Conference Session

Working in Teams: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Angelika N Zissimopoulos, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Evidence supports the reliability and initial validity of the 14-item decision-makinginstrument. Three reliable latent constructs are present which support effective decision making:Processing Information, Understanding Decisions, and Processing Alternatives (Cronbach’s α:.90, .84, and .88). A first-order factor structure produced a good fitting model, χ2 = 272.412, p .699) suggesting that it was appropriate to proceed with further analysis.Using EFA the model was refined by removing problematic items such as items withoutsignificant loadings or items that loaded on the incorrect factor. Initially factors were retainedfollowing Kaiser’s criterion to keep only factors with eigenvalues of greater than 1; however theresulting pattern matrix was

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

summarized in Figure 1.Week 1The semester begins with a teamwork icebreaker activity on Day 1; students reflect on the bestteam they’ve ever been a part of and share with the class why it was such a good team. Duringthe discussion good teamwork characteristics are added to the white board. This activity sets thetone for the teamwork expectations for the coming term. After the icebreaker activity theinstructor introduces students to new topics through the National Academy of Engineering GrandChallenges. It is then revealed to the students that they will be tasked with working in teams to Page 26.915.3research one of the challenges and prepare a 10

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Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Macklin, University of Maryland, College Park; Kylie Goodell King, University of Maryland, College Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

evaluate themselves as “Proficient” or “Advanced” on every course learningoutcome, with nearly 100% of students evaluating themselves as “Proficient or Advanced” onmost outcomes. These results are detailed in Figure 1 below.The results of this survey were used to improve the curriculum in areas where students did notfeel that they were proficient or advanced. For example, a greater emphasis has been placed onquantitative analysis in future iterations of this class. The survey questions that were asked ofstudents to provide this data are included in Appendix 5. The program has recently made aneffort to improve accountability by identifying and measuring student learning outcomes.Therefore, while similar data do not exist for past years, this

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

total of 36 credit hours, including 15 credits of coreeducation/pedagogy courses, 15 credits of Technology Education courses and 6 credit hours of aspecial project that will be administered jointly by faculty in CED and COE (Table 1). Therequirement of an engineering education-based project in lieu of the thesis makes it possible forstudents to complete the degree within one year. Page 26.16.4Table 1. Plan of StudySemester (Credit Hours) Course (Credit Hours)Summer Session I, II (8) Summer I: TED 530: Foundations of Teaching Technology (3) TED 692: Research

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Best of Computers in Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghavender Goud Yadagiri, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Sai Prasanth Krishnamoorthy, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

classrooms and labs of dozens of New York City public schools. He received NYU- SoE’s 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2014 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award, 2002 Jacobs Innovation Grant, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distinguished Award for Excellence in the cate- gory Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. In 2004, he was selected for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of NYU-SoE’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 7 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 55 journal articles, and 109 conference papers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 16 M.S., and 4

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; SEOK HEON YUN, GyeongSang National University

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Construction

practices of professionals in Construction Engineeringand Management (CEM). According to the 2012 McGraw Hill SmartMarket Report, BIMadoption in the United States has surged from 28% in 2007 to 71% in 2012.1 It is predicted tobecome 100% in the next few years, especially for MEP coordination.1 The constructionindustry has been adopting BIM to benefit from its improved communication and productivity,better coordination of construction drawings, faster delivery, and lower costs.2 To support this,construction companies have created new BIM and VDC (Virtual Design and Construction)positions to make the transition from current practice to the one that integrates BIM into theirorganization.3To keep up with this industry paradigm shift, many CEM programs

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay A. Weitzen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Md Mamunur Rashid, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Eric L. Maase, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David J. Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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First-Year Programs

consistent thatthe course model was not providing students skills they thought necessary for them to succeed.Students also felt that they were not gaining a real understanding of what engineers in thedifferent disciplines did, to help them decide on a major. The new Dean decided that what wewere doing had to change and formed a committee consisting of the first-year instructors fromeach of the 5 College of Engineering departments: Electrical and Computer, Mechanical,Plastics, Civil, and Chemical and Nuclear. He gave the committee the following set ofrequirements when redesigning the first year introduction to engineering sequence: 1) The total credits (4) cannot increase, and he would prefer a reduction in the credits. 2) Achieve significant

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Mallory, Western New England University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technical design and entrepreneurship. This was accomplished using aniterative design process of an electric-generating power plant that compared performance, cost,and environmental effects as key metrics. Additionally, a socio-political aspect is instilledthrough “governmental regulations” introduced throughout the course of the project. The modulewas implemented twice in Thermodynamics II. After each execution, a preliminary study wasconducted via student surveys to determine if students considered the module a valuable additionto the course. These preliminary findings aimed at not only determining if the module should becontinued in the future, but also at evaluating if the module resulted in: (1) increased studentengagement and interest in

