Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory Hixson, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

College and a Bronze Tablet graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering.Mr. William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences William D. Schindel is president of ICTT System Sciences, a systems engineering company, and devel- oper of the Systematica Methodology for model and pattern-based systems engineering. His 40-year engineering career began in mil/aero systems with IBM Federal Systems, Owego, NY, included ser- vice as a faculty member of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and founding of three commercial systems-based enterprises. He has consulted on improvement of engineering processes within automotive, medical/health care, manufacturing

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louise Chan, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jacob John Swanson, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Mark Ahrens, Normandale Community College; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Design in Engineering Education

process, which is usually taught in lectures and formal, pre-defined labexperiences. However, it is not clear that a student’s success in lecture-based courses wouldpredict success in project-based courses. Thus, it is important to study the relationship betweenpotential performance predictors and actual performance. Not only will this allow for refinementof the selection criteria for such programs, but it will also serve to inform those who areeducating and advising potential applicants for these types of programs. Broadly, as engineeringdesign projects are core to early career success, this work could have implications for allengineering curricula. This paper examines the relationship between students’ performance intheir pre-engineering

Conference Session

CoED: Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida

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Computers in Education

environment, active and learner-centered professional development activities, and extensive time and resources to reflect onexisting pedagogical practices and making modifications to instructional approaches toimplement “best practices” in STEM instruction.3.0 Theoretical FrameworkWhile numerous efforts have been made to address the variety of problems currently facingSTEM education, such as improving workforce development, increasing the number of womenand underrepresented populations in STEM programs and careers, and implementing policies,supports, and processes to support enhanced STEM teaching and learning, many such efforts failto be adopted [14]. Often times, this is due to the lack of design and development of acomprehensive change strategy

Conference Session

Clinical, Patient, and Innovation Experiences in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel P. Cavanagh, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

complexities ofhealth care disease situations. While progressing through the three projects, the students becamemore independent and self-guided in their work, which was appreciated by many of the studentsin the course. Based upon the course evaluations, instructor evaluations, and the studentreflections, this course has had an effective impact on the students as they venture into a widerange of health care related careers and/ or as health care consumers themselves.References1. Soh, E.K., Kaur, A., Tham, M.P., and Chong, D.Y.R., Engineers in Hospital: An Immersive and Multi-Disciplinary Pedagogical Approach for Better Solutions, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 20132. Kotche, M., Clinical Immersion

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin D McPheron, Roger Williams University; Mallory Zerena McPheron DPT, OPT Physical Therapy; Charles R. Thomas, Roger Williams University

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Electrical and Computer

skills useful in engineering practice, such as the use of testand measurement equipment and certain software.One particularly useful skill set in electrical engineering, and for students interacting withelectrical equipment, is the use of electrical test and measurement equipment includingmultimeters, function generators, and oscilloscopes. Another skill valuable to a variety ofengineering disciplines is the ability to prototype and construct circuits3. Even if students don’tuse test and measurement equipment or prototyping in their future careers or senior designexperiences, it is valuable for these students to have an appreciation for how measurements areperformed to the limitations and sources of error associated with using equipment to

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Leadership Program[7] Royal academic of engineering. Retrieved from http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants- and-prizes/schemes-for-students[8] Schuhmann, R. J. (2010). Engineering leadership education the search for definition and a curricular approach. Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 11(3/4): 61-69.[9] Paul, R. & Falls, L. C. (2015). Mapping career success competencies to engineering leadership capabilities. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. IEEE, 1-6.[10] Bernard M. Gordon MIT engineering leadership program developing tomorrow’s engineering leaders. Retrieved from https://gelp.mit.edu/[11] Musselman, C. (2010). Leadership in engineering. Why is that important in engineering education? National Society of

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Freya Willicks, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Kathrin Schoenefeld, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University; Frank Hees, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

emissions has increased. To approach this ‘era of sustainability’ (Buys et al. 2013, 123) and its global challenges such as food or water issues, environment, energy orinequality it is necessary to use the benefits and opportunities arising from the impacts ofglobalization and rapid technology advances.Engineering education needs to impart this knowledge. The defining problems of futureengineers’ careers will be rapid change, uncertainty and complexity (Mattiussi 2013, 1). Toprepare future engineers to manage these problems and participate in the movement to achievesustainability it is necessary to integrate concepts of sustainability into engineering education(Belu et al. 2016, 94, Boyle 2004, 147). Sustainability, in this context, means

