Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan R. Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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International

our deliberations, a report was released from the National Academy ofEngineering entitled, “The Engineer of 2020,” which discussed the forces acting on engineeringin the United States and what preparation engineers needed to be competitive in the globaleconomy.1 This report was accompanied by a number of credible voices and other studies whichsupported its conclusions.2,3,4 The report indicated that the skill set for engineers needed toexpand beyond analysis and technical skills to include, among others, global competence,leadership skills, creativity, ethical responsibility and a commitment to lifelong learning.As we considered this broadened skill set and the changes acting on engineering, the collegestrategic directions gradually coalesced

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Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ananda Mani Paudel, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Devi Kiran Kalla, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Manufacturing

practical considerations in solving real life problems is developed and offered.This paper presents a more comprehensive course devoted to AM, covering aspects of thetechnology as well as integration of the existing technology and its management. For example,1) modeling section constitutes basic CAD and 3D scanning; 2) enabling technology sectionscover topics in AM technologies and materials; 3) impact analysis section includes productionsystems, environment and safety relevant to AM. Design for AM considers the shape anddimension based on the functional requirements and loading conditions rather than shape andsize of the stock material. Different open source and proprietary AM technologies with thecapability of printing plastics and metal are

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

research and development of distributed medical monitoring technologies and learning tools that support biomedical contexts. His research focuses on (1) plug-and-play, point-of-care medical monitoring systems that utilize interoperability standards, (2) wearable sensors and signal processing techniques for the determination of human and animal physiological status, and (3) educational tools and techniques that maximize learning and student interest. Dr. Warren is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He currently serves as the Chair for the ASEE Midwest Section. c American Society for Engineering Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Cindy M Walker, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Luciana Cancado, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dian Mitrayani , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

information allowed us to determine if we werereceiving input from a representative cross-section of the student in CEAS engaged in UREs, andto provide us with details that could impact the quality of the URE for the student. The studentswere given a list of potential benefits and asked to identify the benefits that they perceived tohave gained from the URE; the perceived benefits list is provided in Table 1.Figure 1 depicts students’ perceptions of the benefits received from their undergraduate researchexperience. The number listed for each benefit refers to the benefit as listed in Table 1. Note, 3students did list an “other” benefit, but these were considered either similar to one of the 11 otherbenefits, or had only one person with that other

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer E. Holte, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

calculus” are just acouple examples of the students expressing their struggle to see the relevance of what they arelearning. Likewise, engineering faculty are often frustrated by their students’ apathy toward reallearning. When a machine design student says, “You mean I have to remember Statics?” itbecomes clear the student didn’t see the usefulness of free-body diagrams back in Statics class.When students don’t see a connection between the concepts they learn in Statics and their futureas engineers, they are less motivated to engage and to remember what they learn. There may bemany contributing factors as to why students tend to see Statics as “series of mathematicalmanipulations”1 rather than a way to understand physical systems. Textbook

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Freddy Solis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joseph Victor Sinfield, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

: 1) experimental methods, instru- mentation, and sensor design, and 2) innovation management, particularly in the context of entrepreneur- ship and engineering education. Prior to Purdue and Innosight, he spent five years as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company and also worked as a geotechnical engineer for Haley & Aldrich. Dr. Sin- field is a frequent speaker on the management principles that can be employed to more predictably drive innovation and serves on the innovation advisory boards of multiple companies. He is the co-author of The Innovator’s Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work (Harvard Business Press, 2008), and has published in business periodicals such as Sloan

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CAPSTONE (SENIOR) DESIGN AND UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University ; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

prompts and activities for instructional uses.BackgroundThe United States Department of Energy has laid out a vision in 2011, which includes having theU.S. secure a leading role in clean energy technologies [1]. With current global considerations toconserve natural energy resources and convert to more sustainable methods of power generation,applied efforts need to be developed in order to integrate known methods of energy generation,and still be able to provide reliable results. Although traditional energy sources (such as fossilfuels) still meet most of our energy demands, the benefits of renewable energy have no match asbeing environmentally friendly while they are virtually inexhaustible. Sustainable developmentincludes solving the sustainable

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Darrell K. Kleinke P.E., University of Detroit Mercy; Molly McClelland, University of Detroit Mercy

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering Education, 2016  Multidisciplinary Patient-Centered Capstone Senior Design ProjectsAbstractCapstone design projects are the culmination of the student learning process at the undergraduatelevel and provide an opportunity for students to work on real-world, open-ended problems.Following the engineering design process, students discover needs, propose solutions, buildprototypes and test the implemented design. There are many models that exist in the exactimplementation of this student experience, which satisfies many of the outcomes required by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), ranging from need-based designto basic research.1 A common model for biomedical engineering

