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Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Algeo Wilson IV, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University; James Blake Gegenheimer

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Student

2014001),” National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, 2013.[2] E. F. Redish, “Discipline-based education and education research: the case of physics,” Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, vol. 21, 2000.[3] E. Longfellow, S. May, L. Burke, and D. Marks-Maran, “‘They had a way of helping that actually helped’: A case study of a peer-assisted learning scheme,” Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 13, 2008.[4] C. Wilson, A. Steele, W.Waggenspack, and W. Wang, “Engineering Supplemental Instruction: Impact on Sophmore Level Engineering Courses,” Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2015.[5] P. Dawson, J. Meer

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Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Ying Zhang, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

., and Hernandez, A., “Designing Effective Project-based Learning Experience usingParticipatory Design Approach,” 2015 Annual Conference and Exposition, 2015-11660, American Society forEngineering Education.[5] Ericksen, S., “The essence of good teaching,” San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1984.[6] Chickering, A.W., and Gamson, Z.F., “Seven principles for good practice,” AAHE Bulletin 1987, 39(7), 3-7.[7] Kaul, S., and Stone, W.L., “Learning outcomes of a junior-level project-based learning (PBL) course:preparation for capstone,” 2015 Annual Conference and Exposition, 2014-11102, American Society for EngineeringEducation.[8] Widmann, J.M., Self, B.P., Slivovsky, L.A., and Taylor, J.K, “Motivating design and analysis skills acquisitionthrough the

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Pedagogies of Making and Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

lives. This illustrates one more advantageof a team-taught multidisciplinary project course.Bibliography1 Sarah Summers and Anneliese Watt, “Quick and Dirty Usability Testing in the Technical CommunicationClassroom,” ProComm 2015 Conference Proceedings (IEEE Professional Communication Society), Limerick,Ireland.2 See for example S. Ludi, “Providing Students with Usability Testing Experience: Bringing Home the Lesson “TheUser Is Not Like You,” 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, 2005; and M.A. Atlas,“The User Edit: Making Manuals Easier to Use,” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 24, no.1,pp. 28-29, March 1981.3 For discussions of usability pedagogy, see Summers and Watt (above), as well as L.M

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Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Chemical Engineering

) in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. He received his B. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Utah and a M. S. from the University of California, San Diego. His teaching responsibilities include the senior unit operations laboratory and freshman design laboratory. His research interests focus on undergraduate education, targeted drug delivery, photobioreactor design, and instrumentation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Implementation and Usage of an Online Environment in a Chemical Engineering CurriculumAbstractWe have developed an online system to serve as a hub for student activities in our chemicalengineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Nan Niu, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

student team consisted of 3-4 members with at least one graduate student and onestudent in the computer science program. The goal of the team project was to provide anopportunity for students to apply some specific testing techniques or tools to one or more chosenSystem Under Test(s) (SUTs) of interest (either open-source software, or software that theydeveloped for other projects). The minimum project requirements were: (1) including bothtesting and QA components, although it was up to each team to decide on the proportion of bothcomponents, (2) developing and executing a test plan, even if testing was a small part of theproject, and (3) performing a manual software inspection for selected modules or the whole SUT. Students were encouraged to

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Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs and Labs in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher M Murad, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

., “Development and Assessment of a Freshman Seminar to Address Societal Context” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 2005. 5. Blowers P.., “A Course on Freshman Survival Skills” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Canada, June 2002. 6. Cheshier, S. “Studying Engineering Technology: A Blueprint for Success.” Discovery Press, 1998. 7. Miller A., Martinazzi R., and Murad M., “The Alchemy of Helping Freshmen Turn Dreams into Reality.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004. 8

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University - San Marcos; Mina Guirguis, Texas State University

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Computing & Information Technology

) Increasing Persistence of College Students in STEM, Science, Vol. 341.7. Beyer, S. (2014). Why are women underrepresented in Computer Science? Gender differences in stereotypes, self-efficacy, values, and interests and predictors of future CS course-taking and grades. Computer Science Education, 24(2/3), 153-192.8. Patitsas, E., Craig, Michelle, and Easterbrook, S. (2015). Scaling up Women in Computing Initiatives: What Can We Learn from a Public Policy Perspective? ICER ’15, August 09 - 13, 2015, Omaha, NE, USA.9. National Research Council. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012.10. National