Conference Session

Motivation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brittany Lynn Butler; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods

interested in a topic for a long period of time.4,5 This couldrelate back to activities that can teach students basic engineering principles that they can usethroughout college and in their careers. The final component, caring, can also be broken downinto two components: academic caring and personal caring. Academic caring deals with studentsbelieving that their instructor cares about their academic success.4,5 The benefit of a gamifiedlearning environment is that feedback is given to students throughout their participation to letthem know if they are doing well, or what areas should be improved upon. Personal caring dealswith students believing that their instructor cares about their well-being.4,5 Instructors canexplain to students within the

Conference Session

Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabila A. Huq, Colorado State University; Wenlong Xu, Colorado State University; Sanli Movafaghi, Colorado State University; Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University

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Student

strong factorin determining a student’s progression or non-progression to the subsequent course. Thesecond most common response indicated perceived importance of the degree for theirdesired future career. The third most popular answer was that they found their program ofstudy enjoyable. It is important to note that students were able to make multipleselections for this particular survey question. That said, while a large majority ofprogressing students were confident in their success in the program, only one studentreported the coursework being easy. Therefore, this confidence is likely not a product ofease of training but of something else internal, the most likely reason being good workethic. In addition, it may also be surmised that the

Conference Session

Pre-College: Organizing Instruction Around a Theme

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chelsea Monty, University of Akron; Alvaro A. Rodriguez, University of Akron; Zach Griffith

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

to unstructured problems like those they will experience in the realworld and can learn to develop solutions based on scientific, economic, and societal data.In an effort to address the need for a high quality K12 corrosion engineering curricula, wedeveloped and implemented the Corrosion Engineering Curriculum (CEC) based on theanticipated problem map shown in Figure 1. The CEC modules apply mathematics, materialscience, electro-chemical engineering, and engineering design concepts to corrosion issuesassociated vehicular corrosion (e.g. salt trucks). The CEC lessons also aim to inform studentsabout careers in corrosion engineering. Throughout the course of this research, the module was

Conference Session

Investigating Instructional Strategies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible P.E., Texas Tech University; Jill Hoffman, Museum of Texas Tech University; Chongzheng Na, Texas Tech University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

California Institute of Technology, and is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer, a Professional Engineer (Louisiana), and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for the ”development of widely used approaches for the management of contaminated sediments”. His research is focused on the fate, transport, and management of contaminants in the environment and the sustainable management of water resources.Dr. Jill Hoffman, Museum of Texas Tech University As the Assistant Director for Visitor Experience, and the Helen DeVitt Jones Curator of Education—both for the Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU)— Jill also is a faculty member in the graduate Mu- seum Science program at TTU. Her museum career

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Joseph Balz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of technology; Stephen Michael Misak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

even seek professional advice outside the scope of the MIH project. Thisstructure can be particularly useful for freshmen who might gain a mentor who pushes them to dotheir best and get involved with opportunities on campus early in their academic career. Theexperience of participating in MIH helps students develop their professional identity andconfidence, which can be especially valuable for students who struggle in the traditionalengineering classroom.The combination of the mentoring relationship with the open-ended, real-world problems shiftsthe focus of students from earning a specific grade to solving a problem. Because there is not asingle pre-determined answer, students learn how to break down problems into solvable chunks.Throughout

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

work. After getting an undergraduate degree from Claremont College in government and aPh.D. in political science at the University of Chicago, according to an article in the Los AngelesTimes (1996), Frankenfeld spent seven years applying for college teaching positions. When hedid not succeed in finding a college teaching position, he took a position with a Washingtonresearch firm where he was hired to “study the future of the automobile in Americantransportation.” He apparently gave up on an academic career. Before he took the position withthe research firm, he wrote two major articles: “Technological Citizenship: A NormativeFramework for Risk Studies” (Science, Technology, and Human Values, 1992) and “SimpleGifts: Complex Environmental

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Nanmwa Jeremiah Dala, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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First-Year Programs

University majoring in Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mathematics. He is currently conducting research on How First-Year Engineering Stu- dents Develop Visualizations for Mathematical Models with Professor Kelsey Rodgers.Dr. Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Krishna Madhavan is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education. In 2008 he was awarded an NSF CAREER award for learner-centric, adaptive cyber-tools and cyber-environments using learning analytics. He leads a major NSF-fundedprojectcalled Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (http://www.dia2.org) to characterize the impact of NSF and other federal investments in the area of STEM education. He also

Conference Session

Exploring the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Sin- gapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in educational psychology, specialized in measurement, evaluation and assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Li has a unique cross- disciplinary educational and research background in mechatronics engineering, specialized in control and robotics, and educational psychology, specialized in statistical analysis and program evaluation.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven Maria-Isabel Carnasciali is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Tagliatela College of

