Conference Session

Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

engineering and technology needs, a more diverse pool of students mustbe attracted to major in science and engineering.To address this problem, a push has been made to recruit students from community colleges totransfer into a bachelor program, majoring in STEM. Community colleges have a diversepopulation to pull from, 57% are women, 14% are African American/Black and 16- 20% areHispanic.2,4 The national transfer rate in 4-6 years for students enrolling in community collegewith the intention to transfer to a bachelor program is between 25-39% and efforts are needed toincrease this transfer rate.4Past studies on increasing the diversity of engineering have focused on social cognitive careertheory.1 Within this framework, researchers have examined the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Pan, Georgia State University; Michael Weeks, Georgia State University; Yanqing Zhang, Georgia State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

University Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Abstract Cybersecurity is important for many applications in both research and education. Currently, graduates incybersecurity are in short supply because few universities have sufficient courses in this area. An interesting andpractical hands-on labware can help students obtain knowledge in security. We have been working on integratingsecurity education into Georgia State University's computer science curriculum since the project was funded byNSF in Sept. 2013. We focus on adding security teaching activities into four courses: (1) Operating Systems, (2)Embedded Systems, (3) Computer Networks, and (4) Web

Conference Session

Software & Web-based Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom J. Zajdel, University of California at Berkeley; Michel M. Maharbiz, University of California at Berkeley

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Electrical and Computer

models studied inclass. Therefore, circuit prototyping and measurement labs are a universal requirement forelectrical engineering programs1. Instructional laboratory facilities are typically only accessibleto students studying engineering at a formal institution of higher education. Though the recentproliferation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) have extended access to high qualityelectronics instruction2 (see Table 1 for a brief survey of available and proposed electronicsMOOCs), globalized access to laboratory education remains prohibitive due to the expense ofequipment3.Some MOOCs, notably edX’s inaugural 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics, use simulations andvirtual labs to give students more experience with experimentation4. These

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Lorelei Fernandez, Florida International University; Natalie Paul, Florida International University; Ismail Guvenc, Florida International University

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Electrical and Computer

. Then for the third phase, the data sources from the participants and thefaculty mentor were triangulated, developing themes revealing successful aspects, as well asareas for potential modification and improvement.ResultsOverall Research ProjectsFive items on the survey pertained to the overall research project (See Table 1). Participants’perceptions about their overall summer research projects revealed mostly neutral or above ratingson a five point scale: (1) strongly disagree, (2) disagree, (3) neither agree nor disagree, (4) agree,and (5) strongly agree. For the REU students, two of the three students tended to respond to thesefive items as neutral (3) or above (4 or 5). Both of these participants were undergraduates goinginto their senior

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part I: Artifacts for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S Alireza Behnejad P.E., University of Surrey, UK

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Civil Engineering

provides further information about the background of the DAD Project anddiscusses the Project in more detail. Also, relevant literature is reviewed and a methodologyis proposed to assess the potential benefits of using full-scale physical models as a part of amaster degree module offered in the academic year 2015-16. Finally, the outcomes of theresearch, as well as further recommendations are provided.1. BackgroundThe Author, as a practicing architect and the director of an architectural firm, has beeninvolved in the design and construction of around 150 ‘Spatial Structures’ in differentprojects since 1999. An example of these projects is a 40 metre span geodesic dome shown inFigure 1. Also, to maintain the relationship between the industry and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Douglas Muir, University of Virginia; Elizabeth P. Pyle, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

become a valued resource for business incubator programs throughout Virginia and her success as a business consultant is reflected in the successful outcomes of her clients. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Beyond "The Innovator's DNA:" Systematic Development of Creative Intelligence in an Engineering Entrepreneurship ProgramIn a seminal paper published in the Harvard Business Review in 2009 and titled “The Innovator’sDNA,” Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen argue that there are "five discovery skills thatdistinguish the most innovative entrepreneurs from other executives." The specific skills theyidentified through their research were (1) associating, (2) questioning, (3

Conference Session

Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University; Connor Schwalm, Old Dominion University; Patrick Sean Heaney, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

skilled technical areas, both in the classroom and “on-the-job”, todevelop system level expertise in their respective technical disciplines. Key components of theprogram include: (1) establishing a mechanism for outreach and recruitment; (2) providingleveling, tutoring, mentoring, and support for students; (3) teaching and learning through provenpedagogical practices and through sound academic advising; (4) partnering with the DoDcommunity to facilitate student career placement in the DoD STEM workforce; (5) providingworkforce development for DoD STEM professionals. This paper will discuss the academicchallenges that student veterans face while in higher education and the current STEM pipelinesas students move through their college to

