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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Another worksthree jobs – as a nurse in an assistive care home for the elderly, a Spanish tutor for business Page 26.1127.6people, and a clerical assistant on campus – while being a full-time engineering student at CSM.In the midst of this economic activity, CSM continues to be positioned as a “best bargain school”where students wanting to major in financially rewarding careers like petroleum engineeringbenefit from relatively low tuition and little expectations of possessing the kinds of social andcultural capitals associated with Ivy League schools. Furthermore, CSM’s location with respectto this economic activity allows many LIFG students to

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Development as Faculty and Researcher: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, University of Washington Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT); Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Educational Research and Methods

learning community is for new faculty and instructional staff to gettheir careers off to an efficient and productive start. It is intended to provide a culture of supportfor (primarily) teaching, and (secondarily) research and service, in a relaxing and collegialenvironment. Specific goals of the community are to help faculty 1) plan, implement and manageeffective in-class and out-of-class instruction, 2) develop and use instructional materials, 3) applyresearch-based techniques of effective instruction, 4) plan and implement evaluations ofinstruction, 5) mentor students and be mentored by senior faculty colleagues, and 6) makeeffective use of departmental, college, and campus instructional resources.Staff members from the college’s Academy for

Conference Session

Survey and Assessment Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David L. Little II, Oregon State University; Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Dr. Kathleen Quardokus Fisher is a post doctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She is currently participating in a project that supports the use of evidence-based instructional practices in undergraduate STEM courses through developing communities of practice. Her research interests focus on understanding how organizational change occurs in higher education with respect to teaching and learning in STEM courses.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a

Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Computers in Education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E Morris, Portland State University; Jack C. Straton, Portland State University; Lisa H Weasel, Portland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Past and planned course schedule. (*Possibly adjunct-taught)Program evaluationThe Research Group at University of California Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science iscontracted to evaluate the impact and merit of the program by examining the quality andeffectiveness of its project deliverables and the implementation of these deliverables for itsprimary audiences. The evaluation employs a variety of instruments and approaches at variousphases of the project to determine the extent to which the project deliverables foster a deeperunderstanding of the applications of nanotechnology as well as the social, economic and moralissues surrounding the field, and provide hands-on lab experiences and enhance awareness ofand preparedness for careers in

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

following First-Year Program objectives wereestablished: 1. Provide students with the opportunity to experience engineering as an evolving, creative and interdisciplinary career that impacts global society and daily life. 2. Provide students with the opportunity to develop process-driven problem solving skills that recognize multiple alternatives and apply critical thinking to identify an effective solution. 3. Provide students with the opportunity to integrate math and science in an engineering context. 4. Create motivated and passionate engineering students by challenging them with authentic engineering problems across multiple disciplines. 5. Instill in our students the professional, personal and academic behaviors and common

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Eric Kuo, Stanford University; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Michael M. Hull, Wayne State College

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

theirsubsequent engineering courses and careers? Faculty often mention “problem solving skills” and“conceptual understanding”; but decades of physics and engineering education research havebarely addressed this question empirically.1-3Some engineering educators argue that traditional close-ended, well-structured and well-definedproblem-solving of the type demanded by end-of-chapter problems in physics textbooks isimportant to emphasize, because it develops skills that students can build on and apply in laterengineering classes. Others argue that mathematical sense-making—translating and seekingcoherence between mathematical formalism and physical reasoning (often intuitive), usingmathematics flexibly as part of sense-making about the physical world—is

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emre Tokgoz, Quinnipiac University

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Computing & Information Technology

programming language depended on the complexity of the problem. Particularly mathematicians preferred to solve the problem by hand if the problem doesn’t appear to be too complicated.Research Question 3Numerical value calculations’ of power series or error term graphs/values is one of the calculusand numerical analysis concepts that some of the engineering and mathematics majors learn duringtheir undergraduate or graduate education. Use of technology to calculate the Numerical values ofpower series or error term graphs/values of functions are not taught by calculus professors at everyuniversity; however it can play an important role in engineering and mathematics courses to betaken later or students’ future careers. Questionnaire and video