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Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina C Adam, National Institute of Microtechnologies, Romania; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michael George, Student- California Polytechnic State University; Benjamin Kevin Kraw, California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo, Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Student; Lindsey Chase, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics

extracted and summarized during coding.The coding table was included in the annex. 1.Looking at the figure in scenario #X, if you pull on the string gently, which way do you predict the spool will move? Right _______ Left ______Won’t Move_______ 2.When pulling, which direction is the friction force? Right _______ Left ______There is no friction force _______ 3.What is the value of the friction force? f   k N _____ f   s N _____ f   s N ______ Scenario #1 Scenario #2 Scenario #3 Scenario #4 Figure 3. The four scenarios utilized for the IBLAFindingsThe students

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali R. Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University; Salim M. Haidar, Grand Valley State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

an excellent interdisciplinary learning experience in such courses.Bibliography 1. Incropera, Frank, P.; Dewitt, David, P., “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 4th. Edition”, J. Wiley, 1996.2. Kreith, Frank, Bohn, Mark,S., “Principles of Heat Transfer, 6th. Edition", Brooks/Cole, 2001.3. Arpaci, Vedat, S., “Conduction Heat Transfer”, Addison Wesley, 1966.4. Ӧzışık, Necati, M,.“Boundary Value Problems of Heat Conduction ", International Textbook Company, 1968.

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Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

ideasborrowed from environmental ethics seem particularly relevant. One such methodology, firstdeveloped by Johnson, termed a morally deep world view, cautions that both the individual andthe system(s) in which that individual is embedded, matter from an ethical point of view.3 Asecond approach uses the development first offered by Thomas Berry4 and further refined bySwimme 5 and Swimme and Tucker.6 This paradigm takes us from an individual or localperspective on ethical reasoning to an Earth and Universe perspective which is alive, integratedand dependent. Berry described three universal principles that ought to govern our response toethical dilemmas. Those principles include differentiation, subjectivity and communion orcommunity. Here

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

being conducted by Dr. Daylene  Meuschke and Dr. Barry Gribbons, who head the Institutional Research Office of Collegeof the Canyons. Implementation has been facilitated by the invaluable organizationalsupport provided by CREATE Project Manager Gabrielle Temple. Assistance with thecreation of the research design was provided by CREATE Evaluator Dr. Jean Sando.  References   1. Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century (2005). National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies. ISBN 0-309-55006-8 (pdf). National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055. 2. Cullen, E. , Fairhurst, C., Alfano, K, Barnow, B., Henson, S, DeRocco, E

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Shuchisnigdha Deb, Mississippi State University

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Industrial Engineering

, posture assessment, lifting safety, and anthropometry.The course has an “S” designation associated with it, as it is formally recognized as a service-learning course by the university. This designation communicates that students in the course willapply the course material in a meaningful way to fill a community need. The overall projectaccounted for 30% of the course grade. This included five deliverables: reflective journal (10%),preliminary operations analysis report (30%), preliminary design recommendations report (30%),final technical report (10%), and project showcase (20%).The journals were done individually by each student, and the other deliverables were completedby teams of 5 to 6 students. Students were assigned to groups by the course

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Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part II: Activities for Creative Pedagogy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Roth, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College

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Civil Engineering

& Exposition, Seattle, WA, June.3. Stewart, J., Van Kirk, J., and Rowell, R. (1979). Concept maps: a tool for use in biology teaching. The American Biology Teacher, 41 (3), 171-175.4. Novak, J.D. (1998). Learning Creating, and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps as Facilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahway, NJ.5. Novak, J.D., and Canas, A. J. (2008). The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Technical Report, IHMC CmapTools 2006-01 Rev 2008-01.6. Ingec, S. K. (2009). Analysing Concept Maps as an Assessment Tool in Teaching Physics and Comparison with Achievement Tests. International Journal of Science

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INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuetong Lin, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; W. Tad Foster, Indiana State University; Jason C. Dean, Indiana State University

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Corporate Member Council

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College Industry Partnerships

, Atlanta, GA, United states, 2005. [3] Cornelius J. Dennehy, Steve Labbe, and Kenneth L. Lebsock. The value of identifying and recovering lost GN&c lessons learned: Aeronautical, spacecraft, and launch vehicle examples. In AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2010. [4] J.D. Novak. Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps(tm) As Facilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations. Taylor & Francis, 1998. [5] J. S. Bruner. The Process of Education. A Harvard paperback. Harvard University Press, 1960. [6] J. S. Bruner. The act of discovery. Harvard Educational Review, 31:21–32, 1961. [7] Kirsten R. Butcher and Tamara Sumner. Self-directed learning and the sensemaking paradox. Human–Computer Interaction

