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Materials Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moises Hinojosa-Rivera, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; Martin Edgar Reyes-Melo, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; José Alejandro Cazares, Teacher

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Diversity

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Materials

bachelor level in public universities does not have an external advisory council, so thispractice is highly recommended for programs that envision an international accreditation. Page 26.574.4The Program Committee is integrated by the program coordinator, the head of the MaterialsEngineering Division and three full time faculty members of the program, this collegiate bodywork as a team and plans and monitors all the academic aspects of the program, this team isresponsible for the outcomes and competencies assessment processes and collect and analyze allthe necessary materials. The Program Advisory Council was created, among other reasons, inorder to

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Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lija Andrija Yang, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Aaron W. Johnson, Tufts University; Merredith D Portsmore, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. • 3-5 ETS 1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.Standard 3-5 ETS 1-1 focuses on students problem scoping, or their ability to transform messyproblems into a solvable form through questioning and the identification of constraints. Standard3-5 ETS 1-2 looks to encourage students to engage in design ideation (idea generation andcomparison). Standard 3-5 ETS 1-3 describes how students should test and iterate on theirdesigns.For the purposes of this study we chose to focus on a task that helped us to understand the

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Communication as Performance

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Page 26.609.5Team 1This team, composed of a number of highly motivated students, used strategies drawn frominside and outside of this classroom to produce a handful of different possible story scenarios.Most of the group began plotting the scene before the assignment had been formally introducedin the second studio class. Their enthusiasm actually impeded their process as their plans wereentrenched by the time they learnt that their poster was to be their primary creative source. As aresult, one team member who developed an entire storyline over the weekend was forced to letgo of his project when teammates argued that it did not align with the content of their poster.Despite the eventual rejection of his story, his systematic approach to story

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Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

the development of students of color in STEM. New Directions for Institutional Research, 148, 95-103. doi: 10.1002/ir[19] Trenor, J. M., Yu, S. L., Waight, C. L., Zerda, K. S., & Sha, T. (2008). The relations of ethnicity to female engineering students' educational experiences and college and career plans in an ethnically diverse learning environment. Journal of Engineering Education, 97, 449-465.[20] Johnson, A. (2007). Graduating underrepresented African American, Latino, and American Indian students in science. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 13, 1-21.[21] Tsui, L. (2007). Effective strategies to increase diversity in STEM fields: A review of the research literature. The

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

perhaps would plan to raise herchildren. Jocelyn’s SR development will be very interesting to follow, seeing if her futurefamilial concerns continue to be strong influences, or if other collegial experiences alsocontribute. Her expected Peace Corps experience after college, that she did discuss in the secondyear, will likely be life-changing.Sarah was characterized as a Type 2 student at the end of year 1 since she saw engineering as thebest way to improve society overall. In the first year interview, Sarah, a civil engineeringstudent at TU, described early on that she wanted to help people: “So I really want to…go andhelp people in South America to like, better themselves. So I’m working on it, that’s really mygoal.” She planned to use her

Conference Session

Data Analysis and Assessment

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaheh Molla Allameh, Purdue University; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Seungwon Yang, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

. 144)Financial and “Scientific data infrastructure requires continued, and dedicated, budgetarybudgetary planning and appropriate financial support. The use of research data cannot bedomain maximized if access, management, and preservation costs are an add-on or after-thought in research projects” (p. 145).Legal and “National laws and international agreements directly affect data access andpolicy domain sharing practices, despite the fact that they are often adopted without due consideration of the impact on the sharing of publicly funded research data” (p. 146).Cultural and “Appropriate reward structures are a necessary component for promoting

Conference Session

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

interventions done to increase the number of women in engineering.Dr. Dianne Raubenheimer, Meredith College Dr. Dianne Raubenheimer is Director of Research, Planning and Assessment at Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina. She also works as an educational consultant, primarily as external evaluator on educa- tional research and development grants.Dr. Alina N. Duca, NC State University Dr. Alina Duca is a Teaching Associate Professor and the Director of the Undergraduate Programs in the Mathematics Department at North Carolina State University. Her primary interests are in educational research about the teaching and learning of mathematics by pre-service teachers and STEM undergraduate students.Dr. H. Joel Trussell

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Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Moses Sylvester Jaia Jr.; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Mechanical Engineering

and instrumentation selection.10- The students had a chance to improve their project management skills by setting up project plan, time line, budge and cost table and etc.In this project, the assessment has been mostly based on the observations of faculty advisor whomeet with the student team once a week over the course of two consecutive semesters. In theweekly meetings, as the students present their progress and future plans, the advisor reviews theirdesign and interacts with the students while assessing them. The students submit their reportprogressively in 4 revisions as their reports are improved gradually after rigorous grading by thefaculty advisor. The final report is a strong assessment tool that the faculty uses for

