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Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ana Cristina Estrada, University of Virginia; Lindsey Taylor Brinton, The Ohio State University

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Student

Paper ID #20451Tricks of the Trade: Navigating teaching opportunities in the research-basedengineering PhDAna Cristina Estrada, University of Virginia Ana Estrada is a PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. She earned her undergraduate degree in Bioengineering from Rice University in 2013. She currently works on computa- tional modeling of post-myocardial infarction cardiac growth under the mentorship of Dr. Jeff Holmes.Dr. Lindsey Taylor Brinton, The Ohio State University Lindsey Brinton is a Postdoctoral Researcher at The Ohio State University in the laboratory of Dr. John Byrd. She earned

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Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria E. Garlock, Princeton University; Aatish Bhatia, Princeton University; Evelyn Hanna Laffey, Princeton University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #19811Effective Approaches for Teaching STEM-literacy for All Majors: The Ex-ample of ResonanceDr. Maria E. Garlock, Princeton University Maria Garlock is an Associate Professor at Princeton University in the Department of Civil and Envi- ronmental Engineering where she is the Director of the Architecture and Engineering Program. Her scholarship is in resilient building design and in studies of the best examples of structural designs of the present and past. She has co-authored the book Felix Candela: Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist and has recently launched a MOOC titled ”The Art of Structural Engineering

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Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

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2017 FYEE Conference

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Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

to provide an opportunity for them to learn about theengineering, using the assistance of one of these fellows, the engineering profession and develop some necessary skills forcurriculum of the course entitled “Engineering Graphics and professional life, such as, communication, responsibility,Computing” has changed. This class includes 186 students, 3 teamwork, and decision-making [7]. This project isteachers, 5 teacher assistances, and 1 Graduate Teaching coordinated by the Engineering Without BordersFellow (GTF). The class is held in two sessions per week. organization in Australia, founded at 2007, and operates inAlso, required to register for one of six available laboratory partnership with non-government

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Efficient Authenticity: Modeling, Labs, Real-World Applications in Aerospace

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhammad Omar Memon, University of Dayton; Dathan Erdahl Ph.D., University of Dayton Research Institute; Saad Riffat Qureshi, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Aerospace

Paper ID #19655Empowering Students to Teach Flight Dynamics and Flight Simulation En-hanced Learning through Applied ModelingMr. Muhammad Omar Memon, University of Dayton Muhammad Omar Memon is a doctorate student and a part time instructor for Flight Vehicle Performance at the University of Dayton.Dathan Erdahl Ph.D., University of Dayton Research Institute Dathan Erdahl is a research engineer with the University of Dayton Research Institute and has been an adjunct faculty member with the School of Engineering since 2008. He received his M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2005) degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has

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Faculty Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Staffan Andersson, Uppsala University; Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University

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Educational Research and Methods

Professorsand Lecturers who have the responsibility for the majority of the teaching activities and forthe instructional design and pedagogy of the course. PhD students are typically workingas laboratory assistants and teaching assistants helping students with exercises designed bymore senior staff.Academic status and credibility is an important aspect of academic teaching, this is reflectedin differences in perception in relation to ITTF4. ITTF4: I feel that I should know the answers to any questions that students may put to me during this subjectBeing able to always answer questions (ITTF4) is ranked Professor, Lecturer (high) vsResearcher and PhD student (low) (χ2 (2, N=487) = 13.12, p < 0.05). We interpret thisresult to mean that

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Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Student

your college, department, and organizational outreach programs for opportunitiesto serve as a volunteer educator to young students and/or K12 educators. This could range fromoff-campus visits to conduct demonstrations or design activities in public school classrooms,providing tours to student groups on-campus in your laboratory, leading topic-specificengineering modules for on-campus summer camps, or supporting local/state-wide workshopsthat teach educators how to incorporate engineering in their K12 instruction. Research-intensiveinstitutions, especially those funded as a land-grant, have a strong commitment to the communityand often have College of Engineering outreach programs that serve these populations.There may be fellowships available

