Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Timothy Kieran O'Mahony, University of Washington; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Barry McPherson, Boeing

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Continuing Professional Development

) writing and using instructional objectives, (b)adopting active learning strategies, and (c) effective use of diagnostic, formative, and summativeassessments. Pre and post assessment of participants’ conception of teaching was captured by a20 question multiple-choice instrument that included demographic material (pre) and courseevaluation (post) as appropriate. Item categories on the instrument were drawn from Bransford’sHow People Learn (HPL) framework 1, a framework that is acknowledged as a practical way oforganizing what we know about teaching and learning today. Participant responses wereaggregated into four categories that derive from this framework (learner, knowledge, assessment,and community) and investigate how teaching methods

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

investment, all creating woefully wasteful, exaggerated and inflamedcosts. Some of the more obvious problems stem from simple problems to solve such as havingmultiple mail server applications or over three dozen web design tools. These are simply lowhanging fruit when it comes to efficiency gains.Colleges and universities are under increasing pressure to accomplish four things: increaserevenues, decrease expenses, improve quality and strengthen reputation7 (p. 1). This paper dealsdirectly with increasing revenue which feeds and promotes changes in program quality andstrengthening a college’s or university’s reputation.This paper will dig deeper into the cultural implications of running the academy as a business,and the implications for historical

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. McKnight, Northeastern University; Christos Zahopoulos, Northeastern University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Kirchhoff’s voltage lawis always true despite its obvious violation of Faraday’s law of induced EMF. The danger of thispremature specialization of engineering education becomes apparent when engineers from onediscipline work in teams with engineers from other disciplines and find they have no commonunderstanding of problems outside of their own engineering discipline. 2The authors have collaborated in teaching an advanced survey course on the physical sciencefoundations of engineering to graduate engineering students in an engineering leadershipprogram. The elevator speech on why such a course is needed goes as follows: 1) mostengineering students take all of their basic science courses during their Freshman year, 2) mostof them don’t like those

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Engineering Ethics

presents the contentsand the sequence of the activities in a well-balanced Senior Seminar course designed forengineering students with diverse backgrounds. The course has been offered in this mode for thepast five (5) years and there is considerable assessment data available to support itseffectiveness.I – IntroductionThe College of New Jersey (TCNJ) offers 4-year ABET-Accredited undergraduate engineeringprograms in: 1. Biomedical Engineering with the choice of ME or ECE tracks/ concentrations, 2. Civil Engineering, 3. Computer Engineering, 4. Electrical Engineering, 5. Mechanical Engineering, and 6. Engineering Science with: a) The Management Track and choices of ME or ECE concentrations, and

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

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Engineering Management

transitioned into an “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” course, which wouldrun side by side with the capstone design course in one of two formats.One format called TG 421- Entrepreneurial Analysis of Engineering Design, runs the 3-credit course in one semester, and has been running this way for many years. Mostseniors take this course in the fall as they begin their capstone design. TG 421 is run aslarger sections (50 to 100 students) with about 5 workshops imbedded in the course. Page 26.1392.3The second format, TG 403/404 – Senior Innovation 1 and 2, runs as two courses overtwo semesters, applying 2 credits to the fall and one credit to the spring. TG 403

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto

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Civil Engineering

cultural resonances. Instead of starting 10 minutes after the hour, the class wouldbegin with an activity, short film clip, or discussion (approximately 5 minutes after the hour),often culminating in a competition for a small, inconsequential prize. Some, such as NeilPostman in Amusing Ourselves to Death [1], might categorize these strategies as “edutainment,”a derogatory term used to encompass the conflation of entertainment and education. These criticsargue that “edutainment” achieves neither, because the two are mutual exclusive. While thedebate on the effectiveness of educating through entertainment remains an important pedagogicalquestion, it should be noted that the approach described in this paper does not combineentertainment and education

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Kansas State University; Reuben F. Burch V, Kansas State University; Hugh R. Medal, Mississippi State University

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Industrial Engineering

in a graduate-level courseproject for several reasons. First, the company is interested in project-based learning experiences.Project-based learning, or PBL, in the classroom is a concept that has been in practice since itsinitial suggestion by John Dewey in 1897 when he promoted “learning by doing”1. For industry,when learning by doing is executed correctly in the classroom, those students who “solveauthentic problems and produce results that matter” are extremely attractive as future hires5.Expectations from competitive companies are such that new hires must be capable of entering awork culture and producing immediately as personnel resources continue to be reduced whileproduction output anticipations are ever on the rise. PBL at the

