Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #15756Becoming Boundary Spanning Engineers: Research Methods and Prelimi-nary FindingsProf. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Office of Global Engineering Programs, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University; Md Hossain Shuvo, Alabama A&M University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

activeness of the system. Since the system isaimed at controlling an embedded system which is Lego Mindstrom EV3, hence for avoidingsynchronization problem with Android platform in terms of programming, LeJOS EV3 API isused. It facilitates to program the whole system using Java without the integration of any otherprogramming environment. Immediately after the implementation of the system, it is tested forits functional validity and programming correctness. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 2016 ASEE Southeast Section ConferenceAs aforementioned and as mapped in the system architecture, each component of the overalllifecycle of the system implementation can be applied in

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INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Leslie, Engineers Without Borders - USA

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Corporate Member Council

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College Industry Partnerships

last 30 years, whether working in corporate engineering or nonprofit international develop- ment, Ms. Leslie has developed and utilized her technical interests in creating solutions for engineering projects that integrate the needs of the client along with the sustainable needs of the environment. As Executive Director of EWB-USA, Ms. Leslie uses her organizational and project management skills to ensure that the volunteer organization can fulfill its mission and vision. Ms. Leslie was a part of the second project to be completed within EWB-USA, a water project in Mail, Africa. There she worked directly with the community and other volunteers to develop a agricultural water source, and this project was what

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Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murad Musa Mahmoud, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

(ABET), National Academy ofEngineering (NAE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education (ASEE), stress the importance of non-technical skills forgraduating engineers [2].Many engineering disciplines rely on students having a sound understanding of computer-aideddrafting (CAD) as one of the communication skills they learn while in their engineering programand often students are required to take a CAD course as part of their curriculum. To enablestudents in these programs to effectively learn CAD and see how their engineering disciplineuses it, Utah State University modified the CAD course that all students in civil, environmentaland biological engineering take. A hybrid/blended teaching

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie M. Gratiano, Roger Williams University; William John Palm IV P.E., Roger Williams University

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First-Year Programs

research paper examines first-year student performance and retention within engineering. Aconsiderable body of literature has reported factors influencing performance and retention,including high school GPA and SAT scores,1,2,3 gender,4 self-efficacy,1,5 social status,2,6,7hobbies,4 and social integration.6,7 Although these factors can help explain and even partiallypredict student outcomes, they can be difficult to measure; typical survey instruments are lengthyand can be invasive of student privacy. To address this limitation, the present paper examineswhether a much simpler survey can be used to understand student motivations and anticipatestudent outcomes.The survey was administered to 347 students in an introductory Engineering Graphics

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua C. Palmer, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale; Kenneth D. Birchler, Southern Illinois University; Joseph David Narusis, Southern Illinois University; Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale; Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

) and workplace behaviors. Other research interests include the use of political skill and interpersonal mistreatment in the workplace. Joshua’s post-graduation plans include pursuing a career as a Researcher and Professor in the College of Business at a research- oriented university.Mr. Kenneth D. Birchler, Southern Illinois UniversityMr. Joseph David Narusis, Southern Illinois UniversityDr. Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Rhonda K. Kowalchuk is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). She also serves as the Director of Applied Research Consultants in the Department of Psychology at SIUC. She received her B.A. (Hons., 1990), M.A

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Corporate Member Council Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology; Brian Carbonette, New York Institute of Technology

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

researched by Becker (2010).4A summary of his surveys indicates that the greatest disparity is found in four categories:1) hands-on know how; 2) methods, systems know how; 3) ability to work in teams; and4) communication skills. The ETIC was created to address these gaps while responding tothe regional economy’s requirements for well-qualified workers. By having direct accessto industry, students benefit from real-life experiential activities while gaining thefoundational skills necessary to their integration into the workforce.Progress to-dateSince the launch of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC) inMarch 2015, the School has put into action a strategic plan to nurture an entrepreneurialecosystem at the new facility. All

