Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Mikhail Russu

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

like this were very uncommon, however. This could point to a missing link withrespect to developing a professional sense of social responsibility in engineers that could drawfrom the existing HSS influences that students reported. One student actually discussed howtheir humanities class influenced them negatively with respect to their views of engineering,saying: “Mostly the humanities, the engineering classes I took made me realize how irrelevant my major (mechanical engineering) is to making a difference in the world. I don't plan on using my major for anything in the future- planning on shifting my career path to the humanities/social sciences.”This response came from a female, senior engineering student who

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Problem-based and Active Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiina M. Komulainen, Oslo and Akershus University College; Christine Lindstrøm, Oslo and Akershus University College; Tengel Sandtrø, Oslo and Akershus University College

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Electrical and Computer

individual basis, whereas the ProLab activities,laboratory exercises, and homework assignments were designed for groups of two to fourstudents.Based on the pedagogical design, the instructor had to completely redesign the detailedlecture/exercise plans for each week. The instructor’s theory presentations had to be modifiedquite drastically from the lecture slides for traditional classroom lectures to material supporting Page 26.1750.6active learning. The theoretical material was divided into three categories: simple enough forstudents’ self-study and quizzes prior to ProLab-sessions, theory/modeling techniquepresentations with short theory tasks for

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

discussion that her group memberswent through in arriving at their final positions and the evolution of her own thinking as the dis-cussion progressed, possibly in preparation for the final exam in the course; andd) Allowing the instructor to assess how effective the initial multiple-choice question was in en-abling the formation of heterogeneous groups as well as how effective the discussions in the groupswere in helping students develop deep understanding of the underlying concepts by looking at thesummaries of the discussions submitted by the various students in the class.We conclude with a mention of our plans for future work. We are currently implementing therevised version of the CONSIDER tool. Once it is complete, we plan to test it in a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Theresa Mae Swift, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Amardeep Kaur, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla MO

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Resistor SetC. Implementation Plan and DiscussionThe assignments have been made a permanent part of the circuit analysis laboratory in ECE atMissouri University of Science and Technology14. Student performance, student comments, andinstructor observations will be used to modify the assignments for effectiveness. In particular,the laboratory reports have been selected as measures for the department assessment planregarding ABET outcomes b) and k). For instance, the student grades on the Resistive Networksreports will address the criteria for outcome b) to organize and interpret laboratory data with agoal of having a median score on this selected assignment of 80 percent or more.This laboratory implementation provides an early basic introduction to

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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Materials

interrupting and talking over eachother, at three minutes they begin to build a conversation.Speaker A: How many pellets do we want to make, because she said it was like uh five grams.Speaker B: No, because we are not going to do just one pellet so we are definitely going to need controlsand stuffSpeaker A: Yeah that's trueSpeaker C: For the 0.6 it says about 1g?Speaker D: How expensive were the dopants?At six minutesSpeaker B : So should we plan to do like 3 pellets per thing so that we have uh error bars?Speaker A: Yeah that would be goodSpeaker D: Yeah I think 3 or fiveSpeaker B : Wait, point 3 or moreSpeaker D, A, B: YeahSpeaker A: So which, so whichSpeaker D: interrupting - 9 pelletsSpeaker A: 9 pellets?Speaker A, C, B: Three, three three dopants

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeffrey Alan Cole, Pasadena City College

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Environmental Engineering

. Ethnic demographics of the 102 Biol 10B studentparticipants are 4% Black/African American, 12% White, 49% Asian/Pacific Islander, 18%Hispanic/Latin, 17% Other; 55.9% of participants are women. In advisory roles are two biologyfaculty members. Planning and financial support is administered by the director of the eSTEMcenter.Common features of curriculum at both institutions. Cal Poly Pomona and Pasadena CityCollege designed their courses curricula to include 1) research skills training, and 2) interactionbetween students from both institutions. The curriculum was designed to provide a challengingbut manageable learning environment that promoted critical and creative thinking. Themechanism used for the integration of research training activities

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cem Karacal, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Diversity

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International

IME Elect (END XXX) 3 Prod Plan. and Control IME 483 (END 421) 3 Integr. Eng. Design IME 490 (END 492) 3 Plantwide Process Control IME 476 3 Eng. Ethics & Prof. PHIL323 (ITB 217E) 3 Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Interdisciplinary Studies IS XXX 3 3 TOTAL 15 18The number of credit hours taken at SIUE is 67 and the number of credit hours taken at ITU is 76,making the total 143. Although this number is well above the SIUE’s requirements, it is the

