Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LeAnn E. Faidley, Wartburg College; Christine A. DeVries, Wartburg College; Mariah Birgen, Wartburg College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

could serve with their scientific knowledge. They attended several volunteer board meetings and familiarized themselves with the organization and then decided to help create curriculum for the food based summer youth program that is hosted by the food bank. Kids spend time working in the community garden and then learn to prepare some of the food that they are growing. While it is cooking, they then play a game or do some other activity related to that food. The students created eight lessons plans based around different vegetables.  Self-Help International - Students worked on a two part project with a local nonprofit that serves communities overseas with a variety of initiatives. In the first

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

] and “depoliticization” (relegation of questions of social justice and inclusion as“political,” and thus irrelevant to “real” engineering) [39, 40].This project used a mixed-methods research plan with surveys of engineering deans, faculty andstudents as well as ethnographic participant observations of a Virtual Community of Practice forLGBTQ inclusion in STEM. The surveys and ethnographic research generated new knowledgeand understanding of engineering cultures, which provided empirically grounded ways that thenext Safe Zone workshops were contoured to be most effective for engineering audiences. Theresearch findings help the members of the Virtual Community of Practice advocate moreeffectively as they try to promote LGBTQ equality in their

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Milke P.E., University of Canterbury; Annelies Kamp, University of Canterbury ; Dave Brierley, Engineering New Zealand

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Civil Engineering

andtheir mentors.A wide variety of mentoring topics have been analyzed in previous studies more specific toengineering and STEM subjects, and consideration of earlier literature reinforced the potential ofour trial to contribute to the experiences of undergraduate students. Research has explored thebenefits for young women of mentoring them into STEM subjects [9], the role of mentors inraising young women’s persistence [10] and their retention in engineering disciplines at a higherlevel [11]. A positive impact on career planning in STEM disciplines has also been found forstudents with disabilities [12]. Undergraduate students can mentor other students consideringentering the industry post-school [13] as well as their undergraduate peers [14

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina L. Baze, University of Texas, Austin; Todd L. Hutner, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Victor Sampson, University of Texas, Austin; Lawrence Chu; Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas, Austin; Hannah Smith Brooks, University of Texas, Austin

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and the TEAMS Program at the University of Boulder. Dr. Rivale’s research uses recent advances in our understanding of how people learn to evaluate and im- prove student learning in college and K-12 engineering classrooms. Her work also focuses on improving access and equity for women and students of color in STEM fields.Hannah Smith Brooks, University of Texas, Austin Hannah Brooks is a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on promot- ing equitable access through collaboration and instructional design. She is also interested in improving teacher education programs in the sciences by studying how teachers plan and structure learning using various methods. She has a BA in

Conference Session

Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosanna Yuen-Yan Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Cecilia KY Chan, University of Hong Kong; Mehrdad Tahernia, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jiaxin Liang, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Qi Cao, Chinese University of Hong Kong

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International

human information interactions and be able to apply them in explaining various techno-societal phenomena. 2. (Learning Outcome 2) be able to analyze and interpret social media contents and social network structures. 3. (Learning Outcome 3) be able to understand their professional responsibility in sustainable development as information engineers. 4. (Learning Outcome 4) be able to understand the impact of information engineering solutions in a global and societal context. 5. (Learning Outcome 5) be able to stay abreast of contemporary issues and formulate professional recommendations and/or action plans based on human information behaviours.The course spans 14 weeks and is focused on 4 topics (Table 1

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Research Methods

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Karen Hazel Washburn Washburn, Utah State University; Indhira María Hasbún, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

research often takes time: time to buildrelationships with participants; time to reflect on biases in one’s own data generation andanalysis processes; and time to evaluate, revise, and re-implement engineering programs andpedagogies (if applicable) to ensure they are more culturally responsive. In summary, fastresearch is not often reflective research, and responsive research requires self-reflection.[43] Inorder to ensure culturally responsive research designs, qualitative researchers can: • In consultation with participants (where possible), develop and communicate a plan for managing data. • Develop materials for providing professional development to the research team and other relevant stakeholders, with explicit