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

“Professional Issues” course to cover topics,such as ethics, which are related to the professional practice of engineering. These coursescommonly utilize case studies focusing on ethics as the basis for student discussions.1 Measuringthe student learning resulting from the case study process is often very subjective, difficult toquantify, inconsistent between evaluators, and costly to administer.2,3 Determining changes instudent learning from freshman to senior year is also different to quantify.Proficiency in engineering professional skills, such as ethics, as described in ABET criterion 3 -student outcomes4, is critical for success in the multidisciplinary, intercultural team interactionsthat characterize 21st century engineering careers. These

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd College; Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College; Darryl H Yong, Harvey Mudd College; Rebecca M Eddy, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.; Nancy Hankel, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Dr. Eddy received her doctorate in Applied Cognitive Psychology and has spent her career focused on ap- plying the principles of learning and cognition to evaluation of educational programs. Her work includes published articles and client technical reports as President of Cobblestone Applied Research & Evalu- ation, Inc. and a faculty member at Claremont Graduate University. Work at Cobblestone focuses on advancing the numbers of underrepresented minority students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Dr. Eddy has conducted evaluation or applied research studies on numerous university projects including clients programs funded by the National Science Foundation; U.S. Depart- ment

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jayma Koval, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sabrina Grossman, CEISMC: Georgia Tech; Nancy Anna Newsome, CEISMC - Georgia Tech; Marcela Nicole Moreno, CEISMC

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Unlock Potential) and Earsketch: An Authentic, Studio-Based STEAM Approach to High School Computing Education. She is also a coordinator for GoSTEM- a collaboration between Georgia Tech and Gwinnett County Public Schools. She graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in History, Technology and Society with a minor in International Affairs. During her undergraduate career, she interned with CEISMC’s summer programs division for three years before moving into her current position. She is currently working to- ward her Master in City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech with a focus on environmental and health planning. She coordinates events, purchasing, and payments for her four

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Susan E. Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University

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Mathematics

Conference Session

Concepts and Conceptual Knowledge

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Suzanne Wallace; Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Construction Engineering, 211 Kearney Hall, 1491 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR 97331 Phone: 509-499-5187 Email: bornasaf@onid.oregonstate.eduDr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize practicing engineers’ understand- ings of core engineering concepts. Page 26.391.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

significant attention in CE education programs because that KSA set isaddressed during the Engineer Intern process. That is and broadly speaking, formaleducation stresses analysis and, while it may include some creativity/innovation content,creativity/innovation are learned as part of design during the pre-licensure experience.My career includes three decades in full-time private and public practice. Informed bythat experience, I know that many Engineer Interns will receive at least modest designassignments. However, those tasks will tend to be carried out in a conventional mannerusing algorithmic approaches largely devoid of creativity/innovation expectations

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI

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Diversity, International Forum

program in 2015.Ms. Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University Meghan M. Alexander is the assistant director for Engineering International Programs at Texas A&M University. She has an M.Ed. in Counseling and over 15 years experience in international education and partnerships.Mr. Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education A graduate of the Masters in Government and Public Policy by te Universidad Aut´onoma de Yucat´an (UADY) , workink since 2 years ago as Head of the Department of Planning and Strategic Projects at the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education of the Yucatan Government in Mexico . Throughout his career he has worked in entrepreneurial activities

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayora Berry, Boston University; Don DeRosa, Boston University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline Community College; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Kristine R. Csavina, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Douglas Karl Faust, Seattle Central College; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 26.1323.11 potential to both create and make visible a wide range of connections—what I might call integration in time and integration in the person (phrases I arrived at after talking with Lauren). Regarding the former, I described to Lauren my hope that the reflection activity we discussed helped the learners inquestion—graduate students interested in engineering education—relate their experiences in an onlineworkshop to prior experiences and knowledge about engineering education, as well as to anticipatedexperiences in their academic careers. Ideally, learners would gain more from the online workshopexperiences by understanding them in this larger temporal context. What I am calling integration in the person is another

Conference Session

Best Papers in K-12 / Pre-college Division

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Elizabeth Anne Parry, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the E4 Project, which examines the impact of two engineeringcurricula on students’ learning about engineering and science, as well as their interests in andattitudes towards careers in science and engineering. One of the two curricula is EiE, and is thefocus of the present study; the present study does not include data from the other curriculum. TheE4 Project is currently in its second of two data collection years, with data pertinent to thepresent study collected during and after the completion of the first year (2013 - 2014). E4 Project recruitment began by disseminating project flyers through state, district, andschool level channels within the Massachusetts, Maryland and North Carolina regions. Flyersexplained the basic E4 Project