Conference Session

Development of Collaborative Skills in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa K. Thevenin, Colorado State University; Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Construction

on the relationship between these constructs being the same amongst male and femalestudents. Page 26.732.4InstrumentationA quantitative survey was used to explore differences in construction education-domain levelself-efficacy and motivation among construction management students. The following constructsfrom Elliott’s6 Construction Training Attitudes and Intentions Scale (CTAIS) were utilized fordata collection: planned training behavior (PTB), construction training self-efficacy (CTSE), andtraining motivation attitudes (TMA). The CTAIS identifies characteristics intended to contributeto attrition and performance in construction training

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Project-based Learning and Cornerstone Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Elmore, Binghamton University; Sharon B Fellows, Binghamton University; Koenraad E Gieskes, Binghamton University; Lee A Cummings, Binghamton University

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First-Year Programs

Question 5 For the first-year engineering program in the Watson School retention has improved.Anecdotal evidence from students and instructors suggests that the change in the first-yearengineering program’s approach plays a large part in keeping students engaged and wanting tofurther experience the world of engineering. The engineering design process was built into thecurriculum in a way that allowed students to develop ideas, create designs, evaluate them, andcommunicate the results by thinking creatively and abstractly. Students developed effectivecommunication skills by presenting their design plans, results, tests, and redesigns. They wereable to articulate a particular approach to a design, what went wrong with a design, and whatsteps were

Conference Session

Faculty Development I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Cleveland-Innes, Athabasca University; Stefan Stenbom, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Stefan Hrastinski, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Sydöstra plans for - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZJvoVlzNQ galleriet KTH introducing Biblioteket technology into course designs Review, and Post discipline post to, course specific articles site on online learning in Discussions of individual Week 2 subject areas Post questions and answers in discussion forum Refer to news Technical pre- stories and

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Strategies I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasa S. Vidic, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Erin Gross Claypool, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

the flipped classroom.The school-wide initiative also included the formation of a learning community in the spring2013 by the school’s Engineering Education Research Center (EERC). In addition to theinstructor, other engineering instructors who were flipping courses within the school participatedin the meetings. The assessment analyst and the IT staff doing the video creation and editing Page 26.782.4were also part of the group. During the meetings, various topics were discussed includingchallenges regarding students and video development, assessment plans, classroom logistics,active learning techniques, and the overall goals.To directly

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Nike+ Sports and exercise community (http://www.fitbit.com/one) (https://secure-nikeplus.nike.com/plus/) Weight Watchers Online Dieting community Withings Smart body analyzer (https://www.weightwatchers.com/plan/www/online (http://www.withings.com/bodyanalyzer/) _01.aspx) W/Me Life spectrum analyzer Fitocracy Exercise community (http://www.phyode.com/products.html) (https://www.fitocracy.com/) Fuelband Sportwatch GPS Google+ Fitness community (http://nikeplus.nike.com/plus/products/sport_w (https

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, [and] collaborative learning.”1 Faculty at FloridaGulf Coast University (FGCU) set out to improve their gateway course to the engineeringcurriculum, a one-credit hour course common across three of the four programs within the U. A.Whitaker College of Engineering, being mindful not only of including identified high impacteducational practices, but also incorporating the University’s upcoming 5-year QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP), which focuses on “improving student learning in relation to Writing,Critical Thinking, and Information Literacy.”b The result of these efforts is a course with anemphasis on the development of information literacy, teamwork, and communication skills,focusing on engineering innovations related to the Grand Challenges

Conference Session

Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter M Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; James Sibley, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Navid Shirzad, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, UBC

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

the Judging-Perceiving domain. This effect was independent of the effect of exam grade on peer evaluationscore. Those with a preference for Judging (characterized by a planned and organized approachand a preference to make a decision and move on) were found to receive peer evaluation scores1.07% higher on average (p = 0.001) than those with a preference for Perceiving (characterizedby flexibility, spontaneity, and holding off making a decision in order to collect moreinformation).Table 3: Examination of influence of exam grades, gender, and MBTI domains on peerevaluation score.  Peer Evaluation Score (2006-2013)  Slope of peer

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University; Wenchiang Richard Chung, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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International

Taiwan’s. The students will also go on cultural field trips. These trips willimmerse the students in Taiwanese culture.Overall, there were 70 students from the United States, Taiwan, China, and the Philippines.Students from SJSU, Beijing Institute of Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, MapúaInstitute of Technology, Republic of China (ROC) Air Force Academy, and CYCU were mixedinto ten groups which collaborated on business projects. The students were split into teams andhad three weeks to come up with a business plan to present to the judges by the end of theprogram. Unless there was a field trip, the students had class on Monday through Friday from 8-12pm, a lunch break, and then lab from 2-5pm. Needless to say, the SJSU students spent a

