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Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University ; Rosie Sullivan, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #11121The Paul Peck Program: A Multi-Year Leadership Development ProgramMs. Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Ms. Alistar Erickson-Ludwig serves as the STEM Program Coordinator in the College of Engineering at Drexel University. She focuses on outreach and education programs for current undergraduates, k- 12 students, and the community. She concentrates on the Greater Philadelphia Seaperch Underwater Robotics Competition, Summer Diversity Program, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, and Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at Drexel, among others. In collaboration with

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dalton Bishop, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Connie Justice, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

environment where students gain real world experience running an IT business. Professor Justice takes extreme pride and is a great innovator in the area of experiential learning and ser- vice. Experiential learning and service contributes to the integration of theory and application by creating an environment where the students learn by doing or apply their theory in service learning projects, prac- tica, internships, games, and simulations. The Living Lab for CIT was created out of the need to provide a business environment for students to give them a taste of a ”real” IT environment. A secondary purpose is to provide service to internal and external clients. The Living Lab has served many internal and external

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Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Construction

various formswithout being bound to a static location3. Construction personnel, who until recently werelimited to the office when performing coordination and communication functions, now havemobile devices and wireless networks that allow for nearly unlimited access to digitalinformation, as well as input and output capabilities while on the construction site4. Page 26.1612.2The Construction Site and Mobile TechnologiesTo do a project right you need the right tools. In the construction industry, those tools are notlimited to tools in a toolbox. The construction team, both in management and in the field, needthe right tools to maximize productivity

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Delivering Value in Publishing and Scholarship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew T. Rose, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

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Engineering Libraries

programoffered by the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy provides $4,000 forundergraduate or graduate faculty employed by the University of Pittsburgh. Thornburgh, aPittsburgh native, received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh and the Universityhouses his archives documenting his many years in public office. The purpose of the grant is toencourage utilization of the archival materials through incorporation into new or existing coursesand to encourage student research in the collection and develop student recognition in the valueof using primary source materials.1Review of projects supported by past grants showed the variety of topics studied, including thoserelated to civil engineering. This provided encouragement for

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

that good critical thinkinginvolves identifying the elements of one’s reasoning and assessing the quality of that reasoningusing standards. In past years, students applied the framework through analysis and evaluationof an engineering related article and were encouraged to use the framework in development ofreports for a separate design project.2-4 However, student feedback indicated that the frameworkwas still not well-understood or utilized. Additionally, difficulties were encountered assessingwhether students’ critical thinking abilities actually improved after instruction and courseactivities. In Fall 2014, faculty sought to enhance and expand critical thinking instruction in thecourse by providing students with more meaningful

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Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University; William J. Kelly, Villanova University; Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

much less than in-classdemonstrations and especially appeals to students with a visual learning style. The goal of this project was to develop three sets of videos: (1) reviews of fundamentalbiology concepts, (2) demonstrations of biological experiments, and (3) safety and basic skillstraining videos for students in lab classes. Each video was strategically designed to enhancestudent learning in lecture and/or lab-based courses by allowing students to review basicconcepts and experimental protocols before class, thereby providing more time in class to discussadvanced concepts or perform experiments (see Figure 1). In addition, some of the experimentalvideos were also designed to enhance lecture-based classes by including

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Simulation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah

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Computers in Education

We have developed open-sourced interactive browser-based simulations that modelrealistic core engineering systems. Our simulations use JavaScript and HTML-5 to insure that thecode is platform-agnostic and functional on all devices with a modern browser, avoiding some ofthe dissemination hurdles with educational Java applets or mobile apps. For each use of thesimulations, we track student mouse movements and clicks, keyboard events, event times,screencast use, correlation with hands-on design project success, and more, leading to a largedatabase that may be mined for pedagogical insights. We have had remarkable success using these simulations while coupling them tocollaborative, open-ended, hands-on design projects within the setting of

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Katherine C. Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Engineering on the Engineering Equity Extension Project and served as a curriculum consultant on a National Science Foundation Gender Equity grant. She also co-authored the Engineering Connections to STEM document published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. She is currently serving on a commit- tee with the National Academy of Engineering, Guiding the Implementation of K-12 Engineering.Dr. Katherine C Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University Kathy Titus-Becker has worked in Higher Education for the past 20 years. She currently is the Director of the Women in Science and Engineering at NC State University

