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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Patricia M Kieran, University College Dublin

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

yearchemical & bioprocess engineering course at a university in Ireland, and an upper level chemicalengineering core course (Transport II). The design challenge required students to design, build,and test a heart-lung machine to simulate the performance of a clinical cardiopulmonary bypasssystem. The project proved to be adaptable and transferrable to different contexts with differentlearning objectives, assessment, instructional strategy, student population, and details ofimplementation.1. Introduction1.1. Biomedical EducationBiomedical engineering is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field existing at the intersection oflife science, medicine, and engineering. An aging population and increasing focus on healthissues are accompanied by a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

howstudents’ innovative capability influences such transfer capacity. The goals are: (1) to explore thepedagogical practices used to support non-traditional students in community colleges to informpersistence, (2) to understand whether such practices are effective in offering non-traditionalstudents a program that enables them to stay in engineering and science majors and to transfer toa four year college or university, and (3) to determine if students’ propensity for innovativeproblem solving influences use of pedagogical practices and ultimately, transfer persistence. Theresearch targets five research questions: (1) What are the patterns of pedagogical practices thatcommunity colleges employ to enhance students’ transfer success in engineering and

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Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; April Tallant, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

in rural areas, and engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Perceptions and Applications of Honors Contracts in Developing an Undergraduate Engineering Research ExperienceAbstract: Honors colleges have become very effective in attracting and recruiting highlymotivated and talented students to institutions of higher education [1, 2]. The Honors Path allowsstudents to earn an Honors Diploma and provides them with unique educational opportunities,which facilitates strong personal and academic growth [1]. At Western Carolina University(WCU), two ways to earn Honors credit include taking an honors course (often a generaleducation

Conference Session

Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #16074Promoting Engagement through Innovative and Pragmatic ProgramsDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of Engineers for over

Conference Session

Student Success II: Self-Regulatory, Metacognitive, and Professional Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justine Chasmar, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

studentmotivation, and the connection between SRL, PI, and FTP has been described in previousliterature27. While theory and literature has shown connections exist between SRL and FTP,including quantitative studies of engineering students10,28, research is lacking to describe thenature of these connections. This pilot study will begin looking qualitatively at why and howengineering students connect their views of the future to the self-regulation of their learning inthe present.Research PurposeThis research is a pilot of a piece of a larger, mixed methods project which seeks to understandthe connection between engineering students’ FTP and their SRL strategy use throughinvestigating the sub-questions as outlined below: 1) What SRL strategies do IE

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

employing quantitative methods are likely of most interest to practitioners who wouldwant to evaluate the effectiveness of this pedagogical approach before implementation in theclassroom. As a means of identifying future possible frameworks for further investigation on theimpact of peer coaching on female engineering students, this study explores the followingresearch questions: (1) How does student opinion about coaching transform through this class?(2) What new or revised perspectives do students gain, as both coach and coachee? (3) How doescoaching equip engineering women for the transition to the workforce? Findings indicate thatstudents’ initial apprehension about coaching progresses into recognition and experience ofbroad potential impact

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Timothy W Mays P.E., The Citadel; Monika Bubacz, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Kaitlin Marley, University of California - San Diego; James Michael Grayson, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #16070Holistic Mentoring through Sharing an Entire Course Built on the ExCEEdModelDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retention Programs for Diverse Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Eva Leong

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Subdisciplines: Challenges and OpportunitiesIntroductionThere are many benefits to a diverse workforce of civil engineers. In particular, work-placeinnovation, creativity, knowledge and productivity have been shown to be enhanced when manyperspectives and experiences are represented.1 As the civil engineering profession tackles someof big challenges facing society in the 21st century, it is critical that we are able to recruit andretain the most talented students, regardless of gender or race/ethnic background. Unfortunately,engineering schools continue to be challenged by student retention, and, for example, only about70% of entering engineering freshman at our large public university graduate with anengineering degree within six years. Although

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Education, 2016A Civil Infrastructure System Perspective – Not just the Built Environment1 IntroductionBased on a perceived need within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at theUniversity of Utah to increase faculty and student awareness of 1) the national infrastructurecrisis and 2) a departmental-wide pedagogical approach to engineering instruction with a moreholistic, global understanding of infrastructure systems, three faculty members attended the 2ndAnnual Infrastructure Education Workshop on Pedagogies of Engagement in InfrastructureClassrooms. Hosted by the Center for Infrastructure Transformation and Education (CIT-E), over30 national faculty members participated in a three-day, best-practices teaching seminar

