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Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meera NK Singh P.Eng, University of Calgary; Leszek Sudak P.Eng., University of Calgary; Philip Egberts P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Mechanics

styles using the Felder-Soloman index of learning styles (ILS) survey.The analysis shows that there are program-specific systemic barriers hindering student success.Furthermore, the learning style survey results indicate that student learning could improved byadopting a more balanced approach to teaching. Associated learning tools, specific to thedynamics curriculum, designed to address the learning outliers are suggested.1 IntroductionThe Schulich School of Engineering (SSE) at the University of Calgary consists of fivedepartments (Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Geomatics, and Mechanical Engineering) and offersspecialized majors programs such as Oil and Gas. All students in the SSE take commonengineering courses in the first year of their

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Engineering Alignment with Core Curriculum (Physics)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Jennifer H. Rushing, Central Coast New Tech High

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Engineering Physics & Physics, Pre-College Engineering Education Division

 which would aid K­12 teachers in effectively incorporating engineering into curricula in an integrated manner.   Introduction The relatively new science standards outlined in the National Research Council’s “Framework  1​for K­12 Science Education”​  and the “Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By  2​States”​ document three dimensions of all standards (1) a limited number of disciplinary core ideas (2) scientific and engineering practices for examining these ideas, and (3) crosscutting concepts.  These are set within a context of an ongoing developmental process and integration or coupling of core ideas and scientific practices to develop performance expectations. The emphasis on practices help to

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Best Papers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Steven Brill, New York University; Jared Alan Frank, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

activities to integrate engineering concepts in science classrooms and labs of dozens of New York City public schools. He received NYU Tandon’s 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2014 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award, 2002 Jacobs Innovation Grant, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distinguished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University Dis- tinguished Teaching Award at NYU. In 2004, he was selected for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of NYU Tandon’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have in- cluded 3 edited books, 7 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 55 journal articles, and

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique S. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan McGrade, Indiana Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

difference between Black students who activelyparticipated in a local NSBE chapter and those Black students who were not active NSBEmembers. The research questions for this study are the following: 1. What effect does NSBE membership have on graduation rates at the university? 2. What are students’ perceptions of the impact of participation in NSBE?Theoretical framework The theoretical framework of social integration is rooted in Durkeim’s seminal work onsocial conditions, and is described as the extent to which individuals participate in a broad rangeof social relationships13. The results of studies in medicine suggest that social integrationdecreases an individual’s susceptibility to depression, recurrence of cancer, and

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University; Ashok Ranade, EE Collaborative

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Diversity

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International

critical than ever for all the economies. It requirescompetent individuals, and capable institutions to nurture those individuals. We need to identify,assess and develop entrepreneurial competencies of individuals and identify requirements, assessand develop capabilities of institutions to meet those requirements in order to breed successfulentrepreneurs (Figure 1). This paper concentrates on identifying competencies of individuals. Individual * Identify Competencies * Assess * Develop Successful

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Engineering Physics Technical Session 4

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Aric Martin Gillispie, University of Central Oklahoma; Adam Dorety, University of Central Oklahoma; Andrew Meier, The University of Central Oklahoma; Shahram Riahinezhad

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. These projects will be transformative for the students and expose them to HPC “at scale.” The projects require the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) on an HPC system; intentionally exposing students to a new way of doing things. The issues that students must confront include: 1) complex geometric modeling that result in very large file sizes, 2) meshing geometries that are large or require many nodes, 3) transitioning files generated on a desktop computer to a HPC environment, 4) understanding navigation and use of an HPC system, 5) understanding the use of parallelism in a distributed computing environment, 6) quantifying results, and 7) visualizing results.  The goal of this work is to impact the student’s long term ability to deal

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Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Saed Talib Amer, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

. Sustainability is an important issue for any organization in thetwenty first century and has become an integral part of the engineering practices and policies.Engineers have a critical role to achieve this with sustainable development. Engineers should notignore the challenges and opportunities that arise from the needing sustainability development,and sustainability is a key driver for new directions in engineering all the way from design tomanufacturing. Systems thinking, problem-finding, visualizing, improving, creative problem-solving and adaptability are the six types of cognitive abilities that engineering students need todevelop as identified by the Royal Academy of Engineering [1]. All the above mentionedrequires an understanding of multiple

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

hard-of-hearing women faculty. Project objectives include: 1) Refine and strengthen targeted institutional structures, and install practices that promote representation and advancement of women faculty. 2) Improve the quality of women faculty work life, professional development, and incentive/reward structures. 3) Align institutional, administrative, and informal systems of power and resources to support and sustain progress by shaping the political frameworks that impact representation and advancement of women. 4) Enhance the working environment and support career advancement for women faculty using symbolic measures that emphasize issues of meaning within the organization.Other concurrent

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Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuqiu You, Ohio University

