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Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

made to minimize the number of LED lights to minimize thepower consumption since all energy ultimately needed to be generated on-site by the Customer.Multiple reflector designs were attempted to angle the LEDs, use reflective materials, and direct Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, Oct 6-7 – Penn State Berkslight to the Reader. The combination of 3D-Design software (Inventor) and a 3D-Printer(Makerbot) made rapid prototyping and testing possible. The final configuration was 6 clear(no-color) LED (“High) and 3 LED (“Low) lights, tilted at 20 degrees outwards, around thecircumference of a circle of 5.0cm in diameter, and used “ultra-white” reflective paint.Figure 1(left): The Tent-Light product showing the 3D-Printed knurled

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Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Classroom Practices

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Ohbong Kwon, New York City College of Technology; Juanita C But, New York City College of Technology; Sunghoon Jang, NY City College of Technology of CUNY

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

a specific discipline [2]. Inoften struggle with teaching specialized concepts, Engineering courses, this refers to training students to think,formula, and technical terminologies, because of the communicate, represent, and apply content knowledge likelack of strategies to engage students in active reading expert engineers. As described in the ABET competencies,and learning. this literacy is translated into a range of skills and practicesIn this paper, the challenges students face in reading to that reflect the current requirements in the engineering field.learn in EMT 1255 and the strategies used to overcome At New York City College of Technology

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Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Kasi Kiehlbaugh, University of Arizona; Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

combination of the literatureand relevant survey responses. Our future work will involve rigorously evaluating our interventions todetermine which interventions are most effective in supporting female engineers to graduation as wepursue our long-term goal of empowering students to take charge of their own learning and persist tograduation.To support dissemination of the results to our colleagues, we have established a faculty learningcommunity within the College of Engineering to reflect on teaching methodologies, share best practices,and conduct peer observations. As we measure which interventions are most effective in supportingfemale engineers to graduation, we will have an immediate cohort of engineering instructors withwhom we can deploy the

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Undergraduate Track - Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Paul S. Nerenberg, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

of three major parts: inquiry-based lecturing, in-class activities,and reflection, as is shown in Figure 7.The inquiry-based lecturing time was mainly spent on learning theory. The whole learning process wasguided by a series of logically connected questions to strengthen students’ critical thinking and learningabilities. To raise student’s interest and keep students engaged throughout the class, videos anddemonstrations of real-world applications were used. Figure 7. Basic structure of classThe classes usually started with an animated cartoon, a movie or a problem, and then questions relatedto the scene or problem are posed to students, leading them into thinking about the concepts involved(Figure 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

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

ability with Dr. Goodridge at Utah State University. He focuses work in this area towards the adaptation of spatial ability assessment instruments for accessible use with blind and visually impaired populations. Additionally, he is focused on developing engineering educational teaching experiences that aim to deliver engineering content to this population as well as refining existing engineering curriculum to reflect a focus on spatial connections.Dr. Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University Wade Goodridge is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. He holds dual B.S. degrees in Industrial Technology Education and Civil and Environmental Engineering. His M.S. and Ph.D

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Pre-College: Working with Teachers to Improve K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Moe Tajvidi P.E., Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University, Center for Engineering Education Research

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

, the question remains, howshould those programs be tailored to best match the needs of teachers in rural areas? Toanswer this, we identify notable areas of low confidence and high benefit from responsesof rural teachers to the survey.From section one, the area of least confidence among rural teachers was their ability toimplement the NGSS in their classrooms, as measured by agreement to the followingstatement: “I feel confident enough in my foundational engineering knowledge levels tobe able to develop and deliver engineering content focused on applications that satisfyengineering standards in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).” (M = 3.8 on a7 point scale, centered at 4) This weakness was reflected across all demographiccategories

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Scott A. Pattison, Institute for Learning Innovation; Monae Verbeke, Institute for Learning Innovation; Marcie Benne, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Pam Greenough Corrie MS, Mt. Hood Community College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

% thought parents would be “interested” and28% thought parents would be “in the middle.” These differences across staff and parentsresponses may reflect staff members’ own hesitation about the topic as appropriate for earlychildhood education, as well as feelings that there are already many other content areas that theprogram must cover.Families and staff primarily associate engineering with building and constructionDespite their excitement and interest, both parents and staff members indicated a somewhatnarrow perception of engineering, although a large minority of respondents mentioned planningand problem solving. Table 1 highlights the most common coded response categories for eachgroup and the frequency of responses within each category