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Prins, United States Military Academy; Bryndol A. Sones, United States Military Academy; Daniel Schlich , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Nuclear and Radiological

time military training. Subsequently, thenecessary paperwork was filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow licensed sealedsources to be used on a specific training site, commonly referred to as Camp Shea (Figure 1).During summer training operations, Camp Shea is used as a military operations in an urbanterrain (MOUT) training range.Figure 1. Pictures showing the entrance to the Camp Shea training complex located on thegrounds of the United States Military Academy and cadets conducting radiation surveyoperations.The West Point NE program is fortunate to possess numerous radiation detectors across thedetection spectrum of ionization chambers, scintillation detectors, and Geiger-Mueller detectors.Likewise, radiation dosimetry is

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Runing Zhang P.E., Metropolitan State University of Denver; Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Systems Engineering

and leadership model forengineering students which prepares those students with a curriculum that encompasses aregional and global perspective of sustainable development theory, relying on a soundunderstanding and application of engineering fundamentals and coupled with an emphasis oncommunication skills. The objective of the SSE program is integrating sustainable and systemsengineering to provide students with more comprehensive prospective view of human well-beingand development. It emphases on two aspects: 1) the vision of sustainable development and 2)the leadership of sustainable development.Future engineers should be able to see a systemic picture of a proposed project. They should beable to understand the impacts of the prospective

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Industrial Engineering

Education, 2015 Benchmarking IE Programs: 2005-2015IntroductionAt the 2005 ASEE conference,1 I reported on the 101 ABET accredited industrial engineeringbachelors programs, asking and answering two questions:  What do we agree that IE is?  What are the unique courses we have in our programs?In this paper, I update the findings of the earlier paper and also describe changes over 10 years. Idid not trace the change or continuity in specific programs, but rather looked for overall trends. Ifound little change in the overall data on industrial engineering curricula, with perhaps a trendaway from required courses to electives in engineering courses outside industrial engineering.The average number of faculty members in an

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Acree Guggemos, Colorado State University; Mostafa Khattab, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

opportunity for engineering and construction managementeducation to introduce a new education model that connects the needs of the marketplace to theeducation provided to the students through strong relationships with industry.What is the construction industry is looking for from graduates? Much of what the constructionindustry desires of graduates is outlined in the technical and business topical content areasprovided by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE), the accrediting body formost construction management programs in the United States4. Table 1 lists the twenty StudentLearning Outcomes (SLOs) for students graduating with a bachelor’s degree from a constructioneducation program.Table 1 American Council for Construction

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Bowie P.E., Aurasen Limited; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Anthony L Donaldson, California Baptist University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxann Mackenzie Hayes P.E., University of Colorado, Denver

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

later activities.1Through the literature review, it was determined that many of the existing studies compare aflipped vs. traditional classroom strictly on a semester-by-semester basis. That is, a traditionalclassroom from the first semester is compared to a “flipped” classroom the second semester. Thisintroduces a wide variety of irregularities between the two semesters: test structure and content,professor interaction, lecture inconsistencies, and other variables.Bishop conducted a literature review on the topic of flipped classrooms, and found 24 relevantstudies.1 Very few of these studies examined a flipped and traditional course the same semester.In addition, only one study, from Day, examined student performance throughout the semester

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Villalobos; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abbas H. Diab, University Of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Shastri Domnique Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Ocean and Marine

of the platform and preliminary trials with data collection runs in remote-controlled andautonomous mode. All spatial and water quality related sensory data are recorded to a memorycard on the boat for subsequent data analysis and mapping efforts.1. IntroductionNonpoint source pollution is caused by the transport of natural and man-made pollutants viarainfall or snowmelt into lakes, rivers, and coastal waters. Some of the largest sources of thesepollutants include fertilizer from agriculture, animal wastes from poultry farms, and otheranthropogenic sources. The aggregation of these nutrient and sediment loads from run-off canresult in a state of eutrophication in the impacted water body. These increased levels of nutrientscan lead to the

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Masi, University of Rochester; Dan M. Watson, University of Rochester; Arie Bodek, University of Rochester; Dev Ashish Khaitan; Erik Garcell

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

module test tries also varied by the difficulty of the module material. While theaverage test tries per module averaged in the range from 1 to 2 for most modules, the averagetest tries was significantly higher for three of the 17 modules. The average tries per module forthese three modules ranged between 2.3 to 2.5. The three modules included introductorymechanics topics that often challenge students:Module 6: Applications of Newton’s Laws (frictional forces in a moving system, circular motion)Module 10: CollisionsModule 14: Oscillation and Simple Harmonic MotionIt was hypothesized that a possible “snowball effect” would limit the weakest students from

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary J. Meixell, Quinnipiac University; Nebil Buyurgan, Quinnipiac University; Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

