Collection

2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

Authors

Alexander John De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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. Table 1: Fall 2016 incentive plan for spatial skills component Spatial Novice (0 pts) Spatial Intermediate (3 pts) Spatial Master (5 pts) Test score < 60% Test score 60% - 69% Test score > 70%Following assessment using the PSVT:R, all students were invited to attend the workshop althoughspecial emphasis was placed on students in the lower two categories attending for a chance to earnmore points and improve their spatial skills. These students then completed a four week workshopsession and those who attended all four sessions had the opportunity to re-take the PSVT:R.Students were again placed in one of the three categories based on their new test scores. Studentsin the first two categories

Conference Session

ETD Accreditation and Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behnam Shadravan, Florida A&M University; Yves J. Anglade, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Emmanuel Cofie, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Engineering Technology

questions, the options given were the standard selections for such a survey: stronglyagree, agree, fair/neutral, disagree, or strongly disagree. Some questions offered a range ofoptions pertaining to each specific question; a few of these questions asked students to selectmore than one option.An initial questionnaire was created as a “test survey” for students. It was administered in aclass to sophomore students noted as being primarily. The students were asked to answer a set ofquestions regarding their perception of the program’s education. Additionally, they wereinquired about their future education and career plans. The students completed thequestionnaires promptly and returned them. After reviewing the first questionnaire, theresearchers

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Lawrence Machia, Saint Vincent College

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, butcould still be greatly improved. Although the improvement was not completely designed, muchof the more difficult analysis was completed, which showed that the proposed system waspotentially worthwhile. In addition, Br. Lawrence was able to learn some basic heat transferconcepts that were relevant to the evaporator, which may shape future plans and modifications tothe maple-making process. In particular, he was quite interested to learn that increasing theflowrate in his proposed cooling-water system would – counterintuitively – decrease theeffectiveness of the attached sap melter. The collaboration also increased the awareness of themaple program among the engineering community, and vice versa. The student who completedthe project stated that

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica N. Jones, University of Florida; Tiffanie R. Smith, University of Florida; Naja A. Mack, University of Florida; Imani Sherman, University of Florida; Juan E. Gilbert, University of Florida

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arelooking beyond students with traditional educations. According to a 2015 article 3 , in certain cases, it does not even matter whether a candidate has a bachelor’s degree in a specific area: companies are looking for candidates with hands-on experience in software development through “hack-a-thons,” extracurricular projects, and internships.The purpose of this article is to describe an attempt to provide non-traditional students with thissort of hands-on knowledge and experience via a 12-week programming course provided by aUniversity and community partnership. We describe the partnership and the resulting courseincluding several problems that were encountered and lessons learned. We then describe a coursethat was planned

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes G. d'Entremont, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Hannah Gustafson, University of British Columbia; Katherine A. Lyon, University of British Columbia ; Jonathan Verrett P.Eng., University of British Columbia; Kerry Greer, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia; Atif Shoukat Ali, University of British Columbia

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Columbia. She is part of a research group that studies the experience of women student in engineering, focusing on how students perceptions of engineering affect their recruitment and persistence in the field.Mr. Atif Shoukat Ali, University of British Columbia Atif is currently working towards finishing his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at UBC, with a specialization in Mechatronics. He is primarily interested in the field of Robotics, with a focus on robot locomotion and trajectory planning which encompasses state estimation, localization and mapping. His work is also geared towards control systems and human robot interaction. Atif has been an advocate for early childhood robotics education through

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University; Jerie Pedescleaux, Northwestern State University

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schools how to design and draft usingcomputer applications such as Autodesk AutoCAD. The program, named “Girls Who Draft”,aims to stimulate awareness regarding career options in engineering/technology, motivate moreyoung women to pursue careers in these areas, and to recruit more female students into theuniversity program to eventually graduate with a degree in these high demand fields. Theprogram is structured so that young women from nearby schools come for a 2-hour block to oneof the departments’ computer labs that have the AutoCAD software available. The engineeringtechnology faculty and students provide these young women with a hands-on introduction todrafting. Future expansions of “Girls Who Draft” plan include multi-day and multi

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Crawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Dickson, General Motors; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Bathe, Associate Professor, BiologicalEngineering, Geoffrey Beach, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Markus Buehler, JerryMcAfee Professor in Engineering and Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,Dennis Freeman, Henry Ellis Warren Professor of Electrical Engineering, Kristala Prather, Arthur D.Little Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michael Short, Class of ’42 Career Development AssistantProfessor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Bruce Tidor, Professor of Biological Engineering andComputer Science, and, Maria Yang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. The Extended NEETFaculty Committee comprises faculty from the other four schools --- School of Humanities and SocialSciences, School of Architecture and Planning

