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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Brian Sandford

Hispanic culture, traditions, slang, the workplace dialect including curse wordsand their meaning, as well as the perspective on what parts of the formal grammatical Spanishlanguage actually fits into the everyday Spanish which native speakers routinely use. Theinstructor not being a native speaker also serves to avoid overwhelming the students in thatspeaking a foreign language as a second language takes special planning and learning strategiesnot generally needed when a person's first language is acquired. Additionally, the instructorunderstands the challenges that students face in learning a foreign language as the instructor hasbeen in the same or similar position. As a result the course is structured to be empathetic to thestudent's level of

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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expression,communication skills, technical skills, self-confidence building, computation skills, engineeringfundamentals, organizational skills, leadership skills, planning skills, professional ethics, andengineering judgment. Even though the main intent of a Capstone design course is to provide theskills and attributes mentioned above to senior engineering students, majority of the students donot demonstrate these skills in their Capstone design courses. It is the authors’ strong beliefs thatexperiential learning model should be incorporated much earlier in an engineering curriculum inorder for the students to experience engineering design process and design skills, supported bythe recent findings by Conger et al.8. According to Kolb6, “Learning

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Martin Koch

freshman level course with no prerequisites. Itis a three-hour, one unit course that meets for 10 weeks and is taught in a lecture/activity format.The mission of the course is to teach engineering students about the wide array of processes thatcomprise the metal casting industry. This is done through a combination of traditional lecture,interactive computer tutorials/ case studies, traditional foundry lab experiences and the use ofCAD/CAM systems to produce CNC milled patterns and AM produced patterns and molds.Our engineering programs are hands-on. We firmly believe that the educational experiences aregreatly enhanced by projects and the making of things. In the evolution of the course it becameapparent that the need for careful planning to avoid

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Devin D. Cook

Programming Language uses readable operators Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education/Pacific South West Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 164such as AND, OR, etc. This contrasts with the C Programming Language which uses moresymbolic notation such as &&, ||, etc.If students plan to transition to major language, the question arises: which family should beused? Depending on the student's learning path, one set of operators will be compatible, whilethe other will not. To make it easier for students to take either path, Flowgorithm supports bothsets

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel; Nephi Derbidge

and final examinations constitute the primary summative assessment approacheswe use to evaluate student learning. Examinations include multiple-choice, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and true-false prompts and are written to address both concepts and problem solving.For a typical examination, a student will have approximately 2 hours to complete 25 to 30questions. Before the examination, as part of a short 5- to 10-minute review session embeddedwithin a scheduled lesson plan, we identify which learning outcomes will be addressed. We thendevelop the examination with the goal of evenly distributing the questions among the specifiedlearning modules and outcomes.Summary of Quiz ResultsTable 4 summarizes quiz results for twelve offerings of the

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Bryan J. Mealy

College Textbook Cost Study Plan Proposal." Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (2006).3. Mealy, B.J., Parks, B., “Work in Progress: PLD-Based Introductory Digital Design in a Studio Setting”, Proceedings: 37th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, 2007, Milwaukee, WI, pp. F1C-1 – F1C-2.4. Mealy, B.J., "Work in Progress: Computer Design for Intermediate-Level Digital Systems Course”, Proceedings: 36th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, 2006, San Diego, CA, pp. 19-20. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Alireza Farahani; Lu Zhang

variable with applications to curve sketching, related ratesproblems, optimization and area of the bounded regions on the plan. 3.1 Limits and continuityA free form input dialog in Wolfram alpha allows for an easy and intuitive computation of limits. 2x  1To evaluate a limit expression such as lim we can use the basic limit notation and enter x  3 x  3the query limit as x->3 [(2x-1)/(x+3)] in wolfram’s query box. As shown in figure 8, Wolframdisplays its interpretation of the queryfollowed by the answer. The system alsoproduces a plot of the function with thevalue of the limit clearly marked on thegraph. Just below the plot is a tab

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Baheej Nabeel James Saoud; Brian P. Self; Jim Widmann; Alexa Coburn; Jeffrey Phillip Georgette

otherunderstand concepts. The team then performs the experiment, discusses the results, and attemptsto explain what occurred and why. Once they reach a conclusion, the students are presented witha second scenario and repeat the process: predict-discuss-observe-explain. The instructor andteaching assistants move throughout the classroom during the cycle and gauge the classes’ levelof comprehension. Subsequent class discussions led by the instructor depend on how well the classunderstands the concepts. The process is repeated for a total of four scenarios. Applying thisactivity plan to the Spool IBLA, we ask questions such as, “If you pull lightly on the string wrappedaround the inner diameter of a spool, in which direction do you think the spool will