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Communication and Literacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad M Gotch, Washington State University; Quinn Langfitt, Washington State University; Brian F French, Washington State University; Liv Haselbach, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

environments.MethodInstrument A rubric-based approach for assessing energy literacy was first developed by Langfitt,Haselbach, & Hougham15 based on the DOE’s7 framework for energy education. The structure ofthe rubric was borrowed from a rubric used to assess senior design projects in a civil andenvironmental engineering program, and then refined based on work conducted in the area ofscientific understanding and writing24. Subsequent examinations17 and refinements16 of the rubricled to the rubric under examination in the present study. The rubric adopted an analytic style19,with scores assigned to each of six energy literacy dimensions—1) Issue, 2) Solution, 3) Impacts,4) Stakeholders, 5) Technical Concepts, and 6) Outside Information. Appendix A displays

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Davis, Central Washington University; Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; Lad Holden, Central Washington University; Michael L. Whelan, Department of Engineering Technologies, Safety, and Construction, Central Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

the students;the following criterions were required of any alternative to the existing training systems. 1. The system had to be “open”, meaning that the systems had to be designed so that the students developed “ownership” of the systems and learned not only the software aspects of programmable logic controllers, but the hardware considerations as well. 2. The system had to be up to date. Since the training systems would be used for a minimum of five years, the hardware had to span this generation of hardware. In addition, the software had to be well supported by the manufacturer to avoid issues that would prevent compatibility with operating systems or that would influence the

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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Environmental Engineering

, Page 26.601.2exacerbating blight and decline in the neighborhoods where they are present. McKeesport hasover 2,000 plots of vacant land. This project is unique in that it is the first time the nonprofit hasworked outside of the nearby city of Pittsburgh for a community partnership, as well as with asmall campus population rather than a large university pool. The partnership is novel as it isstudent driven in a working class community where academics are not traditionally prized.Many of those involved have never participated in a service learning project and have littleexperience in volunteer work in the community.Background:Service learning refers to the method of teaching in which classroom instruction is integratedwith community service 1

Conference Session

Construction Project Delivery and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University; Robert Bruner; Alan Merrill Francis, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Construction

construction education to take ondifferent roles, experience a project from different perspectives, and share their expertise withtheir peers.The teams in the C4P laboratory currently design, coordinate and construct an 8 foot by 8 footmockup of a commercial building that includes concrete foundations, formwork, light gaugemetal framing, waterproofing and flashing systems, masonry, acoustical ceilings and drywall.Additionally, each mockup includes basic electrical, lighting, plumbing, and ventilation systems(see Figure 1). Page 26.982.3Figure 1: Revit rendering of integrated lab moduleSix independent groups act as design/build ‘companies’ each semester

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, University of Alaska Anchorage

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

online laboratories and design and use of simulator interfaces for metrologyand quality control systems to enhance the cognitive learning of online labs. The major outcomesof the project are: 1) Facilitate student exposure to potential careers in the area of manufacturingtechnology and CN, while improving the precision metrology skills shortages by incorporatingcurrent advances in CNC technology and engineering metrology into the undergraduate/adultlearning environment. The emphasis is placed on the laboratory activities and projects tosimulate innovative design, analysis, process simulation, and prototyping and improvementcycle. 2) Using Project Centered Learning (PCL) pedagogy in the learning modules, students aredeveloping skills to confront

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ikhlaq Sidhu, University of California, Berkeley; Ken Singer, CET, College of Engineering UC Berkeley; Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University, Sweden; Mari Suoranta, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

someone else” to learning i.e., “how information and knowledgeprovided is perceived by the receiver”. This means that the focus has shifted from a teacher-student-transfer focus in which the subject is only the transported goods, to the student-subject-relation focus in which the teacher is only the medium used8, as visualized in Figure 1. Page 26.1030.2Figure 1: An interpretation of the didactic triangle showing a shift from the teacher-student-transfer focus (left) to the student-subject-relation focus (right).The teacher-student-transfer focus (left in Figure 1) is also referred to as deductive teaching,whereas the student-subject-relation

Conference Session

Measurement and Instrumentation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Bourne, Wright State University; Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Frank W. Ciarallo, Wright State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Science at Wright State University. He is the lead PI for Wright State’s National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education, which has been supported by both NSF STEP Type 1 and CCLI Phase 3 awards. He has received numerous awards for his work in engineering education, and was named the 2005 Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).Dr. Frank W. Ciarallo, Wright State University Page 26.1142.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Measuring the impact of a mathematics

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Teaching the Business Side of Construction

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jake Smithwick, Arizona State University; Kristen Caroline Hurtado, Arizona State University; Anna Thurston, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