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida; Navid Khoshavi, University of Central Florida; Steven D. Pyle, University of Central Florida; John Edison, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

their preferred time within a one-week Evaluation Window in aGTA-proctored Evaluation and Proficiency Center (EPC). Third, utilizing the Vygotskianconcept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and Bruner’s Scaffolding Theory 1 astheoretical frameworks, learners review their evaluation results with Content GTAs, who areavailable to tutor due to the abridged homework and exam grading loads. Finally, learnersrequiring additional explanation visit their instructor to resolve concerns mediated astask/response flows within their individualized Learner Electronic Workspace.EPICS uses a layered remediation hierarchy to resolve two fundamental hurdles to utilizingelectronic evaluation within STEM curricula. First, a taxonomy of online assessment

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeLean Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

labeled engineering or not, canserve a unique role for African American boys. These experiences may inspire them to pursueengineering degrees, can contribute to the students’ development of engineering skills,knowledge, behaviors. Furthermore, the experiences may positively impact their engineeringself-efficacy through their college years. Although all students may not continue into engineeringcareers these skills are transferable to many career and challenges. [1, 2] For those AfricanAmerican males, who complete STEM degrees, they will be our problems solvers who willaddress the technological challenges to come. While society is bombarded with propagandaaround the challenges and failures that African American male students experience

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Maite Brandt-Pearce, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Robert M. Weikle, University of Virginia; Lloyd R. Harriott, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

sense.When we expose students to component models without giving them an experiential context fortheir application, we run the risk that they will never develop a sense of what happens when themodel limits are exceeded, and the implications that might have on an overall systems leveldesign. Also, we run the risk of overwhelming them with theory and having them lose interestaltogether.In the larger picture, we must also prepare engineers to address the "Grand Challenges" of thefuture.1 Virtually all of these challenges involve electrical and computer engineering to anextraordinary degree. Let us consider several that are enumerated by the National Academy ofEngineering."Make Solar Energy Economical" would appear to be, on the surface, a problem in

Conference Session

Assessment I: Developing Assessment Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wajid Hussain, The Islamic University in Madinah; Fong K. Mak P.E., Gannon University; Mohammad Faroug Addas, The Islamic University in Madinah

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Educational Research and Methods

of the art digital technology is essential forCQI in education.II. Methodology for AssessmentThe Faculty of Engineering at the Islamic University of Madinah has studied various options fordeveloping its assessment methodology and systems [5,6,7,8,9] to establish actual CQI and not just tofulfill accreditation requirements of ABET [49] or NCAAA [48]. The following points summarizethe essential elements chosen by the faculty to implement state-of-the-art assessment systems forachieving realistic CQI in engineering education: 1. OBE assessment model 2. ABET, Engineering and Accreditation Commission (EAC) outcomes assessment model employing Program Educational Objectives (PEOs), 11 EAC Student Outcomes (SOs) and Performance

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Learning and Engagement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Semmens, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

earned his Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and is a decorated combat infantryman. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Running head: PRECEDENCE DIAGRAMS AND LEARNING 1 Inventing the Precedence Diagram as Preparation for Future Learning Abstract Visualizations and diagrams help us organize many facets of data in SystemsEngineering, from Pareto charts to fish bone diagrams. Typical instruction often introduces thebest form of the graphical aid actively, and in doing so, ties it directly to the task. However, amajor goal of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, 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; Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

differences exist between male and female students regarding preferences forvarious pedagogical practices, such as collaborative learning. Additionally, we know thatstudents may construe an instructor’s gender as influencing their capacity to be role models,teach effectively, and produce scholarship. Less well known is how male and female instructorsview specific classroom strategies, as well as how often they use those strategies. To aidunderstanding, the newly developed Value, Expectancy, and Cost of Testing EducationalReforms Survey (VECTERS) was applied. VECTERS was based on expectancy theory,implying instructor decisions to integrate, or not integrate, classroom strategies are based on (1)perceived value for both students and self, (2

Conference Session

Professional Skills development in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mark Dawidow, Harding University; James L. Huff, Harding University; Keelin Siomha Leahy, University of Limerick

