Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing for the Future Through Projects and Research

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; Richard Stone, Iowa State University; Audrey Fyock, Iowa State University; Devna Fay Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

worked extensively in the domain of welding, specifically in the area of weld- ing technology and training. He has a deep appreciation for the importance of the welding field and plan to continue pursuing research projects that benefit the welding community.Ms. Audrey Fyock, Iowa State University Audrey Fyock is a senior in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering and first year Master of Business Administration student at Iowa State University. This is her first year doing an undergraduate research assistantship with the IMSE Department, where she is studying the impacts of undergraduate research on retention rates and graduate school.Devna Fay Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University Devna Popejoy-Sheriff is

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Design and Implementation of Graduate Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

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Graduate Studies

information, data and science literacy skills that will allow them to succeed in a global economy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Implementing a Graduate Class in Research Data Management for Science/Engineering StudentsIntroduction: Research data management (RDM) is an integral part of engineering and science graduatestudent life, both during graduate school and in their future occupations. Federal agencies,including NSF[1], NIH[2], and USGS[3], are now requiring the submission of a DataManagement Plan (DMP) when submitting proposals for funding. Carlson et al. further advocatefor RDM by stating “… it is not simply enough to teach students about handling data, they mustknow

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session I

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University; Sarah Kate Wilson, Santa Clara University; Kimberley Gonzalez; Jennifer Yarp, Santa Clara University; Muna Zaki Sinada, Santa Clara University; Naeem Khari Turner-Bandele, Santa Clara University

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

addition, the SOE along with Science faculty ran a pilot workshop in the fall onways of teaching for diversity and inclusion. This workshop was based on the Bryn MawrCollege Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM (TIDES) workshop. To encouragefaculty to attend future workshops on diversity and equity, the SOE had a raffle for staff andfaculty who took the implicit bias tests found at the Harvard site: Project Implicit:https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html.The formal response addressed each of the students’ recommendations. In some cases, wewere able to inform the students of activities already in process of which they were unaware. Inothers, we shared plans to address their issues, and in one case, we had to redirect some

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bowen, Virginia Tech; Alan R. Kallmeyer, North Dakota State University; Holly Hermine Erickson, West Fargo Liberty Middle School

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the teacher approaches lesson plan designcreating more meaningful, engaging, and authentic learning experiences for their students. Sincethe majority of the school systems in the upper Midwest are characterized as rural, a uniqueaspect of this program is the focus on this demographic of teacher. To create the largest possibleimpact in a rural educational community, this program selects participants who are the only mathor science teacher in their school building. In addition, each in-service teacher works alongside apre-service teacher in NDSU’s mathematics education or science education program. Thisprovides a valuable experience for both the in-service and pre-service teachers while engaging ina collaborative experience. Having completed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen D. Alfrey, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and engineeringclasses in order to demonstrate their potential to succeed in engineering. Applicants submit abrief essay describing their interest in the program and why they think they are a good candidate,along with a recommendation letter from a faculty member. CLEAR Scholars remain in theprogram through their sophomore, junior, and senior years, provided they remain in engineeringand maintain a GPA of at least 2.5. The sophomore year was chosen as the starting year ofintervention because many existing campus efforts promoting student success and retentionfocus only on the first year, and resources for career planning are targeted primarily at juniorsand seniors, leaving second-year students an invisible population receiving the least

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Edward Floyd, Northwest College

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College Industry Partnerships

beguided by the contacts the academic professors have made over their careers with the localindustrial representatives. There is also a need to ensure that any internship that has creditsawarded be evaluated by the faculty to ensure the credit and course content is appropriate.Mentors – An easy way to shape a student‟s future is through the use of a Mentor [4, 5, 9]. Froman academic perspective this role is fulfilled by the Staff advisor that reviews the student‟sprogram on a regular basis, typically each semester. During this time, the advisor reviews thestudent‟s progress, planned programs, and any prerequisites that may be needed. The biggestproblem with the academic advisor is that they are most often providing advice to a large numberof