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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John T. Tester

the laboratory. Thosewho wrote explanations had similar reasons: they enjoyed being able to create the code necessary tocreate a fabricated product. It is noted here that the product-oriented CNC labs were canned codes,created by the instructor and given to the students.Anecdotal Observations and Future PlanningThe author plans to offer the vise as the laboratory focus in the next academic year (Fall 2015). Asthe laboratory becomes more elaborate, a philosophy of ‘change one thing and evaluate’ is takinghold. The major change for the next offering will be to incorporate the CNC programming into a labwhere the student-programmed, CNC-milled feature will be milled onto the back of the long jaw.This feature may be the university name, a logo, or

Conference Session

Virtual Instruction and Collaboration

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Alicia L. Lyman-Holt, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

questions and provide feedback.The NEES REU leadership team explored multiple options for the second major activity for theVPTs. The intended purpose of the second activity was to engage the teams in a challenge taskthat required knowledge building together, managing ideas, and making decisions. Ideally VPTswould have completed a design project or research project where the team worked to exploreoptions, critically evaluate alternatives, make a decision, and prepare a development plan. At thesame time, the leadership team was concerned with the overall workload of the students, whichlimited the scope of the projects VPTs could complete. Therefore, the second major activity ofthe VPTs was to generate a short report recommending potential conferences

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph E Michaelis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

-directs the National Center for Cognition and Mathematics Instruction. He is a faculty member for the Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences. As part of his service to the nation, Dr. Nathan served on the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Commit- tee on Integrated STEM Education, and is currently a planning committee member for the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council workshop Sharing the Adventure with the Student: Exploring the Intersections of NASA Space Science and Education. At the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Nathan holds affiliate appointments in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, the Department of

Conference Session

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. Recently, she has joined the expanding Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU to continue teaching Simulation, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She also serves as a Technical Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Challenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of numerous awards in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond.Dr. Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University Dr. Courtney Pfluger received her Doctoral degree

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Atkins, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julian Ernesto Martinez-Moreno, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lalit Patil, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kimber J Andrews, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ; Maryalice S. Wu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Debasish Dutta, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Barbara Hug, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Liora Bresler

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the university. JohnRogers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign uses it to provide his students withthe relevant experience. He explains: I always tell my students you’ve got to be in the lab. You absolutely have to be in the lab. You can plan, you can do computer design and such, but until you get your hands dirty and really get a feel for what’s going on, you’re not going to have a good sense of what’s going to work and what’s not.Several participants noted an increasing connectivity between industry and academia, the resultof which was viewed by many innovators as good for the competitiveness of the nation and onethat helps both students and industry. According to David Morse, CTO of Corning

Conference Session

Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

renderedvisible (e.g., “Given a -10 F night temperature, a 1500 calorie daily intake, and a 0.5 in thick coatworn by a homeless person, find the insulation material that will keep this person’s bodytemperature at 97 F throughout the night?”). Students could also identify alternate sources ofknowledge that would be useful to solving the larger homelessness problem “(e.g., social policy,urban planning, nutrition science, distributive economics)” [17]. Furthermore, they could identifywhat assumptions need to be challenged (e.g., what percentage of homeless people are adults vs.children, veterans vs. non-veterans, or how many actually own a coat that provides sufficientwarmth). Finally, students could contrast how their solutions would differ using only

Conference Session

Dynamics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Michael Wild, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Robert J. Prins, James Madison University

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Mechanics

Page 26.111.9on the lab activity with partners and will perform the lab activity during designated time periodsas we do not plan to manufacture additional apparatuses until after the lab is tested in aclassroom environment.Assessment will be comprised of three elements. First, students will be assessed using a conceptinventory style questionnaire with instrument deployment prior to the use of the lab and thenagain following the lab. The concept inventory style questionnaire will allow the courseinstructor to determine prior misconceptions that might exist—perhaps as a result of working onthe sophomore bike design project—and whether or not those misconceptions change as a resultof working with the Rotational Mechanics Lab. (A Dynamics Concept

