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Learning Outcomes and Pedagogical Strategies: Problems of Alignment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Graham, Johns Hopkins University; Tobin Porterfield, Towson University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Performance Management, the Journal of Computer Information Systems, the International Journal of Project Organization & Manage- ment, Transportation Journal, the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management and the International Journal of Production Economics. His practical professional experience and research training are great assets as we work to understand the profound impact of soft skills and professional skills in the workplace. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Surprisingly Broad Range of Professional Skills Required for EngineersRobert Graham, Lecturer, Center for Leadership Education, Johns Hopkins

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Studies in Engineering Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University; John S. Gero, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Morteza Pourmohamadi, Tabriz Islamic Art University; Sarah Abdellahi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Lilian Maria de Souza Almeida M.Sc., Utah State University; Yuzhen Luo, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #21338Quantifying Differences Between Professional Expert Engineers and Engi-neering Students Designing: Empirical Foundations for Improved Engineer-ing EducationProf. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University Kurt Becker is the current director for the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering design thinking. His areas of research include engineering design

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Gretchen Mosher

Education ETD Session 435adequate supply of technology professionals, but is also important for the long-termsustainability of the field of ET and the development of its future faculty.The goal of this project was to identify and examine factors that influence success in studentswho enroll in and transfer into engineering technology programs. Factors were characterized as“academic predictors” and “curricular factors” for inclusion in the models. Academic predictorsincluded variables such as high school rank and GPA, composite scores from the AmericanCollege Test (ACT), mathematics scores from the ACT, and university GPA. Curricular factorsincluded grades earned

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Beth Carle, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology; MICHAEL E LONG LONG, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Diversity

practice.Intentionally, the application of critical thinking is systematically integrated within multipleopportunities for students to practice and broaden critical thinking skills, in general educationcourses, academic program courses, and experiential learning.As an example, design and problem solving projects are integral parts of all Mechanical,Manufacturing, and Electrical Mechanical Engineering Technology (MMET) program courses,with increasing complexity and integration of multiple domains as the students’ progress towardstheir capstone experiences. Approximately half of freshmen courses are in the engineeringtechnology core. This allows opportunities to help students immediately begin developing theircritical thinking and analytical skills and highlights

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

L.T. Biegler; I.E. Grossmann; N.V. Sahinidis

domains of interest, sponsor graduate students,participation of Art Westerberg, a strong effort began to cre- provide industrial internships related to PSE projects, interactate a cohesive research group in process systems engineering. on long-term research that advances the field of PSE, andAt the same time, the DRC expanded to an NSF-sponsored provide employment opportunities for our M.S. and Ph.D.Engineering Research Center, called the Engineering Design students and postdocs.Research Center (EDRC), which was funded from 1985 to1996, before transforming into the Institute for Complex Many of our member companies participate in our twoEngineered Systems (ICES), an integral part of CMU’s Col- special

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Lisa L Greenwood, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Maureen S. Valentine PE, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Diversity

ISO’s revisions of the ISO 14001 and 14004 environmental standards. In addition to her academic preparation and experience, she has over ten years of experience in envi- ronmental engineering in the aerospace industry. Dr. Greenwood seeks to build student capabilities in standards implementation through project-based learning and problem-solving, in order to prepare them for successful careers in environmental, health, safety, and sustainability disciplines, and beyond.Dr. Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Dr. Jennifer Schneider, CIH is the Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking in Academic Affairs and a professor in the College of Applied Science & Technology at RIT. She earned

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Diversity

including the historical context of STEM principles in the elementarycurriculum. Biographies in STEM have immense potential in the elementary classroom becausethey show that research and exploration are continually on-going; that is, one question arises fromanother question9.Do-it-yourself projects often involve the application of STEM competencies. Collaborating tocreate a geometry lesson, the school librarian might suggest engaging youngsters in creating theirown comic strips. Drawing books are as popular as graphic novels in elementary schools, andthese art books can be used to talk about using geometric shapes to create the images and framesin students' own comic strip creations. “Adventures in Cartooning” is a great guide to thecreation of

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Tyler Jay Ashby, Utah State University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Sarah E Lopez, Utah State University; Natalie L Shaheen, National Federation of the Blind; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Diversity