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Tanya Dugat Wickliff, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, System Integration and LEAN Process Improvement (technical and business), Dr. Wickliff is passionate about Organizational Wellness and the Holistic Well- ness of individuals. She is also a professional Facilitator and Motivational Speaker. Dr. Wickliff earned a PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University where she combined Industrial En- gineering and Organizational Development to conduct research in the area of talent management and organizational effectiveness. She also completed an executive MBA from the University of Texas-Dallas and a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston. She is founder of a nationally rec- ognized pre-college initiative program, FreshStart, which has

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Laboratory Pedagogy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Sahar Tariq, Northeastern University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

0.46-0.48: ‘describe calculation methods’, ‘estimate uncertainties in results’, and ‘explain routine data processing such as calibration corrections’. Weak positive correlations were seen with ‘justifying adjustments or corrections’ and ‘examining data for consistency’. An interesting result is that there was almost no effect for the behaviors ‘anticipate results from theory’ and ‘compare data to previous work or literature’. This may point to either a weakness in the curriculum in reinforcing these behaviors, or a lack of maturity and understanding on the part of the students at this point in their academic careers. One lab that stands out is Lab 6. This had a very low positive correlation for the total number

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Tappan, Eastern Washington University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Paper ID #17110Experiencing Real-world Multidisciplinary Software Systems Engineering throughAircraft Carrier SimulationProf. Dan Tappan, Eastern Washington University Dan Tappan is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Eastern Washington University. He has been a professor of computer science and engineering for 11 years, before which he spent a decade in the defense industry as a software and systems engineer, mostly involved in the modeling and simulation of weapon systems. His main research areas are software and hardware systems engineering, especially for aviation and military applications with embedded

Conference Session

Make It!

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Hladik, University of Calgary; Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #16262MAKER: Light-Up Star FloorMs. Stephanie Hladik, University of Calgary Stephanie Hladik is a M.Sc student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary. Through her research she is exploring topics related to the integration of engineering into K-12 curricula. In particular, she is interested in bringing electrical engineering, programming, and the engineering design process into K-12 education. Aside from her research, Stephanie also participates regularly in outreach programs to promote STEM topics in classrooms and beyond.Ms. Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary Emily

Conference Session

Faculty Development I: Attitudes Towards Teaching

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Bethke Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

of novice teachers’ epistemological framing ofengineering learning and teaching. The inclusion of engineering design at all grade levels in theNext Generation Science Standards calls for efforts to create learning opportunities for teachersto learn to teach engineering. In our research on the role of engineering in elementary teacherpreparation, we ask, what learning goals do new elementary teachers take up when asked to doengineering design themselves, and what learning goals do they establish when setting upengineering design tasks for students?We conducted an interpretive comparative case study with two purposefully selected cases,chosen to unpack contrasting epistemological framing of engineering. Ana and Ben participatedin the same

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering and technology students.For example, the following constitute a sample of effective practice furthering our students’propensity for, and capability with, technological innovation:Phase 1 Ideation: In an introductory freshman class using creative brainstorming of howtechnological problems are addressed differently in various regions of the world.Phase 2 Development: Implementing a vertically integrated capstone project that teams studentsfrom each year of the baccalaureate program on an industry-based problem. Senior studentsmentor junior ones to develop advanced skills.Phase 3 Realization: Students work with entrepreneurs, for example in the university’stechnology park or incubator, in implementing an innovationInteraction with Context

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

professional development. ProjectCREATE met or exceeded all of its objectives. The project completed the local, regional,and state curriculum development and approval processes and began offering 30 newengineering/manufacturing/electronics/ information technology associate degree andcertificate programs. These curricula resulted in 105 new courses integrating academicand vocational subject matter with industry skill standards and/or competencies.The CREATE Regional Centers, which evolved out of Project CREATE’s successes,established objectives, activities, outcomes, and timelines designed to target the sevenchief areas of need or goals that the CREATE project identified. These areas includeteacher preparation, high school feeder linkages, articulation

Conference Session

It’s All About the Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University