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Rachel Roberts, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, whethergeneral or more specific, in terms of ecological impacts. Socially-oriented definitions ofsustainability were few and far between. Few of Burian’s10 civil engineering seniors (19%) andgraduate students (50%) could identify the Triple Bottom line, defined by John Elkington11 as anaccounting framework to consider social, environmental, and economic “pillars” of sustainabilityfor project planning. The Brundtland Report similarly bases true sustainability on threedimensions; eco-, techno- and socio-centric dimensions.1 Other studies show that engineering Page 26.118.4students struggle to consider ethics at a society-level. Referencing the frequent use

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Strategies I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Uzma Shaikh, Purdue University; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University; R Edwin García, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

.” Lone Ranger (Lone Ranger): “It was challenging to conceptually define the project by reading the short description.” (2) Students who struggled in the problem synthesis phase. Two members of the Star Wars 8 team, Skywalker and Kenobi, faced challenges in the problem synthesis phase, specifically in building the simulation and validating it. Ramvik, Solo and Squash, particularly struggled working with the simulations during the problem synthesis phase. Solo felt that he was ambitious in his plans, while Squash struggled with learning a new language for the simulation. Solo (Star Wars 8): “It was difficult because we were ambitious in our plans. I tried making my own ID Finite Difference Model in

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Project-based Learning and Cornerstone Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

) servicelearning project where 240 freshmen mechanical engineering students worked together in smallteams to design and deploy an engineering outreach experience for a designated age-group of 4th-11th grade students. This educational experience is designed to expose the freshmen engineeringstudents to a variety of concepts and skills necessary for successful negotiation of theirengineering careers. The project encourages the freshmen to challenge their assumptions andconceptions of what an engineer is and does. Other knowledge and skills gained includeunderstanding and using the engineering design process, effectively working on engineeringteams, effectively communicating, planning and making decisions, all while solving an open-ended problem. The

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

motivated by, beingwell-compensated for their work. It becomes more of a concern if highly controlled motivations(external or introjected) are the only incentives for career persistence. In this study population,this was a relatively small group (3 women and 1 man). What was similar among these fourparticipants was that both the man and women who expressed only controlled motivations alsodisplayed lower self-confidence regarding both engineering work and their career pathwaychoices than those participants expressing some autonomous motivations.For those participants who lacked the autonomous motivation, a universal expression of low self-efficacy emerged, particularly with regard to more technical tasks. For instance, Jacob seemed tobe planning his

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Muench P.E., University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington/PCS Structural Solutions; Sheryl Brandalik

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Diversity

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International

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G. Belu, University of Alaska Anchorage; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric D. Smith, University of Texas, El Paso

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Manufacturing

in 2010 to nearly 600 billion USD by 2020 3.Green Manufacturing as defined by Smith and Melnyk 4 is “a system that integrates product andprocess design issues with issues of manufacturing planning and control in such a manner as toidentify, quantify, assess, and manage the flow of environmental waste with the goal of reducingand ultimately minimizing environmental impact while also trying to maximize resourceefficiency”. Increased environmental consciousness among manufacturing industries helped tofoster new techniques for streamlining processes and increased reusability. Financial benefits,Global Image, Environmental conservation, Regulations compliance, Stakeholders, Greeninnovations, Supply Chain requirements, and Market trends are some

Conference Session

Fundamental: Home, Parents, and Other Out-of-School Issues Related to K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Christine Andrews Paulsen, Concord Evaluation Group; Marisa Wolsky, WGBH Educational Foundation

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

do you imagine people with these jobs do on a day-to-day basis?7. Future plans Even though graduation is pretty far away, I’d like to get a sense of your future plans. What do you want to be when you grow up? Page 26.961.17 How did you choose (xxx)? Have you considered other areas/subjects?How would you become a (career choice)?What would you say it takes to be a good (insert student’s career choice)?How are you at (insert characteristics student mentions)?Are there any fields/careers you just don’t want to go into? Why?Who talks with you about career choices (parent, relative, teachers, etc.)?(If applicable