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amro El Badawy, California Polytechnic State University; James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Nazli Yesiller, Global Waste Research Institute, California Polytechnic State University; Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; Kevin Brian Kopp, California Polytechnic State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Skills during an NSF REU Program Related to Sustainable Management of Wastes and ByproductsAbstractA National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site wasestablished through the Global Waste Research Institute (GWRI) at California Polytechnic StateUniversity, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) to engage students in research related to sustainablemanagement of wastes and byproducts. Project themes included waste containment, waste-to-energy conversion, remediation of contaminated sites, sustainable underground construction, andbeneficial reuse of byproducts in geotechnical engineering applications. The principalinvestigators, faculty researchers, and graduate student mentors

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Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Gerald Flynn, College of Charleston; Susan Marie Flynn, College of Charleston

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #13482Attracting Minorities to ET through TECHFITProf. Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT. For the majority of that time, she has been actively involved in teaching software development courses. From 2008-2014, she led the NSF-ITEST funded SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology) project. Since October 2013, she has been co-leading with Prof. Brad Harriger the NSF-ITEST funded TECHFIT (Teaching Engineering

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech; Kim Lester, Virginia Tech; Liang Li Wu, University of California, Irvine; Thomas Carl Long, Virginia Tech

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International

teamstypically utilize iteration, inherent in the engineering design process, and address hiddenassumptions, such as the idea that marshmallows are light and fluffy and therefore do not need tobe considered. University representatives from Tsinghua University, UCI and Virginia Tech alsogave overviews of their respective universities, and program participants were given a tour of the Page 26.409.3Tsinghua Skyworks Studio. This space allows students, both teams and individuals, to create,design and build their own projects utilizing faculty mentors.i All students were housed at campus hotels and meals were provided, allowing forinformal student

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bingbing Li, California State University Northridge; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Li Ding, California State University Northridge

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Engineering Management

characterization. As part of the systems approach to this course, the curriculum will also include a focus on evaluating what the risks are as far as the supply chain and the sustainability aspects of the project are concerned.Pedagogical ApproachAssignments for this course will be carried out based on a Problem-Based Learning (PBL)pedagogical approach that will be implemented in an integrated learning environment that islearner-centered, knowledge-centered, assessment-centered, and community-centered. PBL,developed in the 1970s, has gained increasing popularity in higher education15. Its desirableoutcome, compared to that of traditional modes of teaching, is that students develop deep-learning approaches that enable them to engage in

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Whitney Winders; Cariana Cornel; Caralea Cornel, Brigham Young University; Allie Larson; Sarah A. Cunha; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University; Dale C. Rowe, Brigham Young University; Laura Wilkinson, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

gain motivation, revitalize interest, and eventually obtain their desired career.One of the most important aspects of the three phase approach is that it facilitated a cycle ofmentorship in which the mentee eventually became the mentor. Additionally, the methodincluded exceptional teachers, opportunities for experience, the chance for women to start earlyin cybersecurity, and a supportive environment that encouraged women to pursue STEM fields.Despite insufficient data regarding this method, it is substantial progress towards successfullyrecruiting and retaining women in cybersecurity.The research project Computer Clubs for Girls also showed promise 11. Created in England,Computer Clubs for Girls is an all-girl environment aimed to

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Anne Parry, North Carolina State University

is an ASEE Fellow.Ms. Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University Elizabeth (Liz) Parry Elizabeth Parry is an engineer and consultant in K-12 Integrated STEM through Engineering Curriculum, Coaching and Professional Development and a Coordinator and Instructor of Introduction to Engineering at the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. For the past sixteen years, she has worked extensively with students from kindergarten to graduate school, parents, preservice and in- service teachers to both educate and excite them about engineering. As the Co-PI and project director of a National Science Foundation GK-12 grant, Parry developed a highly effective tiered mentoring model for graduate

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Colin Neill; Joanna DeFranco; Amanda Neill

. IntroductionThe complexity of engineering problems tend to require a team approach in order to solve them.Thus, team projects are often part of the engineering curriculum. In addition, teamwork is oftenused as a learning mechanism and means for assessment. The intention is that students help oneanother through social construction so that they can tackle problems and projects of greater scalesand complexities than achievable individually, and that the team setting reflects the real context ofworking in industry. However, there are numerous questions and challenges to student teams. Inaddition to the usual challenges of student dissatisfaction with teams due to unfair distribution ofworkload and responsibilities, we have found that effective teamwork does