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen H. Hu, Westminster College; Clifton L. Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College; Patricia B. Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

institutions as they adopted POGIL by providingprofessional development, curriculum resources, and regular mentoring by experienced POGILinstructors. All 13 instructors plan to continue to use POGIL in their IntroCS courses.IntroductionProcess Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a pedagogy that organizes students inlearning teams to develop both content knowledge and process skills (e.g. problem solving,teamwork, and written/oral communication). Compared to most other active learning strategies,POGIL is more explicitly constructive because of the way its activities are designed andfacilitated. POGIL uses an explore-invent-apply learning cycle [1] by incorporating models(e.g., figures, tables, equations, code snippets) and a sequence of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Arkansas Tech University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Table 2: Selected REU participants’ survey results (in percentage) Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 TotalOverall experience: Excellent/Very Good/Good 67/22/11 64/27/9 55/36/9 64/27/9Interested in going to grad school: 67/33/0 73/18/9 46/54/0 62/35/3increased/same/decreasedInterested in research career: increased/same/decreased 78/22/0 64/27/9 64/36/0 68/29/3Highest degree planned to obtain: 44/56/0 36/55/9 36/64/0 42/55/3increased/same/decreasedAlthough the overall satisfaction/impacts are almost same in the three years, REU participantsthemselves realized significant improvements in different aspects in different

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George A. Hunt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Environmental Engineering

identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems byapplying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics”. ABET then goes on todefine complex engineering problems as those “…involving diverse groups ofstakeholders, including many component parts or sub-problems, involving multipledisciplines, or having significant consequences in a range of contexts.” Additionally,outcome (5) of the new ABET student outcomes state that students have “an ability tofunction effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives”.One strategy for meeting the ASCE Body of Knowledge (BOK) and ABET requirementsis through multidisciplinary senior

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

R. E. Floyd

regular basis, typically each semester. During this time, the advisor reviews the student’sprogress, planned programs, and any pre-requisites that may be needed. The biggest problemwith the academic advisor is that they are most often providing advice to a large number ofstudents, not the best role for a Mentor.Within industry, Mentors are most often limited to a small number of mentees, typically no morethan three. In the Mentor role, the industry engineer may help both interns and active students,providing advice on classes to be completed, current problems, or work related items. TheMentor is typically an experienced individual that has been there and done that. The Mentorseldom tells the mentee how and what, but more frequently provides hints

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, North Carolina State University; Amber L. M. Kendall, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Daniel Gordon Mendiola Bates, North Carolina State University; Whitney N. McCoy, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

their householdincome.The agenda (see Figure 1) for the camp provides scaffolded activities throughout the morning toallow students to build background knowledge and understanding of engineering concepts. In theafternoon, students are given adequate time to collaborate and utilize the engineering designprocess to complete an engineering challenge based on a book that identifies a real-worldproblem that needs to be solved.Scaffolding activities are selected to support the larger activity that is planned for the afternoon.Scaffolding activities break down the components of the larger activity enough that a focus canbe made to gain perspective and mastery before having to manage doing all of the elementstogether. Scaffolding activities are similar

Conference Session

Tools and Techniques

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamer Omar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Computing and Information Technology

, implementation and utilization aspects of aneducational big-data system that imitate Mobile Service Providers (MSPs) systems to delve deepinto their data stores. The purpose of the educational system was to introduce students todifferent concepts of big-data systems, mobile networks, systems integration, and mobilenetworks traffic analysis, and data management (Tamer Omar, 2016). The paper introduced thebig-data system architecture together with the analytics framework designed to support themobile network.The proposed project to implement the lab resources was planned over three years with anestimate budget of hundred thousand dollars. During this period the project team leader wasplanning to implement a production mobile testbed from small-cells