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Engineering Libraries

study and the program to glean some more insights.We must repeat the experiment in different settings such as autonomous colleges, affiliated colleges, anddifferent geographies to enhance our understanding of use of the resources. Analyzing use of resources in thecontext of courses, faculty, and their teaching methods can also be helpful. We can also study correlation, ifany, between resources in use and performance at the examination.In general, students and even many faculty members are not sufficiently information literate – they do notknow sources of information and optimum ways to access them. It has to change. In case of students, wehave to integrate information literacy instruction across their engineering curriculum. 5, 6 and 7 This can

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Developing Infrastructure Professionals

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

hydrologic field measurements. Specialty areas of research and consulting include integrated urban water management, low-impact de- velopment, green infrastructure design, storm water management, flood risk modeling, vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for urban water systems, and the water-energy nexus. Steve’s research projects have been funded by National Laboratories, EPA, NSF, DOD, DOE, State Departments of Transportation, and Private Industry. His work has resulted in more than 50 authored or co-authored peer-reviewed publi- cations. Dr. Burian currently is an Associate Director of the Global Change and Sustainability Center and the Co-Director of Sustainability Curriculum Development at the University of Utah

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

from a Student Perspective?AbstractThis paper investigates student perceptions of the relationships between social media,engineering, and leadership. Participants in this study consisted of freshmen engineeringstudents enrolled in a first-semester introduction to engineering course at the University of SouthCarolina. A grounded theory approach was used, in which instructional activities and datacollection processes occurred concurrently, were guided by one another, and developed over thecourse of the study. The phrase “social media engineering leadership” is developed within thispaper to include social media mediated communication within an engineering leadership context.The results of this study suggest that social media engineering

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dominic Francis Gelfuso; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

process aremore blurred, and play is encouraged. Thus, though photosculpture was dismissed as beingunable to truly capture aesthetic “beauty” or creative “genius”—fundamental properties ofartistic mastery—3D printing needs only to afford the ability to be “more creative.” In an oddway, the rhetoric of 3D printing, particularly its ability to further galvanize a burgeoning popularcreative movement, may be successful because of its lack of the ontological burden of art. Inother words, because 3D printing does not have to strive to be art, it is free to do educational andcritical work beyond art. We draw out some of the implications of this comparative history fortechnological literacies—both in terms of public engagement with technology and in

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

power control or fan speed control is required. Students in an instrumentation or controlscourse could use the USB interface to the Arduino to collect data and/or reprogram the Arduino toperform feedback control.Six of the devices with varying sized heat sinks were used in a trial homework assignment in anundergraduate heat transfer course with 75 students in Spring 2015 and in another section of thesame course with 57 students in Winter 2016. At this point, we have no quantitative assessmentdata.OverviewThough laboratory exercises are a standard part of an engineering curriculum, there are a widevariety of ways that labs can be implemented. In recent years a number of simple experimentshave been developed that help to make laboratory

Conference Session

Assessing Learning Outcomes for Flipped Classrooms, Recruitment and Research Internships, and Alternate Assessments for Online Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittain Sobey, The University of Texas - Austin; Margo Cousins, The University of Texas - Austin; Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas - Austin; Stephanie Ruth Young M.Ed., The University of Texas - Austin

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Texas, she has worked with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering on under- graduate student education initiatives. She draws on her experiences in technical recruiting and mathe- matics education to influence her research. Stephanie holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a master’s in educational psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Targeted Recruitment of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students: The Influence of Recruitment Event ChangesAbstractThis paper presents progress on an ongoing study of the effectiveness of the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California - Davis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

word groups). The ability to do thisallows writers to see an objective, quantitative structure and logic underneath text sentences—rather than a subjective, qualitative blur. Once a “sentence engineer” is able to see the formulasbeneath sentences, he or she can then also detect and repair common sentence errors, such aspronoun reference errors, which to reconcile, often involves moving terms around in a sentenceequation, so the reader can more easily locate what noun a pronoun replaces, or seen through thelens of math—“solve for X.”Course DesignBenchmark: As an attempt to design the experimental class so that it might viably articulate intothe university’s undergraduate General Education (G.E.) curriculum, I developed my STEMgrammar course so