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Rita Melgar; Anthony Nash; Mou Sun; Carmen Tepeu Yoc; Maral Amir; Cheng Chen; Amelito G. Enriquez; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser; Kwok-Siong Teh; Xiaorong Zhang

undergraduate students in a team perform the task of designing a braininspired neural network for edge detection and test their design using a real live camera feed totheir system and producing a live video display showing the detected edges. The design involvesmodeling and implementation of simple and complex neural cells for edge detection along fourorientations of 0, 45, 90, and 135 degrees. The simple cells are modeled by Gabor filters andcomplex cells by a max pooling approach. The models are implemented in Matlab environmentand a webcam is used to obtain a live visual input for testing. The internship is planned over 10weeks and the intern students are assigned a graduate student mentor. This paper presents thedetails of the project, research and

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Norali Pernalete; Shima Hajimirza

departments at ABET creditedundergraduate universities. The Integrated Teaching and Learning Lab at the College ofEngineering and Applied Science in the University of Colorado at Boulder is probably a pioneerin formally practicing the method and publishing scientific educational reports on the results1-4.Other examples of the established programs over the past two decades are the InformationEngineering Technology (IET) program at the Northern New Mexico College, the University ofTexas at Austin Project Centered Education (PROCEED), and reflection-in-action softwareengineering courses at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology4. ThePROCEED program of UT Austin for instance was initially started in the department of Proceedings

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alireza Farahani; Lu Zhang

Figure 13(a) - Riemann sum Figure 13(b) - Riemann sum valuesThe exact value of the integrals can be obtained by the query integral of f(x) = x^2 on [0, 5]. 4. Wolfram Demonstrations projects and Problem GeneratorWolfram site has a large number of publicly available demonstration projects on variety oftopics in math and science. In these projectsthe essential parameters in the problems can bechanged while the system recalculates andupdates the graph. This clearly help studentssee the impact of individual parameter changeson the solution. Figure 14 shows a snapshot ofthe project2. The project allow students tochange the degree of a polynomial, pick thevalue of zeros from a preset range and observethe graph of the polynomial

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; W. Edward Back, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

control, decision analysis, and optimization. • T4 (Level 3): Explain the impact of historical and contemporary issues on civil or construction engineering. • T5 (Level 3): Develop solutions to well-defined project management problems within civil or construction engineering. • T6 (Level 5): Develop a system or process in more than one program-relevant civil or construction engineering specialty field to meet desired needs, including sustainability and within other realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, and constructability. • T7 (Level 2

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

United States,very little is known about the experiences of undergraduate engineering students who come fromlow-income backgrounds or are the first in their families to attend college. The scant researchthat does exist about low income, first generation students (LIFGs) is grounded in a deficiencymodel, focusing on what these students lack. Our project breaks with the existing scholarship byidentifying the ways in which LIFG knowledges and experiences outside the classroom,including the practical knowledge they develop in their lives and at work, could offer innovativeways for all students to define, solve and design for pressing engineering problems. Throughethnographic and collaborative research with LIFGs at a public engineering university

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Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine Zundl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Laura Stiltz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #13149Understanding the Relationship between Living-Learning Communities andSelf-Efficacy of Women in EngineeringMs. Elaine Zundl, Douglass Residential College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Elaine Zundl is Assistant Dean at Douglass Residential College and Director of the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science, and Engineering. She specializes in designing programs that pro- mote an inclusive climate for women in STEM at Rutgers. Her experience includes serving on projects that recruit and retain women in engineering and computing especially through co-curricular learning interventions

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Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and group members are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and re- cently tenured faculty and research staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research productivity. She can be contacted by email at

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Christine Olson, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Charles M Schweik, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Steven D Brewer, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, students at alllevels can pursue independent projects collaboratively and learn about technology andentrepreneurship. This paper discusses current trends in the Maker movement and educationallearning theory; presents efforts at UMass Amherst to combine these concepts to engage studentsin STEM fields by also incorporating art; and discusses some the challenges and opportunitiesfor this model. An underlying goal of the work is to identify the key elements of the Makermovement, which may help engage underprivileged youth as well as retain undergraduates inSTEM fields.Institutional designs of makerspaces and makerspace networksA Makerspace can mean many things, but in this context we are describing a physical spacewhere people with an interest in