Conference Session

Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly A McVey, University of Kansas; Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas; Jae Hwan Kim, University of Kansas; Alexandra Self, University of Kansas

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Civil Engineering

the UGTFs reported having peer mentor positively impacted the amount of time spent on lecture- deepened content understanding and dynamics of their student group (the based activities greater confidence in their mastery remainder indicated no effect) · 100% reported that they were more · Only one respondent did not agree · 3 commenters indicated that some satisfied with the course outcomes that the program further prepared UGTFs needed improved content when using peer mentors them for their career mastery · 100% reported that their UGTFs · For each of the three

Conference Session

Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Gopalkrishna H Joshi, KLE Technological University

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International

another stating “It is a boring topic”. Those students who listedBalloon Drop and Straw Tower / Book Holder felt that the activities were not practical and were too easy.For example, one student stated “It didn’t seem that we actually need to be an Engineer to solve thisproblem. Any person with brains could do it!” Finally, many of those categorized as Other listed “theoryconcepts” demonstrating that some students did not find theory valuable. Students who indicated that LabVIEW helped them the most, stated that they believed it was atool that they could use throughout their academic and engineering careers. For example, one studentstated that “LabVIEW because it will help us in the future” and anther stated that “LABVIEW was theimportant

Conference Session

International Research Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin B. Wheatley, Colorado State University; Kristine Marie Fischencih, Colorado Sate University ; Lisa Abrams P.E., Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Harlal Singh Mali, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur; Anil Kumar Jain MD DNB MNAMS, Dr. P.K. Sethi Rehabilitation Center, Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Jaipur, India; Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University

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International

,respectively). While the finite element module had a slightly lower score (Figure 2, question 8,average Likert score of 3.75), this may have been due to changes in specific finite elementsoftware while abroad and availability of specific software in India versus the United States. Figure 2. Average Likert scores from the post survey for questions related to student preparedness. Overall, the circumstance of meeting, living, and working with new peers in aninternational setting did not seem to cause personal or professional issues during the program.While it is difficult to make strong conclusions from such a small sample size (four students),variability in personality, career interests, and

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Brockway, Educational Testing Service

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

that itcould be used to provide drinking water for households that have access to ocean water butlimited access to fresh water. The data collected as pairs of students engaged in the activity arebeing used to inform development of an interactive online simulation for a design activity that iscurrently being developed as a performance assessment that might be used formatively to guideinstructional decisions around engineering design.Background The vision for science education presented in the framework for the Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS) (National Research Council [NRC], 2012) includes both science andengineering. The standards place equal emphasis on the need for preparing students for STEM-related careers and citizenship in

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer

present our University’s efforts to contribute to this need by way of a hands-onactivity designed for high school students. The workshop was devised to achieve three primarygoals: 1) Encourage consideration of a career in electrical and computer engineering 2) Buildexcitement about the Internet-of-Things and provide students with a future technical focus and 3)Introduce students to the fundamental building blocks that make up the Internet-of-Things. Duringthis activity, students complete a project in which they first construct a circuit to read data from atemperature sensor using a microcontroller platform. The students then write software to transmitthat data over a short-range wireless network and then eventually to an Internet-connected

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel J. Monfredo, University of Rochester; David J. Schinsing; James Alkins, University of Rochester; Thor O. Olsen

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, supporting the learning. Educational psychologist 1991, 26 (3-4), 369-398.11. Ryan, R. M.; Deci, E. L., Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations: Classic definitions and new directions.Contemporary educational psychology 2000, 25 (1), 54-67.12. Dunlap, R. A., Sustainable Energy. Cengage Learning: Canada, 2015.13. Landis, R. B., Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career. Discovery Press: Los Angeles, CA,2013.Appendix ABill of Materials for 1 Solar Panel Box 1Item Source Item # Unit PriceSparkfun RedBoard programmed with Arduino SparkFun.com DEV

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Negar Heidari Matin, Eastern Michigan University; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University; Shinming Shyu, Eastern Michigan University

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Diversity

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Architectural

materials. Ms. Matin has over 3 years of experience of teaching in architecture and interior design field at Azad Islamic University and Eastern Michigan University. She has been LEED Green Associate since 2016.Dr. Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University Ali Eydgahi started his career in higher education as a faculty member at the Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute in 1985. Since then, he has been with the State University of New York, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Eastern Michigan University. During 2006-2010, he was Chair of the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, Founder and Director of the Center for 3-D Visualization and Virtual Reality Applications, and Technical Director of the NASA