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental: K-12 Student Beliefs, Motivation, and Self Efficacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James D. Lehman, Purdue University; Qiming Huang, Purdue University; Chell Nyquist, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

research and gender and culture in science education. Her research interests include girls’ participation in science and engineering; teacher’s engagement in action research; and science teachers’ integration of the engineering design process to improve science learning.James D. Lehman, Purdue University Dr. James D. Lehman is a Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Director of the Discovery Learning Research Center at Purdue University. He is member of the leadership teams of two current NSF-funded projects, Science Learning through Engineer- ing Design (SLED) and Professional Development for Computer Science (PD4CS). He holds a B.S. and M.S. in biology and

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen Yoonhee Jung P.E., California Baptist University; Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University; Liya Ni, California Baptist University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

to do STEMoutreach by giving presentations and demonstrations using an interactive humanoid robotthrough community events and school visits.A simple drag-and-drop graphical programming interface called Choregraphe that came with theNao robot made it possible for students without much programming experience to put togethersimple demonstrations. Over the years, different components like music, dance moves,impersonation, simple dialogues, storytelling, interactive games, etc. have been added to acollection of demonstrations which engaged the audients especially the school-aged-children.In the fall semesters of recent years, the Nao outreaches were integrated with the freshmen teamdesign projects conducted in another course: EGR101 Introduction

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Design and Design Chanllenges

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

Thermo-Fluids and High Speed Aerodynamics for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Depart- ment at ASU. His interests include student pathways and motivations into engineering and developing lab-based curriculum. Recently, he has developed an interest in non-traditional modes of content delivery including online classes and flipped classrooms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Redesign of the Introduction to Engineering Course and its Impact on Students’ Knowledge and Application of the Engineering Design ProcessAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper describes the changes made to a 2-credit introduction toengineering course at Arizona State University to teach the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Barry Dupen, Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University; Peggie Weeks

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Materials

Paper ID #15012Revealing Student Misconceptions and Instructor Blind Spots with MuddiestPoint Formative FeedbackDr. Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Cindy Waters is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering and she specializes in porous metals for biological and transportation applications, and engineering education. Dr. Waters’ research expertise is in the creation and characterization of metallic foams and porous metals for the future of ap- plications ranging from space exploration to biomedical implants. These metals display a high density to strength ratio and improved ability for

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan S Weedon, Case Western Reserve University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Necessary as the analytical tools of science and mathematics most certainly are, more important is the development in student and neophyte engineers of sound judgment and an intuitive sense of fitness and adequacy. No matter how vigorously a “science” of design may be pushed, the successful design of real things in a contingent world will always be based more on art than on science. Unquantifiable judgments and choices are the elements that determine the way a design comes together. Engineering design is simply that kind of process. It always has been; it always will be. 2 Ferguson implies that engineering judgment is something informed by mathematics andscience, but states that engineering judgment

Conference Session

Assessment, Course, and Curricular Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Austin Carrig, Rowan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #15425Touching Water: Exploring Thermodynamic Properties with Clausius AppDr. Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University Dr. Smitesh Bakrania is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He re- ceived his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 2008 and his B.S. from Union College in 2003. His research interests include combustion synthesis of nanoparticles and combustion catalysis using nanopar- ticles. He is also involved in developing educational apps for instructional and research purposes.Mr. Austin Carrig, Rowan University I am currently a student at Rowan University studying mechanical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Skill Sets Needed for Industrial Automation CareersIndustrial automation has a profound effect on the way we do work. Across the five majorindustry groups that employ more than 40 percent of all manufacturing employees, nearly threeout of every four plants use advanced manufacturing technology1. A U.S. Census Bureau reportnotes that the yearly exports in the flexible manufacturing category (equivalent to industrialautomation) were $19.44B in 2006, a 10% jump from $17.61B in 2005 2. Monthly exports in theflexible