Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

enrollments in VIP at the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology, and examines the number of semesters students (N = 869) participate in VIP bypolicy, by academic rank, and by matches-mismatches between student and instructor departments. In asecondary analysis, persistence rates are compared for a degree program before and after an incentivizingcredit-use policy was established (N = 45). Results show correlation between higher persistence and twopolicies: 1) allowing all VIP credits to count as in-major electives after a minimum number are earned;and 2) allowing students to fulfill a design sequence requirement through VIP, with no additionalplanning/requirements beyond the normal design sequence. The study employed chi-square analysis forall but one

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Lofton, University of Evansville; Jared T. Fulcher, University of Evansville; Dick Blandford, University of Evansville

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

(SAT/ACT) and high school GPA are often the primary measures ofperformance by which potential for success is evaluated. In other institutions, students areadmitted to an ME program after completing certain pre-requisite courses within theundergraduate curriculum. Pre-requisite courses may include a series of math and sciencecourses that provide a solid foundation for upper-level ME courses. In both cases, data-drivenadmission criteria may provide a more informed quantitative measure of student potential forsuccess.Others studies have examined relationships between various measures of performance andstudent success in college [1], [2], [3], [4]. A study conducted at the University of Michigan’sCollege of Engineering concluded that ACT math

Conference Session

MET and Mechatronics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Austin Creasy, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

semesters. The results show that studentsthat used shared answers received statistically significant lower average class scores. The resultsalso show that the GUIs did not affect the students learning in sketching shear and momentdiagrams, but the results provided the instructor with data about which students shared solutions,which students used shared answers, and that no answer sharing occurred between the courses ofdifferent semesters.IntroductionIn the learning process, instruction is provided to students through varying styles of teaching thatfall under one of the many common learning models and theories [1], [2], [3]. The instructionprovides students new information that needs to be assimilated into their understanding [1]. Theretainment of

Conference Session

Crafting the Future of Computing Education in CC2020

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University; Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Barry M. Lunt, Brigham Young University

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Computing and Information Technology, Software Engineering Division

’sandbeyond.ThisworkshopprovidesanoverviewoftheCC2005andrelatedreportsandlinksthemtothetransitionintotheCC2020project.ItalsoprovidesparticipantswithauniqueopportunitytocollaboratewithmembersoftheCC2020taskforceandcontributetothedevelopmentoftheresourcestheprojectwilldeliver.TheworkshopauthorsandparticipantswillengageinactivitiestohelpdefinehowComputingisdefinedwithintheprojectanddiscusshowtoextenditsinfluenceinglobalundergraduatecomputingeducationforthefuture.Theauthorsanticipatefullaudienceinvolvementandparticipationinformulatingthisvision.Keywords—Computingeducation,CC2020,CC2005,futureComputingeducationI.INTRODUCTIONIn2015,theAssociationforComputingMachinery(ACM)begantoexploreavenuesthroughwhichtoupdatethebroadlyinfluential:ComputingCurricula2005document,taggedasCC2005[1].ACM,theAssociationforInformationSystems(AIS),andtheIEEEComputerSociety(IEEE-CS)weresponsorsofthe2005document.In2016,ACMdecidedtoproceedwiththenewproject.Itestablishedanexploratorycommitteetoascertaintheneedforanewreport.ACMandIEEE-CSbecametheprincipalsponsorsoftheCC2020project.Otherprofessionalorganizationshavejoinedintheeffortwithadditionalsponsorship;theseincludetheAssociationforInformationSystems(AIS),andAssociationforInformationTechnologyProfessionals,EducationSpecialInterestGroup(AITP/EDSIG

Conference Session

Assessment and Research Tools

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Steven Nozaki, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati ; Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (Polytechnic Institute); Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Kaloki Nabutola, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Educational Research and Methods

) Mary A. Sadowski has been at Purdue since 2003 and until September 1, 2011 served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Learning in the Purdue College of Technology where she provided leadership for strategic initiatives in undergraduate education. She was Dean of Purdue Extended Campus from 2011 to 2015 and professor of Computer Graphics from 2015 -2017 when she officially retired from Purdue. As a professor of Computer Graphics, her research interests include enhancing visualization skills, cre- ative thinking, and learning styles. She developed a Delphi instrument to gather data to create a concept inventory for engineering graphics and has worked with a team to develop and test the fully developed

Conference Session

ET Administrative Issues

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K. Sundheim, St. Cloud State University