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

assigned to view three educational videos (produced as part of thisproject) on nanomaterial dimensions, uses, and manufacturing. The first exercise requiredstudents to draw, as individuals and in teams, a nanoscaled view of low-porosity and high-toughness Portland cement mortar incorporating multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs).Supplemental questions were designed to invoke student reflections on the shape and relativesize of MWCNTs and cement hydrates, and how those physical relationships affect relevantmechanical properties of the nanoreinforced mortar. Student teams worked on a set of threehands-on active learning exercises using more familiar physical objects, on a larger scale, torepresent MWCNTs, cement hydrates, and fine aggregate. These

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew A. Verleger Ph.D. (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

it was deemed too time intensive.Stage 3) Full evaluation of 5 samples with comparison to an expert evaluator. Participants werepresented with 5 sample MEA solutions and asked to complete a full evaluation of the workusing both the numeric and free response items. After each evaluation, they are shown theirreview next to an expert’s review of that same sample and asked to reflect on how they mightimprove their evaluation to more closely align with the expert.For peer review, the peers went through a similar, but much shorter training process to theteaching assistants, with Stage 3 being reduced to only a single training evaluation andcomparison to expert.ResultsFor each of the 7 rubric items shown in Table 1, the 6 non-expert evaluations

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander J. Carroll, North Carolina State University; Andrew J. DiMeo Sr., UNC & North Carolina State University; Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; James McCall, North Carolina State University

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Biomedical

 Filename follows format:  Deleting highlighted areas  Single Spaced, 1” Margins, 12-point Times New Roman font 10  Proper placement of name or date locations  Table of Contents reflects section names and page numbers  No sponsor signature  Spelling/grammar Appendix D: BME 451 EX 2 Competitive Landscape and Patent Review RubricCategory Points GradeQuality of Work 25Content  All sections of the deliverable have been adequately

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-out which enableda richer view of the various inter-relationships between areas of the ecosystem, participants wereasked to reflect on their relationships with other parts of the ecosystem. The goal of this exercisewas to begin to elicit both the types of resources participants needed from others to thrive(inputs) as well how the results of their efforts were utilized by other sectors (outputs). Thiselicitation was scaffolded using the framework shown in Figure 3. This framework drew fromthe Crucial Conversations framework (Patterson, Grenny, McMIllan, Switzler, & Roppe, 2012)to identify areas where participants had, and were lacking, resources they might draw from orcontribute to other parts of the ecosystem. Messages were then developed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 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

engineeringcurriculum. Each theme grows in two dimensions:  Component complexity.  Design abstraction level.The component dimension represents the I/O devices and peripherals. Each theme uses an arrayof I/O components and modules. While all the components in a theme follow the same basicoperation principle and perform similar functions, their capabilities and complexities graduallygrow. The design abstraction dimension reflects the abstraction layers of an IP core shown inFigure 1(a). The construction starts at the gate level or register-transfer level and graduallyevolves to an IP core with software driver library.2.1 Components in each theme2.1.1 Video (image) theme A computer image is composed of a matrix of pixels. A pixel contains three

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

given to high school students who worked on FirstRobotics. Thus, the myRIO is better suited to students without a strong electrical engineering orcomputer engineering or computer science background.Best PracticesThe list of topics below reflect the discussion and general consensus of the workshop participantson the use of portable labs.1. Pedagogical approachThe level of open-endedness of the experiment or project depends on the purpose. Thepedagogical approaches observed by the practitioners can be categorized as: directedexperiments, open-ended programing tasks, and mobile labs. The best practices of experiencedpractitioners are summarized below.Directed experiments use straightforward labs that instruct students to explore and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Byungik Chang P.E., University of New Haven; Erick Benjamin Butler, West Texas A&M University; J. Arn Womble P.E., West Texas A&M University; Nathan Howell, West Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

tocurriculum planning and teaching coursework for all courses with a civil engineering specificdesignation. ABET and ASCE prefer that civil and environmental engineering faculty to belicensed in order to teach any course with significant design content, typically reflected in thecourse title and catalog description. The civil engineering faculty members are currentlylicensed as professional engineers while the environmental engineering faculty members arelicensed or in process of professional licensure as of the start of the fall 2016 semester.The Need for New Engineering ProgramsCurrently, thirty-two public and private universities in Texas graduate approximately 10% of allengineering students in the USA, about 65,000 current students in total as of

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

shaping), it is especially relevant when makingdecisions regarding how to synthesize these results into practice. Any changes to assessment mustalways be accompanied with reflection about how changes might affect different people, inparticular those who have been historically disadvantaged. In short, we caution against rushing toFigure 1: Screenshot of ELAN during data analysis. The large pane contains the screen capturevideo, the smaller window shows the front facing camera of a member of the research team fordemonstration purposes. These two video streams, and the audio, are played in sync using theplayback controls below the video panes. Below that we see the audio waveform and customdefined tiers, ELAN’s term for a single analytic layer of