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

with advisors and mentors, and provided brainstorming andsupport to help negotiate these relationships.Evaluation MethodologyAssessment and evaluation were an integral part of this project from its initial conception. Thebudget for this project proposed, and was funded, with an explicit eye for evaluation and anexperienced educator was hired to plan, execute, and evaluate the program. Approval for Page 26.825.5research with human subjects was obtained from the University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB), and participants were provided with an informed consent form and had the option toparticipate in the discussion series with—or without

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert H. Mayer Jr., U.S. Naval Academy; Angela Schedel, U.S. Naval Academy

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

introduce our students to our instructional design module: the H-O-H DesignChallenge. This smaller-scale, less-intense design exercise combines elements of design crea-tivity, decision making, engineering and cost assessments, project planning, and technical (oral)communication. A habitat-like structure is to be designed by arranging a variety of hexagonalprisms - differing in weight and functional characteristics - upon a site map of hexagonal spaces.The overall goal is to design a buoyant structure that is aesthetically appealing, cost competitiveand functionally sound, with adequate anchorage. Our H-O-H (or H2O, for short) designexercise was modeled after the ‘Delta Design’ project of MIT3, with appropriate adaptations tothe marine

Conference Session

Best Papers in K-12 / Pre-college Division

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karl A Smith, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

thisas a pedagogical approach for teaching statistics.Science and engineering educators make similar recommendations for developing dataanalysis skills in applied settings. Bybee15 argues that “planning and carrying outinvestigations should be standard experiences in K-12 classrooms” (p. 36), and Hofsteinan Lunneta16 found that the literature consistently supports these kinds of tasks saying,“well-designed science laboratory activities focused on inquiry can provide learningopportunities that help students develop concepts” (p. 47). However Hofstein andLunneta did also note that the success of this approach is highly dependent on the natureof the task itself and recommended that more research be done into identify thecharacteristics of tasks

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University; Yanhua Cao, Jackson State University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

scores of Concept Inventory, which is a test of multiple choiceson specific course related concepts. The change of students’ learning dispositions wasmeasured in terms of their learning motivation and learning skills by using the self-reportMotivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) developed by Printrich et al23.Students’ learning experience and satisfaction with the presented scaffoldings was measured byusing self-report surveys. Students’ participation in those self-report surveys was voluntary.The implementation and data collection plan was reviewed and approved by the IRB atauthors’ institution.Data analysis and its results In pre-test, 140 sets of valid surveys were collected from all five courses, in which 37 setswere in

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lyndia Stacey, University of Waterloo; Andrew Trivett, University of Waterloo; Jen Rathlin, University of Waterloo; Kyu Won Choi, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

a) The weight of the new chassis is still heavier than the original fuel cell car, which reduces run time. b) The fuel cell car`s maneuverability is limited by the size of the chassis and the type and number of sensors. c) Running time is still short (2 minute approximately) so it would be beneficial to increase this. d) New fuel cell car requires twice as much fuel in order to maintain original run times.The case activities, course concepts and report due dates were planned for five stages,summarized in Table 2. Ultimately, the students recommended design improvements for the nextversion of the chassis based on the case activity results. Students worked in teams of five andcompleted

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University; Farrah Fayyaz, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology; Vladimir A Labay, Gonzaga University; Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Wenli Huang, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

board developed at Rose-Hulman. The signal board provides aneasy way to implement the MATLAB exercises into hands-on hardware based experiments. TheDigilent Analog Explorer platform used in the workshop can be replaced by the NationalInstrument ELVIS board that is available at the USMA. The board provides portableinstrumentation and interfaces with the computer. Therefore, all the experiments introduced inthe workshop are easily adapted. My plan is to change two of the MATLAB exercises intohands-on activities for the fall term of the 2015-2016 academic year. Since the majority of theelectrical engineering students enjoy hands-on building exercises, this change will further help instimulating their learning.In particular, the two hardware labs

Conference Session

Innovations in Communications and Wireless Systems Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert A. Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

handouts with gaps and leaving some details as homework assignmentswould open time that could be spent on other topics and would further promote development of Page 26.26.13the mathematical capabilities of the students. Assigning a simple simulation project earlier in theterm to familiarize students with the NEC2 software would enhance progress by the time of theYagi simulation project. Finally, more demonstrations in lecture would also be beneficial tomany of the students. One key demonstration planned for future offerings is to measure antennaimpedance on a vector network analyzer in order to determine the bandwidth from theimpedance response and

Conference Session

Qualitative Methodologies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Aubrie Lynn Pfirman, Clemson University; Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Shannon K Stefl, Clemson University; Frederick Paige, Clemson University ; Lindsey Whitfield Cain, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

in the pilot study, to refine potentialresearch design improve ● -We planned our word choice in the pre-interview questions for future interviewsthe fit between reality guide and interview prompts carefully so as not to -We implemented a pass system comprised of levelsand the theory generated? restrict or influence participants’ testimonies of reading transcripts, skimming transcripts, writing ● -We utilized meta-questions (asking for structured memos, listening to recorded interviews participants’ opinions and thoughts on answering and memoing, peer debriefing over memos and the questions