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Manufacturing

in an image. For instance, suppose a systematic source of noise in an imagecauses many pixels to have one “noisy” gray level. Then a histogram can be used to determinewhat the noise gray level is in order to attempt to remove or neutralize the noise. Figure 1 belowshows an image that has all its pixel gray levels clustered between two relatively close values. Inthis image, all pixel gray values are between 120 and 180 gray levels. As a result, the image isnot very clear and details are not visible. If the histogram is equalized such that the same 16 graylevels present in the image are spread out between 1 and 255 gray levels, at intervals of 17 units.Then, due to the equalization, the image will be vastly improved. The histogram chart

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida; Chang-Yu Wu, University of Florida; Treavor Boyer, University of Florida; Trisha de Torres; Maria Korolev, University of Florida; Philip J. Brucat, Department of Chemistry / University of Florida

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Plans for additional re-design of the model and further study are discussed.Introduction The current number of engineering students is not adequate for meeting the needs of theprojected workforce and research suggests that the profession is not attracting a diverse studentpopulation1. In the U.S., the dropout rate has been reported to be in the range of 40%2. Twoattributes characterize engineering majors: (1) they are disproportionately male, and (2) thosethat graduate are more than likely to have declared engineering as their major when theymatriculated to college (i.e. students are not likely to change their majors to engineering). Undergraduate engineering in the U.S. is in need of reform that addresses the retention ofa

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Krista Lynn Adams, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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New Engineering Educators

practices for incorporating cross-disciplinaryexperiences for students into engineering coursework. This paper describes the implementationof a cross-disciplinary experience between engineering and elementary education students.Lessons learned by the course instructors and the subsequent adjustments to the projectimplementation are discussed in the hopes that future instructors of cross-disciplinaryexperiences will benefit.IntroductionCommunicating technical information across disciplines increasingly plays an important role ingraduate success. However, the college experience provides few formal opportunities to learnand develop these skills [1, 2]. One option is to provide opportunities for students in differentdisciplines to work together on

Conference Session

Assessment Within Engineering Design Graphics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Glossner, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Timothy Daniel Kostar, Daniel Webster College; David N Guo, Daniel Webster College; Jennifer McInnis, Daniel Webster College; Linda Marquis, Daniel Webster College

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Engineering Design Graphics

multiple course-level outcomes are assessed by a single gradebookentry. Thus, it still may not provide enough granularity in assessment.To validate our approach, the ACAT software has been updated to accept Moodle's course-leveloutcomes. Our school has run an experiment in which a sampling of courses were evaluatedusing both gradebook entries and independent assessment of course-level outcomes usingMoodle's outcomes. In this paper, we will report on these findings and the correlation betweenmeasuring a few course-level outcomes per gradebook item and the independent Moodle-basedassessment.Figure 1. Screen shot showing the instructor’s courses and the list of approved course outcomes for ease and consistency of

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin J. Reagle, George Mason University; Oscar Barton Jr., George Mason University; Kenneth S. Ball P.E., George Mason University; Sharon A. Caraballo, George Mason University; Abe Eftekhari; Rodolfo Napisa

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Admission Compact The GMU-NOVA Dual Admission Compact for Mechanical Engineering is designed tooutline a pathway from a successful completion of the Associate of Science (A.S.) degree inEngineering to the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical Engineering. Dualadmission status consists of non-degree status at GMU for students who are full-time degreeseeking students at NOVA. Access into the Compact is established using the followingeligibility requirements: 1. Plan to earn an Associate of Science (A.S.) degree from NOVA Community College 2. Plan to pursue the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in GMU School of Engineering within one year of completing the A.S. degree 3. Have earned 18 or fewer transferable college credits

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadra Guizani, Purdue Univeristy; Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education

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Student

creates a more open relationship between graduate students, making a betterenvironment for research and creation.IntroductionLaTeX is a document preparation system that is widely used to write research papers, theses, anddissertations. LaTeX is especially suited to create technical and scientific documents 1 . H´ector andNadra, the authors of this paper, needed to write masters theses and journal publications usingLaTeX. Both of us had no experience using LaTeX, putting us in the tough position of learningLaTeX in a very short amount of time. At the time, we were both students of the Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) department. We perceived the ECE climate as one in which LaTeXwas viewed as a tool that should have been learned implicitly

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation

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Continuing Professional Development

- Annual conference of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). His current research interests are engineering education, software engineering, and developing innovative entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Examining effect of Goal Clarity on Faculty PerformanceIntroductionFaculty members (teachers) remain the pivotal point for the success of any education system.Globally the systems are undergoing changes, compelling a ‘rethink’ on the roles of the faculty.The new media communication (NMC) report has used the word ‘rethink’ to mean, ‘the problemis understood but solutions are elusive’ 1. This indicates that there is a need for more research