Conference Session

Software & Web-based Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul William Viglucci, Binghamton University; Aaron P. Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

incorporating ENoCS into an existing computer architecturecourse curriculum and an evaluation of its effectiveness in a small senior/graduate-level course.Students in the evaluated course who used the tool showed an increased competency in theconcepts, as well as interest in using the tool further. While the sample size was small, itdemonstrates the promise of using the ENoCS tool in the classroom. The simulator is availableon-line for public use at https://github.com/ProfACarpenter/ENoCS.1 IntroductionCollege-level courses are always improving the learning experience for their students byincorporating new technology into the classroom. On-line courses and on-campus coursecurricula increasingly rely on the development of a growing library of

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session I: Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda D Young, Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Lee Michael Warburton, AKKA Technologies; Christopher David Ciechon

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

acquires knowledge, gains experience todevelop needed skills, and adopts professional values that lead to a successful start in their career[15]. In essence, students should be able to answer three questions as they progress through theprofessional socialization process: 1) What do I do with the skills learned? 2) What am I supposed to look like, and how should I act in my professional field? 3) What do I, as a professional, look like to other professionals as I perform my new roles? [17].Researchers have offered multiple and complex conclusions around professional socializationand its contribution to identity formation [18, 19]. Several studies have used the framework toexplore undergraduate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Susko, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ilan Ben-Yaacov, University of California, Santa Barbara; Tanya Das, University of California, Santa Barbara; Lubella Lenaburg, University of California, Santa Barbara; Francesco Bullo, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

staff advisors. Each advisor meets with two teams over a one hour“cohort” meeting once per week to discuss progress of the project. The teams come preparedwith a short slide deck (1-5 slides) detailing the progress made in the past week. Lectures areonce per week and serve the purpose of reinforcing the design process by introducing techniquesfor project management, research, design process management, sketching, ideation, prototypeplanning, photography and videography skills, effective presentations and writing skills.The Electrical Engineering capstone course consisted of 6 projects. Five of these projects weresponsored and defined by industrial partners, and 1 was industry sponsored but competitiondefined (SpaceX Hyperloop Pod). The course

Conference Session

PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu, Iowa State University; Suhan Yao, Iowa State University; Peter Tarmo Savolainen, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

instructors. These benefits caninclude increased learning gain3,4, flexibility5-15, increased interaction with peers and theinstructor6,8,9,12,13,16-22, improved professional skills20,23, and increased student engagement andpreparation9,13,25,26. Based, in part, on the potential benefits identified in previous studies, ajunior-level transportation engineering course was converted into a flipped format. This paperaims to investigate student perspectives on various components of the course. In particular, thefollowing research questions will be addressed. 1. Are students prepared to take a flipped course? 2. What are student perspectives on a flipped transportation engineering course?Course DescriptionCE 355: Principles of Transportation

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ma Zenia N. Agustin, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Marcus Agustin, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; George Pelekanos, Southern Illinois University; Cem Karacal, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT’s integrated circuit factory. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016A holistic student-centered approach to retaining and graduating engineers at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Ma Zenia Agustin1, Marcus Agustin1, George Pelekanos1, Cem Karacal2 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics 2 School of EngineeringAbstractThis work in progress describes a

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Ronald S Harichandran P.E., University of New Haven; Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; David J. Adams, Technical Communications Consultant; Amanda Simson, The University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

learningoutcomes. The evaluations were done with all five evaluators present. Student progress throughthe first three years of PITCH is quantified and the results demonstrate that student writingimproved significantly. The pedagogical and administrative lessons learned by developing andimplementing the program are also discussed. PITCH is supported by a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation.Background A key skill desired by employers of new engineering graduates and valued by alumni is theability to communicate technical content effectively.1-5 Engineering educators have recognizedthis need for many years and a variety of efforts have been undertaken at different universities toaddress it.6,7 An approach adopted by many engineering schools

Conference Session

Uses for MATLAB in Mechancial Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University

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Mechanical Engineering

for the course along with examples from theinternet and other books. Examples we use to teach the basics in our MATLAB course relate tothe following subjects: 1. Built in functions. 2. MATLAB matrices and arrays. 3. User defined functions. 4. Loops, logical functions and selection structures. 5. Graphing and plotting. 6. Matrix algebra. 7. User-controlled input and output. 8. Symbolic Mathematics. 9. Graphical user interface. 10. Simulink.A simple example to teach students about “built in” functions is to use a program to generate asine wave with noise. This problem combines the random number function along with the sinefunction to model random noise such as noise = rand(size(t));y = 5*sin(2*t) + noise. The output is then

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vivian Liang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Zach Jasensky, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Melvin Moore III; Jake Francis Rogers; Geoff Pfeifer, Worcester Polytechic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics

the various aspects to an ethical issue, allowing for an engaging experience14. For thefirst phase of the project, ethics education assignments were integrated into a senior-levelbiomechanics class. The class had a total of 79 students. The point/counterpoint assignment hada 94% participation rate, as the homework was worth 2% of the students’ final grades. Resultsfrom the assignment showed that the class was fairly polarized in opinions for the first part,where the students voiced their own beliefs. After completing the assignment, 20% ofparticipating students changed their original viewpoints on the case study, seen in Figure 1. Thischange in mindset indicates that the students considered other options than their personal belief,and found