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #18879Inspiring Future Engineers: Teaching Basic Electronics to Create Theremin-Based Musical InstrumentsDr. Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University Ben Campbell holds a BS in physics and MS in electrical engineering from Penn State and a PhD in en- gineering from Robert Morris University. For the first decade of his career, he worked as a laser engineer at the Penn State Electro-Optics Center. In 2011 he joined Robert Morris University as an Assistant Pro- fessor of Engineering. He has been supporting RMU’s mechatronics minor and also teaching dynamics, circuits, and introduction to engineering. Since

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Innovations in Aero Curriculum and Program Level Administration

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton

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Aerospace

. Theguided notes provided a way for the students to accurately document the derivations as well. Thismethod can be applied even for a larger class. The instructor should walk around the class andmake sure that students are working on the guided notes without being distracted.5. Passion Projects This teaching module was not successfully implemented in the compressible flow classbecause of the lack of supersonic wind tunnels and laboratory facilities at the University of Daytonto generate compressible flows. But this module is currently being incorporated in the fundamentalaerodynamics class taught by the author. The idea of passion projects was inspired from a projectbased research class for undergraduate students at Massachusetts Institute of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Xisong Dong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institution of Automation ,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; Xiwei Liu, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institution of Automation ,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries.

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20820A Review of Engineering Education in China: History, Present and FutureDr. Xisong Dong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institutionof Automation ,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy ofIntelligent Industries Xisong Dong received the B. Sc. degree in applied mathematics in 2001 and Ph. D. degree in control theory and control engineering in 2007 from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. He worked as a post

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Teaching Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Barrage, University of Waterloo; G Wayne Brodland P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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Mechanics

] Ambrose, S. A., et al. How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2010.[11] Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases. Prince, Michael J. and Felder, Richard M. 2006, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 123-138.[12] Hands-On Beam Models and Matching Spreadsheets Enhance Perceptual Learning of Beam Bending. Pickel, D., Brodland, W., Al-Hammoud, R. 2016, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[13] Applying Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle for Laboratory Education. Abdulwahed, Mahmoud and Nagy, Zoltan K. 2009, The Resaearch Journal for Engineering Education, pp. 283-294.[14] Brodland, W. CIVE 104 Course Notes. University of

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New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Christe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Douglas G. McGee, University of Pennsylvania; Ruth Wolfish, IEEE

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. An active member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), he has a strong interest in creating new student-centered, engaging approaches to STEM education. As an Innovation Advisor to Elsevier’s Academic Engineering Solutions Library Advisory Board (AES-LAB), he has been the lead content developer for the 2016 Elsevier Engineering Academic Challenge and the 2015 Knovel Academic Challenge.Mr. Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Jay Bhatt is responsible for building library collections in engineering subject areas, outreach to fac- ulty and students, and teaching information and research skills to faculty and students in

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Teaching Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; John Voccio, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ali Reza Moazed, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Mechanics

Stress Laboratory Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.[7]. Sadid, H., & Wabrek, R. (2009, June), A New Approach To Teaching Mechanics Of Materials Paper presented at 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, Texas.

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New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

taken place in the laboratory rather on the battlefield. Iam thinking that the truly epoch-making event of the year may be man’s first successful attemptto release atomic energy, through the isolation of Uranium 235.” (Sarnoff 1941: 37) In keepingwith his reputation as a visionary, Sarnoff projects a utopian scenario: With atomic power, people may be able to light, heat, ventilate and refrigerate their homes with ease and at trifling expense. Ships, railway trains, automobiles and airplanes may be fueled for life at the time they are built. Men may carry in their pockets personal radio telephones which will enable them to communicate through the world. A myriad of new products

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University; Xiong Luo, University of Science and Technology, Beijing and Beijing Key Laboratory of Knowledge Engineering for Materials Science; Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy; Yonghong Peng, University of Sunderland, St. Peters Campus

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

of Science and Technology, Beijing and Beijing Key Laboratory of KnowledgeEngineering for Materials Science Xiong Luo received the Ph.D. degree from Central South University, China, in 2004. He currently works as a Professor in the School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. His current research interests include machine learning, cloud computing, and computational intelligence. He has published extensively in his areas of interest in journals, such as the Future Generation Computer Systems, Computer Networks, IEEE Access, and Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.Prof. Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Chaomin Luo received his Ph.D. in Department