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 4: Capstone, Safety and Beyond

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorail F. Porter, Associated General Contractors; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering

, building inspectors, suppliers,subcontractors, contractors, construction developers, real estate developers, researchers, andeducators [2][3]. However, most construction curricula are highly tailored to prepare students forproject management and estimating roles. Generally, project managers plan, budget, oversee, anddocument all aspects of their construction projects, while estimators determine the quantities andcosts of construction projects. Furthermore, many construction programs are structured to preparestudents mostly for commercial construction projects [1]. This is logical as most of the employersof undergraduate Construction students offer student opportunities to work on commercialconstruction projects. With the current focus of

Conference Session

Active Learning in BME, Session I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Handley, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, University of Michigan

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Biomedical Engineering

incubator experience and their beliefs onteaching and learning. The specific questions asked can be found in Table 1. Student responseswere in full sentence, paragraph format. Table 1. Open-ended Survey Questions 1. In your own words, why did you enroll in the instructional incubator course? 2. What are you hoping to gain from the instructional incubator course? 3. Could you explain how you think this course will be helpful to your current goals or career plans? 4. In your own words, how would you describe effective teaching in engineering? 5. In your own words, how would you describe less effective teaching in engineering? 6. In your own words, how

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Aaron Snyder, Virginia Tech; Indhira María Hasbún, Virginia Tech; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

. The CFA allows us to analyze the fit of the individual items from thesurvey to the prescribed factors within the given models. The model used was used to explainhow PTO, SOC and BFP all played a role in predicting ethical awareness. To increase thestrength of the study, some questions were created to measure the opposite of the intendedvariable. For example, one of the questions measuring the personal subfactor from the spheres ofcontrol is, “I usually do not set goals because I have a hard time following through on them,” iscounterbalanced by the question “Once I make plans, I am almost certain to make them work.”Because of this difference, many of the scales had to be reverse coded to fit into the models forconfirmatory factor analysis

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Curriculum and Instruction in Engineering Mechanics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter H. Carnell P.E., University of Georgia; Nathaniel J. Hunsu, University of Georgia; Davis F. Ray, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Mechanics

‘patches’ of poor performance.” Faced with such adverseacademic situations, some students adopt maladaptive behaviors (e.g., self-handicapping andanxiety) that further impair their chances of succeeding in their chosen engineering majors. Incontrast, resilient students would adopt adaptive behaviors, for example, persistence, planning,optimism, and self-determination, among others [8]. We argue that students with high levels ofresilience are better able to come back from initial academic stresses, while those who are lessresilient may decline in their academic performance, lose interest in their major, andconsequently consider dropping out of their engineering program.Measurement approachesAs noted above, resilience is most commonly defined as a

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

Interview Prompt EVT Linkage What happens in a typical class period? (Participants were asked to describe Activity specific teacher activities that the class usually engage in and the kind of interactions that happen behaviors; teacher strategies in the classroom) Student engagement & performance; student ability Please describe how you plan and make decisions for class. What role do your Activity specific teacher students’ beliefs play in these decisions? behaviors; teacher

Conference Session

Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Lamb P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College; Alicia M. Kinoshita, San Diego State University; Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University

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Engineering Leadership Development

believe that faculty will need the training to implement leadership into existing courses,so we also plan to start working on training materials for faculty.REFERENCES[1] Horner Jr., D.H. (1995). Leader Development and Why It Remains Important. MilitaryReview, p. 76.[2] National Academy of Engineering. 2004. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering inthe New Century. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.https://doi.org/10.17226/10999.[3] IUSE / Professional Formation of Engineers: REvolutionizing engineering and computerscience Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED). Program Solicitation NSF 17-501. Downloaded 2 Feb2018. https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17501/nsf17501.htm[4] R. Graham, E. Crawley, B.R. Mendelsohn (n.d.) “Engineering leadership

