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NSF Grantees Poster Session II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Farhan Azhar, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kristofer Tite, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Alaina M Schiano; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
, Orientation, Introduction to Mechanical Engi- neering, Introduction to Engineering Communication and Report Writing, Introduction to Matlab and plotting. The communication and plotting modules were incorporated to sup- port the laboratory project reporting during the first part of the semester. • Weeks 4-9 (10/5/15 -- 11/9/15): Brief introduction to Mechanical Engineering Principles. These concepts included position, velocity, acceleration, load paths, forces, moments, stress, strain, and thermo-fluid conservation laws. The presentation of theory was intro- ductory and conceptual using examples. • Week 10-12 (11/16/15 – 11/23/15): The Engineering design process, with a focus on De- sign
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sandy Chang, University of Calgary
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
to presenttheir social problem and solution with an additional five minutes allocated at the end of thepresentation for Q&A. Each group was also tasked with producing a marketing poster for theirproject to highlight their problem and solution. The students were given freedom as to thespecific content and layout of the poster, so long as it effectively advertised their solution. Theposters were hung throughout the engineering building so the general student population couldperuse what their peers had come up with and the students in the class could be proud of theirachievements. Three projects were presented during each section, and the students in the sectionvoted on the top project from each session. From this, 13 projects plus two
Conference Session
Recruitment and Retention Topics
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland
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Women in Engineering
mathematics and computing, particularly by authors writing from outsideengineering such as Hacker17, did not take account of the role and contexts in whichmathematics and computing were used. It is suggested as more helpful to look forexplanations in linking concepts of separate and connected knowing18, 19with the disciplines.The much quoted Belenky et al.19 hypothesised that more women than men may be“connected knowers” (where the relationship between the self and the knowledge is important– being able to link topics to personal experience) and that more men than women operated as“separate knowers”. Separate knowing, they suggested, was more like the traditional,objective, rule-seeking ways of evaluating, proving or disproving truth – reflected in
Conference Session
Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; William Moeller, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Liberal Education
participation had significant positiveeffects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinkingskills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy,leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills), choice of aservice career, and plans to participate in service after college. “These findings directly replicatea number of recent studies using different samples and methodologies.”(p.ii) 5 They found thatS-L to be significantly better in 8 out of 11 measures than just service without the courseintegration and discovered “strong support for the notion that service learning should be includedin the student’s major field.”(p.iii)6.Eyler and
Conference Session
The Academic Environment
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University
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Women in Engineering
.” “Lack of security and promotion possibilities.” “I don’t have a peer group in my department. I don’t get reviewed, and I’m not considered for promotion.” “No guarantee on classes being available. No benefits.” “There is no security. There is no recognition for the work that I do. The university and department have no stake in my success so I often feel like a target instead of a valued team player. Often made to feel like a second class citizen because I don’t have tenure. Still held to a higher standard.”Finally, faculty were asked to rate their work life balance (Q34). Table 6 shows how faculty
Conference Session
Best of the NEE
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Margaret Bates, Northeastern University; Brittany Damon, Northeastern University; Alison Reppy
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New Engineering Educators
towards their learning, and therefore inclined towant more involvement in the process. They also want to relate learning to their life experiences,understanding that education is for life. Young learners, on the other hand, have little experience to drawon, and therefore tend to be dependent on the instructor for guidance. They are also motivated to learnmore by reward and punishment, i.e. good grades, failing grades4. Typically, the traditional lecture isbased on the pedagogical model, with the professor providing information to the student, while theandragogical model allows for more interaction and cooperation between the student, peers, professor,and subject matter (active learning). With both approaches, effective learning can occur. Yet
Conference Session
ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jon Nelson, American Society of Civil Engineers; David Hornbeck, Southern Polytechnic State University; James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joe Manous, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Robert Stevens, Arcadis U.S., Inc; Leo Titus, ECS, Ltd; Jeffrey Russell
