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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

was administered todetermine skills gains and team accomplishments and to reflect on the participants’ experience inthe program. An alumni survey was administered six months after the conclusion of the summerprogram to check in on Catalyze teams.Survey questions were rated on a one-to-five Likert type scale with a 70% cutoff (a rating of3.5/5) to help evaluate effective program components. Surveys also included open-endedquestions to gather verbal responses to support numerical ratings. Numerical results wereevaluated against a 70% cutoff (3.50/5.00) with activities and ratings above 3.50 considered asevidence of program success for the evaluation of results. Results were presented by theassessment specialist and evaluated at a programmatic

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Technology-Related Educational Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Barry McPherson, The Boeing Company

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

learners work hand-in-hand withindustry experts, academic researchers, and data scientists to elicit the type of design behaviorsthat reflect real world engineering practice in the aerospace industry. This allows us to develop,test, and refine the instrumentation methodology, data architectures, analytics, and visualizationapproaches before interfering with the day-to-day work within an organization. In the context ofour work, a program called AerosPACE was developed not only as a senior capstone course, butalso to serve as a test bed.AerosPACE is an engineering education program developed by a large US aerospace company.The primary goal of this program is to bridge the gap between theory and application, (and tohelp students understand the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

ofIllinois or to the topic of state machines in digital logic. Interviews with instructors of digitallogic courses are ongoing. Comparisons between the reasoning and problem solving approachesof students and instructors will be compared in future studies to enable comparisons betweenexperts and novices.6. AcknowledgmentsThanks to Lance Pittman for his help with collecting data and supporting analysis. This projectwas supported by the National Science Foundation under grant EEC 1429348. The opinions,findings, and conclusions presented in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation or the authors’ institution.References1  Juhl, J. & Lindegaard, H. Representations and visual synthesis in engineering design

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Fleming Ph.D., National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

). Using the focus group method in software engineering: obtaining practitioner and user experiences. In Empirical Software Engineering, 2004. ISESE'04. Proceedings. 2004 International Symposium on (pp. 271-280). IEEE.38. Martınez, A., Dimitriadis, Y., Rubia, B., Gómez, E., & De La Fuente, P. (2003). Combining qualitative evaluation and social network analysis for the study of classroom social interactions. Computers & Education, 41(4), 353-368.39. Mawdesley, M., Long, G., Al-Jibouri, S., & Scott, D. (2011). The enhancement of simulation based learning exercises through formalized reflection, focus groups and group presentation. Computers & Education, 56(1), 44-52.40. Natishan, M. E

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer

thatisolated student performance on the specified outcomes. The rubrics used in the assessment ofoutcomes and corresponding evaluation results are independent from student grades. For thefirst assessment, the students’ ability to design an Internet-of-Things solution to a real worldproblem was measured. In the second assessment, the students’ level of attainment of ABEToutcome (h), the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions ina global, economic, environmental and societal context, was measured. The final assessmentpresented is an indirect measure, student surveys that reflect their opinions on the course andtheir learning.4.1 Assessment of Student Ability to Design an Internet-of-Things SolutionFor this first

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Michael Wolf, Rice University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, only 5% of B.S. engineering graduates have been AfricanAmerican and only 7-8% have been Hispanic.2Shoring up the leaky STEM pipeline, particularly for underrepresented groups, is of nationalimportance. The first two years of college are particularly important for STEM retention.1 Onestrategy employed by some universities to remedy the gap in retention rates is the creation ofsummer bridge programs.3. Research BackgroundResearch suggests this achievement gap does not reflect a difference in student ability but ratherstructural inequalities in K-12 educational experiences between students from high-performing,well-resourced schools and students from under-performing, low-resource schools.4 Studiesshow abilities, attitudes, and college

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Alvarez Pino, UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center; Andrew J. Sullivan; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama - Birmingham

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

. Principles of Sustainable Development 2. Introduction to Sustainable Smart Cities 3. Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Systems 4. Managing Natural Resources and Sustainable Smart Cities 5. Green Infrastructure and Transportation 6. Green Buildings 7. Health & Livability 8. Smart Technologies for Cities & Buildings 9. Big Data & Smart Cities 10. Research Methods & Project PlanningCapstone Research Project– during the capstone research project the students will design andimplement a piece of research that will enable them to reflect on the knowledge and skillswhich they have learned during the taught modules and apply them to a real world problem orissue. This research may

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Carpenter Ed.D., CCD - Custom Curriculum Design; Logan Edward Micher, Florida Polytechnic University; Chris Yakymyshyn; Jorge Vargas, Florida Polytechnic University; Christina Drake, Florida Polytechnic University