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Innovative Teaching

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria; Obasegun Tekena Ayodele, IEEE Educational Activities; Olubiyi Olaoluwa Akintade, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.; KAZEEM Olaide Olawale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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Computers in Education

the manufacturer, operator and/or other connected devices. A simple IoT buildingblock is shown in Figure 1. Each object within the network is uniquely identifiable, can beaccessed through a network and can be controlled using lightweight software. Though IoT is stillemerging, there have been such projections that as many as 100 billion IoT devices would beinterconnected by 2025 with a global economic impact of more than $11 trillion. This is largelydue to the anticipated IoT impact on agriculture, healthcare, energy management, security, etc. OBJECTS/ APPLICATIONS CLOUD THINGS Figure 1: A simple IoT

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Engineering Management: Supply Chain, Systems Thinking, and Lean Initiatives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Andreas Jattke, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt; Ahmad R Sarfaraz, California State University, Northridge

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

Engineering Education, 2016 An Innovative Approach to Offering a Global Supply Chain Class for Engineering Managers in an International ContextIntroduction to International Context in Higher EducationThere is a growing movement in higher education institutions in the United States as well as inEurope to encourage students to study abroad. The reason for this is so that students can get earlyexposure to different cultures and experience the intricacies and challenges of working withcolleagues from different countries and varying cultures.1 Additionally, ABET Outcome h statesthat a student should be able to experience the broad education necessary to understand theimpact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.2

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Graham Harrison, EIT, Elizabeth City State University; Mark Vincent Long, Elizabeth City State University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

mounted to aircraft components and acted upon by a force. The real-time signals,received from strain gages, will be in turn transferred to LabVIEW software program in order tocalculate and plot strain and stress values. Comparing the relationship of the stress and straindistribution curves proves the effectiveness of the experiment.TheoryIn order to simulate this process, the theory of pure bending will be utilized to obtain engineeringstrain values from a specimen under a specific load. Pure bending will allow a section of thespecimen to undergo a constant bending moment, due to the absence of shear forces within thespecific section. Figure 1 shows a specimen in pure bending set up, as well as the associatedshear and moment diagrams4. As

Conference Session

Circuits & Systems Education II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Moscola, York College of Pennsylvania

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Electrical and Computer

each student does final assembly, soldering, and debugging oftheir completed PCBs. The final step is configuring the firmware on the Bluetooth module anddeveloping a user interface on the LCD.1 IntroductionThe engineering programs at York College of Pennsylvania have always placed a heavy emphasison hands-on learning. Experiential learning is a core component of these programs from students’very first semester. This paper describes a Bluetooth audio amplifier project that was recentlycompleted by undergraduate computer engineering students in an embedded systems course. Theamplifier accepts connections from Bluetooth audio sources such as smartphones, tablets andcomputers. The wireless audio signal is amplified and output via a standard pair

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group; Leticia C. Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford University; Humera Fasihuddin, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

or other infrastructure and attracting outside and/or internalinvestment to expand I&E offerings on campus.A factor analysis was conducted to measure success at the individual level by using PrincipalComponents Analysis as the extraction method. Items for the success construct, consisting ofthree questions from the UIF annual survey that mapped onto the success model, used a 1-5Likert scale (1 = not at all  5= extremely). The corresponding factor loadings for each questionare shown below (Table 1). Table 1: Factor loading for individual success variable Success measure at the individual level (α=.711) Factor Loadings Q34. How well did/do you understand the I&E landscape on your

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; Nathan E Canney, Seattle University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Colorado Boulder. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Professional Formation of Engineers’ Imaginaries of “the Public”: Early- Concept Exploratory Research The notion that engineers apply technical expertise to address societal problems lies at theheart of official articulations about the engineering profession.1 Seminal publications by theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE) refer to engineers as “a key force in the improvementof our economic well-being, health, and quality of life,”2 as forward-thinking innovators who“make a world of difference,”3 and as agents of technical solutions that can “ensure thesustainability of civilization and the health of its

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2B: Strategies for Writing and Communication Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Lynn Larson, University of Calgary; Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary; Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; William Daniel Rosehart P.Eng., University of Calgary

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First-Year Programs

(1988) punctuatedequilibrium model6 (Figure 1). Gersick’s model predicts that teams show little observableprogress at first, but experience a crucial transition point around the project midpoint6.Combining Gersick’s and March’s (1991) models, a logical transition would be from exploratorylearning behaviors at first to exploitative behaviors past the midpoint. The rationale is thatexploratory behaviors are often necessary and helpful when beginning a new unfamiliar project.At those early stages, using existing knowledge may be insufficient. Thus, at early stages,exploratory behaviors are helpful while exploitative ones are harmful. Importantly, at laterstages, this relationship reverses. At some point the team needs to transition from