. Goodridge is an engineering councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and serves on ASEE’s project board. Dr. Goodridge actively consults for projects includ- ing the development of an online curriculum style guide for Siemens software instruction, development of engineering activities for blind and visually impaired youth, and the implementation and investigation of a framework of engineering content to incorporate into P-12 engineering education.Sarah E Lopez, Utah State University Sarah Lopez is a graduate student at Utah State University, pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education and a Masters in Electrical Engineering. She graduated from Oklahoma Christian University in 2016 with degrees in Computer

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Texas A&M University; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

measures have started totaper in recent years [2]. To meet current and future workforce demands for more STEMprofessionals in the United States, we must be creative about how to move beyond this ceilingeffect; and, great potential exists among the growing population of students who begin theirpursuit of a higher education at institutions other than 4-year public/private colleges [11].The purpose of this research project is to increase understanding of engineering transfer studentsand their experiences at both sending and receiving institutions. Research sites include four ofthe top ten producers of U.S. Hispanic/Latino engineers; the framework of transfer studentcapital was used to organize the project’s data collection and analytical plan (Figure

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahsan Mian, Wright State University; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; M. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University; Leanne Petry, Central State University; Brett Doudican, University of Dayton; Raghavan Srinivasan, Wright State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis.Dr. M. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University Professor of Statistics and Research, Program Director for EdD in Organizational Studies, in the Leader- ship Studies in Education and Organizations Department, College of Education and Human Services.Dr. Leanne

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research interests in the area of system improvement via quality improvement methods especially in the area of applied statistics, statistical process control, and design of experiments. Dr. Perry consults, instructs, and collaborates on quality improvement projects with representatives from biotech, health care, defense, and traditional manufacturing institutions. He has been an instructor for the Six Sigma Black belt training at the Six Sigma Institute for three years. He is a UCSD Certified Six-Sigma Master Black-Belt and an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Developing Changemaking Engineers – Year

Conference Session

Make It!

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ucar; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

and algorithm knowledge in a facial featuredetection and image processing application. This project is a Science Technology Engineeringand Math (STEM) extensive module and includes research analysis and activity components.Existing work focuses on teaching algorithms to students using interactive tools and games [3, 4,7]. This work lets students learn face detection algorithms using a library. Furthermore, studentslearn how to use the Dlib, Yattag, Cv, Numpy, Tkinter classes in Python along with thealgorithmic details. This application enriches school curriculum by adding machine/softwareinteractions and digital image processing. After completing the module activities, students areevaluated on basic understanding of face detection

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University; Chansu Yu, Cleveland State University; Karla R. Hamlen, Cleveland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

individual subjects, and apply and integrate the previouslearning in a new context. The framework consists of a series of sound- and video-themebased lab experiments and projects [7,8], whose complexities and abstraction levelsgradually grow with the progress of curriculum. The lab framework covers both hardware and software aspects of computer systems and theexperiments are done in the SoC (system on a chip) context [14], in which a system contains ageneral-purpose processor for “housekeeping” tasks and hardware accelerators for computation-intensive tasks. The commercial SoC platforms are too complex and use the proprietary andencrypted bus interconnect and IP (intellectual property) cores. A simple, open, and vendor-neutral SoC platform is

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Assessing Competencies in an Undergraduate Reinforced Concrete Design CourseAbstract:Traditional grading can be a common source of frustration for engineering faculty. Allocatingpoints consistently for partially correct work is a constant struggle and leaves something to bedesired. The lines between different grades certainly become grayed, and it seems possible that astudent can receive a passing grade in a course without ever answering a single problemcorrectly. Specification grading is a novel approach to grading that provides solutions to some ofthe common frustrations with traditional grading. Specification grading requires instructors todefine assignment, project, test, or even course level specifications. These

Conference Session

Engagement In Practice: Integrating Community Engagement into Engineering Curricula

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa Anne Migler-VonDollen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. She advises MS and senior project students at Cal Poly and actively supports several student clubs in- cluding: Women in Software and Hardware (by attending the Grace Hopper Conference) and the Indian Student Association (by serving as the faculty advisor). While at UC Santa Cruz, Theresa developed an innovative course in social networks, which served as an engaging introduction to graph theory and game theory concepts for students from across the university. Theresa’s research interests center around computer science theory and algorithms with emphasis on ap- plications throughout computer science and across disciplines. Specific areas of interest include: graph theoretic algorithms, approximation algorithms