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Design in Engineering Education

tracking device, water transport and filtration device, educational toy or exhibit) had anegative impact on student interest in the engineering program. Another important considerationis the need to keep the attention of students from different engineering concentrations, as well as(in our case) a significant population of students enrolled in the College of Information &Technology. The latter group of students may have minimal interest or curiosity regardingengineering, and represent a challenge to win over their engagement in the class.There needs to be a balance between narrowing the scope of the assigned problem sufficiently toavoid students being unable to find a way forward, but having a sufficiently open-ended naturethat it reflects a

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ECE-related Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Hyunsoo Julian Kim, University of Michigan; Joshua Adam Kotrba, University of Michigan; Mohammad Rasouli, University of Michigan

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Electrical and Computer

versa [1]The multitude of specific recipes for how to flip a class reflects the diversity of education: even abrief search through ASEE publications with the keyword ‘flipped’ yields more than a thousandpapers describing various flipped courses. Not surprisingly, a recent survey admits that There is a lack of consensus on what exactly the flipped classroom is. [1]Flipping a course requires at least 3 actions, which can be seen as disruptive innovations: (1) Decide which “events that have traditionally taken place inside the classroom” will be moved outside the classroom, and explain to students how they benefit from this move (2) Create the new teaching events outside the classroom to ensure that the student learning

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Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Paul Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John S Nelson PE, University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Civil & Environmental Enginieering

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

a fictitious project executive committee for approval.2. Project Cost and Value Previously this lesson was titled “Project Budgeting.” We revised the lesson’s title to “Project Cost and Value” to reflect that: 1) in the end, project sponsors care far more about how much the project cost than its original budget; and 2) the most important monetary consideration for project managers is delivering owner/sponsor-defined value. In this lesson, we spend considerable effort discussing project value. Effective project managers have thoughtful, probing discussions with project sponsors of project value. Every project has deliverables, whether that be a facility, a product prototype, or functioning software. The goal, however, is to

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Multidisciplinary Capstone Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Derek T Reamon Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

name matters. As outlined above, e+ is a specialized design-focused degreeprogram, requiring students to focus in engineering design thinking and doing, and anengineering disciplinary emphasis—while developing a secondary area of expertise via theconcentration. This multifaceted specialization is distinctive amongst the traditional discipline-specific engineering programs in our college. The authors hope that removal of “general” fromthe program name better reflects the unique combination of specificity and customizabilityafforded by the program curriculum and that the renaming will help the program grow in sizeand stature. We also hope that this lesson-learned serves as a cautionary tale to other collegesinterested in creating a new program

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Issues in Engineering Technology Education II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University - Addison; Aminul Karim, Higher Educational Consultant

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Engineering Technology

: how to incorporate and teach new applications of new technologies in thecurriculums they teach and how to maintain their professional currency.1Therefore, in summary, the rapid pace of technological change mandates that facultyremain current in their technical areas of specialization as technology leapfrogs and newdomains of technology evolve, and thus they need to become reflective practitioners.For the current study, it was the intent of the authors to survey faculty teaching in theengineering technology domain to determine the state of professional development andprocesses that are used to maintain technical currency and compare the results with thestudies conducted earlier in 2013, 2007 and 2003. II. Data Collection ProcedureTo gauge

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Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Lee, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University

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Mechanics

University Dr. Haolin Zhu received her PhD in Solid Mechanics and Computational Science and Engineering from Cornell University. She is currently part of the engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently she focuses on designing the curriculum for the fresh- man engineering program as well as the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program. She also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineering at ASU. Her interests include innovative teaching pedagogies for increased retention and student motivation, innovations in non-traditional delivery methods, as well as structured reflective practices throughout the engineering curriculum.Prof. James A Middleton

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Graduate Programs, Development, and Research Fellowships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Dunn, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder; Stephanie Swartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Arthur L.C. Antoine, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

researchlaboratories due to lack of experience6. Meanwhile, for many students, particularly those who arethe first in their family to attend college, research is often unfamiliar, and a summer or semestermay feel inaccessible or overwhelming.In order to create academic institutions that reflect our nation’s diversity, we must seal holes alongthe leaky pathway from undergraduate degree programs to professional jobs in STEM. Animportant step is retaining students once they have enrolled in undergraduate degree programs andsupporting those students as they explore and continue along the academic pathway.The research program we report on here, titled “Spring Break for Research (SB4R)”, was designedat the University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and

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Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Findley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