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Design in Engineering Education

developed method to overcome theproblems of fixation is 77 Design Heuristics. This method for generating design concepts comesin the form of 77 cards, each with a different cognitive prompt for generating a solution (e.g.,reduce material, flatten). By using the cards, engineers and engineering students are able toexpand their horizons of possible solutions to challenging design problems.Using a first-year engineering course, we integrated the 77 Design Heuristics cards to documenthow these students develop final concepts in relation to their initial ideas. We analyzed 12 first-year engineering students, distributed across 3 different design teams. Our findings demonstratekey influences that did foster idea fluency (Theme 1: Influence of 77 Cards on

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental & Research-to-Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Utah State University; Christina Marie Sias, Utah State University; Anne Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

engagement.We define educational innovations as instructional and curricular elements that have nottraditionally been implemented as part of classroom practices, yet are considered to be effectivefor enhancing learning.1 Thus, we maintain that instructional approaches such as place basedlearning, project based learning, inquiry, and curriculum integration to be educationalinnovations because these approaches have not been part of the traditional instructionalapproaches of K-12 teachers. For example, while there are expectations that science teachersmay be engaging their students in inquiry activities, evidence suggests that the majority of theteachers engage their students in a level of inquiry is commensurate with essentially followingscripts.9 Thus

Conference Session

SDR & Programming in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley G. Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park; Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Shuvra Bhattacharyya, University of Maryland, College Park, and Tampere University of Technology; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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Electrical and Computer

traditionalclass.IntroductionFor several decades now there has been an increasing emphasis to put active-learning infreshman engineering.1-3 A central feature of active-learning settings is the affordances forcollaborative settings and student-centered instruction, which have been shown to havecognitive, affective, and persistence advantages for students.4 While a large number of theseefforts have focused on freshman design courses, there has been some effort to shift the emphasisto introductory programming courses. A standalone computational platform in the form of amicro-processor is often used as the “brain” of a design project; likewise a microprocessor canbe necessary when translating programming instruction from didactic, lecture-based, andprofessor-centered

Conference Session

Assessment I: Developing Assessment Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

by using weekly group-based quizzes that were completed in the classroomthat permitted open interaction with the instructor. The approach is unique in the following ways:1) Interaction with the instructor is permitted: The instructor can give the concerned student/shints/guidance if necessary, since all the material being tested is fresh and the students have nothad time to prepare. This eliminates the need for plagiarism. One of the main goals of this pilotproject was to develop a means of continuous evaluation of the student's acquisition ofknowledge by eliminating the effect of plagiarism that occurs in the traditional homework basedapproach. Another benefit of communication with the instructor is that it helps build a rapportbetween the

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Learning and Engagement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Educational Research and Methods

, identical to those within the survey shown in Appendix A, to help them answerquestions such as the ones below related to confidence.Journal entry responses (n=165) were collected. For use of this work-in-progress, and to betterexplain the fullness of their experiences, only (n=8) participants who completed both surveys, aswell as a journal entry, were used to allow for mixing of the data during analysis. Demographicsof the eight participants within this work-in-progress can be found in Table 1: Pseudonym Major Year Gender Barney Civil Engineering 2 Male Billy Mechanical Engineering 3 Male

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Trends in Accreditation and Assessment

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan M. Hicks, University of Florida; Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

design, however, presentsengineering programs with two major challenges: placing limits on the “breadth” of eachoutcome; and clarifying the inherent vagueness in each outcome (or, defining the “specificity” ofeach outcome).1 ABET intentionally writes their student outcomes with a degree of vagueness toavoid engineering programs from adopting prescriptive curricular design and to allowengineering programs to have flexibility and freedom of interpretation. However, this vaguenessmay confuse engineering programs about how to address each outcome effectively.1 To addressthese types of issues, McGourty, Besterfield-Sacre, and Shuman called for operationaldescriptions of each outcome; although, they admitted that determining the specificity would bea

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra J McCall, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

mostengineering disciplines, we focus our discussion solely on professional identity formation withinthe civil engineering discipline. To reinforce the relationship between the history of the civilengineering profession and students’ professional identity formation, we review the literature onthese two areas of inquiry. In particular, we will frame our paper using the following keydiscussion points: 1) providing a brief overview of key historical events of civil engineering inthe United States; 2) discussing the influence of this history on instructor pedagogies and studentlearning within civil engineering education; and 3) conceptualizing this learning process as ameans of professional identity formation.From this work, we will begin to understand how