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott Walbridge P.E., University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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introduces new ideas to the classroom that increases their engagement. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Challenges and Opportunities Observed in the Implementation of a New Architectural Engineering Undergraduate Academic ProgramAbstractIn the fall of 2018, a new, first-of-its-kind in Canada architectural engineering undergraduateprogram was launched. The program features 24 months of compulsory / inclusive coop workexperience, along with a series of core studio courses in each of the eight academic terms. Eachof these courses will involve the planning and execution of a series of design projects thatintegrate and put into practice concepts covered in the other courses the students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: K-12 Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ciera Ferrone, Arizona State University; Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Jennifer Velez, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Kyle D. Squires, Arizona State University

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engineering and its related technical skills. Students responded to 8 items, again using a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree; lower DoingEngineering scores indicate stronger and more frequent prior experiences with engineering. Inaddition to these measures, students completed a demographics survey in which they providedtheir age, gender, race/ethnicity, first generation status, and future plans for college. At the end ofthe academic year, all registered EPICS participants were sent the post-survey via an anonymousQualtrics link. The post-survey mirrored the pre-survey, but with the inclusion of open-endedquestions and the removal of the registration section. TABLE 1

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudarshan Krishnan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yaxin Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Architectural Engineering

Paper ID #23902How Structures Move: Three Projects in Deployable StructuresDr. Sudarshan Krishnan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Sudarshan Krishnan specializes in the area of lightweight structures. His current research focuses on the structural design and behavior of cable-strut systems and transformable structures. His accompanying in- terests include the study of elastic and geometric structural stability. He teaches courses on the planning, analysis and design of structural systems. He has also developed a new course on deployable structures and transformable architecture. As an architect and structural

Conference Session

Study and Research Abroad

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McIntyre, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Ryan A. Camp, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Shawn Patrick

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Francis delivered an encyclical on the environment and humanecology. “Laudato de si” [10] which calls upon all peoples of the world, especially those of theChristian faith, to recognize the Earth as sacred and to direct daily actions accordingly. Byfocusing attention on what can be done at the individual and local levels, individuals andcommunities become accountable for preserving resources and living in a more sustainablemanner. Joining in this call are a number of other faith leaders.Germany has been addressing sustainable policy and practices in business, industry and withintheir municipalities for decades. The results are impressive when considering sustainable urbanstructures and planning, renewable energy usage, national recycling

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mary Jane Szabo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

resourceful, knowledgeable learners, strategic, goal-directed learners, andpurposeful, motivated learners: “A key premise of UDL is that a curriculum should includealternatives to make it accessible and applicable to students with different backgrounds, learningstyles, abilities, and disabilities and to minimize the need for assistive technology” [4]. ​Thefollowing statements explain each of the three main principles of the UDL framework: ● Principle 1 suggests representing information in multiple ways. For example, including video lectures with built in navigation through slides or captions. ● Principle 2 recommends integrating options for planning and composition. For example, providing varied forms of graphic organizers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pankaj Mallick, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Ghassan Kridli, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Elsayed A. Orady, University of Michigan, Dearborn; German Reyes, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Jennifer M. Makas, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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students.Cohort BuildingOne of the requirements of the NSF S-STEM Scholarship grant is cohort building. In the firstyear of the award, there were only two students in the program and cohorting was achieved byregular meetings with the program director. In the subsequent years, the group has increased insize and more planned cohorting activities, both in-class and outside-the-class, were developed.To start with, the students were assigned the same academic advisor in order to select classesthey can take together. We will first briefly describe the general process of class selection forengineering freshmen and then the process used for the STEM students to build cohorts. All new students at UM-Dearborn are required to attend orientations and take

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Jane Huff-Lohmeier, University of Arizona; Amee Jeanette Hennig, University of Arizona; Daniel Lamoreaux M.A., University of Arizona

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to share these developed skill sets within their tribal and urban communities.Activities and presentations the IOU-NA students participate in include 1) Native NationsInstitute: Workshop on Tribal Governance, 2) Laser Radiation Safety Training, 3) Chemical LabSafety Training, 4) Research Ethics Training, 5) Optics Research Workshop, 6) Sloan ScholarSpeaker Series, 7) Research Plan and Lab Notebook Training, 8) Kathryn Kellner PresentationSkill Lecture, 9) Dr. Julius Yellowhair, Sandia National Labs Presentation, 10) Joshua John,Raytheon Presentation, 11) GRE Preparation Course, 12) GRE Tutoring Sessions 13) GRE FinalReview, 14) Graduate School Symposium, 15) Don Asher’s “Getting into Grad School”Seminar, 16) Performing Research on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education; she has served as a Co-PI on three research projects, including one on transfer students and another on student veterans in engineering.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Thomas Chen