Conference Session

Examining Social Ties and Networks

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter A Simon, Carnegie Mellon University; Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University; David Krackhardt, Carnegie Mellon University; Daniel P. Siewiorek, Carnegie Mellon University; Asim Smailagic, Carnegie Mellon University

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Educational Research and Methods

requirements.Figure 1. Example of plan view of a Deltan Residence. The triangles are buildingblocks. The arrow indicates the current direction of gravity. Table 1. Deltan measurements Measurement Unit Time Wex (wx) Distance Lyn (ln) Area Quarter-delta (qd) Heat Deltan Thermal Unit (DTU) Temperature Degrees nin (oNn) Force Din (dn) Moment Lyn-din (ld) Currency Zwig (!)The Delta Design board game has been implemented as a computerized game, so the computernow solves the equations and players are free to deal with issues

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Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larissa Cannon, Brigham Young University; Cory C Cunningham, The Boeing Company; Aaron Lau Inouye, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

included a new wingdesign (to again incorporate the aluminum vs. composites tradeoff) and a test plan forverification and validation of their design. Students were divided into four teams and each Page 26.1100.5provided their own conceptual design proposal. The advisory board, acting as the customer, thenselected their preferred choice which the entire cohort of students would then develop further andtest. In addition to Boeing, Stratasys, an additive manufacturing company, provided engineeringand part support as the students designed their test articles. Test articles included a scaledfuselage, two newly-designed wings, and interchangeable

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Matthew Kloser, University of Notre Dame

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Design in Engineering Education

.2. Simon, H. A. (1996). The sciences of the artificial. MIT press.3. Cross, N. (2011). Design thinking: Understanding how designers think and work. Berg.4. Brockman, Jay. (2008). Introduction to Engineering: Modeling and Problem Solving. John Wiley & Sons5. Trochim, W. M. (1989). An introduction to concept mapping for planning and evaluation. Evaluation and program planning, 12(1), 1-16.6. Kelley, T. (2007). The art of innovation: lessons in creativity from IDEO, America's leading design firm. Crown Business. Page 26.1123.18

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Mechanical Engineering and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

4.1 4, 5 0.79 6. Determine open loop gain 4.4 5 0.64 7. Compensator design 3.4 3 0.77 8. Performance evaluation 3.9 3, 4, 5 1.00 c. ABET Outcome SupportAccording to the department ABET assessment plan, this course is supposed to provideassessment data for two ABET outcomes (Outcome f: ethics and Outcome h: impact). These twooutcomes were assessed through the incubator design project. To assess outcome h, the studentswere asked to conduct research and find out how their design may harm the embryo and lead topossible hatching defects if the steady-state-error or the overshoot of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineeringdegree programs of 155.7. The GE+ program plans to seek accreditation under ABET’s generalengineering program criteria.BackgroundIn the 2005 publication, Educating the Engineer of 2020, the National Academy of Engineeringrecommended that undergraduate engineering programs introduce interdisciplinary learning and“more vigorously exploit the flexibility inherent in the outcomes-based accreditation approach toexperiment with novel approaches for baccalaureate education.”1 The American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME) Vision 2030 Task Force echoed this recommendation and named“increased curricular flexibility” as one of seven recommended actions intended to strengthenundergraduate mechanical engineering education.2 Developmentally, infusing

Conference Session

Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gerhard Sonnert, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Philip Michael Sadler, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

for Engineering Education, 2015 The Influence of Out-of-school High School Experiences on Engineering Identities and Career ChoiceAbstractStudents’ engineering career choices are not well understood. There are a variety of factors,including irrational ones, which affect students’ ultimate career decisions. Among them, out-of-school experiences in high school can impact their career interests and decisions. We examineddifferences in incoming engineering students’ high school extracurricular experiences, and howthose experiences influenced current and future selves, as well as career plans. The data for thiswork come from a national survey, distributed in Fall 2013, of 15,847 students from 27 differentinstitutions

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #11293Third-Year Status of a Summer Faculty Immersion ProgramDr. Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo Dr. Juan C. Morales, P.E., joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Universidad del Turabo (UT), Gurabo, Puerto Rico, in 1995 and currently holds the rank of professor. Dr. Morales was the ABET Coordinator of the School of Engineering for the initial ABET-EAC accreditation of all four accredited programs at UT. He has been Department Head of Mechanical Engineering since 2003. His efforts to diffuse innovative teaching and learning practices derive directly from the outcomes assessment plan that he