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Topics in Computing and Information Technology-I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Umit Karabiyik, Sam Houston State University; Naciye Celebi; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; James Holekamp, Sam Houston State University; Khaled Rabieh, Sam Houston State University

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Computing and Information Technology

the ways in which attacker may exploit the vulnerability. • Stage three: Implement Immediate Risk Reduction: The goal in this stage is to identify the need for increasing the SCADA system’s defense mechanism. • Stage four: Implement Long-term Solutions: Once the attacks have been identified, it is important to find long-term solutions. It is also important to find a way to provide a security plan for the systems.During the course of this research project, we have focused on these four stages to attack andanalyze the SCADA system. As the SCADA system is a real-time system, forensic analysis weperform must be live analysis according to [3, 16, 4, 17].According to Ahmed et al. in [3, 16], state of the art digital forensic

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Celena Arreola, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, University of Texas, El Paso; Helen Elizabeth Geller, University of Texas, El Paso; Giselle Andrade, STEMGrow; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Melissa Stearns

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

], and the Lumina Foundation 's National Tech Challenge selectedEduGuide's intervention as a model for making college access and success more efficient. Theyhave supported EduGuide with a planning grant to further test and refine the platform, as has theW.K. Kellogg Foundation to help scale-up EduGuide’s platform and program.Assessment of Grit Levels of Participating StudentsOverall, 108 freshman-year STEM students participated in the baseline assessment of students’grit levels in early fall 2017. Of the 108 students, 81 were STEMGrow students, while 27 werenon-STEMGrow students (Control Group). The first post-assessment involved 64 students, 43of whom were STEMGrow students, and 21 were non-STEMGrow students. A total of 38students, 26 STEMGrow

Conference Session

Novel Classrooms

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Smith, Brown University; Ann Sitomer, Portland State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

, teaching planning meetings, reflective practice meetings, and involvement withcurriculum and assessment development. Biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics allincluded pedagogical development opportunities in seminars that were part of the core graduatecurriculum. In CBEE, GTAs were asked to attend bi-weekly meetings that focused on creating acommunity that reflected on problems of teaching practice in Studio and discussed alternativeways of approaching practice. These bi-weekly meetings were voluntary and organic in nature,such that topics differed week to week and generally were directed by issues the GTAs werecurrently facing.Table 1. Details of the major activities and progression for pedagogical development in CBEE Timeframe

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

Strecker Forest, a 31-house development adjacent to the heavily contaminatedCallahan property was planned in the late 1990s (Grover Callahan was one of Bliss’ drivers anddumped waste on his own property). Despite assurances that the area was “clean as a whistle,”potential residents were understandably concerned, as prior to cleanup a nearby ravine was“filled 15 feet deep with rusty barrels” [69]. Since 2008, the EPA has returned twice to the areafor additional cleanup, removing “hundreds of waste drums and thousands of tons ofcontaminated soil.” In the most recent cleanup, 2015, the EPA removed 1,545 tons of dioxin-laced soil [70]. In spite of residents’ concerns and required additional cleanups, the EPA recentlyremoved the Callahan property from

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haridas Kumarakuru, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics and Physics

answers.Most of the time, we, instructors saw that they never select an answer to these questions. Eventhough they did not know the right answer, they can select at least one answer per question. Theywill not lose anything by selecting a wrong answer. However, most of the time, they left thosequestions as un answered. Someone may argue that they may run out of time to read thosequestions. The answer is “NO”. Their exam is 2 hours and most of the time they finished no laterthan 90 minutes. As instructors, we observed that they are not very much interested in MCQs.This is one of the reasons why we introduce an open book quiz with only MCQs, to reinforce asa part of the course. In future, we are planning to give an extra credit question as a regular