Conference Session

Construction Session 3: Curriculum

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

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Construction

engineering technology department at our university activelyparticipates in recruitment opportunities with regional and local schools at varied age levels. Aspart of our informational table, we often use an interactive construction activity through buildingtower structures. “Today’s hot new toys are teaching kids how to innovate.” 1 Research suggeststhat building toys hone spatial skills and that kids as young as 5 can grasp many of the conceptsneeded to build.1 Our tower project is received very positively by participating students and is agreat example of a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activity.For over 20 years in Maine, several professional engineering societies such as the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Thomas Bannerman, The Ohio State University; Andrew Theiss, The Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University

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Manufacturing

as a poster presentation at a formalresearch forum.Project DetailsSpecifically, students are given a detailed problem statement with objectives, idealcharacteristics, required features, required constraints, and specific tasks. Excerpts from theproblem statement are given in this section. The acronym for the device the student teams createis the “Nanofunctionalized Assay Nested in an Onboard Laboratory Yielding SpecificExpeditious Results” or NANOLYSER. The project objectives are as follows:1. Exposure to various fields of engineering – specifically, how nanotechnology approaches can be utilized for various applications in many fields2. Experience in essential time management, task scheduling, and project management skills3. Experience in

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the world’s wealthiest citizens. 1 In response, a moremodern vision for engineering education promotes “a world where all people have access to basicresources and knowledge to meet their self-identified engineering and economic developmentneeds.” 2 By providing students the opportunity to explore the engineering curriculum as it appliesto the challenges of globalization, population explosion, resource depletion, and so on, we arepromoting and contributing to a more socially aware and responsible profession: “Addressing theneeds of clean water, sanitation, energy, shelter, etc. is no longer an option for the engineeringprofession; it is an ethical obligation. Both engineering practice and engineering education needto be considered.” 3

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Rust, Western New England University; Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G. Meyer, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

implemented in a sophomore level course in biomedicalengineering at Western New England University. Results from assessment using pre- and post-module surveys showed increased student-reported knowledge/ability regarding a variety ofEML concepts, including opportunity recognition and communicating solutions in terms ofsocietal benefits. Additionally, while the present activity used QS to investigate a biomedical-related problem, the module could be tailored to fit the needs of a variety of engineeringdisciplines so as to engage other students in EML.IntroductionRecently, there has been significant interest within the engineering education community toproduce engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset.1-3 Students with this mindset are oftenhighly

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

. Authorshave focused on establishing curriculum suitable for video, techniques for video development,and assessment of video use. These studies will be used to provide insight into creating a videofor a laboratory or design project. The fundamental difference is that these videos are notreplacing lectures typically delivered during class time. Instead, they intend to reduce the amountof one on one instruction required for fundamentals of course topics.The fundamentals of video instruction are important for addressing what aspects of thecurriculum can be covered in a video and how to implement the video in the course. A rule ofthumb is for the video to focus on curriculum, student involvement, and professionalopportunities.1 A wide variety of courses

Conference Session

Technology-Related Educational Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Sai Yuen, University of California - Riverside; Alex Daniel Edgcomb, University of California - Riverside; Frank Vahid, University of California - Riverside

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

 questions, with 73% earnestly attempting 80%­100%.  Only 1% of students blatantly "cheat the system" by earnestly attempting less than 20% of questions. Thus, the heartening conclusion is that students will take advantage of a well­designed learning opportunity rather than just quickly earning points.  We noted that earnestness decreased as a course progressed, with analyses indicating the decrease being mostly due to tiredness or some other student factor, rather than increasing difficulty. We also found that analyzing per­question earnestness can help question authors find questions that need improvement.  In addition to providing results of our earnestness analysis, this paper also describes the style by which the learning questions were made

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

different forms. Dym et al.1 identified thefollowing approaches to characterize design thinking: “design thinking as divergent-convergent questioning, thinking about design systems, making design decisions, designthinking in a team environment, and language of engineering design”. According to Brown 2,some characteristics of the profile of a design thinker include “empathy, integrative thinking,optimism, experimentalism and collaboration”. The commonality between these approachesand aspects is that design skills are understood and experienced by different individualsdifferently. This may be attributed to the context of the design activities, prior knowledge ofthe learner, personally meaningful connections, and other humanistic factors.In this paper

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Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Mechanical Engineering

degreesMany Universities in Europe have adapted to, or tried to adapt to an educational structure thatfacilitates exchange and mobility often referred to as the Bologna process. This structure isbased on three degree cycles: Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral [1]. The structure is sometimesreferred to as the “3-5-8”-structure, with a 3-year bachelors program, a 2-year mastersprogram and a 3-year doctoral program.In several countries in Europe, traditional engineering professional degree programs of four tosix years existed long before the ambitions to create a uniform structure emerged. In somecountries, more academic oriented programs coexisted in parallel with the professionalprograms. At the moment, various countries and educational systems have