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Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

is that their curricularhave to meet the requirements of many audiences. The difficulty of developing a communityof scholarship that meets the needs of all these audiences is illustrated by extreme examplesof the questions that the public need to answer in deciding what action they ought to take inresponse to such happenings as the GM and Volkswagen automobile scandals. Anengineering view of technological literacy is inadequate for the task it is expected to do. Aninterdisciplinary approach is clearly necessary.References[1] Krupczak, J., Blake, J. W., Disney, K. A., Hilgarth, C. O., Libros, R., Mina, M and S. R. Walk (2102).Defining technological literacy, Proceedings Annual Conference of the American Society for EngineeringEducation. Paper

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University; Ying Lin, Western Washington University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

. It has 256kB of on-chip SRAM, which has been adequate for the largearray blocks required for sample buffering and DSP processing. It also includes DMA, I2S, andI2C, which are all used in this work. This microcontroller allows for both fixed-point and floatingpoint DSP.The board itself does not include audio resources and the K65’s DAC is only 12-bits. Becauseaudio is the primary application used in the DSP labs, another board (i.e., a CODEC board) isrequired to provide these features.In-House designed CODEC boardThe CODEC board is based on Texas Instrument’s TLV320AIC3007 Stereo Audio CODEC.This CODEC has many configuration options and requires a low chip count for basic audioinputs and outputs as can be seen in Figure 1. The block diagram

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Fabiola P Ehlers-Zavala, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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International Forum

Paper ID #17493The Case of an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department inthe Internationalization Process of a Research I Public InstitutionDr. Fabiola P Ehlers-Zavala, Colorado State University Fabiola P. Ehlers-Zavala was named INTO Colorado State University (CSU)’s Center Director in Novem- ber 2014, having previously fulfilled the role of INTO CSU Academic Director (March 2013-November 2014). In her CD capacity, she works with Colleges across campus, and has a particular interest in the preparation of international students pursuing engineering degrees at the undergraduate and graduate lev- els. She earned

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

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2016 ASEE International Forum

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Saud A Ghani, Qatar University

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Diversity, International Forum

shouldinculcate females towards this direction. All in all, the key issue appears to be ‘motivation’(Fingleton et al. 2014).ReferencesBix, Amy Sue. 2000. “Engineering Education in the United States Has a Gendered.” IEEE, Technology and Society Magazine 19(1):20–26.Douie, Vera. 1950. Daughters of Britain. edited by Ronald. London.Eagly, Alice H. and Linda L. Carli. 2003. “The Female Leadership Advantage: An Evaluation of the Evidence.” The Leadership Quarterly 14(6):807–34.Eccles, J. S. and B. L. Barber. 1999. “Student Council, Volunteering, Basketball, or Marching Band: What Kind of Extracurricular Involvement Matters?” Journal of Adolescent Research 14(2012):10–43.Escueta, Maya, Tushar Saxena, and Varun Aggarwal. 2013. Women in Engineering

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Make It!

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

the technology and materials used. Table 2. Comparison of three inexpensive 3D printing technologies Name Technology Price Material Price/Mat Resolution Speed MakerBot FDM $2500 ABS, PLA $50/kg 100 µm varies Replicator 2X Pegasus SLA DLP $3000 FSL3D $138/kg 50 µm 1s/layer Touch resin Mini Metal FDM $2300 Metal Clay $200/kg 100 µm varies MakerExample 2. Figure 4 shows MakerbBot Replicator 2X 3D printer improvements by adding extrafan(s). Figure 4-a shows the 3D printer extruders as purchased, Figure 4-b depicts a

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Nebojsa Jaksic; Nikolas D'Angelo; Gabriele Vigano

casting. The comparison of tensile test results ofthe plastic and metal 3D printed students-created test samples has value as a pedagogical tool.Through experimentation, students gained experience in using an important and novel engineeringdesign tool. A questionnaire developed and administered to measure students’ perspective oninexpensive 3D printing technologies shows positive preliminary results but it should be furtherimproved/changed (to measure student learning outcomes directly) and administered to a largernumber of students (to allow statistical analysis). Finally, this paper is envisioned to serve as avaluable resource in implementing a metal clay 3D printer for creating small metal parts.Bibliography1. Lai-Yuen, S., and Herrera, M

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Guariento, University of Glasgow; Nazmi Abdel-Salam Almasri, The Islamic University of Gaza - Palestine; Anna Rolinska, University of Glasgow

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Diversity

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International

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Developing Infrastructure Professionals

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Washington & Lee University; Ben Dymond, California State University, Sacramento