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Civil Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and his MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University and is a registered professional engineering in Wisconsin. He has published over 200 technical papers in the areas of contractor failure, prequalification, surety bonds, constructability, automation, maintainability, warranties, quality control/quality assurance, and engineering education. He has published two books—Constructor Prequalification (1996) and Surety Bonds for Construction Contracts (2000. His research has been recognized by his peers through his selection for over
Conference Session
Mathematics in Transition
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bella Klass-Tsirulnikov, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (formerly Negev Academic College of; Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge
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Mathematics
emphasize that by writing Card N = 30 we meanthat N is countably infinite.7. Cardinality of Countably Infinite Sets. There are other countably infinite sets, for example,the set Z of all integers. Table 1 gives an idea of how Z can be counted. It seems naturalassigning to Z the symbol 30: Card Z = 30. Any countably infinite set A can be counted by usingthe bijection A 2 N. Thus, the symbol 30 can be assigned to any countably infinite set A. Wewrite: Card A = 30 for any countably infinite set A, or in other words, for any set A that isequivalent to the set N = {1, 2, 3, 4, ..., n, ...} of all positive integers.8. Equivalent Sets Have the Same Cardinality. Next we ask the question: are all infinite sets weknow countable? Or, are there infinite sets
Conference Session
Quantitative Research Methods
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Mo Hu, Virginia Tech; Robin Panneton, Virginia Tech; Xiao Yang, Virginia Tech, Deparment of Psychology
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Educational Research and Methods
. oxygenated hemoglobin changes (same BOLD response asfMRI). Experimentally, fNIRS machines use a similar simple setup as EEGs so that participantscan comfortably sit or stand while wearing a cap that is connected to a data acquisition system.One key advantage is that fNIRS can be used while participants walk, talk, operate a computer,write, or otherwise perform the actions we commonly associate with educational settings. Themotion artifacts created by these everyday actions are difficult to control for in both EEG andfMRI methods, but do not pose a significant threat in fNIRS research. Though fNIRS boastsgreater spatial resolution than EEG, it lacks the high spatial resolution of fMRI, and thusprovides little information about sub-cortical brains
Conference Session
Innovation and Reflection
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Scott A. Newbolds P.E., Benedictine College; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College; Meredith Stoops, Benedictine College
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
service-learning literatureto tie the questions to the course objectives [5]. As such, the questions were chosen to see howstudents viewed the role of engineers in human development and to evaluate the students’perceptions of how CST can inform their work as engineers. The first objective was the mainfocus of the first two critical reflections. The first reflection focused on the role of the individualengineer while the second focused on the impact the project had on the community. The lastwritten reflection addressed the second objective. In addition to the course objectives, theauthors wanted to assess student outcomes, in particular ABET H. The first two reflectionsaddressed this outcome.Students were asked to write a reflection that answered
Conference Session
ERM Technical Session 10: Understanding Student Experiences
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Stephen Secules, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy Kramer P.E., Ohio State University
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Diversity
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Educational Research and Methods
growth mindset intervention [26].Specifically within an engineering context, first-year students given an open ended problem tosolve showed less of a change towards fixed mindset compared to peers not given such anopportunity [27], and students with growth mindset beliefs were more likely to engage in activelearning and knowledge-building behaviors [18]. The simple framing and proven results havemade mindset theory and the psychological lens attractive and popular, especially in K-12education. The existence of valid and reliable survey items [23] allows educators or researchersto measure these powerful beliefs for a given individual in a rather simple and straightforwardway. Finally, the idea of being able to change each individual’s
Conference Session
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines; Alyssa Miranda Boll, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
several wind energy and control systems classes and began engineering education research related to social justice in control systems engineering in fall 2014.Dr. Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines Jon A. Leydens is Associate Professor of Engineering Education Research in the Division of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines, USA. Dr. Leydens’ research and teaching interests are in engineering education, communication, and social justice. Dr. Leydens is author or co-author of 40 peer-reviewed papers, co-author of Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (Morgan and Claypool, 2010), and editor of Sociotechnical Communication in Engineering (Routledge, 2014). In 2016, Dr
Conference Session
Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Raymond A. Hansen, Wentworth Institute of Technology
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Diversity
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Electrical and Computer