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Construction

their careers. Figure 1 shows the relativeimportance of various skillsets as people develop in their career. Page 26.1148.3 Figure 1. Career Development of Skillsets1.Noticeably, there is a need to address the growing need for FM professionals in the future. Oneway to provide this new supply of FMs is a mentorship program that exposes students to theindustry, while they are still pursuing their postsecondary education. Fundamentally, mentorshiphelps the participants build a mutual relationship founded on their common goals and support ofthe given profession2. A successful mentorship is one where the understudy works with

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

 study  was  conducted  at  the  University  of  Arizona  in  the  fall  20051.    The  first  year  class  at  the  University  of  Arizona  was  divided  into  13  sections,  each  taught  be  a  different  faculty  member.    Students  in  each  section  completed  two  projects.    In  project  1,  they  designed,  built  and  tested  a  solar  oven.    In  project  2,  five  sections  worked  on  a  project  similar  to  the  solar  oven  project,  three  worked  on  a  product  dissection  project,  three  worked  with  actual  clients  on  service  learning  projects,  and  one  worked  on  a  fourth  project.    Only  the  service  learning  projects  had  significant  problem  formulation  activities.      The  instrument  used  was

Conference Session

Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Ford, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Kathleen G. Rubin, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

of $600,000 each, were Page 26.1543.2received in succession. The first one, DUE-0728485, covered the period 2007-2013 (including ano-cost extension); we will refer to this as Grant #1. The second one, DUE-0965783, coveredthe period 2010-2013; we will refer to this as Grant #2. The vast majority of funds in both grantswere allocated to student scholarships, with roughly 10% allocated to administrative and studentsupport services, as required by NSF guidelines. These administrative and support funds wereused to fund many of the program activities described below.Populations. The program participants, referred to as S-STEM Scholars, were

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. J. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Jonathan T Riehl, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger P.E., Michigan Technological University; Mary A. Fraley, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

forethics educators: 21st century technologies raise daunting ethical questions that require a strongengagement with ethics by engineers; yet engineering students still don’t care much aboutstudying ethics1[1]. Most ethics education researchers agree that these concerns are not beingadequately addressed by current ethics pedagogical practice.1-3 There is widespread agreementthat engineering ethics involves much more than applying rules and problem-solving models tocase studies4-6 and that engineering students should actually care about being ethical engineers.But there is much less agreement about how to achieve that outcome. Our work in engineeringethics education suggests that phenomenology, which is the study of the essences of experiences,[1

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

-weekassignment included a preliminary assessment, a group research project, an evaluation of teammembers, and a follow-up assessment to determine whether the project had changed any studentattitudes. The paper discusses specifics of the reasons for the PBL approach, a brief descriptionof the characteristics of Problem Based Learning, details of the multi-part assignment, resultsfrom the Spring 2014 class, and proposed refinements for future iterations.The Problem of Under-RepresentationMany studies have been performed by a variety of researchers trying to understand the factorsthat affect the lack of representation of women in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) fields. The complex and somewhat convoluted diagram in Figure 1, from

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arturo Camacho, University of Costa Rica

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

students do not need to study the underlying theory before class to understandthe algorithms. This methodology is aimed to explode the abilities of those with kinestheticlearning (others with a preference for other style of learning can make use of the videos,textbook, or the instructor’s lecture notes).3 It has the beneficial side effect of lettingstudents to socialize with their fellows by requiring them to get in touch and talk to eachother, and giving them the opportunity to learn their fellow’s names. It also avoids studentsto fall asleep in class, since they have to stand up and move to specific positions during thesimulations. Even though similar proposals exist in the literature,5, 6, 1, 4 some of them are nottailored to courses in data

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school teachers, and moreover, a fewteachers have successfully incorporated what they learned at the workshop to improve theirteaching. In the summer of 2014, we organized Google Computer Science for High SchoolWorkshop once again, with the workshop’s format changed to be “completely online.”Compared with our 2013 workshop, the 2014 workshop aims to reach more high school teachersand thus achieve more impact. Our 2014 workshop has the following seven (7) specific goals. Page 26.206.2 Goal 1 Provide online professional development opportunity in the discipline of computer science to high school teachers. Goal 2 Instruct

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa G. Guvench, University of Southern Maine; Mao Ye, University of Southern Maine

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Instrumentation

generates Bode frequency responseplots on the screen for the user to observe the response of the circuit as the test progresses.The frequency range of our system extends from 0.001Hz to 25MHz. This wide frequencyrange makes our system suitable for use in testing the very low frequency response rangeencountered in Controls and Electro-Mechanical Systems, as well as the medium and highfrequency ranges encountered in Vibrations, Acoustics, Ultrasonics, and in Electronics.1. IntroductionThis paper describes the design, operation and use of a PC controlled automated frequencyresponse measurement system using the standard bench-top test equipment available inundergraduate electronics laboratories. Being a much faster alternative to manual measurements