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Engineering Physics & Physics

was funded in early 2015. A set of requirements for the HPC cluster weredetermined by an internal committee with members including co-authors (Lemley and Chen) andother faculty from across CMS with strong interest and backgrounds in computing. A Requestfor Proposal (RFP) was developed and distributed to potential vendors. Vendors' responses forthe RFP were rated and assessed by the internal committee, resulting in the selection of a vendorthat best met the RFP: ​Advanced Clustering Technologies (ACT)​. The ​Buddy​ cluster wasdelivered in mid-June of 2015 and on-site set-up and training occurred in late June 2015.As potential guidance to other PUIs that plan to acquire similar systems the items that made upthe RFP are shown below: 1. System

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Military and Veterans

Science.Each of the aforementioned programs is described in detail and design decisions that have beenmade to support military students will be highlighted and qualitatively evaluated. In addition tothe discussion of the program-level design, military friendly course design decisions will also bediscussed. These include key decisions to distance-enable the courses, using individuals withmilitary experience to help deliver certain courses and the use of student assistants to aid thelearning of students enrolled in the cybersecurity courses. The paper concludes with a discussionof planned future expansion.2. BackgroundMerisotis contends that veterans are “the most nontraditional of all nontraditional students,”separated by age, military cultural

Conference Session

Hands-On Activities and Student Learning in Aerospace Engineering - I - Student Papers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Stroud; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

is the test phase, wherestudents evaluate the structural integrity of their designs with a drop test from a height of sixstories.ResultsBefore the activity was introduced, students were asked to evaluate their perceptions of aerospaceengineering and gage their interest level. Students were asked some basic demographics questions(reported in Camp Background), if they plan to major in engineering, the problem they were most(a) Students interested in majoring in engineer-ing (b) Students interested in aerospace specifically Figure 1: Results of survey for students interested in engineering and aerospace engineering.interested in solving, and then to rank on a scale of 1-5, where 1 is not

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf P.E., Savannah State University; Bryan Knakiewicz, Savannah State University

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Women in Engineering

and their job commitments during a working day.(5) As a part of the year-long mentoring program, the team is conducting monthly meetings with students during the regular schools, although the initial plan was to conduct these sessions during weekends as Saturday Workshops.Feedback from the summer campAt this point, the team was able to measure only the immediate impact of the summer camp. Theoverall impact of the program will be understood at the end of the program and moreprominently, after several years from now by tracking the students’ advancement in high schoolto see whether they are progressing towards taking college admission in engineering/technologyareas.After the grant period is over, the team plans to institutionalize the

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

Mohamad Musavi, University of Maine; Cary Edward James, University of Maine; Paige Elizabeth Brown, Bangor High School

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

to traditional values andtribal elders will improve perceptions of STEM as culturally relevant and supportive of the NativeAmerican community, consequently igniting students’ interest in STEM. Streams, brooks, rivers,and water resources have always been of great traditional and cultural value to Native Americansnot only as a means of subsistence but also for recreation. Therefore, the model presented in thispaper—to develop stormwater management and mitigation plans—is designed to attract studentsin Native American communities into STEM education. Stormwater is runoff water from rain or melting snow that drains across the landscape.Runoff flows off rooftops, pavement, bare soil, and lawns, picking up pollutants along the way. Itgathers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, New York Institute of Technology; Huanying Gu, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology

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Director for Strategic Partnerships for the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at New York Institute of Technology. Panero received her Ph.D. in economics from the New School for Social Research with a concentration in economic development and sustainable and environmental eco- nomics. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University, with a B.A. in Social Sciences. Besides her responsibilities in developing strategic partnerships that support the mission of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Panero serves as a resource to faculty and students on economics and market plans, including student design projects and special topics courses; developing strategic part- nerships with industry and

Conference Session

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

Collection

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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highereducation system. For example, Hanoi University of Technology is currently offering mastersand bachelor’s degrees with institutions of higher education from Belgium, France, Germany,Singapore, and the U.S.10 The University of New South Wales will establish for the first time a100% foreign owned higher education institution in Singapore with a plan to offer undergraduateand graduate programs, which will include a strong research focus.In the Middle East, examples of internationalization of higher education include Saudi Arabia’sestablishment of a new private university that will involve foreign institutions and investors. TheUniversity of Arizona and UNESCO are helping to establish the Prince Sultan PrivateUniversity. The Stevens Institute of

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura E Moody, Mercer University; Joan Burtner, Mercer University