tutorials; most RFID chips RFID Can remotely read Read, spoof, and edit content have some level of Spoofer or cards/chips and write new of an RFID chip/card encryption, so practical Jammer information application is infeasible in short time-frame Leak information from a
Conference Session
Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Eric Michael Schearer, Cleveland State University; M. Ann Reinthal, Cleveland State University; Debbie K. Jackson, Cleveland State University
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Diversity
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Minorities in Engineering
Cleveland area independently either by wheelchair or his adapted car.Brad’s research project was to design and build a force/torque sensor that can be worn on thewrist by a person with a spinal cord injury. His daily activities included making models in acomputer aided design program, speaking with vendors on the phone, selecting and purchasingcomponents for his design, 3D printing some components, and writing software to read hissensor. He worked with another student on this project. His activities were not restricted by hisdisability. Brad presented a poster at the International Symposium on Wearable andRehabilitation Robotics in Houston. He drove to the conference and shared a rented apartmentwith a Cleveland State Graduate Student.Program
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephanie M. Gillespie, Arizona State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jared Joseph Schoepf, Arizona State University; Joshua Loughman, Arizona State University
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Diversity
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Multidisciplinary Engineering
differentiation.” Practitioners have identified key areas to addressthe negative aspects of teamwork through the implementation of team norms or teamagreements, peer-evaluation of team members, and team timelines to improve work efficiencyand clear objectives to be successful [14,15].2.1 Student perceptions of teamsWork by Burian et al. highlights an example project based learning for teaching sustainability,but included only nominal comments by the students on the impact of the multidisciplinarygroups they worked in, spanning from “I focused on my design and did not interact very muchwith the other students” to “Collaborating with other student groups helped to expand the scopeof work to include ideas that were novel and interesting” [16]. According to
Conference Session
Assessment Strategies in Mechanics
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Amie Baisley, University of Florida
Tagged Divisions
Mechanics
use to sortperformances prior to giving the final course grade. In fact, the S-index that is reported on thedashboard represents this calculation based upon the work completed at that time. The portion ofthe S-index that comes from mastery is the M-index, which is also given on the dashboard. TheM-index is basically a weighted sum of the mastery bars and is designed to come out roughlyequal to the number of objectives mastered at the end of the semester. It does not represent thatearly in the semester but provides relative measure for students to gage their progress relative totheir peers in mastery alone.No matter what angle you take, it is not possible to determine course grade from mastery alone.But that is true for any course with
Conference Session
Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
James D. Carrico, University of Mary; Javad Anjum, University of Mary; Audra Anjum, Ohio University
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Diversity
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Mechanical Engineering
requiring the student to write in a response. The questionnaire was administered ninetimes during the course of the semester during weeks 3-5, 7-10, 14, and 15.Analysis: Questions 1-5 give insight into students’ learning orientation and to what extentstudents adopt a service mindset and are motivated by unique aspects of the interprofessionalPBSL project, such as its interprofessional and/or service components. Questions 6-14 giveinsight into students’ communication and teamwork skills.The analysis of qualitative data was conducted in two phases: a conventional content analysis ofME student responses to the open-ended questionnaire items (Phase I) and a directed contentanalysis of the ME student-generated Slack transcripts (Phase II). In Phase I
Conference Session
Supporting Faculty in Course Development and Pedagogy
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University ; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University
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Continuing Professional Development
Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. He is a co- developer of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) and his work has been cited more than 2200 times and he has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.Prof. James A. Middleton, Arizona State University James A. Middleton is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Center for Research on Education
Conference Session
Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alex C. Szatmary, King's College
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Mechanical Engineering
of bearings)as well as some questions involving refining a design (e.g., based on which parts have lowerfactors of safety). This might not be an open-ended design experience, but it is more likely thanthe FE to measure ability to design a machine.Second, being able to write code, combine models of fluids, or design a machine constitutesminimal competency in these areas—an assessment that does not reach these levels cannotcredibly claim to show even minimal competency. Therefore, the FE is unlikely to have criterionvalidity, i.e., it is probably not predictive of preparedness for professional practice.The FE is not useful for assessment for ABETAligning FE results with ABET student outcomes is challenging. Other authors have notedmisalignment