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ting-Ting Wu, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology; Yueh-Min Ray Huang, National Cheng-Kung University

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Computers in Education

. Fostering students' creative thinking and unleashing theirimagination thus develops their capacity for innovation, which is now essential inengineering education.IntroductionCompetitive market structures are changing, and industry is gradually demanding anincreasingly large number of cross-disciplinary and innovative employees. Therefore,engineering education should, in addition to teaching traditional skills, also focus ontraining students in the ability to solve engineering problems innovatively. Creativethinking and an integrated curriculum can be used to develop students' creativethinking, critical reflection, and adaptation skills.Creativity education curricula have traditionally differed because there are differentopinions and explanations

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Ahmed Abdel-Mohti P.E., Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

total of six majors, has increased the number of multi-disciplinaryprojects to better reflect the environment in which most engineers will ultimately be employed.Involving students and advisors from multiple departments on the same project, though, oftenresulted in uncertainty from the varied course schedules and expectations.In the spring of 2016, the college faculty voted to create one college-wide capstone course toreplace the departmental courses. This course governs only the project-based portion of capstonedesign; each department still retains complementary senior-level lecture-based courses tailored toits discipline that cover project management and design process topics. The 2016-17 academicyear is the first offering for this new course

Conference Session

Technical Session 3a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nolan Tsuchiya PE, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Pacific Southwest Section

b) somewhat beneficial c) just a little beneficial d) not beneficial at all11) When reflecting upon your experience in ME 100L, what is your overall opinion? (circle one) a) very favorable b) a little favorable c) neither favorable nor unfavorable d) a little unfavorable e) very unfavorable12) Feel free to write any additional thoughts about ME 100L below.Question 9 polls students about their confidence in programming the Arduino microcontroller.Arduino is an inexpensive, open-source prototyping platform that can be used in numerousapplications to read sensor data and write to outputs that physically manipulate a system12.Arduino is appropriate for many of the projects in the

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Technical Session 2a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Dean Arakaki, Cal Poly State University

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Pacific Southwest Section

havedifficulties identifying movement along particular contours and applying general Smith Chartprinciples. Multiple lecture videos have been prepared to illustrate Smith Chart methodsincluding basic “normalized impedance to complex reflection coefficient conversions” thatconvert between the complex normalized impedance plane and the Smith Chart. The mostdifficult hurdle is using the extensive grid on the Z version of the chart and the twice-as-denseZY chart. Multiple lecture videos describe examples and applications on both versions toillustrate RF network analysis and matching network design techniques. These videos arefollowed up in class to reinforce these difficult subjects.The author observed an improvement in student participation and insightful

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Technical Session 4a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

level and accuracy of technical description that the students present, inaddition to guiding student’s inquiries into their topic. An assignment earlier in the semester thatinvolves researching and writing about the science and engineering behind an idea, product, orprocess provides the experience for navigating academic work and more applied treatments oftheir subject matter. Frequent meetings with the research teams is useful for monitoring studentunderstanding of their topic and for directing them towards resources.Figure 1 below reflects student’s perspectives as they begin their research. At this point,students have looked at the Grand Challenges website which identifies the challenge andpotential technological remedies. Students have not

Collection

2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College

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Diversity

optical receiver and speaker location. Since six speakers were required,each of the two lasers would point at three receivers and speakers. While the movement of thelaser would be accomplished by the rotation of a servo-motor, the Engineering Team wasconcerned that too much time would be required to move the laser light-beam from one speakerto another resulting in brief but uncomfortable periods of silence during a performance of theproduct (e.g., 60 degrees in 0.23s).The Team brainstormed that mirrors could be employed to take advantage of the reflection of thelaser light-beam to reduce the laser rotation angle and time. It was originally thought that thebest option was to direct the laser light-beam to mirrors positioned on the performance

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Corporate-Academic Partnership to Deploy Game-based Learning Around the WorldAbstract:The challenges of the 21st century are complex and systemic in nature, demanding transdisciplinary andcollaborative mindsets to solve. However, much of university STEM education still reflects an emphasison instructor-centered content delivery, through passive lectures and uninspiring lab courses. This approachdiscourages potential science and engineering talent, disproportionately affecting women andunderrepresented minorities. The university of the future likely will be an “experience university

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

planning analysis and progress plan is a fundamental tool to set thefoundation of the student preparation and growth, according to the specific needs andrequirements for each project; this tool is intended to turn the student in a life-learner. Thisprocess is designed to reflect on existing experiences and competencies; identifying needs toenable successful completion of the project, as well as the opportunities for addressing theproject needs.Progress ReportStudent and supervisor must review and complete a document with specific courses andactivities related to the aspects relevant to the project, such as the specific academic skills andspecific craft skills. The resulting document is a report with the planning analysis, the specificactivities to