Conference Session

Practical Teaching in Manufacturing

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Rajesh Ganithi, Petroleum Institute

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Manufacturing

the choice of differentforms of material, machines and methods of holding the work. The exercise permittedthe use of both jig and fixture and thus it is unique. It enabled the students tounderstand the use of jigs, fixtures and standard work holders like the three jaw chuckand the vise. It also describes the assessment and students’ feedback.1 IntroductionMachine tool is a power driven appliance to bring the cutting tool and the work piecein contact and to have a relative motion between them that executes the cut. The cuttransforms the raw stock into a finished or semi-finished component. In order for thecut to be effective work has to be held firmly and appropriately and for the students,work-holding or ‘Fixturing’ is one of the least

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeannie S Stephens, University of Delaware; Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Delaware; Elisa S. Arch, University of Delaware; Jill Higginson, University of Delaware

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Biomedical

instructor, homeworkassignments, and maintain a blog to document their immersion experience and an inventory ofidentified unmet needs. At the end of the term there is a poster session where the students presenta proposed solution to one of the unmet needs. The enrollment for Clinical Immersion is 15 - 20students placed at 6 - 7 clinical sites. The clinical sites have specialty areas for immersion, e.g.cardiology, general surgery, sports medicine, genetics, stroke rehabilitation, and otolaryngology,and each site and specialty area may host more than one student. Table 1. Senior Design Timeline and Phases Timeline Project Phases Weeks 1-2 Phase 1: Introduction &

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 11

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael S. Lehman, Lehigh University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, twelve-monthprogram that differentiates itself in the market via its “dedicated approach” to entrepreneurialengineering education - a dedicated curriculum, a dedicated space and a dedicated faculty.This dedicated model, as detailed in the sections below, has been designed as the foundation foreducating students with a variety of undergraduate backgrounds in engineering (includingmechanical, electrical and chemical), business (including finance, accounting and marketing),and arts and science (such as design, physics, biology, psychology and anthropology) (see Fig.1). 65Figure 1: Undergraduate degrees of students in first three TE cohortses Majors Business

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Reginald DesRoches, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan E Burns P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janille A Smith-Colin P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Wes Wynens, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisa Gail Rosenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

of the strategic plans of the various engineering schools. Table1 provides a list of leadership-focused objectives and strategies within the strategic plans of theInstitute, College of Engineering and selected engineering schools reflecting the broad focus onthe development of leaders and expansion of global influence. These strategic plan elements arewell aligned with the National Academy of Engineers’ Vision for the Engineer of 2020, whichincludes the following attributes (1): (1) Technical proficiency (2) Broad education (3) Global citizenship (4) Ethical grounding (5) Ability to lead in business and public service.These strategic plans and the NAE vision were foundations for the development of the GELMinor

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Kasi Jackson, West Virginia University ; Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Maja Husar Holmes, West Virginia University; Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

published in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, International Journal of Public Administration, and Energy Policy.Dr. Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University Dr. Rachel Stoiko is a postdoctoral fellow at West Virginia University. She is interested in the intersections of gender, work, and family. Specifically, she works on projects related to career decision-making and development, institutional diversity and inclusivity, and student success in STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 1 Dialogues toward Gender Equity: Engaging Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Eric C Pappas, James Madison University; Jesse Pappas, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

performance by attribution status (amongothers). The final deliverable will be the first iteration of a low-cost scalable and transferableglobal model for instructional integration that will allow students and faculty to engage inmeaningful and intentional self-development of behaviors in specific sustainability content areas.1 IntroductionTwo tragic characteristics tend to characterize human behavior: 1) our inability to employ asystems approach for understanding the world around us, as well as ourselves; and 2) our failureto demonstrate behavior that is aligned with our values. These factors tend to result inindividuals who are often unable to direct their own personal growth and professionaldevelopment.The central goal of this research is to help

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Facilitating Student Success and Inclusion

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shonda L. Bernadin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Tracee Williams Mason, Florida A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

researchquestions: (1) What specific emotions do students have about this course upon entering it? (2) Do their emotions change positively or negatively throughout the duration of the course?Other related research questions that may offer significant implications for understanding thecomplete emotional experience of engineering students in this course include: (3) How much do students’ emotions correlate with their academic performance in the course? (4) Does their emotion trajectory influence their motivation for pursuing engineering as a career?This study focuses on the first two research questions. Since this paper describes a work-in-progress, research questions (3) and (4) are beyond the scope of this paper. Future research inthis

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo G. Perez, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Omar Meza Castillo, Inter American University of Puerto Rico