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Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems.Ms. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Cynthia C. Fry is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science Fellows program at Baylor University. She co-leads the Engineering & Computer Science Faculty Development Seminars, and is a KEEN Fellow. c American Society for Engineering Education

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Construction 2: Teaching Using Projects, Case Studies, and Service Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert B. Austin, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

instillstudents’ drive to gain new knowledge (Kuh, 2007). Astin (1993, 1999) found that frequentstudent-faculty interaction is more strongly related to student satisfaction in college than anyother type of involvement. Lin and Tsai (2009) and Holt et al. (2007) observed that engineeringstudents valued a learning environment that was student-centered, peer-interactive, and teacher-facilitated, and favored both classroom and laboratory instruction. Chen et al. (2008) echoedAstin’s (1999) call for educators to be more focused on student engagement, advocating highlevels of faculty engagement in the design, revision, and improvement of undergraduateengineering programs, and teaching that effectively addresses students’ cognitive and affectivestates of mind

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Alexa Kottmeyer

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

education more available tounderserved populations of students3. Further, hand-writing computer code on examinations iswell-known to give students anxiety; historical practice in offering the course has confirmed this,and there are examples of online discussion forums where students express anxiety with the task4.Historical PracticeCMPSC 200 at University Park has historically been organized using a lecture-recitation-laboratory teaching model. Generally, the Monday course meeting was a “common” lecture taughtby the instructor of record in a large (semesters when two lecture sections were offered) or verylarge (semesters when one lecture section was offered) lecture hall using traditional large lecturetechniques (i.e. PowerPoint presentations).For

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Environmental Engineering

to Environmental EngineeringAbstractAs part of a cost-savings initiative, an existing course of ‘introduction to environmentalengineering’ offered using a ‘traditional’ format of didactic class meetings supplemented withhands-on laboratory sessions, was changed significantly. The ‘modified’ format uses ‘blended’,‘flipped’, and ‘mastery’ approaches to teach “2601: Fundamentals of EnvironmentalEngineering” to approximately 60 sophomores pursuing baccalaureate degrees in environmental,civil, or architectural engineering, each semester. This paper presents a summary of the resultsfrom eight course offerings over a period of four years to more than 450 total students.Assessments included student grades; open-ended

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; K. Clay McKell, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #19457Learner-centered Design of a Web-based Teaching Tool for Circuit Analysiswith Embedded Assessment FeaturesDr. Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects and several laser-based ranging systems. Fred began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and

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Make It!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William H. Heeter; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 MAKER: Smart Lighting Module for Teaching High School Science and Engineering

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Integrity and the Problem of Cheating

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa Ryan, East Carolina University; Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Engineering, Materials and Processes, and Statics. Her teaching interests include development of solid communication skills and enhancing laboratory skills. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Curing the cheating epidemic? A multi-site, international comparison of perspectives on academic integrity and the way we “cure” by teaching———————————————————————————AbstractPlagiarism became an issue in both the scientific and political communities in Germany at thebeginning of the decade. The former German Minister of Defense and the Minister of Educationand Science lost their Ph.D. titles due to plagiarism and subsequently resigned. In response, aGerman

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Practices for Student Learning Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ergin Erdem, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

, implementation of Autodesk MoldflowTM as an instructional tool forpromoting a dynamic interactive classroom environment and providing seamless integration ofclassroom activities such as traditional classroom teaching, computer simulation ofmanufacturing process, and actual physical laboratory experience related with the process. In thatregard, Autodesk MoldflowTM is used as one of the tools that would be used for promotingpositive outcomes associated with the student learning. Autodesk MoldflowTM is used formodeling and simulating of the plastic injection molding process. During computer simulationlaboratories, specific examples of Autodesk MoldflowTM is introduced for providing ideas tostudents on how the manufacturing process would be improved by