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy

each other as well as the changing period where the globaleconomic pattern will change profoundly along with the rise and fall of regional economicpowers [1]. The “superposition of the three periods” provides an important strategicopportunity for the accelerating development, transformation and upgrading of themanufacturing industry. From 2011 to 2013, the US has successively announced the launch ofAdvanced Manufacturing Partnership, A National Strategic Plan for AdvancedManufacturing and National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. In 2013, Germanreleased Recommendations for Implementing the Strategic Initiative INDUSTRIE 4.0. Later,Japan released White Paper on Manufacturing Industry in 2014; Britain released the strategyof Made in UK 2015

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Programs and Pedagogies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

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Engineering Management

Phase 6: • Perform training • Training plan and materials • Control behavior and feedback Operation & • Perform certification • Certification plan and materials • Encapsulation (hide internal Maintenance • Perform risk assessment and • Operations Manuals workings of system) planning for maintenance • Performance reports • Stability and Change • Perform disposal and • Maintenance and service plans; retirement activities FMEA • Disposal and retirement planFigure 1: Systems

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Peterson-Fairchild, Dixie State University; John Burns, Dixie State University

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Engineering Libraries

starting a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering scheduled to begin fall 2018.College leadership chose mechanical over other fields in engineering based on student demandand the support of local industry based on the current and future job market in the area.This comes during a time of unprecedented growth for DSU, which was granted Universitystatus in 2013. In fall 2017, Dixie State had the highest enrollment percentage increase amongUtah’s public colleges and universities for its second consecutive year. During 2016-2017,consistent with the DSU strategic plan the university added seven new baccalaureate majors andplans to add five more (including mechanical engineering) in the next year, along with its firstthree master’s programs [2

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A. Harper, Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University; Lauren Corrigan, Parker School Hawaii

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

course. The first-year engineering program atThe Ohio State University provides honors students with the opportunity to engage in anintensive design-and-build robotics project. The primary educational objective of this course isto give students a realistic engineering experience, so that at the end of their first year, they canmake educated decisions about whether engineering is the profession they want for themselves,and, if so, what particular engineering discipline they want as a major. To that end, the projectincludes many aspects of real-world engineering, including teamwork, budgeting, planning aproject schedule, communicating orally and in writing, documenting, programming amicrocontroller, constructing and wiring a device, and, of course

Conference Session

Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Cesar Silva de Freitas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Zachary James Beyer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

university-level engineering [31]. Given the context of theclassroom in the camp, as well as the challenge of teaching engineering in a politicallycomplicated and highly regulated environment, we followed a course methodology based onrecent studies about education in fragile contexts and previous experience from the researchers inteaching engineering [32] [33] [34]. Also, we designed our intended outcomes, content,assessment, and pedagogy with the goal of fostering social responsibility so that the coursewould be meaningful and applicable to students’ local community. For example, we consideredexisting engineering problems in the community and pedagogical constraints in the classroom aspart of our course planning based on democratic basis

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bettina Jeanine Casad, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

wasacceptable at both time points (T1 α = .715, T2 α = .91). Items were averaged so that higherscores indicated greater confidence in abilities to work in teams.Education intentions. Three questions (Estrada et al., 2011) assessed participants’ educationplans in engineering. Questions were answered on a scale from 1 (Very unlikely) to 6 (Verylikely) indicating students’ plans to attend an MS program in engineering, a PhD program, and togain experience working in an engineering lab. Items were averaged such that higher scoresrepresented greater intentions to pursue additional education and were analyzed individually.Career intentions. A 7-item measure (Estrada et al., 2011; Schultz & Estrada, 2010) evaluatedstudents’ career intentions in the field

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Joseph Holles; Lawrence Schmidt

a M.E. and Ph.D. from the University ofCarlson, et al. follow this up with “… it is not simply enough Virginia in 1998 and 2000. His research areato teach students about handling incoming data, they must is nanoscale materials design and synthesis for catalytic applications with an emphasisknow, and practice, how to develop and manage their own on structure/property relationships and in-situdata with an eye toward the next scientist down the road.”[2] characterization.Federal agencies (e.g., NSF,[3] NIH,[4] and USGS[5]) are alsorequiring the submission of a Data Management Plan (DMP