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First-Year Programs

project. Students who completed the registration process were contacted by emailor phone two weeks before the beginning of ESIP.ProjectsThe ESIP consisted of ten days (5 hours each), from July 20 to 31, 2015, coming to a total of50 contact hours. The curriculum was based on innovative activities designed to fosterstudents’ self-confidence and understanding on STEM subjects in order to prepare them for thefirst-year engineering courses. Table 1 presents a brief description of the ESIP curriculum.Table 1. ESIP Curriculum and Contact Hours Project title STEM content and processes Contact hours General Program - 5 Orientation Motivational

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Assessment, Course, and Curricular Development

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn T. Wrate P.E., Northern Michigan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

electrical power systems (all in their first year); transformers and, generally,three-phase power equipment (in the first semester of their second year). All of the courses inthe two-year associate degree transfer into a four-year baccalaureate degree, so some of thestudents continue. Also, some of the students in the four-year program take this course as anelective.AssessmentThe student learning objectives of the course are that upon successful completion of the course,the student will be able to: 1. Understand and be able to calculate values using the per unit system 2. Understand and be able to calculate values using symmetrical components 3. Determine the operating characteristics and proper application of auxiliary transformers used

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bernadette Longo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Dave M. Kmiec, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

wereproduced as part the project from start to finish.One of the inherent difficulties of the use of workplace documents is clearly illustrated in Figures 1and 2. It would be possible to bring these documents to an engineering communication class, or asoftware engineering class, but without Dr. Mohan’s verbal narration, it is possible that neitherinstructor nor students would have an idea of the important context that surrounds the documents.For instance, Figure 1 shows the original email that initiated the software project. The purpose of thedocument is explicit in the first sentence: “to outline a small data acquisition project for Amadeus.”In his narration, however, Dr. Mohan reflects on the long-standing and positive relationship betweenhis

Conference Session

Innovative Project-Based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dawn Wendell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amos G. Winter V, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

andapproachable. There has been a recent trend to improve introductory mechanical engineeringclasses to show students immediately the applications of the knowledge they are acquiring in theclasses early in their department [1] [2]. Such identity with the material has been shown toincrease persistence in engineering [3] [4].This paper illustrates a thematic method of examples threaded throughout a semester-long classat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that tie together introductory concepts that thestudents are leaning and real-world examples from the automotive industry. These examples,which often include video, sound or music, pictures, and real-world specifications, break up thenormal lecture-format class and show immediate applications for

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University; Jacob William Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

Literacy for Higher Education have many similarities. The maindefinition of “Research as Inquiry” from the ACRL framework states that “Research is iterativeand depends upon asking increasingly complex or new questions whose answers in turn developadditional questions or lines of inquiry in any field.”1 Similarly, the definition of the engineeringdesign process as stated by ABET is: “Engineering design is the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (often iterative), in which the basic sciences, mathematics, and the engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet these stated needs.” 2Both the ACRL information literacy framework

Conference Session

CAD Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Arnold D. Phillips Jr., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

modeling b-rep data structures. However, automaticfeature recognition results in a sequence of features that seldom mimics the original featurescreated by the designer, except for the simplest of parts. A moderately complex model of a chair,Figure 1 (left), contains a variety of features including extrusions, fillets, draft, sweep and loft, aswell as a mirrored feature. The STEP file of this model, when imported using automatic featurerecognition, yields fewer fillets, two revolves, two draft features, and a large volume of materialthat could not be featurized, shown as “Imported3”, Figure 1 (right). No extrusions or patternfeatures were recognized. Only the geometry that is transformed into features can be edited in aconventional history-based

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Guvenc, Florida International University; Natalie Paul, Florida International University; Rhys Bowley, National Instruments; Maria Lorelei Fernandez, Florida International University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

systems worldwide and in the United Statesteach wireless communications by mostly (and sometimes exclusively) focusing on the theory.This approach is perceived as dry by the students who often find it hard to connect the rathercomplex theoretical abstractions to their everyday “fun” interaction with smartphones. Recently,software-defined radio (SDR)1 and cognitive radio (CR)2 concepts that allow the developing ofprogrammable and affordable wireless systems have gained significant interest in the wirelesscommunity. The introduction of new highly reconfigurable and affordable SDR-based hardwaremodules, such as the popular Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) platform, is seen as apromising approach to building a hands-on wireless laboratory

Conference Session

Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Long Duy Nguyen P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Derek James Lura PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Mechanics

Mines showed that students who used ME outperformed those students who used paper/pencilassignments8. A study in an operations management course indicated that randomized homeworkvalues can offer such benefits as (1) a significant practical and statistical impact on improvingexam scores, (2) reducing the rate of cheating, and (3) making homework a more accuratemeasure of student ability7. The goal of this paper is to provide a comparative assessment ofstudent performance on exams, summary students’ perceptions concerning ME and a summaryof lessons learned using ME in an engineering mechanics course.MethodsTwo sections of engineering mechanics in fall 2015 that used ME were the focus of this study(M1 and M2 in Table 1). When necessary