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohit Raj Verma, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology); Ali Alavizadeh, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #19107Design and Development of Pneumatic Lab Activities for a Course on FluidPowerMr. Mohit Raj Verma, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology) Mohit Raj Verma received his Mechanical Engineering degree from Purdue University in 2014 and after two years of engineering practice and teaching, continued his education at Purdue University Northwest in College of Technology where he is pursuing his M.S. in both Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology. He is very fond of learning new things and technology. As an undergraduate he balanced a rigorous course load and a number of extracurricular

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Labs and Experiments

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Dee Clay, Ohio State University

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Chemical Engineering

a variety of courses in the ChE department and currently focuses on the Unit Op- erations Laboratory, Mass and Energy Balances, and Separations. He completed the National Effective Teaching Institute course (NETI-1) in June, 2016. Dr. Clay is married to Dr. Kristy Clay, a veterinarian, and has three children, Luke (14), Natalie (14), and Meredith (12). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Leading an Effective Unit Operations Lab CourseAbstractThis paper is focused on the logistics and unique learning opportunities present in supervising aUnit Operations laboratory course. Specifically, the paper outlines some best

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EET Papers 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine M. Cooney, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Paul Yearling P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Karl J. Huehne, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

content.For this paper, two student groups, in an EET laboratory experience, are compared based onthe primary metric number of failed attempts to meet circuit board test specifications. Thestudent test body was divided into two groups. A control course section group, where notroubleshooting instruction was given and designated the “As Is” state. The second sectiongroup, “Improved State” was given an extensive troubleshooting methodology as part of theirinitial training. The primary metric, number of failed attempts to meet specification, waschosen as it is easy to measure by student Teaching Assistants (TA) and was also used to assessthe Sigma process capability for each group. The Sigma capability of each group provided afurther measure of the

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #19398Development and Usage of an Online Homework System in a Chemical Engi-neering CurriculumKyle Joe Branch, University of Utah Kyle Branch is a fourth-year graduate student at the University of Utah Department of Chemical Engi- neering. He has helped develop and teach a freshman laboratory course, and an introduction to chemical engineering course which both use the online homework system described. His main research interest is in engineering education, focusing on the creation and analysis of interactive simulations for undergraduate chemical engineering courses.Prof. Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Make It!

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Joseph Michael Derrick

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #20504MAKER: Using 3D Printed Experimental Design and Measurement of Inter-nal and External Flow Convection Coefficient Using 3D Printed GeometriesMr. Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and teaches part-time at two other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean

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Development of Technical and Soft Skills in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University; Tanya M. Nocera, The Ohio State University, Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical

Paper ID #20019Electronic Lab Notebooks Impact Biomedical Engineering Students’ Qualityof Documentation and Technical CommunicationMs. Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University Monica Okon, a current graduate student in biomedical engineering at Ohio State University, became in- terested in engineering education when starting as a graduate teaching associate (GTA) for the Engineering Education Department at Ohio State University. She has had the opportunity to teach the Fundamentals in Engineering laboratory component for the standard courses sequence as well as served as a lead GTA for this department for two years

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K-12 and Graduate Experiences in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Andria Shyjka, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Diversity

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Biomedical

Paper ID #18138Bioengineering Experience for High School Science TeachersMr. Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago Sam Dreyer is a Masters student researching ocular therapeutic hypothermia and Brain-Computer Inter- faces. He is also passionate about engineering education, teaching high school students and teachers about bioengineering concepts and methods.Dr. Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago Miiri Kotche is a Clinical Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently serves as Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

QinQin Yu, University of California, Berkeley; Jakob Dahl, University of California, Berkeley; Alphonse Habyarimana, Kepler Tech Lab

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

education. Thefollowing problems should be addressed at all levels of education: 1. Current engineering curricula are designed to teach concepts important for western concepts. 2. Lab equipment is expensive and requires outside training to repair. 3. High student-to-teacher ratios lead to only a small number of students learning well.Recent work in this area includes: Practical Education Network (PEN) [4], which runs teachertraining workshops on incorporating low-cost science lab experiments into secondary schoolclassrooms in Ghana. Peace Corps volunteers in Tanzania have created Shika na Mikono [5], apractical guide with hundreds of low-cost experiments for constructing physics, chemistry, andbiology laboratories in secondary