Conference Session

Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shawnisha Hester, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Hector E. Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erika T. Aparaka, University of Maryland College Park

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Diversity

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International

among Underrepresented Scholars through Engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals in Global ContextsIntroductionOpportunities to participate in international engagement experiences broaden students’perspectives and perceptions of real world problems [1]. A strong sense of “global engineeringidentity” can emerge when students are part of international teams that consider solutions tohumanitarian challenges [2], [3]. To encourage retention in engineering among undergraduateand graduate students from underrepresented groups, a multi-campus team of faculty andadministrators developed a plan to expose students to humanitarian engineering perspectiveswithin global contexts. Through the University System

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Conservation and Optimization

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Richard Chiou, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

and with number of engineers leaving theworkforce, which is particularly truer in the power industry1-4. Indeed too few engineeringstudents are studying or planning to study power engineering, further compounding to theproblem of power engineers’ shortages1-5. Preparing students for these career opportunities is achallenging task, further complicated because it must be accomplished using often limitedresources and within very stringent time constraints of the already crowded curriculum1, 5-8.Moreover, there also are new challenges due to the grid transition to the future smart grids and tothe increased use of renewable energy. Development and operation of the smart grids requireengineers to have not only a solid power engineering background

Conference Session

Elementary Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Porter, Ohio State University; Meg E. West, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Kathy Lea Malone, Nazarbayev University; Karen E. Irving, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

communicating information, (3) planning and carrying out investigations, (4)analyzing and interpreting data, (5) engaging in argument from evidence, (6) developing andusing models, (7) using mathematics and computational thinking, (8) constructing explanationsand designing solutions.The first engineering epistemic practice is that engineering is a social field and requires real-world context [11], [12]. Engineers work directly with clients to develop a set of criteria andconstraints (time, money, resources, etc.) and to define the problem [8], [11]. Before any projectcan begin, engineers must see the problem in context [11]. Therefore, every EiE lesson beginswith a narrative which allows students to gain interest in the topic, understand the need

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ibironke O. Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Race/Ethnicity

population is not represented in the faculty body. Between 2011 and 2016, totalunder-represented (URM) minorities added was 36, a 20.2% change bringing the total number to 214,9.4%. In the same period, total white faculty added was 99, 6.4% growth, bringing the total number to1644, at 72.3%. Enrollment of URM students for fall 2017 was 29%.In 1990, VCU conducted an environmental scan. The result of the scan informed phase I of the strategicplan which was approved in 1993 by the board of Visitors. The mission of teaching, research, publicservice, and patient care is specially oriented to the challenges and opportunities of metropolitanAmerica. In 1996/97, phase II of the strategic plan with its fifteen strategic directions and 160 specificactions

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Xuejun Fan, Lamar University; Julia Yoo, Lamar University; Dorothy Sisk; Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Xianchang Li, Lamar University; Xinyu Liu, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

certificates. The program assessment was led by the assessment specialist,an associate professor of teacher education at LU. Teacher participants found the researchexperience with their mentors beneficial not only to them, but also to their students according toour findings from interviews. Also, sharing newly acquired knowledge by forming learningcommunities among teacher participants was mentioned as a benefit of this RET program. Theresearch mentors will visit their mentees’ classrooms to see the lesson plans being implemented.In the spring of 2018, the teachers will present their refined curricula at a local teacherconference and submit their standards-aligned plans to teachengineering.org for other K-12educators to access. 1. Introduction

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology: Curriculum and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Xiangyan Zeng, Fort Valley State University; Chunhua Dong, Fort Valley State University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