://search.asee.org/search/fetch?url=file%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2FE%3A%2Fsearch%2Fconference%2F28 %2FAC%25202004Paper998.pdf&index=conference_papers&space=129746797203605791716676178&type= application%2Fpdf&charset= Retrieved on June 02, 2015[8] Hertzberg, J., Leppek, B., Gray, K., “Art for the Sake of Improving Attitudes Toward Engineering”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2012, 119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 10-13, 2012. [Online]. Available: http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/8/papers/5064/view. Retrieved April 25, 2015 [9] Sochacka, N., Guyotte K., Walther, J., Kellam, N., “Faculty reflections on a STEAM-inspired interdisciplinary studio course,” ASEE Annual

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Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tizoc Cruz-Gonzalez, University of Michigan; Sarah Rose Sobek, University of Michigan ; Julianna Marie Abel, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

reflecting on the event details, and the simple quantitative and qualitative componentsof the survey, we have begun to demonstrate there is a benefit to students participating in designand build activities at a large conference.Given the positive reaction of students to the intervention over three years of implementation, thedemonstrated benefit of STEM role models to students’ decisions to enroll and persist in STEMmajors4,5,6,7, frequency, and varied geographic locations of STEM conferences, interventionssuch as the one discussed in this paper present an opportunity to reach traditionally underservedpopulations. This paper details a successful and easily replicated outreach opportunity that existsfor participants in STEM research conferences. We

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Student Success III: Affect and Attitudes

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casey Marie Williamson, James Madison University; Mariafé Taeví Panizo, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Robin D. Anderson, James Madison University

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Educational Research and Methods

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Works in Progress: Faculty Perspectives and Training

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

to which respondents indicate their level of agreement on a Likert four-pointscale, from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Participants respond to the 26 items for each ofthe three classroom strategies (formative feedback, real-world applications, and initiatingstudent-to-student discussions), thus yielding 78 datum points.VECTERS additionally contains questions to collect demographic information about theinstructors as well as general information about the engineering course they are reflecting uponwhen responding to VECTERS. Instructor information includes information such as gender,ethnicity, and years of experience. Course information includes items to indicate the course-level(100 to 400), whether the course is required, and the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A. Ritter III, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; Terrence L. Chambers PE, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; Christoph W. Borst, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Computers in Education

all informationalicons, the student is then informed to follow the yellow arrows to the solar collectors shown inFigure 6. Figure 6: Left: Area 3, solar collectors. Right: Area 4, boiler.Area 3, Solar Collectors: In this area the student learns about how the solar troughs track the sunthroughout the day to capture the direct sunlight and reflect it to the central absorber tube. Also itis explained in detail how sunlight passes through the transparent glass of the absorber tube, orevacuated tube, and how the heat is transferred to the working fluid. The student is theninstructed to point the solar collectors to capture the direct sun at high noon to collect solarenergy and heat up the working fluid. Once finished the student

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed B. Trabia, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Julie A. Longo, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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Engineering Ethics

. Ethical issues have beeninfused into the engineering curriculum, graduation projects, holiday practice, and productionpractice, thereby forming a system of engineering ethics education." The author goes on torecommend that both countries could learn from each other in terms of incorporating ethics inthe engineering curricula.Institutional profileIn Fall 2015, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), had a student population ofapproximately 25,000 undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students. UNLV isdesignated as a Minority-Serving Institution and an emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution.This diversity is reflected in the graduate students of UNLV's Howard R. Hughes College ofEngineering, see Table 1. The College of Engineering offers M.S

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Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University; William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter P.E., Eastern Washington University; Jason K. Durfee P.E., Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Doris M. Munson, Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

non-math intensive courses areattending at the 80% or more level. Contrasting from the junior level, this is an increase of 6%for the math intensive course attendance level, while for the non-math intensive courseattendance, this is a 9% increase at the senior level.The data seems to imply at both the 90% level and the 80% level, the senior level students innon-math intensive courses are continuing to change their view of the value and/or need of thein-class time and are continuing to make a greater effort to improve their class attendance.Conclusions, Reflections, and the FutureThe results from this study clearly indicate that increased student attendance was directly relatedto student success in both math intensive and non-math intensive

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STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University; Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

sustained motivation. It is with this motivation thatstudents will be more likely to reflect on their decisions within the group and persist throughdifficulties as they arise in STEM environments. Of course, motivation is one of the centralfeatures relating to reaching learning outcomes. This study was also informed by the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) (Lent,2005).17 SCCT’s roots can be found in Bandura’s (1986) Social Cognitive Theory.4 This theorysuggests that models are key to knowledge acquisition and subsequent behaviors of thoseobserving the model. Within this framework, SCCT argues that cognitive-person variables (self-efficacy, outcome expectations, personal goals) allow people to exercise personal agency when itcomes to

