectivedomain. A flipped-classroom coupled with a modified approach to mastery-learning ‘required’students to review instructional content before meeting face-to-face including: a) reading thetextbook; b) watching pre-recorded, online digital lectures; c) mastering online quizzes; and d)submitting written homework. All students who completed all ‘required’ assignments before thepublished deadline were assigned a grade of ‘C’, for the course. Students who completedadditional ‘optional’ assignments had the potential to earn a grade of ‘B’ or ‘A’, for the course.The take home messages for this paper include: (1) a substantial initial investment of time maybe needed to create course content using blended, flipped, and mastery