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University; S.R. Subramanya

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Engineering Management

focuses on teaching sustainability development per the modern definitionencompassing Environment, Economics and Equity (or generally referred to as 3 Es). TheComputer Science programs focus on teaching the latest computing models, methods (includingmobile Apps) and cyber security. Both departments work together on research projects. Thisresearch will be one such combined project.Federal, state and local governments all have initiated some water conservation programs.Although there are some signs of success in some of these programs, majority of the public andespecially local governments have long ways to go before majority of the publics will be totallyon board and to have a program with continued success. Public awareness and education of

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, Meredith College; Alina N. Duca, NC State University; H. Joel Trussell, North Carolina State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

texts. Page 26.1047.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 JITAR online modules to improve math preparation of engineering students: Preliminary results1. IntroductionThis project focuses on the enduring problem of mathematical competency of the engineeringstudents (ES). It is based on a strongly built partnership between the Department ofMathematics and the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University to address thewell-documented knowledge gap in mathematics preparation of engineering undergraduates [1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] .From a

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Research on Design Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Sánchez-Parkinson, University of Michigan ; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan; Amy J Conger, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

, China, Germany and Ghana.Dr. Amy J Conger, University of Michigan Amy Conger is Assistant Vice Provost for Global and Engaged Education at the University of Michigan. She manages strategic projects that help U- M offer experiential learning opportunities for students and strengthen institutional platforms for teaching and scholarship. She served for 7 years as Director of International Programs in Engineering at the University of Michigan, and in this role more than doubled participation in curricular programs abroad, and helped create similar growth in the co-curricular. Amy also teaches ENGR 260: Engineering Across Cultures, a required course for the U-M international minor for engineers.Dr. Kathleen H. Sienko

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico, Virginia Tech; Matthew Arnold Boynton PE P.E., Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #12518Supporting Students’ Plans for STEM Careers: How Prepared are HighSchool Educators in Appalachia to Help?Dr. Cheryl Carrico, Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a Postdoctoral Research faculty member for Virginia Tech. Her current research fo- cus relates to STEM career pathways (K-12 through early career) and conceptual understanding of core engineering principles. Prior to her current role, Dr. Carrico spent over 25 years in the aerospace in- dustry conducting and leading R&D, design engineering, and project management for composite aircraft components. Dr. Carrico received her B.S. in chemical engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Temesghen Kahsai , Carnegie Mellon University; Liam O'Reilly, Swansea University; Markus Roggenbach, Swansea University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Paper ID #11526Teaching software-engineering concepts through industrially used tools earlyin the undergraduate curriculumDr. Temesghen Kahsai , Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Temesghen Kahsai is a research scientist at Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley. His research expertise is in the intersection of formal methods and software engineering, with an emphasis on auto- mated reasoning about software systems. He has extensive experience in the development of formal foun- dations and tools for the analysis of complex critical systems. He is currently leading three projects on contract-based verification of flight

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Hands-on Active Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

assessedindividually. Thus, collaborative learning is a core approach in hands-on lab projects commonlyused in electrical engineering technology courses.2.4 Problem-based Learning (PBL)Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method where students work on an open-ended, real-world problem and work in teams to identify learning needs and develop a solution.Typically, it is introduced at the beginning of the course and provides the context and motivationfor learning additional material. In PBL, instructors are usually facilitators as opposed to themain source of information. Successful PBL should start with well-designed problems in order to Page

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Assessment and Outcomes: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katharine Mary Eichelman; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

Chemical Product Design, were taught. While both class sections usedtraditional lecturing and several active learning strategies, including think-pair share, groupdiscussion, and case studies, only the experimental (game-based) class section utilized game-based pedagogy. However, the same communication curriculum, which included translatingscientific information for public audiences and strategies for a good oral presentation, wasdelivered to both sections. Final written reports and video infomercials, produced as part of asemester long design project, were evaluated by two analysts. The results from each section werethen compared to determine the impact of game-based learning on students’ achievement incommunication skills, both written and oral