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Electrical and Computer

for quality instruction design inengineering education. Effective content delivery fosters learners’ cognitive abilities inunderstanding structures and organization of content. In flipped lectures, instructors encounteradditional challenges. While acknowledging learners’ characteristics and needs, the ways thatinstructors deliver content so as not undermine students’ authority over their own learning isof the utmost concern. We have established a model for quality teaching in flipped classrooms.The model has been applied to and tested in multiple electrical engineering courses over the pastfour years. 1-4 Learning activities in reformed classrooms are problem-centered and group-based.Results from previous studies have shown that balanced

Conference Session

Integrating Systems Engineering into the Capstone Project

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred J. Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

system competencies that capstone project students (among other) should learn. Theseinclude: 1. Applying a system stakeholder view of values, trade-offs and optimization of a system. Stated another way, is the system concept, design and operation as it evolves what the stakeholders really want? 2. Defining a project as interconnected subsystems. 3. Understanding a system’s interactions and states (modes). 4. Specifying system technical requirements. 5. Creating and analyzing high-level designs including concept architectures and implementations, and (for example) HW/SW functional trade-offs. 6. Assessing solution feasibility, completeness and consistency. 7. Performing failure mode and risk analyses.Contrasting these

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ECE-related Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University; Jacob Massa, Rutgers University; Dan Battey, Rutgers University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

on the genderedinterplay of institutions and individuals’ everyday experiences in engineering. Our analyticalcategorization of the reviewed literature resulted in the following distribution: 10 texts underdivision of labor, 15 texts under symbols, and 10 texts under identities. Appendix 1 presents alisting of the reviewed literature for the division of labor and identities categories including theirrespective number of citations as of February 2016, study contexts, and participant profiles.Our analysis of the research examines the extent to which Faulkner’s call for disrupting theheterosexist mapping of the technical/social dualism to masculine instrumentalism/feminineexpressiveness was pursued. 11 This allowed us to trace the intellectual

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; William Joseph Stuart P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Bethany B. Smith, Arizona State University

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Materials

: American Society of Engineering Education, Life time member Society of Manufacturing Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers PUBLICATIONS (i)Most Closely Related [1] W.J. Stuart ’Problem Based Case Learning - Composite Materials Course De- velopment – Examples and classroom reflections’ NEW Conference, Oct 2011 [2] W.J. Stuart and Bedard R. (EPRI) ’Ocean Renewable Energy Course Evolution and Status’ presented at Energy Ocean Pacific & Oregon Wave Energy Trust Conference, Sept. 2010. [3] W.J. Stuart, Wave energy 101, presented at Ore- gon Wave Energy Symposium, Newport, OR, Sept. 2009. [4] W.J. Stuart, Corrosion considerations when c American Society for Engineering

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Student Success II: Self-Regulatory, Metacognitive, and Professional Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chen, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Educational Research and Methods

mechanicalengineering majors only. More details of the courses at each time point are provided in Table I. As shown in Table I, the exam wrapper was tested at all time points while the quizcorrection was only tested during the fall 2014 quarter. During each quarter, when two or moresections of the same course were tested, the sections were combined and the results are reportedfor this entire group for each course. Figures 1 and 2 below show the exam wrapper and the quizcorrection used. Table I: Description of courses and study populations in tests No. of Total Quarter Tool tested Course sections students MajorsFall 2014 EW, QCa

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

; Section III presentsoverviews of sample experiments; and Section IV summarizes the lessons learned.II. Analog Discovery BoardThe analog discovery board combines a full suite of common electronic measurement tools into asingle, portable USB-powered device, as detailed in Table 1. Technology advancements such aslow-cost high-performance FPGAs have dramatically reduced the cost of implementing thefunctionality of these instruments, and digital signal processing has supplanted historicallyanalog functionality. In addition, instrument control and data display, processing, and storageare carried out via a USB-interfaced computer running the Digilent Waveforms software, ratherthan costly on-board hardware. With the ubiquity of laptops on campus, the

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

a well-defined problem, and are ready to consideralternative solutions. The most famous, and original, process surrounding team brainstorming isOsborn-Parnes, and this method portrays multiple places where such team events can beeffective.12,13 Figure 1 shows a common version of this process, depicting six separateopportunities for brainstorming or cycles of divergent and convergent thought:   14 Figure 1: The Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving (CPS) ProcessA quick inspection of this visual guide reveals that creative exploration is