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

while reducing imposeed risks and d harms (meeans) amongg agentic citiizens of a sppecific munity.” (p. 4) commStemmin ng from this definition, d we w have intro oduced studeents to six ellements of soocial justice forconsideraation in engiineering probblem solving g and definittion, as show wn in Table 1. In some w ways,IFCS, a rigorously r mathematical m course, seem ms a difficullt choice for social justicce integrationn.Howeverr, students inn the course learn to desiign a feedbacck controllerr to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Claire Y. Yan, University of British Columbia, Okanagan

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

practice and studentoutcomes?”30 faculty members who teach freshman or sophomore level science, math, or engineeringcourses at a large, southwestern university were interviewed about their teaching beliefs, weresurveyed using the ATI, and were observed using the RTOP. Interview questions were analyzedusing emergent theme analysis and related to their ATI responses and RTOP scores. Theinterview question responses were coded numerically as either teacher-centered (-1), studentcentered (+1), or mixed/neither (0) using the dimensions of the ATI as a basis. The total RTOPscores, the ATI dimension scores, and the sum of the interview ET analyses for every facultymember were then ranked in ascending order. Using Spearman’s rank correlation

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Experiential Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liang Li Wu, University of California - Irvine; Robert M. Cassidy, University of California - Irvine; J Michael McCarthy, University of California - Irvine; John C. LaRue, University of California - Irvine; Gregory N. Washington, University of California - Irvine

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First-Year Programs

piloting in 2012 as shown in Table 1 below.Approximately one third of the 2015 incoming freshmen engineering class chose to take the Fallcourse, demonstrating the successful expansion of the course with modified projects. Onaverage, students spent 3.82 hours per week outside of classroom. Students who chose not toreturn for the Winter quarter mainly cited schedule conflicts or course overload, in surveys takenat the end of the Fall quarter. However, when asked whether students would advise the incomingfreshmen to take the course, also in surveys taken at the end of the Fall quarter, the majorityrecommended the course as shown in Table 1 because of the experimental learning and team-based project. 2012-2013

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Jackeline Torres, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Margaret E. Beier, Rice University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

being on track to graduate with a degree fromthe School of Engineering. A stratified sample was used to match course enrollees and coursenon-enrollees on observed characteristics, which were gender, URM status, and academicpreparedness. There was an 86% retention rate for engineer starters who had taken the coursecompared to a 74% engineering retention rate for engineer starters who had not. A chi-square testof independence was performed to examine the relationship between taking the course andobtaining an engineering degree (yes or no). This relationship was significant [χ2(1) = 6.59, p =0.01]. Engineer starters who took the course were more likely to persist in engineering thanengineer starters who did not.Our aim is to continue to examine

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Faculty Perspectives and Training

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Farrah Fayyaz, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

state of the art in engineering education requires a “closed loop” betweenresearch and practice. Recently, Jamieson and Lohmann5 articulated the interrelationshipsbetween what needs to be changed in engineering education, how to drive change in this context,and who should drive change. Furthermore, they proposed a model of systematic engineeringeducation innovation that is based on a continual cycle of research and practice, which, ifadopted, would “both continually advance the body of knowledge on engineering learning andresult in the implementation of more effective and replicable educational innovations, with theend result being better-educated students” (p. 1); see Figure 1. Assessment is a necessary part ofthe cycle. It clarifies learning

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Kim, Bucknell University; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Nathan P. Siegel P.E., Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, persistence, and a growth mindset. In this paper we describe these seven characteristics, their specific implementation, and why we believe they have an influence on an entrepreneurial mindset.  We conducted a pilot assessment study to determine the effect of these courses and the seven characteristics on intrinsic motivation and curiosity. We provide brief results of the study in this paper, which show that the IDEAS courses positively affect both curiosity and intrinsic motivation.  Keywords: Curiosity, Intrinsic Motivation, Entrepreneurial Mindset 1        Introduction  It is widely recognized that success in professional settings relies on more than technical expertise.  The term “non­cognitive skills” encompasses personal traits other than those

Conference Session

Assessment I: Developing Assessment Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Lesmond, University of Toronto; Nikita Dawe, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

information in order to reachvalid conclusions” 1 and is similar to the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) criteria b. Likewise, problem analysis is defined by the CEAB as the “ability to useappropriate knowledge and skills to identify, formulate, analyze, and solve complex engineeringproblems in order to reach substantiated conclusions”1 and is similar to ABET criteria e. Theresearch team sought to answer the following questions: 1. What are the specific skills/behaviours/attitudes that are important for assessing investigation? 2. What are the specific skills/behaviours/attitudes that are important for assessing problem analysis?This study is part of a larger research project which seeks to develop non-discipline