Conference Session

Two-Year to Four-Year Transfer Programs: Best Practices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric James Davishahl, Everett Community College; Xiaopeng Bi, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

communitycollege with intent to transfer to a four year university to complete their Bachelor of Sciencedegree.1 Community colleges play a substantial role in the production of engineering graduatesin Washington State. Several community colleges throughout the state offer comprehensiveengineering transfer programs that include all the courses necessary for students to transfer atjunior level in most engineering majors. Transfer students who completed their prerequisitecourse work at a community college make up approximately one third and one quarter ofengineering graduates at the main campuses of Washington State University in Pullman andUniversity of Washington in Seattle respectively. More broadly 36% of 2014 college graduatesin Washington had completed

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinyi Zhang, Purdue University; Pan Fengjian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mrigank S. Jha, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Pranav Marla, Purdue University; Kee Wook Lee, Purdue University; David B Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University

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Computing & Information Technology

  potential  limitations  of  the system, as well as suggestions for improvement.    Introduction  Technologies  are  foundations  of  modern  societies  and  software  plays  an  essential  role  in technologies.  Recognizing  the  importance  of  software,  computer  science has  become an integral part  of  general education in USA [1]. Developing high quality software is a complex process and many  tools  are  involved,  for  example,  version  control,  debugging,  performance  profile,  test coverage,  memory  access  violation,  and  resource  utilization.  As  an  analogy,  these  tools  are instruments  in  an  airplane; these instruments provide crucial information about the condition and status  of  the  plane. The speedometer informs a

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Software & Web-based Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Paul Hummel, Louisiana Tech University; Miguel Gates, Louisiana Tech University

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Electrical and Computer

relatively simple to keep up to date over time. Onceproblem sets are implemented, it is easy to use them 1) between different sections of a course, 2)with different teachers, 3) for an indefinite period of time, 4) even with changes in textbooks.That is, once problem sets are created, it is not necessary to update the sets from one term or yearto the next or when a publishing company releases a new edition of a textbook. Instructors alsohave the flexibility to change textbooks entirely without the need to entirely recreate theircourse's homework sets. In this situation, usually only a reordering or regrouping of problems isnecessary so that assignments would correspond to sections in the newly chosen text. All of thesoftware required to run WeBWorK

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Bochao Li, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

this date, the PLC simulation web-based software is nearly complete. It consists of nine maincurriculum modulus and three supplementary modules as shown in Figure 1. The main modulus1-9 are devoted to general concepts that every student needs to know to become proficient inprogramming PLCs. Module 10 teach students additional skills of PLC installation,troubleshooting and safety. In module 11, concept of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition(SCADA) with implementation of Human Machine Interface (HMI) is presented. Lastly, inmodule 12, students have an opportunity to test their knowledge working with fully simulatedwater treatment facility and conduct programming of its components and also run andtroubleshoot its operation directly from the

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Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

a new paradigm for engineering education,one based upon a contemplative pedagogy in conjunction with service learning. The nexus of thetwo paradigms seems to hold great promise in developing the skills in engineering students theNational Academy of Engineering has described. Such a paradigm has been utilized in acombined senior capstone design and engineering ethics sequence.IntroductionMy goal in the present work is to share some teaching tools and resultant impacts on students Ihave recently experienced. I offer them with complete humility in the same spirit of an openingcomment made by the Dalai Lama at a conference on the environment held at MiddleburyCollege in the 1990’s.1 His Holiness began by asserting that he was not very special

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

items: 1. contributing to the team’s work, 2. interacting with teammates, 3. keeping the team on track, 4. expecting quality, and 5. having related knowledge, skills, and abilities.Figure 1 presents a screenshot of one of the five behaviorally-anchored scales.Figure 1. Example rating page for sample team on the characteristic “having related knowledge, skills, andabilities.” Students rated themselves and their teammates on this scale.Note that students are also asked to rate themselves. The scale gives descriptors so that studentsaren’t just assigning a value, as the temptation might be to assign all students “perfect” scores.When students see the assessment information after it is

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Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Student

career. Youremotional health might not be as straightforward to manage. Graduate school has emotional highs(e.g. success in research, accepted papers) emotional lows (e.g. rejected papers, failed tests) andstress. I learned that my emotional health is not something I could ignore. Taking time foryourself is important during your graduate school career. The last lesson of the paper is aboutsetting goals and finding opportunities to achieve your goals. A common goal for earning yourdoctorate should be preparing you for your career in either academia or industry.My BackgroundI am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kettering University and I defended mydissertation on April 1, 2016, about 31.5 months after starting my Ph.D. in Systems