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #15380A Scavenger Hunt to Connect the As-Built World to Structural EngineeringTheoryDr. Matthew Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation before obtaining his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. He worked at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McClean, Virginia focusing on concrete bridge research prior to joining the faculty at the Vir- ginia Military Institute (VMI). He teaches engineering mechanics and

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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dylan Henson, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

(ENGR101), was specifically designed and offered during the fall quarter of the 2015-16 school year asa part of a NSF S-STEM grant, Program for Engineering Excellence for Partner Schools(PEEPS). PEEPS is a cohort scholarship program that provides engineering students withfinancial, academic, and social support3. ENGR 101 was developed by two engineering faculty, aVISTA member, and supported by a curriculum expert, to expand the benefits of PEEPS to alarger number of students and to establish interventions and practices in engineering classroomsthat better support diversity on our university’s campus. The specific course goals were todevelop and enhance students’ engineering identity and sense of belonging within the College ofEngineering in order

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College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session I: Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University North Central; George Stefanek, Purdue University, North Central

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College Industry Partnerships

needs. Thesenames were given to the professor who then contacted them, described the pilot project, andchose a topic(s) for the capstone course.A company in the entertainment industry that agreed to participate had technical staff that werelocated at a distant location. Despite this distance, they were willing to work with students viavideo teleconference, multimedia and the internet. They also committed their time to supportingthe capstone and mini-capstone projects to 1 hour per week. The other participant in theeducation industry was in the local vicinity and therefore could make a presentation on site andcollaborate with the students in person.Busy industry technologists were offered the following incentives to make presentations tostudents

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Research on Design Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Telenko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Saldana, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd Sulchek, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shannon K. Yee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Kurfess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

prospects with sponsor(s)Research Labs Manufacturing Research Recruitment of in-class, trained Research experience,Doubling as Lab Invites Class Students students who previously used jobsEducational to Participate in Lab equipment; feedback with freshSpaces Meetings perspective Environmental Studies of Publications, research data and Training on effective use Waste and Operation from access to “free” space and student and 3D printers,Extracurricular 3D Printers in MakerSpace researchers

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Student Reflection, Self-Perception, Misconceptions, and Uncertainty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron W. Johnson, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

noticedisciplinary aspects of their students’ engineering design.AcknowledgementsThis work was conducted at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education andOutreach. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation DRK-12 program, grant#DRL-1020243. The authors would like to thank the Novel Engineering team for theirassistance, particularly Dr. Mary McCormick and Brian O’Connell for their help in conductingthe interviewers. The authors would also like to thank the six teachers who participated in theinterviews.References1) Hammer, D., Goldberg, F., & Fargason, S. (2012). Responsive teaching and the beginnings of energy in a third grade classroom. Review of Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education, 6(1), 51-72.2) Robertson, A. D

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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Materials

% Change Average Teacher Focused 2.75 2.75 0 Teacher Focused Average Student Focused 3.875 3.875 0 Student Focused Faculty 3 PRE POST % Change Average Teacher Focused 3.75 3.75 0 Teacher Focused Average Student Focused 2.875 3.5 21.7 Student FocusedTable 2. shows the results for the self-reported RTOP survey, and Table 3 presents the results forthe recently developed Faculty Teaching and Learning Awareness Survey.For all three surveys, it is clear that Faculty 1's self-reported results demonstrate a significantchange from the beginning to the

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Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Thomas M. Philip, University of California, Los Angeles

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Engineering Ethics

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Pathways to Success in STEM through Computer Science and Making

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Kastner, Mississippi State University ; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Tori Holifield, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

follow-up interview researchfor the next five years. The overarching goal of the study is to better understand what kinds ofvariables seem to motivate middle and high school boys and girls in the U. S. South to pursuecomputer science education as well as what kinds of variables seem to influence educationalpersistence and successful entry into the computing workforce. The purposes of our largerresearch project are multiple: (1) To assess the effectiveness of a project-based camp curriculum that integrates digital composing, rhetoric, and design with computer science and engineering education; (2) To better understand the dynamics of collaborative/team-based and competitive projects in groups of middle and high school boys and

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Engineering Cultures and Identity

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

things.Methodological overview The methodological approach for this project came about via both theoretical (literature)and practical considerations. While the cultural construction literature tends to emphasize theoryand analysis, we tried to assemble a robust and consistent methodological approach to investigatecultural construction in a particular setting. In McDermott’s early writing at the time of his datacollection (1970’s) he aligned himself methodologically with three primary traditions:ethnography, ethnomethodology, and discourse/interaction analysis17,18,19. As an investigation ofculture, the work relies on ethnographic methods and approaches, such as the incorporation ofmultiple qualitative data streams, ethnographic field noting20, and one