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Dirk Schaefer, University of Bath

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

potential funding sources (government agencies, foundations,industries, etc.) and, perhaps, identification of some colleagues at that university (inside andoutside of the engineering college) with whom they may overlap – perhaps with an eye towardsestablishing a center down the road. This research interest document can often be dozens ofpages as the applicant tries to impress the search committee not only with their accomplishmentsto date, but their “rain-making” plans for the future.The teaching interest/philosophy statement, on the other hand, does not often receive the samelevel of detail by the applicant for a variety of reasons (they don’t know educational literatureexists, they don’t know how to properly prepare a meaningful teaching

Conference Session

Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Meghan Morris Deyoe, University at Albany, SUNY; Jessica M Lamendola, University at Albany/SUNY

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Electrical and Computer

part ofthis approach, the instructor developed lab assignments (experiments and projects) whichrequired working in dyads and groups of four, which required students engage in some form ofstudent-centered, active learning within the flipped classroom. Evidence of the use of thisapproach was supported by students’ responses to learning questionnaires and further confirmedby classroom observations.Learning the dynamics of collaborative, group-directed learning Data revealed that, in the flipped classroom, when students worked in collaboration fordecision-making processes needed for planning the execution of lab assignments and whencompleting assignments, both collaborative and cooperative groups emerged. Despite differencesin group

Conference Session

Survey and Assessment Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Menold Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

“instrument blueprint” to be the pathor process plan that guides the content definition and item creation of an instrument. We presentthe blueprint to create an item set to be used in initial pilot testing; this process begins withidentification and refinement of the construct, moves to the creation and refinement of behaviormatrices, and ends with expert review and additional refinement of items.2. Theoretical FrameworkIn highlighting the importance of an instrument’s validity in the context of score interpretation,Messick notes that the construct validity of score interpretation undergirds all score-basedinferences.8 In short, score interpretation is dependent upon the validity evidence collected forthe instrument itself, making the rigor of the

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Fraley, Michigan Technological University; A. J. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

times throughout the semester: asassigned and again before the midterm and final exams. Table 1. ENG1101 Pre-Lesson Videos Used in Fall 2014 Topic Length (minutes) Views Significant Digits 3.87 1182 Unit Conversions 6.71 684 Introduction to Spreadsheets 6.45 1267 Tables and Figures in Technical Documents 2.36 981 References in Technical Documents 2.52 1326 Management Plan (Gantt

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. A. Karim, Kennesaw State University

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Civil Engineering

favorable to PBL. At around the same time as theAlbanese and Mitchell22 and Berkson23 reviews that Kirschner et al.21 cited, there was a thirdmeta-analysis conducted by Vernon and Blake24. This analysis found that medical students inPBL curricula performed slightly worse on tests of basic science knowledge but performed betteron tests of clinical knowledge than traditional medical students. Unlike the “discovery learning”or minimally-guided instruction22,25, effective use of PBL requires extensive planning andprofessional development, a supportive environment, and tool and strategies for effectiveinstruction, including the use of technologies.26,27,28 After years of research on use of problem-based learning in medical school contexts, evidence was

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Skromme, Arizona State University; Paul Rayes, Arizona State University; Brian McNamara, Arizona State University; Xiaoxuan Wang, Arizona State University; Yih-Fang Huang, University of Notre Dame; Daniel H. Robinson, Colorado State University; Xiang Gao, Arizona State University; Theodore Thompson

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valid values, that all dependent sources have uniquecontrol variables that are properly defined somewhere in the circuit, that there are no duplicatesought variable names, and that the circuit is in fact soluble by both node and mesh analysis (i.e.,not inconsistent). When this editor has been incorporated into tutorial exercises, as we plan to doin the near future, the validity check will be extended to ensure that the student has made acircuit transformation that is in fact correct. For example, we would check that the student hascorrectly combined a series or parallel set of elements if they are being asked to simplify thecircuit in that manner. They will be required to perform only one such simplification at a time,to make this check easier

Conference Session

Hands-on Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

and then discusswhy the correct response is correct and the distractors (incorrect responses) are not. 16iv. Minute Papers, Direct Paraphrasing, Application Cards, and Lecture SummariesThese are examples of individual approaches. In minute papers or clearest/muddiest point, theinstructor should stop two minutes before the class period ends and ask students to write mainpoint(s) of the lecture and the “muddiest” or least clear point(s). Collect the papers and useresponses to plan the next lecture. In direct paraphrasing, the students should write a definitionin their own words. In application cards, students should provide a specific real-worldapplication for the topic covered in class; and finally in lecture summaries, students shouldwrite