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion: Concepts, Mental Models, and Interventions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Keogh, University of Colorado, Boulder; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

client and the design team. Similarly, many women in ​Invention andInnovation​ were reported to have been in charge of the business aspects of the project. Bothclient communication and business planning are introduced in these subsequent courses.Another explanation for the trend of women disproportionately taking on non-technical roles isbecause they lack technical confidence. This explanation corresponds to possibilities discussed inthe focus groups. Women in the focus group believe that women are more likely to take onnon-technical roles in teams because of three main factors: i) they feel that they do not haveenough technical experience to be useful to the team, ii) they are not asked by their malecounterparts to take on technical roles, or

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Walelign Messele Nikshi, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

student teams to apply what they are learning to the conceptual design ofa simple product. Product Design and Development by Ulrich and Eppinger [21] is used as thecourse textbook and the product development process considered is for “market pull” products oflow to moderate complexity. The main topics covered in the course include: • Introduction to the product development process. • Product planning. • Introduction to basic systems thinking and systems engineering concepts. • Identification of customer needs. • Setting target specifications. • Concept generation. • Product architecture. • Concept selection. • Prototyping. • Concept testing.The course is structured as a two-credit lecture portion with a

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

most meals (shown in green in Table 1) arecovered by the students’ meal plans and are individual options, four meals (shown in orange inTable 1) - the welcome breakfast, Thursday pizza party, Friday lunch and final cookout/campfire- mark significant points for the students and are provided and organized by the AcES program.The design project activities (shown in blue in Table 1) provide students opportunities to workon teams to design, build, and test a product. Activities that occur outside of the engineeringcampus (shown in yellow in Table 1) provide opportunities for bonding, viewing engineeringprinciples in action, and becoming familiar with the region.The final day of the summer bridge component is a unique experience that re-emphasizes

Conference Session

Diversity and Global Experiences

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy S. Lewis, Brigham Young University; Terri Christiansen Bateman, Brigham Young University; Carol J. Ward, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

surveys,documentation, and reflections papers to address: a) What cultural resources were used bystudents to obtain community-centric and project-centric information? b) What culturalinformation was obtained and how useful was this information for the project design andunderstanding the community? and c) How were students impacted by the Learning Outcomes?A brief discussion of future plans for strengthening the GEO course will also be presented.Surveys, Documentation, and Reflection Papers.Surveys were developed in collaboration with faculty and students in the Department ofSociology at Brigham Young University. The surveys were administered using the Qualtricssoftware and included free-response questions, multiple-choice questions, rank order

Conference Session

Embedding Sociotechnical Systems Thinking I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Waugaman, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #23594Connecting with First-year Engineering Students’ Interest in Social JusticeIssues through Ethics Lessons to Sustain Student Retention in EngineeringMs. Kathryn Waugaman, University of Colorado Boulder Katie is an undergraduate student researcher at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is interested in why students choose to study engineering and what retention methods are successful for universities, particularly in underrepresented communities. She is a Senior in Mechanical Engineering and plans to work in renewable energy when she graduates in December.Dr. Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder

Conference Session

Fostering Business and Professional Skills in the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Long Duy Nguyen P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristoph-Dietrich Kinzli, Colorado School of Mines; Simeon J. Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Jong-Yeop Kim, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

- 2018) was 56 students. Thecourse met once a week for a period of 2 hours and 45 minutes. The focus of the course is on adesign project with usually 3-4 students per team, with about 16 projects per academic year.Students formed their own teams, a strategy that minimizes possible conflicts throughout thesemester. Practitioners mentored more than half of the projects, students proposed some projects,and faculty assigned others. The practitioners were local civil and environmental engineeringprofessionals with at least ten years of experience. Most of the practitioners were licensed (e.g.,professional engineer) or appropriately certified (e.g., American Institute of Architect (AIA),American Planning Association’s Certified Planner (AICP)).Tables

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Juan Abelló P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Mechanical Engineering

of future OPL taxonomies inengineering.Overall, it was helpful developing related subjects’ taxonomies in parallel, not only because itallowed for consistency of style and language, but because we could ensure that material in thereferenced textbooks that crossed into another subject could be appropriately categorized withthat other subject.We developed guidelines for keywords that may help to ameliorate the limitations of the searchfunction and lack of cross-referencing in the OPL. A controlled vocabulary for some of thefacets we identified (such as problem type) would be an asset to have, and may be something todevelop in the future. We hope these guidelines can provide consistency across engineeringsubject areas and institutions.We plan