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Aerospace

co-op / internship experience does havea positive impact on the aerospace engineering students where students who do co-op or internare roughly three times more likely to say that they plan on entering the aerospace engineeringfield. This somewhat begs the question of whether those co-op students are more likely to saythat they are going into the aerospace field because they have secured a job with the companythat they had the co-op or internship experience with. Additional data provided in the AerospaceStudent Attitudes Survey reveals that of the co-op/intern students, only 41.7% of those studentsaccepted jobs at the companies with which they had had a co-op/internship experience. Thebalance, 58.3% of the respondents, accepted jobs at

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Ezzell

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Engineering Management

schools in Macao.The teachers included in this study use Facebook to post information on lessons, homework, andclass activities to stimulate student discussion. Throughout the study, teachers posted topics atleast once each day for eight weeks. At the end of the eight weeks, students were surveyed aboutnot only their experience in the classroom but also their interaction with the Facebook group. Kioand Negreiros (13) found that Facebook allowed teachers to plan, advocate, and lead constructiveinteraction within the group. Group members became closer and more collaborative with botheach other and their teacher. This improved relationship helped advance each students learningexperience and academic performance.Leelathakul and Chaipah (14) examined

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keri Ryan, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno

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Mechanics

learning outcomes relative to previous semesters, to discuss student evaluation andperception of the course, and to critically assess successes and failures and lay out a plan forimprovement.Course Objectives and Conduct in Fall 2014For the solid mechanics course, one of the major student learning objectives is for students toorganize, approach, and solve multi-step engineering problems that are applications of coursespecific technical content knowledge. This objective maps to ABET learning outcomes A: abilityto apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering, and E: ability to identify,formulate, and solve engineering problems. For rigorous assessment, the exams in this course are100% written problems that allow the graders to evaluate

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 2- Engineering Across the Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common Core

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W Ellis, Smith College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College; Sonia K Ellis, Smith College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

lab called SCARE—the Springfield Center for Acuity Research and Experimentation. The researchers have removed Rio’s brain. They plan to run experiments on the brain and then destroy it. Rio, who is still receiving radio transmissions from his brain, manages to break out of SCARE and find Sadina. Together, the two of them decide to track down the mysterious Dr. Ecks, an engineer who does research on brains and artificial intelligence. But Dr. Ecks has disappeared, and her mansion has been ransacked. Can Rio and Sadina search the mansion and find the clues they need to get a new brain for Rio? The graphic novel ends when Sadina asks the learner to take over the adventure and explore the

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Hum, Cañada College; Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Strategic Plan indicates that the United States needs make STEMeducation a priority. To achieve that goal, the Department of Education has committed $4.3billion to encourage states to develop “comprehensive strategies to improve achievement andprovide rigorous curricula in STEM subjects; partner with local STEM institutions, businesses,and museums; and broaden participation of women and girls and other groups underrepresentedin STEM fields.” The report also cites the need make a “concerted and inclusive effort to ensurethat the STEM workforce is equipped with the skills and training needed to excel” so that theUnited States can maintain its historical preeminence in the STEM fields. 1

Conference Session

Concepts and Conceptual Knowledge

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Direnga, Hamburg University of Technology; Bradley Presentati, Hamburg University of Technology; Dion Timmermann, Hamburg University of Technology; Andrea Brose, Hamburg University of Technology; Christian H Kautz, Hamburg University of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

themselves, our study retains validity despite the fact that it might attract an unrepre-sentative sample of the population. The following goals influenced our study design: We wantedto obtain • a large sample size with respect to the population, which we define as all students who were administered the CATS as a posttest at TUHH, • samples from multiple RIs, and • high quality data.After the first semester, students at our institution do not follow a strict study plan. For this rea-son, an attempt to administer the retest in the context of a particular lecture, or even a set ofvarious different lectures, was unlikely to yield satisfactory results. We therefore invested our re-sources in raising awareness about the study and

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Joseph Wilck, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

internship with a firm structure for both theorganization and culture of the work13.Finally, a recent paper discusses the use of the four pillars of manufacturing knowledge in theeducation plan for a mechanical engineering concentration of a general engineering program14.This differs from the current paper, but it is a similar course (i.e., manufacturing processes). The“four pillars of manufacturing knowledge” was developed and is maintained by the Society forManufacturing Engineers15. The paper presented in 2014 mentions that the four pillars arenovel; thus, there has been little use of them to evaluate the existing curricula of universitycourses. The paper identifies various engineering programs in Michigan with mechanicalengineering degrees or