Conference Session

First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Gordon, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

of D, F, or W (or DFW rate) for University Physics 1, a traditional lecture-based classwith an associated lab. This was largely due to pedagogical issues in a single course in whichthe DFW rate exceeded 70%. After resolving these acute issues, however, School ofEngineering administration noted that the DFW rate had not only dramatically risen in thatsemester, but was also rising at the same time that the average ACT composite and mathsubscores for incoming engineering freshmen was also increasing steadily.In Figure 1 below, the left-hand axis shows the ACT Math subscore for freshmen in the Schoolof Engineering. The right-hand axis shows the DFW rate for University Physics for theAcademic Year beginning in a given year

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; James P. De Clerck, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

-regulation: cognition, motivation/affect, behavior,and context1. This project focuses on the first two areas—cognition and motivation. Ourobjective is to develop and test two e-learning modules that raise student awareness of their owncognition and motivation and subsequently provide strategies for improving learning. We testwhether a short intervention—spending 60-90 minutes taking the modules—can have an effecton indicators of lifelong learning ability.MethodsFigures 1 and 2 show the architectures of the two modules that have been developed. In the areaof cognition, we focus on learning styles. For motivation, we focus on two aspects: task valueand control beliefs. The modules were designed such that module takers would experiencedifferent

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 2- Engineering Across the Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common Core

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati; David Linley Macmorine, CEEMS

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

or y coordinate. I used a hula hoop, white board, markers, a projector and graphing calculators to visuallyteach this lesson on the unit circle. Please see Figure 1 for a visual representation. Starting withthe hoop, I said, “Let’s assume the radius of this circle is one. Does everyone know what theradius is?” Proceeding to roll the hoop on the floor, I asked the following questions, “How canwe mathematically describe what is going on here with the rolling circle? How can we describethe angle? How can we identify the x and y coordinates? How can we graph 3 things when weonly have two axes?” Next, placing an x and y axis on the board, I inquired, “What shall we puton the x-axis?” My students correctly identified that the angle degrees

Conference Session

Something New??? within Engineering Design Graphics Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore J. Branoff, Illinois State University; Kevin L Devine, Illinois State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

classroom 1.During the early 1900s, the study of learning theory became prevalent after formal schooling hadbeen developed. Popular theories include operant conditioning – Skinner; information processingtheories – Anderson, Paivio, etc.; metacognition; cognitive-development theory – Piaget;cultural-historical theory – Vygotsky; and social-cognitive theory – Bandura 5. This paper willfocus on how Vygotsky’s cultural-historical learning theory can be used to explain the ways ofknowing within engineering graphics education.Vygotsky was mainly concerned with how human development was influenced by political andsocial systems 1. He believed that an individual’s behavior is the result of two different processesof mental development: the biological

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank D. Voss, Taylor University; Scott Henry Moats, Crown College; Bill Chapman, University of Arizona

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Engineeringtwo STEM college Educationgraduates is hired into aSTEM job each year.For engineeringgraduates thepercentage of engineersgoing into engineeringjobs is high (for our Figure 1. National College and University BS DegreesABET graduates it isabout 95%). However, some students pursue and are employed in non-STEM jobs aftergraduation where they receive higher salaries as a result of the high quality engineering andbusiness expertise. There is a strong national trend to increase the number of Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors since these fields have a direct bearing onthe U.S. economic engine and world leadership12. There is

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

investigations will include parent-boy dyads forcomparison, but was not collected at this time.Dyads consisting of a parent with their daughter (aged 3-5 years) were video-recordedwhile engaged in two different engineering tasks: building a tower out of familiarmaterials and constructing a second tower out of unfamiliar materials (Figure 1). In thepreliminary phase, participants (n = 25) were asked to build a tower with a specified goal(i.e. to a specific height), whereas participants in the follow-up phase (n = 25) were giventhe same directions though infused with a social context (i.e. building for someone, for aspecified purpose) (Table 1). Within the preliminary phase there was a limited contextbelayed to the participants, allowing the problem to be

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William John Palm IV P.E., Roger Williams University; Charles R Thomas, Roger Williams University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

ofretention in the major by 2.3 times compared to first-year students from prior years, while non-participation lowered the odds of retention by 1.35 times.IntroductionIn 2011, President Obama called for U.S. engineering schools to graduate an additional 10,000engineering students every year.1 One impetus for making this appeal, as explained by the JobsCouncil, was that engineers drive innovation, creating jobs for skilled and unskilled workersalike.2 In short: more engineers can drive economic recovery, and by extension, stability. Inresponse to the appeal, many engineering school deans recognized that one solution was toimprove the retention rate of engineering students,3 specifically first-year retention, which at thetime was reported to be around