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas P. James P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Diane Evans, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

communicated theirentrepreneurial desires, while students in EMGT330 are exploring career paths in leadership andmanagement, in or related to their technical discipline.Tactically, each student was provided an email with an access code and instructions for takingthe assessments. Each administering agency provided the content of the email. Once studentsreceived the access codes, the process flowed smoothly (i.e., no technical problems). However,there were a couple of instances in which students did not complete both surveys. After the datacollection, students were queried to gain insight into their experience when completing thesurveys, such as time allotted, clarity of questions, and understanding of results. Finally,students were asked to express

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #19321Computer-Mediated Peer Review: A Comparison of Calibrated Peer Reviewand Moodle’s WorkshopDr. Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Patricia ”Pat” A. Carlson is a transplanted middle westerner, having spent her childhood in Norfolk, Va. She came to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology early in her teaching career and has taught a variety of courses over the past three decades. Dr. Carlson has held a number of American Society for Engineering Education summer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and NASA’s

Conference Session

Construction 4: Construction Education Curriculum and Assessment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Construction

ExperiencedAs previously mentioned, the department has over the years produced thousands ofundergraduates who built successful careers in the construction industry. A graduate programhad existed in the college for many years with a CM area of specialization, graduating only oneor two students a year. The approval of a department administered MS in Building ConstructionManagement in 2011 eventually grew to a graduate student enrollment of approximately 40students in addition to the over 400 undergraduates in the department.As is common in much of construction management higher education, faculty in the programhave significant industry experience with less emphasis on research-based graduate degreeexperience. Many faculty have graduate degrees that did

Conference Session

Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech ; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and intensive summer bridgeprogram. The purpose of STEP is to provide incoming College of Engineering (CoE) students(1) an opportunity to become familiar with the university community prior to the start of theiracademic career, (2) academic enrichment in subjects known to be historically difficult for first-year students at the particular university, and (3) opportunities for personal and professionaldevelopment. STEP participants take courses in chemistry (lecture + lab), calculus, andengineering fundamentals.STEP 2016 consisted of 63 incoming first-year students accepted to the CoE. Although notexplicitly advertised, some participants had not been accepted into the CoE and had anopportunity to be admitted though their performance in STEP

Conference Session

Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark L. Bourgeois, University of Notre Dame

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

tends to focus almostexclusively on distinctive professional responsibilities – that is to say, ethical issues that arecommonly presented by the immediate practice of the work typical of each. For undergraduates,this is professional ethics in an industrial or consulting context.1 For graduate students, whosetraining is preparation for a career in research, this is typically research ethics, implicitly in anacademic context.2 Thus, both construe the responsibilities of the engineer relatively narrowly.In particular, the concerns of each taper dramatically as the borders of the immediate work siteare crossed. While some focus is of course necessary and appropriate, the present narrowness hasarguably become unhealthily myopic, particularly

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Stanley Berger PhD, University of Washington, Bothell

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

, and validation lifecycle.III. program launchThe Capstone Experience was originally designed as a 5 credit-hour, one-quarter-long projectcourse. Projects were solicited from internal faculty and from local industry, tapping into thecontacts of members of the EE Advisory Board. A faculty member (the author) was the facultyadvisor and, in lieu of charging companies to participate in the Capstone program as someschools do, each company was asked only to provide material support, such as the cost offabricating a printed circuit board, and provide an engineering mentor for the team. The mentor2 The author is quite knowledgeable about the technology lifecycle, having come late to teaching after spending themajority of his professional career as an

Conference Session

Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Kate A Disney, Mission College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

modern technological systems by people who have not received specific training about thesesystems as part of a job or career. Learning outcomes have been widely studied for thoseobtaining accredited engineering degrees under the current ABET accreditation criteria. Thisproject reported here addresses primarily undergraduate students in US colleges and universities.The goal is to create an assessment method suitable for use by faculty teaching general educationcourses on engineering and technological topics.Determination of the engineering literacy of the general population encounters several specificchallenges. Engineering consists of multiple subdisciplines such as civil, chemical, electrical,and mechanical engineering, each with a particular

Conference Session

Faculty Views of Ethics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Ryan, East Carolina University; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University; William E. Howard, East Carolina University; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College

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Engineering Ethics

of college are compared toupperclassmen to investigate shifts of these perceptions as the students progress through theircollege careers. As a supplement to the items that gauge the perception of these academicintegrity behaviors, the study also polls student respondents to self-report the number of timesthey have cheated. The ongoing work intends to administer the same instrument annually andreport on changes over time as well as comparison between programs.IntroductionThis paper first presents a brief review of prior work related to the current aims in Section 1. Thestudy design, the survey instrument, and a brief description of the institutions participating in thestudy are included in Section 2. Results and observations are in Section 3