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Reeping, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Steve Robert Harrison, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech; R Benjamin Knapp, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology; Luke F Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Annie Yong Patrick; Matthew Wisnioski, Virginia Tech
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
, and co-director of the Social Informatics area of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction. Design – and in particular, participatory approaches to design – has shaped his approach to teaching and research: he is a registered architect in California, studies the prac- tices of design, has created tools for design collaboration, and is an award-winning designer. He has edited two books, authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, designed award-winning interactive STEM exhibits, chaired the ACM SigCHI Design subcommittee, organized the ACM Design of Inter- active Systems (”DIS”) conference in 2014, and is the director of the ACM DIS Conference Steering Committee. Before coming to Virginia Tech, he was a research
Conference Session
Design in Engineering Education Division: Student Empathy & Human-centered Design
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Devanshi Shah, Florida Institute of Technology; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Institute of Technology ; McKenzie Carol Clark, Florida Institute of Technology; Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology
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Diversity
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Design in Engineering Education
theory.16 Self-efficacy is defined as one’sability to complete a task by taking necessary actions towards that goal.16,17 Self-efficacy haveshown signs of connection between student’s performance and persistence.18 Self-efficacy isfurther described as an amalgamation of these four traits which ultimately lead to completion of atask or a goal:171. Previous performance experiences or achievements2. Past experiences of enjoying the participation or work3. Peer/societal persuasions towards something4. Physiological scenariosThese four traits adds up to define a student’s self-efficacy. The term self-efficacy was introducedin the year of 1997.13 Various non-engineering fields have reported to use self-efficacy foranalyzing social skills, behavior
Conference Session
Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Luna Magpili, Washington State University; Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Kim Bullington Sibson, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University; Aysen K. Taylor, Old Dominion University
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Engineering Management
Virtual education Distance education Internationalization “abroad” or “at home” Offshore or overseas education Source: Knight [13]A broad literature search using common academic search engines was used namely,ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/) and Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/).A targeted literature search was also performed using search filters for the Journal ofEngineering Education, Engineering Management Journal, American Society of EngineeringEducation conference proceedings (ASEE PEER), American Society for EngineeringManagement (ASEM) proceedings, the ASEM Journal, and Journal of Studies in InternationalEducation.Searches that used the term “global” or “international education
Conference Session
Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Janice L. Hall, Virginia Tech
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
available only in the “gray”literature of think tanks, where validity is often assessed through critical readings by peers afterpublication, with responses issued from other think tanks. Compounding this difficulty is the factthat Louisiana carefully controlled the data from charter schools, releasing it only to a smallnumber of favored researchers, in violation of public records laws. The courts only sorted thisout in fall 2014.33Those who had privileged access to data touted success of charter schools: increasedstandardized test scores, increased graduation rates, and increased diversity (interpreted as ahigher number of white students enrolled).34,35 However, critics have pointed out methodologicalflaws in these studies, to the point where one
Conference Session
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
the class results of previous classes completing thecourse without the role play indicates that this special didactical element helped the student todevelop arguments in their final papers which show some strategic empathy. In the finalassignment students had the task to write a paper and to discuss two aspects. First, they had todevelop reasons and arguments about ordinary customers and their environmental behavior anddecision making. This prepared for developing the second aspect: “Please devise political meansfor changing the habits and taken-for-granted normalcy of customers.” In comparison to previousclasses, the students of the 2014 and 2015 classes were better prepared on average to think aboutthe reasons and motives of customers. They
Conference Session
New Trends in ECE Education II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida; Navid Khoshavi, University of Central Florida; Steven D. Pyle, University of Central Florida; John Edison, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida
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Electrical and Computer