. 1,2017- Oct. 1. 2020) in September 2017. This paper describes the project goals,objectives, and expected outcomes as well as the steps taken to implement some of theproject activities. It should be noted that the project is a work in progress and thus itsimpact on the students and our CS program could not be currently evaluated due toinsufficient data. The effectiveness of the project will be measured annually by Octoberof each project year. We are planning to present the assessment results of this project in afuture article by 2020.Goal StatementThe primary goal of this project is to enhance the retention and graduation rates ofcomputer science students at FVSU through revising curriculum, implementing a peer-to-peer tutoring/mentoring, and

Conference Session

ET Administrative Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Freije, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Barbara L Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Elaine M. Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

fell into two areas: earning acollege degree or affinity for their major. This finding was surprising given that most earlylearners are uncertain of academic goals [4]. Driven by this evidence, self-reflection shoulddeepen student discipline-specific understandings.Research activities centered on a university-specific electronic portfolio: the PersonalDevelopment Plan (ePDP), enabling students to more effectively map out and navigate theiracademic and co-curricular experiences, as well as their subsequent careers. The ePDP is apersonalized planning process that enables students to understand, implement, and chart progresstoward their degree and college goals. For more than 10 years, the university has integratedpersonal development planning

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julanne K. McCulley, Weber State University

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College Industry Partnerships

experiences that are essential in thetechnology programs.All educational entities involved in the process recognized worth in their efforts for theirinstitution such as an increase in enrollment, curriculum development around new technologies,and opportunities for funding of new equipment. Faculty workload increase is minimal due to asmall rise in class sizes.The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) recommended upon the approval of the AASControls Technology degree that all post-secondary institutions develop similar pathways as partof the USBE strategic plan, Education Elevated, that result in credentials with labor marketvalue.CollaborationNorthern Utah manufacturing is a diverse group that includes industries in aerospace anddefense, energy and

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Ali Ansari; Nasser Ghariban; Pamela Leigh-Mack

) under the Louis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation (LS-AMP) project. These students had completed their second year at thecommunity college, and plan on pursuing a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline. Thecourse started with project-based teaching of fundamentals of electrical circuits, electronics, andinstrumentation followed by introduction to mechanical design. It concluded with design projectsusing the skills that students learned from the aforementioned subjects. The projects aimed atpromoting active learning, research, problem solving, and understanding the design process. Thepilot course was used to evaluate the instructional materials to be utilized later in developing anew junior level course in the computer

Conference Session

Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael F MacCarthy, Mercer University; Holly F. Berns, Mercer University ; Ryan Monty, United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot; Mitzi Erin Brett; Zachary Lewis Martin; Pietro Sannipoli, United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot; Nicolas Jerome Messmer; Walid Ibrahim; Scott Schultz, Mercer University; Katelyn C.N. Dimopoulos, Mercer University

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International

solutions for small-scale gold miningcommunities), Vietnam (low-cost prosthetics), South Korea (technical training of North Koreanrefugees), Kenya (drinking water), and Madagascar (drinking water and sanitation).As part of their partnership agreement, MUSE and WFP have collaborated through UNHRDLAB in: designing and developing relief items and logistics solutions for the supply chain,focusing on cost-effective green technologies and on reducing packaging waste (thus enhancingefforts in emergency preparedness planning and response operations); and sharing knowledgeand building capacities.The Mercer Partnership with UNHRDThe unique partnership between MUSE and UNHRD has grown since late-2014, as describedbelow by academic calendar year.2014-2015. The

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Materials

advantages of pursuing an independent study with the interested students were: • More faculty involved with different expertise (especially valuable at an institution with fewer faculty and less specialization) • The fall semester after the Materials Science course permitted planning to begin the project in the spring and give the project more time with a two-semester option • Less time required for course design • Increase our department’s research experiencesThere were four students who expressed the strongest desire to learn more about materials afterthe junior course. Faculty thought that this was a good number for an independent study project;Friend and Beneat [5] note that undergraduate research teams should be reasonably