: Developing a New Degree ProgramAbstractIn this paper, we report on the development of a new industrial engineering program, framing itas a systems engineering process in the context of higher education curriculum development. Thecurriculum is described in detail, and innovative characteristics of the program are discussed.The resulting program is flexible, allowing the pursuit of accelerated graduate programs, asecond major, various minor options, and study-abroad; relevant, tailored to the needs ofindustry partners in the vicinity; and practical, providing hands-on education, resulting inemployment-ready graduates.1. IntroductionCurriculum development and innovation is critical to successful programs in engineering. In thispaper, we describe the

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Silvia Husted, Unicersidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; Judith Virginia Gutierrez; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Biological & Agricultural

assessments) in a FoodProduct Development capstone course for Food Engineering students at Universidad de lasAméricas Puebla (UDLAP). This course was designed in order for them to experience a realwork environment, where they have the opportunity to think and act as experts in the field do,and included several problem-solving learning environments (PSLEs)1. Course main goal is thatstudents design and develop a new food product involving idea generation, formulation, processselection, nutritional facts and label, shelf-life estimation, costs, sensory evaluation, among manyothers aspects of its development. Students were organized into teams of two members; thegroup had a total of eight students (3 male). Course activities were designed for student

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benedict M. Uzochukwu, Virginia State University; Coray Davis, Virginia State University ; Ben U. Nwoke, Virginia State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

others.MethodologyThis is a review paper that examines the various challenges, approaches, ideas, and insights thatcan enhance entrepreneurial education as shown in Figure 1. What constitutes an entrepreneurshipprogram in terms of content and teaching approach continues to be a subject matter for discussion(Garner, 1990). The reason for this is because of the tendency for various countries and theireducational institutions to design entrepreneurship education typically in line with their peculiarneeds instead of copying what has been implemented and tested in another place. Strategic Challenges Approaches

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, andidentifying unexpected opportunities to create value. The Kern Entrepreneurial EngineeringNetwork (KEEN) defines curiosity, connections and creating value as three core components ofan entrepreneurial mindset. These 3Cs coupled with associated engineering skills forms KEEN’sentrepreneurial mindset framework. An entrepreneurial mindset enables engineers to developsound technical solutions that address customer needs, are feasible from a business perspective,and have societal benefit.The Tagliatela College of Engineering at the University of New Haven is working to develop anentrepreneurial mindset in its engineering students through a four-faceted framework based onKEEN’s constructs that includes: 1) developing an entrepreneurial mindset amongst

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Shuchisnigdha Deb, Mississippi State University

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Industrial Engineering

. The company has a vast operation which includes planting,harvesting, storing, sorting, packaging and shipping sweet potatoes. Student teams wereassigned a specific operation with the packaging facility. Each student team had to develop atleast one operations recommendation and one ergonomics recommendation based on theirobservations and collected data.Figure 1 shows examples of student work from this first semester, and Figure 2 shows a studentteam presenting their work at our end-of-semester project showcase. Working with communitypartner #1 had a lot of benefits: multiple operations, industrial setting, and a highly cooperativeworkforce. Some of the disadvantages included distance to reach the facility (approximately 60miles), limited data

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Karl D. Majeske, Oakland University

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Industrial Engineering

experiment also allowed students to relate the results of the experiment to the designproblem. The results of the research show that walking adversely affects productivity yetcomparing seated and standing postures yields mixed results. For more simple tasks, the idealposture is sitting while for more complex tasks the worker should be standing for improvedproductivity. The ergonomics class was enhanced by the discussions about the tradeoffs ofvarious factors in workplace designs that are relevant in the application of this topic to real-worldexperiences.1. BackgroundFaculty members teach the importance of contemporary topics for undergraduate engineeringstudents by sharing research in various ways. Active participation as a research assistant with

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton

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Industrial Engineering

exams had 40 questions, comprised of about 28 multiple choice, 7 true or false,and 5 fill in the blanks questions. The study guide for both exams only talked about the topicsfrom which the exams were prepared, and both exams covered different topics with no overlaps.The exams were also conducted for the same students in one semester. Both exams were scoredout of 40 points, with an average of 35 and 32 points respectively for Exam 1 and Exam 2.The cheat-sheets were collected after both exams to ensure that the page limit was not abused,and also for this analysis. The instructor, acting as an expert system, studied the cheat-sheets todetermine if the information provided by the students on the sheets could be used to correctlyanswer 50% of the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek David Riley, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Division

incorporate SPL engineering. Wefound that our approach improved student application of reusability theory, benefitteddocumentation quality, increased student satisfaction with the course, and increased the percentageof code written reused by students from semester to semester.1. IntroductionA Software Product Line (SPL) is a set of software systems that share common assets and are easyto deploy and configure for new environments [6]. There are many approaches that can be used tocreate an SPL including model-driven development, modularization refactoring, the use of SPLdesign patterns, reuse design, and others, but few software engineering classes have time to teachor apply these concepts. Many of the strategies within SPL engineering reinforce good