Conference Session

Alternative Teaching Methods

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rex C. Kanu, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

the materials, before delving into the underlying science to understand why the chosenmaterials have properties that would make them suitable for the required applications. Theauthors’ idea was that the desire to succeed in the project would motivate the students to delvedeeper to understand the science behind the materials’ properties.Table I. The effect of changing the delivery sequence of the course contents Total # Maximum # Class Sections # Students Year Students per Class Size per year Dropping Class

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Research in Faculty Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Lance C. Pérez, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Wayne A. Babchuk, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Leilani A. Arthurs, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

engineering faculty experiences and perceptions utilizingthe Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (COPUS) as part of larger long-term project aimed at improving teaching and learning in the College of Engineering at our hostinstitution. The current project can be viewed as consisting of four phases. The first phaseinvolved the assembly of our research team and our collaborative project design and selection ofa case study methodology to study a bounded system (i.e., teaching and learning in the Collegeof Engineering). Participants were selected employing purposeful criterion-based maximumvariation sampling within the College to serve as peer observers or instructors. Both groups(observers and instructors) attended orientation sessions

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Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

description for this course is “Introduction to writing for the engineering and engineeringtechnology professions. Definitions, descriptions, presentations, reports, manuals, and proposalsare covered. Reader-centered, process-driven writing and presentation skills are developedcentered on the engineering professions” [21] .Vertical IntegrationA vertical integration of projects in different courses in order to improve the evaluation of thestudents’ knowledge of the subject matter, as well as help facilitate the ABET assessment process[22] is proposed, and it is being gradually implemented [23]. The existing program capstonecourse EGT417 (Senior Project in Engineering Technology) is being used as the class where thestudents will conclude and present

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MET and Mechatronics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith S. Pate, University of Southern Indiana; Joseph David Marx; Abdallah A. Chehade; Farid Breidi, University of Southern Indiana

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Engineering Technology

in semesters past [2]. Technological tools rangefrom software, which provides students with a virtual tool helping students to observe andvisualize multiple concepts taught in lecture, to physical tools that can be used to providestudents with an interactive device that students can observe and learn from. Having studentsdesign and build physical technological tools as a form of a school project or summer internshipalso exposes them to real-life engineering applications [3]. This work presents the use of aphysical technological tool, which can be used in education to help reinforce and expand high-school and undergraduate engineering education.BackgroundHands-on technological tools have been used in education for many years. In 2009, a micro

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FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anas Chalah, Harvard University; Fawwaz Habbal, Harvard University; Michael Raspuzzi, Harvard University

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

Fawwaz HabbalPre-Collegiate Program Background and Direct ObjectiveAs new experiments and design-based projects are envisioned, they must be evaluated andassessed before they become part of the curriculum. Initially, we introduced such new items to asmall group of the Harvard College students, but as the demands for new experiments increased,it became difficult to have a thorough evaluation through the small sample of students. Wedecided to engage a different student body of diverse backgrounds by establishing a pre-collegiate program. This program attempts to prototype and develop multiple new activelearning initiatives before integrating them into the full curriculum. Indeed, the program becamea valuable platform to develop, to experiment, and

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COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston; Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Louise Stewart, University of Houston

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Computers in Education

Face-to-Face Senior (36) Online Senior Research Concepts in HDCS (49) Face-to-Face Senior Project Management & Practice (5) Online/Hybrid Graduate Data Analysis (8)Survey completion was voluntary and students were assured that all responses were anonymousto the instructor and that anonymity would be maintained in any publication of the results aswell. Student responses were downloaded for analysis with each response record by a non-identifying number assigned by the learning management system.The survey began with demographic characteristics including: 1) student classification (freshman

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah De Rosier, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic Emilio Riccoboni, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Paul Michael Rothhammer-Ruiz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Student

applications for the automotive industry. He has worked in the vibration test and measurement industry helping to drive new technologies to market and working with industry to meet their emerging needs. He is currently a Professor at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo in the Department of Mechanical Engineering teaching dynamics, vibrations and controls. He is involved in several undergraduate and master’s level multidisciplinary projects and interested in engineer- ing education research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018“Intelligent Vehicles:” Development of a new course for undergraduate engineering studentsIntroductionThe field of intelligent

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mendez, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus

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Mechanical Engineering

. This cycle could be repeated as many times as the student wished, until they werehappy with the quiz score or until the end of the course.The other nine quizzes were taken in class, either in the presence of a proctor or the courseinstructor. Students could retry in-class quizzes, with a different question on the same topic,during a later class period or by scheduling an appointment with the instructor outside of classtime. Students could retry a quiz as often as they liked until the end of the course. Due to theinstructor being away from campus most of the semester, quiz retry appointments were onlyallowed during the last three weeks of the semester.A design project [22] was assigned to groups of 3 students. Group assignments were made by

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trung H. Duong, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Mechanical Engineering

with a better system rather than being forced to programthese robots via an obsolete programming language. Therefore, in this work, we proposed aframework to interface the existing manipulators with a modern programming environment. The reminder of this paper is organized as follows. Literature review is presented in the nextsection followed by the curricular context. After that, we introduces hardware setup and thensoftware development. The next section describes the evaluation of students’ survey followed bythe conclusions section.Literature Review Throughout engineering education curriculum in general as well as in our institution, thehands-on experiments and laboratory projects play an essential role in the success of the

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Research in Faculty Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

newstrategies they implement in their course(s). Data to answer these questions is drawn frominterviews with group participants and leaders, as described further in Methods. In the followingsection, we provide a description of the project under which the network of teachingdevelopment groups was established and the structure and intended purpose of the teachingdevelopment groups. Analysis of instructors’ motivations for participating in teachingdevelopment and their choices around implementing research-based teaching strategies providesinsight about what aspects of ongoing teaching development are most valuable to instructors andabout what types of change toward student-centered interactive learning are most attractive.SIMPLE Teaching Development

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Automation in Manufacturing

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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Manufacturing

, University of South Florida Richard Gilbert is a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering . Richard is the Co-PI for the grant that supports the NSF designated Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 10 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an engineering curriculum for elementary school

Conference Session

Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Thomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville; Gerold Willing, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Assistants (UTAs). In order tostrengthen retention of STEM majors, the mutually reinforcing benefits of focusing on thesethree groups simultaneously guide this project. The UTAs are a primary focus of this project’swork.Substantial numbers of STEM-intending students choose to leave STEM degree programs1 aftercompleting only the introductory coursework. The effective implementation of peer learning andother tutorials within the introductory coursework can play a significant role in preventing earlydepartures from STEM programs2,3. To enhance retention of STEM-intending students at theUniversity of Louisville, PRIMES’ focus is centered on select introductory courses for STEMmajors in order to help retain students in the programs.The Colorado Learning

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Fostering Business and Professional Skills in the Engineering Classroom

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #23798Understanding the Expectations of Writing Skills in Engineering Design Coursesand Professional PracticeDr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University Veera Gnaneswar Gude is a faculty member of civil and environmental engineering department at Mis- sissippi State University. He has degrees in chemical (B.S.) and environmental engineering (M.S., Ph.D.) disciplines with over 15 years of academic, industrial, and research experiences on various chemical and environmental engineering projects. He is a licensed professional engineer and a board certified environ- mental engineer. His passion for

Conference Session

Works in Progress I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Detchev, University of Calgary; Elena V. Rangelova, University of Calgary; Scott C. Packer, University of Calgary ; Quazi K. Hassan, University of Calgary; Kyle O'Keefe P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Educational Research and Methods

General Studies (Hons.) from Lethbridge College. He has worked in a variety of Post-Secondary roles while completing his education and since graduating in 2013. Prior to this project he worked as an Academic Strategist for nearly four years, splitting time between the University of Lethbridge and Mount Royal University. Additionally, he has spent time as a Research Assistant for a public school attendance and performance project, Teaching Assistant, Tutor and Academic Aid. All his previous roles have played a crucial part in building qualifications to assist in this Engineering Education research.Prof. Quazi K. Hassan, University of Calgary Dr. Quazi K. Hassan is a professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering at

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

courseis currently offered each semester (fall, spring, summer) and reaches 450+ students eachacademic year. The course exists to introduce topics relevant to the technical manager inthe 21st century. Core topics historically covered in the course include: managementpractices, leadership, communications, project management, working in the globalenvironment, risk management, systems engineering, product development,entrepreneurship, ethics, and quality management.As part of a campus-supported course redesign effort, this high-enrollment course wasconverted to an online format in 2014. Prior to the redesign, students participated in atraditional, classroom-based lecture format of the course delivered in a large lecture hallwith capacity of