faculty professional development programs and teaches graduate courses on Instructional Systems Design. Her research interests focus on using instructional strategies in online and blended teaching and learning, professional development for teaching online, and application of emerging technologies in education. She has published 15 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and delivered more than 50 presentations at international and local conferences and event and served as the Co-Managing Editor of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Shannon Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Laurie Moore, National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter); Emanuel Costache, SageFox Consulting Group; Andreea Mihaela Fintoc; Qu Jin, Stanford University; Calvin Ling, Stanford University; Florian Michael Lintl, Stanford University; Leticia C. Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford University; Humera Fasihuddin, VentureWell; Anna K Breed
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Diversity
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
infusion of innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) into undergraduateengineering education.1 Epicenter’s mission is to develop programs and initiatives thatempower U.S. undergraduate engineering students to bring their ideas to life for the benefit ofour economy and society. To do this, Epicenter helps undergraduate engineers connect theirtechnical skills with the ability to develop innovative technologies that solve importantproblems, while fostering an entrepreneurial mindset and skillset. Epicenter’s three coreinitiatives focus on students, faculty, and research.Students: The University Innovation Fellows ProgramThe University Innovation Fellows (UIF) program for undergraduate engineering students andtheir peers gives students the training
Conference Session
Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kristen M Clapper Bergsman, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington; Laura J Collins, Center for Research and Learning; Jill Lynn Weber, The Center for Research and Learning; Lise Johnson, The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering
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Diversity
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
, research posters, and research articles. YSP participants were challenged to read journal articles, collaboratively write a scientific article based on a group experiment (making ice cream without an ice cream maker), as well as prepare an abstract, poster, and talk focused on their own research project. In addition to the weekly communication course, participants from all of the Center’s summer research programs—including YSP students—attended a weekly seminar series. Topics varied slightly from year to year. For example, the summer 2014 seminar series included the following topics: responsible conduct of research, ethics of animal research, neuroethics, industry, communicating to lay audiences, and applying to graduate school. In 2014, a new
Conference Session
Evaluation of Ethical Development
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Ph.D, Norwich University; Ashley Ater-Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University
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Engineering Ethics
markets for energy.The students were divided into teams, with one part of the team conducting the discussion andthe other part of the team using the EPSA Rubric to assess the discussions. Instead of usingelectronic voice recorders as is typically done by the researchers on the NSF sponsored project,when using the EPSA Method in a class-room setting all data was collected as the discussionstook place, with the assessors writing tally marks and notes directly on the relevant portion of theEPSA Rubric. The teams for both the practice scenario and the record scenario were organized asshown in Table 3.Table 3. Organization of the Discussant and Observer TeamsDiscussion Sub-Team Observer Sub-Team3-4 individuals (ideally
Conference Session
Beyond the Classroom
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Scott Charles Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Erin McCave, Clemson University; Svetlana V. Levonisova, University of Southern California; Rachel Elizabeth Savage; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh
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Diversity
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Educational Research and Methods
extensive international experience background best exemplified this: … sometimes that need for authenticity, puts you in some awkward and culturally inappropriate situations. But there is something to be said about trying to just not be a tourist, and I think the experiences that I’ve had [were more authentic]. And when you’ve lived in a place for six Page 26.186.15 months, you’re not just a tourist anymore.Other students underscored the lack of local interaction that their peers had while on the sameinternational experience. For example, a high scoring student said, I know people that have done programs where
Conference Session
Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Dan Ewert
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Engineering Leadership Development Division
students to build on their strengths andovercome their weaknesses as they navigate their education.13A guiding principle for the IRE model is that students own the responsibility for their learning.At the beginning of each project cycle, students identify which outcomes will be addressedduring the project. Working with faculty, they determine which learning modes will be appliedand determine what types of evidence they will need to acquire in order to demonstrate outcomeattainment by the end of the project cycle. Learning activities include planning, resourceidentification, self-directed knowledge acquisition, peer conversation, help-seeking, reflection,and evaluation.15 Each project cycle concludes with the presentation of two reports: a