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering. These Engineering Ambassadors develop valuable leadership and communication skills, which they apply through engineering outreach to middle and high school students. Christine received her MBA in marketing and international business from Drexel University and her BA in English and film from Dickinson College.Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer-Verlag, 2013) and founder of the web- site Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science (writing.engr.psu.edu), which receives more than 1 million page downloads

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session I: Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University North Central; George Stefanek, Purdue University, North Central

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College Industry Partnerships

idealized systems to which thebasic textbook principles can be applied. This modeling process bridges the gap betweentextbook theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom, and the application of this knowledge tosolving problems in practice. “Research confirmed in the 90s that students learn more bygrappling with open-ended problems, like creating a computer game or designing an alternativeenergy system, than listening to lectures”1. For example, in the area of structural engineering,the process of defining a system involves defining the system geometric model, material model,load model, connection model, boundary and support conditions, and the analysis model. In atextbook problem, all of the above are explicitly given to the student who simply

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

variety of fields, including counselling,psychology, moral philosophy, psychotherapy, neuropsychology, and engineering education. Insum, we describe five educational contexts and a myriad of techniques that we posit, when usedeffectively and spread across engineering curricula, will be effective means towards thedevelopment of empathy among engineering students.1. IntroductionIn recent years, scholars have paid increased attention to the phenomenon of empathy within thecontext of engineering. In 2011, Strobel et al. found approximately 20 engineering articles thatexplicitly “embedded the concept of empathy.”1 Yet, a January 2016 search of ASEE’sconference proceedings alone indicates that 69 articles explicitly used the term in 2015, 38 in2014, 23

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

perceptions overthree offerings. Specifically, throughout this study we investigated three research questions: 1. What are the differences in engineering students’ ethical reasoning changes when their mode of participation includes an in-class discussion-based lecture format compared to being completely restricted to online material delivery and interaction? 2. What are the differences in engineering students’ perceived effectiveness of an ethics course when participating in a hybrid versus a completely online format? 3. Are there any differences in the correlations between ethical reasoning changes and course perceptions between the hybrid and online groups?Study OverviewThis multiphase research study27 proceeded in three

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Assessment II: Learning Gains and Conceptual Understanding

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Lewis Van De Bogart, University of Maine; MacKenzie R. Stetzer, University of Maine

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Educational Research and Methods

when predicting the behavior of the biasing network. To this end, we designed a taskto further investigate the nature of student difficulties with biasing networks. Although therehave been previous work on filters and phase relations in ac circuits in engineering courses5,6, to Fig. 1. (a) Standard schematic of a typical biasing network encountered in a transistor amplifier circuit. (b) Thévenin equivalent circuit for the same biasing network, which is the circuit used in this assessment. the best of our knowledge, this is the first investigation of student understanding of ac biasing(and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keke Chen, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Prabhaker Mateti, Wright State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

labs have successfully reached their initial design goals.1 IntroductionCloud computing has become a new popular computing paradigm. It has shown great potential inbusiness, research, and education. With the pay-as-you-use utility computing model and virtualiza-tion techniques 3 , cloud computing can significantly reduce the cost of computing and easily scaleup or down upon users’ requests. In fact, many popular online computing tools and services thatwe enjoy today are built on clouds, such as Dropbox, Facebook, and most of Google’s products.With cloud computing, it becomes possible for users to provision a large amount of computingpower in a short time to perform large-scale data intensive computation, and to be charged onlyfor the time

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Theiss, The Ohio State University; John E Robertson, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, The Ohio State University; Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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First-Year Programs

overwhelming (especially at institutions like ours thatoffer 14 engineering majors), and students may not necessarily select the discipline that is thebest fit for them on their first attempt.1 Student expectation of future earnings coupled withability have been found to be critical determinates of college major; however, these perceptionsmay have errors that would influence major change.2 If a student finds themselves in a disciplinethat they do not feel is a suitable fit, their academic standing and retention within engineeringmay suffer.3 Therefore, in order to prevent students who did not find a discipline that was a bestfit for them from migrating out of engineering, it is important to study the decision making ofstudents and their discipline

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas P Langhoff, Skyline College; Eva Schiorring; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

materials in a regular face-to-face course which will beused to inform subsequent on-line delivery. Additionally, student surveys and interviewsare used to assess students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the course resources, alongwith their sense of self-efficacy and identity as aspiring engineers.1. IntroductionEfforts to remain competitive internationally in engineering and technology require asignificant increase in the number of STEM graduates in the United States. A recentreport prepared by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology statesthat currently less than forty percent of students entering college to pursue a STEM careerend up completing a STEM degree, citing that students typically leave the STEM field inthe