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Guy, University of Texas at Arlington; Alan Bowling, University of Texas at Arlington; Panayiotis S. Shiakolas, University of Texas, Arlington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

preparation or work done and decisions made by the facultyadvisor. This is because students have control over their design and technology choices, butcannot do much about the MAE curriculum and have difficulty countermanding the adviceof the faculty advisor. Thus the authors embarked on a plan to remedy two issues with this situation: • the reliance on faculty to bridge students’ skill gap, • the inaccessibility of a pathway through the curriculum that allows students to build their skills to the level these competitions require.Addressing the first issue requires the faculty to download their knowledge to the students ina more formal way, other than individual coaching. Although it is reasonable to individuallycoach a student or students

Conference Session

Discussions on Research Methodology: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Karen Sweeney Gerow, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

college. I really started freaking out.I was ready to give up. I remember calling my mom and telling her my plans to quit. Shetold me that I had never given up on anything and to not give up now. I was annoyed—Iwasn’t giving up I just couldn’t do the work. I didn’t belong here. She told me that shedidn’t want to hear me say that I can’t do anything. She was right. I’ll never forget thatconversation—I was ready to quit and she was the voice of reason.After almost dropping out I continued to take classes. I managed to calm down a little bit.I would tell myself that I can do this. I had already gotten through it this far. I’d be fine.I finally figured out that I was missing out on a lot of resources that were available forme. Office hours are one

Conference Session

Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

both engineers and non- engineers to become members and work on “wickedproblems”, complex problems that are experienced as local manifestations of global trends. Suchwicked problems are contingent on multiple, interconnected factors manifest longitudinally atlocal, national and international levels (Gardner 2011). Global economic trends interrelated withlocal wages influence aggregate availability and consumption of resources including food,energy, water. Planning depends on local customs and, sociopolitical and legal institutions.Planet-scale environmental changes shape local climate and soil, affecting productivity andaccess to resources. In the interim, individuals and households experience the synchronic effectsof food, water and energy

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rongrong Yu, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons PE, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

nonacademic interactions with faculty, and thesocial supportive residential environment. Page 26.1450.9Using two-wave longitudinal data from 2004-2007 National Study of Living Learning Programs(NSLLP), Szelényi and Inkelas investigated how the living learning program affected 294 femalestudents’ persistence in STEM majors.21 The researchers found one year involvement in theliving-learning program at the beginning of the women’ college education has a long-termpositive relationship with plans to attend graduate school in the fourth year of college. Szelényi,Denson, and Inkelas investigated how living-learning program participation influenced

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Zundl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Laura Stiltz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

-learning project that would keep students engaged. TheEngineering Leadership Program objectives were to: • Provide monthly exposure to successful women in engineering, including practicing engineers, engineering alumni, and engineering faculty members whose presentations featured their latest research, experiences, and personal journeys with students • Utilize an individual and group-mentoring model designed to match sophomore- engineering majors with junior and senior engineering majors to specifically target feelings of isolation in engineering. This adapted a mentoring program for all STEM students at Douglass that was already being planned for the 2013-2014 year to target engineering students

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

mathematics and science lesson plans to complete the learning circle by tyingmathematics/science problems to their experiences. Many of these students decide to apply foracademic magnet middle schools focused on STEM based on the success of the 4th and 5th gradeintegrated lesson/field trip curriculum to The Citadel. Assessment of curriculum changes basedon the field trip, student reflective essays, and future attendance at middle and high schoolSTEM magnets will demonstrate the importance of collaboration between universities andelementary and middle school programs (especially STEM focused programs) on engagementwith STEM disciplines in the future.IntroductionEverywhere you read there are discussions about the importance to increase the number

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Blubaugh, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #11616Characterizing Student Music Preference and Engineering Major ChoiceMr. Frank Blubaugh, Purdue University Frank Blubaugh is a graduating senior in Multidisciplinary Engineering at Purdue University. He has a diverse academic background in acoustical engineering, education, and music performance.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mohamed Hakeem Mohamed Nizar, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology: Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering

fortwo and three mass systems, a single mass system was chosen for in-class implementation forsimplicity. Two and three mass virtual models are more appropriate for a senior level controlsystems or vibrations elective, and we plan to introduce the virtual laboratories into those classesin 2015. Page 26.1703.4We have also completed a model of the ECP-505 inverted pendulum for use in a senior levelcontrol systems course 38 . The ECP design is unlike other inverted pendulum models in that the (a) ECP rectilinear stage 37 (b) Simulink model of ECP rectilinear stage Figure 1: ECP-210 rectilinear stage and