Conference Session

Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Cao, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Brown University; Benjamin David Lutz, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering LAs. They didnot have room in their curricular plans to add the 2-credit LA pedagogy course as dictated in theCollege of Science LA Model. Therefore, we adapted the program to provide a similarexperience using a non-class workshop delivery for pedagogical development. The workshopcontained 8-hours of contact time, including a 4-hour pre-term meeting, and two 2-hour meetingsduring the term. The LAs also completed 10 weekly online reflections. Workshop topicsincluded learning theories and pedagogical methods. They also situated the theories andpedagogy within the context that LAs would be working. The materials were adapted from theLA resources available at the Learning Assistant Alliance website [5]. The online weeklyreflections were set

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of New South Wales; Yuchen Wang, University of New South Wales; Yun Dai, University of Southern California

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Design in Engineering Education

onthe ecommerce platforms that are built by the online retailers. Therefore, the values of CRsare mostly explored in the customer domain and business domain. Recommender systems areused by retailers to recommend new product/service to customers, therefore, the values ofrecommender systems are mainly explored in the customer domain and business domain aswell. Additionally, there are some previous studies of the applicability of CRs andrecommender system for product planning in the factory domain [3].In this study, customer review, design method, and recommender system will be effectivelyintegrated to support the project-based learning based on engineering design courses. In otherwords, for the first time, the values of CRs are being explored in

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Ocean and Marine

easy to access environments12-18. The critical long-term solutions should be independentof the limited stored energy available during the functioning or operating of such devices and systems.This project was designed and implemented by a team of four senior from pour electrical engineeringprogram, it involves finding the best design solution, system testing, optimization and finally theimplementation of the system. Two students in the team have strong mechanical background, while oneof the team members is a full time power engineer and part-time student. Our two-semester senior designcourse focuses on planning, development, and implementation of an engineering project, which includestwo formal reports, project documentation, two oral

Conference Session

Ethical Awareness and Social Responsibility in a Corporate/Team Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha D. Mallette P.E., Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

practiceIntroductionEngineering work relies on effective collaboration and communication among diverse groups ofengineers and scientists, and engagement in partnership with broader constituencies (managers,technicians, end users, among others). There is a long-standing expectation that graduates fromengineering programs be proficient communicators and team members, and outcomes relevantto communication and teaming survived the recent re-visioning of ABET criterion 3 (Graduateswill have … “an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives” and “an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences”). As would beexpected, a

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Online Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

successfully completing the first offering of this course, the two themes of engagement andretention emerged as important things to begin to address. Based on the nature of the course andthe MOOC environment, it is not expected that these two topics will be fully solved, but therewere some things that were changed for the Spring 2018 offering of the course. There are alsoimprovements planned for future offerings as well as marketing directions which may alsoimpact the course development.Since one of the concerns was engagement, especially during the 10-week project, optionaldiscussion boards were added so that students could post what they were working on so thatother students and instructors could give feedback and encouragement. This is meant to

Conference Session

Diversity and Inclusion: Concepts, Mental Models, and Interventions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean M. Eddington, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rucha Joshi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Torres, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engage in more inclusionary interactions and team work. Inreferring to the ECE program, students characterized their experience in terms of “survival.” Onestudent called himself and his peers “veterans of ECE,” while others described the studentculture as “stressed.” Christopher, a sophomore in CompE, recalled his strategy for coping withthe rigor of ECE: Because it's hard, but trying to avoid burn out the only way to do is to follow the plan of study. What's better to do is learn when you are going to burn out and pick a time when you can afford it. If you can do it before the finals, do it right before the finals, because you don't want to do it the week of the exams, because you want to study at that time