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Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajeev K Agrawal, North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Myron L. Stevenson, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr, North Carolina A&T University (Tech)

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

district. The lack of this importantresource results in rural students being ill prepared for college level math and science courses ata greater rate than metropolitan students. This lack of academic resources is reflective of thesocioeconomic disparity between regions. This is not surprising since URM primary and middle grade math scores are much lower thantheir White and Asian peers. North Carolina students’ average National Assessment ofEducational Progress (NAEP) math score for fourth graders was four points higher than thenational average of 240 in 2015. URMs average score was 232, eight points lower than thenational average and 21 points lower than White students. Eighth graders’ scores for all NorthCarolina students was equal to the

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Software Applications in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

in memoryefficiency.In this course, the major attraction of MATLAB over C is in visualization as evident from theanimation project described in Part III. Students were exposed to C language storage managementtechniques in the spell checker project outlined in Part III below. The major difficulty studentsseemed to have had was switching between the syntax of C and MATLAB, particularly in the area ofarrays and for loops. Rather than making item 12 in Table 1 a single topic, it was taught hands onthroughout the semester as the need and opportunity arose.Part III: course projectsHomework typically reflects on the material covered in the lecture class. For any portion ofassignments that involve coding, students use DevC/C++ and MATLAB on

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Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

industrysuccess. By having participants make individual connections with social, cultural, market, andtechnological trends, the tool, IdeaKegTM, has the primary goal of getting participants to simplyask better questions. It naturally follows that better solutions to a given problem can be found ifstarting from better questions. The IdeaKeg tool was implemented for both teams of faculty andteams of students in several different applications including faculty course development,department retreats, senior design projects, student composition projects, and more. This papersummarizes the IdeaKeg process, the different implementations of IdeaKeg at RHIT, feedbackfrom both faculty and student participants, and reflections from IdeaKeg facilitators.Additionally

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Innovations in Curriculum and Course Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

. Table 5. Recruitment and Dissemination InitiativesProposed Curriculum StructureCurriculum at NKU and CSTCC follow the general guidelines for accreditation defined by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) [19]. Mechatronics curriculumdesign includes development of goals and objectives, programs of study and curriculum guides,courses, laboratories, textbooks, instructional materials, experiments, instructional sequencies andothe supplemental materials focusing to accomplish a wide range of educational goals [1].The cross-curricular approach reflected at the level of the targeted goals, of the targeted contents,the use of new technologies, of the computer as a working tool which will determine the student’seducational course

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Louis Nadelson, Utah State University; Rick Ubic, Boise State University

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Materials

, performing literature reviews and citing references, and presenting the results ofresearch. The teachers also appreciated learning about Materials Science and Engineering, andplanned to incorporate content from this discipline into their classes.The teachers also appreciated the opportunity to work alongside of undergraduate students andbe able to interact with and get the honest opinions of individuals who were high school studentsuntil relatively recently. Participant 2 explained: I really enjoyed working with undergrad students because I worked closely with two and in the lab with about four and then in the offices with several more. It’s really interesting to see what they are reflecting on. Being a high school teacher they’re

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Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

interests include innovative teaching pedagogies for increased retention and student motivation, innovations in non-traditional delivery methods, as well as structured reflective practices throughout the engineering curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Implementing Open-Ended Hands-on Design Projects throughout the Mechanical Engineering CurriculumIntroductionEngineers engage in design activities on a daily basis and thus engineering design has beenconsidered one of the most important topics in engineering education and one of the mostimportant skills that engineering students should possess when they graduate. Most first-yearintroduction to engineering courses

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary S Carpenter Ed.D., CCD - Custom Curriculum Design; Chris Yakymyshyn; Logan Edward Micher; Ashly Locke, Florida Polytechnic University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

content was reflected in not only the types of components studentsrequested from a list of recommended vendors to allow grouping of orders for efficiency (forexample, DigiKey offers over 20,000 unique LEDs), but also by the variety of components fromother vendors selected by students, including numerous Amazon and Ebay vendors. The BOMalso included any 3D printing requests for the on-site printing facility. It was clear based oncomments made by the 3D printing facility supervisor that a rich variety of objects wereFigure 8- Layouts of two of six panelized printed circuit boards representing approximately 40unique prototypes.submitted for printing. Some students chose to use 3D printing services from outside, in the fewcases where an unusual