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzam S. Maleki P.E., Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Gail M Stephens P.E., Massachusetts Maritime Academy

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Ocean and Marine

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining the MMA, Gail served as a Civil Engineer Corps officer of the United States Navy for almost 10 years, worked in private industry, and co-founded two companies one in product development and the other in service. She is currently working on her PhD in Engineering and Applied Science in the Advanced Mechanics of Materials program at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Case Study on Gender Gap at Massachusetts Maritime Academy Farzam S. Maleki[1], PhD, PE and Gail M. Stephens[2], PE [1] and [2

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd, MassBay Community College; Chitra Javdekar, Mass Bay Community College

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

Award.Marina Bograd, MassBay Community CollegeDr. Chitra Javdekar, Mass Bay Community College Dean, Division of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017ASEE Off‐Site Internship 2017    1  A Collaborative Capstone Industry Project for Community College Students  Abstract The Community College, located in Wellesley, MA offers two certificates in Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Technology and Manufacturing Innovation.  Each certificate can be completed within a year.  The final semester is dedicated to a paid industry internship where students are supervised by both company and faculty

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; Robert P. Leland, Oral Roberts University; Emily Dzurilla

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Systems Engineering

integration & test stepsand for motivating students.”1 The following four themes were maintained throughout thiscourse to guide and encourage students in the development process: 1. Physics is activelyopposed to spaceflight, 2. Nothing ever works the first time you put it together, 3. There is neverenough time or money, and 4. Fear [of failure] rules all decisions. They suggest that, ‘Our “fourheuristics of space systems” were a very successful method for engaging the students with thematerial, and can be applied to other parts of the design lifecycle or to other aspects ofengineering.’1 These heuristics were found to be equally applicable in the development of a next-generation ground transportation system, which is the project of interest in

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan Knakiewicz, Savannah State University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

acollaborative effort between the students, their faculty capstone advisor, the EPA Region 4College/Underserved Community Partnership Program (CUPP), the Thriving Earth Exchange(TEX), and the City of Midway, Georgia. This collaboration is illustrated in Figure 1 below. Figure 1: Communication in project collaborationIn addition, the project implemented sustainable engineering design features and materials, andwas made available by CUPP.According to the U.S. EPA: The CUPP is based on developing partnerships between small, underserved communities and geographically close colleges/universities to provide a variety of technical support at no cost to those communities. This geographical proximity enables the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

= 419). All of the girls in the Reach group were also invited to participate in a variety offollow-up gatherings and programs in their middle school and high school years. Applicants whowere not selected in the lottery, and any girls who started the two-week summer program but didnot complete it, were placed in the Control group (n = 312). Table 1 shows the number of girls inthe Reach and Control groups by program year.Data CollectionNames and birthdates of the 731 subjects were compiled from program records for the years1997 through 2010. We then collected three data points for each subject from admissionsrecords: whether she applied as an undergraduate (yes = 1, no = 0), whether she was accepted(yes =1, no = 0), and whether she enrolled (yes

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Canino, Trine University; Brett Batson, Trine University

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Mechanical Engineering

using collaborative quizzes. However, they did findthat collaborative quizzes encouraged students to come to class prepared and students who tookcollaborative quizzes viewed the quizzes more favorably. Enz and Frosch come to a similarconclusion stating “Peer collaboration improves quiz scores, is favorably perceived by studentsand enhances their course satisfaction, but does not improve subsequent performance on midtermand final examinations taken noncollaboratively.”13 However, Roa, Collins, and DiCarlo find“completing the quizzes in groups enhances the understanding of the material.”14 Moreover,Leight et al. hypothesis that collaborative testing might improve students’ obtainment of lower-order learning outcomes (Bloom’s levels 1 and 2), but

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Dyreson P.E., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Corinne R. Henak, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

coursework for ME, biomedical (BME), civil, and some otherengineering majors and is typically taken during the sophomore year. Other engineering studentscan take the course as an elective; prerequisites include statics and calculus. The traditionalcourse used the three 50-minute weekly class meetings for lecture. The blended course used thesame class meetings for a mixture of lecture, in-class activities, and problem solving (Table 1).The two non-lecture days were held in a classroom specifically designed to facilitate group workand active learning. The two classes used the same online homework and exam formats.Table 1: Weekly course structures for Traditional and Blended courses in this study Before class Monday