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

, objectives, methodology, software and hardware,testing setup, expected/obtained results, conclusions, references, and other documentationrequired by the project. Students are encouraged to write a self-evaluation report to reflect ontheir experience during the project development, to have a written record of their perceivedachievements, learning experience, challenges faced, cultural and professional experience,networking, the impact on their development as professionals and opportunities forimprovement. A complete Project Binder represents 30% of the final grade.The association amongst the items evaluated (product, presentation and project binder), thecriteria for evaluation and the designated learning outcomes are described in Table 1, below:Item

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

U. P. Kahangamage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Randolph C. K. Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Gloria S.L Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Alan S. L. Kwok

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

reflection of their all-round abilities. Therefore, in thisstudy, students’ AGPAs have been compared with their performance in core knowledge-building and knowledge-integration subjects.First the performance of 82 Mechanical Engineering graduates from the new system wereinvestigated. This population of students consists of 53 HKDSE intake students and 29 SYintake students. The data is extracted from the University central database. Table 1 shows theaward classification for graduating students in academic year 2015/2016. Table 1 Graduates’ Award Classification, 2015/2016 Award Classification No. First Class Honours 8

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University; Kristen A Lee, Menlo College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

level of awarenessand reflection on ethics. The final eight questions are designed to measure the level of interest ofengineering students on ethics.The concept questions were derived from the textbook by Barry and Seebauer13, and the shortcases used in the questionnaire were adapted from a list of cases published by the NationalAcademy of Engineers (NAE) (2014), National Society of Professional Engineers (2014), and theVanderbilt University Center for Ethics (2014). The questions were reviewed and endorsed by anexternal subject experts representing industry and academia who served as project consultants.Participants and Demographics Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State BerksA total of 1,161 students

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mechteld Veltman Hillsley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Xueyi Zhang, Pennsylvania State University

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Chemical Engineering

). Follow- ing his Ph.D., Zhang worked in Enrique Iglesia’s group at the University of California, Berkeley as a postdoctoral researcher from 2013-2015. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work in Progress: Improving critical thinking and technical understanding as measured in technical writing by means of in-depth oral discussion in a large laboratory class.Engineers are expected to be good at critical thinking, yet it is something that is difficult to teach anddifficult to measure. It is especially challenging to do so in a large class. Two common methods ofimproving critical thinking are through reflective writing and problem-based learning. Another commonelement that is often shown to help is

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deesha Chadha, Imperial College London; Marsha Maraj, Imperial College London; Andreas Kogelbauer, Imperial College London; James Campbell, Imperial College London; Clemens Brechtelsbauer, Imperial College London; Colin Paul Hale; Umang Vinubhai Shah, Imperial College London; Klaus Hellgardt, Imperial College London

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Chemical Engineering

managers to ensure that programmes ofstudy throughout the HEI better reflect student needs and expectations and adhere to arecently revised institutional teaching and learning strategy. This review is also driven by arecognition that the student body has changed with traditional modes of teaching seeminglyoutdated and ineffective. For example, it has previously been suggested that one of thegreatest obstacles to overcome with respect to creating the right type of education forchemical engineers, does not arise from external drivers, but in recognising and responding tointernal factors – amounting to fundamental pedagogical shifts in learner behaviour andexpectation [1].Methodological approachOur approach taken to this review is principally a case

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University; Roya Solhmirzaei, Michigan State University; Hadi Salehi, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

thisengineering course. There are two team-based design projects that the students complete. Thefirst lab project consists of programming Lego EV3 robots using Simulink (MATLAB) software.The robots are programmed to use a reflected light sensor to autonomously traverse a path. Inaddition to travelling the path, students will need to locate, lift, and transport a load to aprescribed location. Each team of students will have created their own robot and code tocomplete the task assigned. The second lab project involves a choice of five projects. Theseprojects are the solar car project, cell phone application design, the 3D printing project (Figure1), heat exchanger design, and an industry-sponsored project. Student teams create a proposal fortheir desired

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louise Rosanna Manfredi, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the aerospace company at the time of this study wereinterviewed remotely (the researcher and participants are bi-coastally located), and the industrialdesign undergraduate was interviewed in person when they returned to school to resume study.The interview questions and methods were approved by the university Institutional ReviewBoard (ID 18-401). The interviews were conducted 4 months after the summer 2018 internshipprogram concluded.The questions asked were open by design, to encourage the interviewee to reflect on theirexperiences. The questions were categorized as follows: (1) educational background, academicpreparation, and role in the company, (2) communication channels on projects, and (3) thoughtson improvements that could be made to