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Industrial Engineering

student projects can result in a number of benefits forthe healthcare institutions, students, and faculty members. One of the primary gains forinstitutions is the ability to draw on the skills and knowledge of faculty and students in IndustrialEngineering and Industrial Management to solve real problems. The solutions provided byMercer students have included process maps, time studies, 5S studies, inventory managementsystems, simulations, survey analyses, standardized process recommendations, training plans,staffing and resource allocation plans, and conceptual design of human-machine interfaces. Apartial list of projects and their deliverables can be found in Table 1. Many of these deliverablesalso serve as evidence of continuous process

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

Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science

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purposes.Tell Us More! What could you do next to Develop a plan to investigate Practice: Planning and Carrying Do_Nextmake sure your design actually works? whether the design idea would Out Investigations work.Do you think that the work you did for this Explain a variety of aspects of Crosscutting Concept: Influence Engineering?activity is engineering? Why or why not? engineering. of Science, Engineering, and Technology on Society and the Natural WorldPilot Testing the InstrumentDuring development of the

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs and Methods, Developing Master's & Ph.D. Programs and Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Karly Anne Danhausen, Middle Tennessee State University; Chelsea Rae Nihill, Middle Tennessee State University

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Graduate Studies

networking.Engineering Management DegreeThe Engineering Management degree includes courses that prepare students for leadership rolesin the workplace. These courses focus heavily on project management skills, safety planning,research methods, and technology trends. Students also have the opportunity to obtain theirGreen Belt Certification through competing the Six Sigma course, which is a methodologydefined as a comprehensive flexible system for achieving, sustaining, and maximizing businesssuccess. Through this class, students are exposed to hands-on projects that develop problem-solving skills used to define, measure, analyze, and improve business processes.6Students also have the opportunity to receive their PMI certification, which prepares them forproject

Conference Session

Practical Teaching in Manufacturing

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University; Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University

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Manufacturing

most successful when they allocate timein the challenge and methodically proceed through the design process. The steps that each ofthese kits focus on are planning, defining the design criteria or success criteria, brainstorming,prototyping, testing, and iterating. Before and after the activity students take a survey thatassesses their understanding of the engineering design process and queries how they wouldallocate time in a similar challenge based on the steps of the design process.We detail the student and faculty experiences and provide preliminary data from our pilotdeployment of these kits. We will provide sample kits for other faculty to take home and solicitsuggestions for adoption in other programs.IntroductionEngineering design is a

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology; Qi Zhang, Yangzhou University

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also share their plan for the future research.IntroductionThe primary goal of engineering programs is to prepare the engineering students for theirprofessional careers in the global setting 1. Ideally, the educators should teach in a well-managed,student-centered environment with reasonably structured framework. They should stressfundamental knowledge, equip the students with solid skills and expose them to cutting-edgetechnologies 2. It has been found that obtaining practical knowledge from college is morebeneficial to the students’ professional career than mastering any new technology 3. An effectivelearning environment should help the students enhance their ability to solve practical problems 2.Globalization of the engineering enterprise

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Diversity and Multicultural Influences in the First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A Adams, Chandler Gilbert Community College; Claire Louise Antaya Dancz, Arizona State University; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

tracking instruments to evaluate how conativeunderstanding impacts persistence and diversity in engineering. We will work with the college totrack students’ persistence, but in the meantime we will estimate students’ intent to remain inengineering majors through reflective essays and surveys. Students will be provided multiple-choice responses for each survey question. The responses have not yet been collected. Thesurvey questions related to conation include: 1. Have your experiences in ECE 102 changed your plans to stay in this major? a. [If Yes] How have your experiences changed your plans to stay in your major? 2. Have your experiences with conation changed your plans to stay in this major? a. [If Yes] How have your

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel A Brennan P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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student outreach organization (EWB)to mobilize the resulting efforts to engage developing coastal communities with the assistance ofpracticing engineers. The longevity of this program is supported through cross-disciplinaryresearch, course development, and mentoring of EWB projects containing interdisciplinary,multi-component systems. Future partnerships in the areas of wind energy, coral reef resilience,food systems science, economic development, and eco-tourism are planned to further enhancethe program. Page 26.75.2IntroductionCurrently 2.5 billion people, over one third of the Earth’s population, are affected by waterscarcity and are without

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Teresa McGuire; Jessica Urbano; Frank G Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #13323Development of a Low-Cost, Low-Voltage Three-Phase Power Synthesizer forUse in Motor and Systems ExperimentsMs. Kathleen Teresa McGuire Kathleen T. McGuire is a senior electrical engineering major at the University of San Diego. She is graduating in May and has plans to work for Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, Texas starting this summer. She is part of several engineering honors societies such as Tau Beta Pi and Tau Eta Nu, as well as several other clubs on campus. She is interested in semiconductors and embedded systems.Ms. Jessica Urbano Jessica L. Urbano is a Spring 2015 graduate of the University of