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie L. Cutler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Computers in Education

integrate and expand their research and teaching practice.Dr. Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Wendi M. Kappers has a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Central Florida (UCF). Her thesis work explored how educational video game effects upon mathematics achievement and mo- tivation scores differed between the sexes. During her tenure at Seminole Community College working as a Tenured Professor and Program Manager of the Network Engineering Program, she was Co-PI for the CSEMS NSF grant that explored collaborative administration and industry mentorship planning used to increase enrollments of woman and minorities with declared majors in the areas of Computer Science (CS

Conference Session

Curricular and Non-curricular Models for Diverse Learners in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel A. Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Soonmee Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Crist Simon Khachikian, California State University, Northridge

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

tenstudents participated in the pilot (in the future we plan to hold the information sessions earlier sothat students can plan accordingly).During the first class, students were introduced to the overarching theme of the SUCCEEd Page 26.1385.10program, which consisted of a hypothetical remodeling project of a small single familyresidence. Features of the project included the installation of an air conditioning (AC) unit on theroof, and the subsequent removal of an exterior wall to open up access to the yard. As much aspossible, competencies learned in the Statics course were integrated to the other courses. Forexample, as students worked on free

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Florian Michael Lintl, Stanford University; Qu Jin, Stanford University; Shannon Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #12600Starter or Joiner, Market or Socially-Oriented: Predicting Career Choiceamong Undergraduate Engineering and Business StudentsMr. Florian Michael Lintl, Stanford University Florian is studying Environmental Planning and Ecological Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). His majors are Sustainable City Development, Renewable Energy, International Land Use Planning and Environmental Economics. He is also participant in the Entrepreneurial Qualification Program ”Manage&More”. This is a program of the Center for Innovation and Business Creation at the TU Munich (”UnternehmerTUM”) which

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Katherine Anne Earl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dong San Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 26.1438.7 on it, so we put the words from the suggested list. It wasn't very meaningful at that point to us. It was just an assignment we had to do, and we didn't really put much thought into it later on the semester. We just uploaded it because that was what we were supposed to do. (Student C) However, six students explained that the team charter was more useful in settingexpectations or making sure team members do their share of the work, which aligned with theteam charter’s objective in enabling each team “to develop and understand the rules of conductexpected of each team member27.” We also plan- started planning our team charter which was just a contract agreement between people in the

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Assessment and Outcomes: ERM Roundtable

Collection

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

elevatorpitch rubric, our overall ICC (i.e., not broken down by dimension) was 0.59, which representsfair to good reliability. For the individual dimensions, we achieved ICCs that suggested fair togood reliability for all but one of the individual dimensions. Since this was our first use of therubric, we have developed a training and review plan for our next round of coding to increase ourfirst-time reliability. To explore the reliability of the elevator pitch rubric further, we contactedits developer19. He provided us with data that his team had collected using the rubric. This datashowed ICC values between 0.64 and 0.75 for the various dimensions of the rubric, suggestinggood reliability. All ICC values were based on the “average measure” in SPSS18.3

Conference Session

Assessment and Outcomes: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University; John T. Demel, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

includes group design - build projects incorporating planning, management, and documentation. Page 26.262.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessment of Inverted Classroom Success Based on Felder’s Index of Learning StylesAbstractInverting the classroom is a pedagogical practice that has recently gained significant popularity.With the increase in its use, it is essential to understand the impacts of the practice and students’experiences in this type of classroom. This pedagogical structure was implemented in a first-yearengineering course

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Quinn Evaluation Consulting

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

from employers their perceptionsregarding the project-work-related professional skills of graduates from WPI’s undergraduateprogram, both absolutely and relative to graduates from other institutions. A copy of theinterview protocol can be found in the appendix.Recruitment: WPI alumni were not considered for participation in this study. The initialrecruitment plan targeted engineering employers of high numbers of WPI engineering graduates.Staff members from WPI’s Career Development Center identified such employers for theexternal consultant and provided contact information for relevant and key individuals. For initialrecruitment efforts, the consultant sent appeal letters via e-mail to these individuals. The appealletters offered a $25

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin Cairncross, University of Portland; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Zulema Naegele, University of Portland; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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First-Year Programs

their first two years of college1. Therefore, it is particularly important to support studentsduring this critical period in their education, and help them build the skills necessary to ensuretheir continued success in engineering.To help combat this problem, the University of Portland introduced a retention programspecifically to assist 1st and 2nd year students who are behind in their degrees, and who areconsidered at risk of leaving engineering. During the year-long program, students work with acounselor to explore tactics for academic success, and to discuss educational planning(particularly with regards to getting on track to graduate in four years). For many of thesestudents, the perceived inability to graduate in four years, and the