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Engineering Technology

believe it could be usedsuccessfully by others.IntroductionAn interdisciplinary group of university faculty worked together in a Faculty LearningCommunity to study a pedagogy called Understanding by Design (UbD). We then implementedit in our university courses. Results were reported in [1].Just as we were completing this study, I was tasked with developing a new program inManufacturing Engineering Technology. The school had no engineering technology programs atthat time so there was no guideline to follow. But this also meant there were no constraints.Where to start? It seemed natural to turn to the principles underlying the UbD approach andadapt it to use in the development of the program. It was helpful for many aspects of this taskproviding

Conference Session

Evidence-based Practices in Faculty Development

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

will explore a successful faculty developmentprogram. For more effective teaching and learning in undergraduate engineering education,there is a strong need for evidence-based faculty professional development to shift frominstructor-centered teaching to student-centered, active learning, which is more effective [1].The NSF's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program funded a large-scalefaculty development program at a large, public university which uses a train-the-trainerapproach, similar to Pimmel, et al., to engage faculty in a year-long modeling program with asemester of eight biweekly workshops, followed by a semester of six biweekly Community ofPractice innovation discussions. Here, we describe the creation, scaling

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jeffery J. Leader, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessa B. Ward, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

piezoelectrics, nanomanufacturing, optical measuring techniques, and intercultural design.Dr. Jeffery J. Leader, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyMiss Jessa B. Ward, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Jessa Ward is a master’s student in the Biology and Biomedical Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is interested in biomechanics, prosthetics, and orthotics. More specifically, her thesis work is examining the biomechanics of Kinesio tape. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Creating Laboratories to Aid Student Modeling Ability in Calculus IAbstractIn this paper we will report on the development and deployment of a laboratory sequence forCalculus 1 students

Conference Session

Hands-On Skills in BME

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Kathleen Bucholz, Duke University; Matthew Brown, Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

: Modern Diagnostic Imaging Systems. Taught for (junior and/or senior) students,this course has an enrollment of 70-80 students each year. The learning objectives of thelaboratory modules were to 1) give students a sense of how the equipment works in a real lifesetting; 2) incorporate elements of creativity and design; 3) improve student performance; 4)increase student interest in the subject material; and 5) give the students the opportunity to learntangible skills that are applicable in the industry.Throughout the course of the semester, the students experienced a combination of designchallenges, lab experiences, and clinical experiences based on the section of the course they werecompleting. The course had 6 sections, 5 of which had

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Juan Abelló P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Mechanical Engineering

post-secondary level, with a number of institutions developing WeBWorK problems for use inengineering. The WeBWorK Open Problem Library (OPL) contains around 33,000 problemsthat are freely available to instructors to use within their courses (currently, around 200mechanical engineering problems are available)1. The OPL problems are organized under ahierarchical taxonomy structure of “subject”, “chapter”, and “section”, where subject is an areaof study (e.g. linear algebra, probability, etc.), and chapter and section locate a particularproblem within the subject (e.g. linear algebra – matrices – inverses), analogous to a textbookstructure2. Having an easily understandable and comprehensive taxonomy available makes itsimpler for contributors to

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3: Veterans in the Lab Environment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karina Arcaute, Old Dominion University; Michel Albert Audette, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University; Dipankar Ghosh, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

to AMtechnologies [1], [2]. The Combat Direction Systems Activity (CDSA) at Dam Neck is atechnical lead for Print the Fleet, and has provided feasible and cost-effective solutions to issuesencountered by sailors, like adapter brackets for phone boxes and models to use in the flight deckcontrol board [2]. More recent efforts to support future Navy innovations and problem-solvingskills include 3D Print-a-thon events, and the establishment of the Marine Maker community,which includes Maker Labs, Maker Units, Mobile Training, Collaboration Portals, and courses[3] – [5].The Creating the Fleet Maker (CFM) project is an effort supported by the Navy and MarineCorps Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, Outreach and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex C. Szatmary, King's College

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Mechanical Engineering

subject matter [1]. It is administered by the National Councilof Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). The FE is typically taken around the timeof graduation; passing the FE is a requirement for becoming an Engineer in Training in the UnitedStates. After several years of work experience as an EIT, an engineer is eligible to take thePrinciples and Practice of Engineering exam (PE), which is a requirement for licensure. FEexams are available for chemical, civil, electrical and computer, environmental, industrial, andmechanical engineering; there is also an “other disciplines” exam. Some subjects, such asMechanical Design and Analysis, appear only on the FE Mechanical; other subjects includedifferent topics and are assessed differently on

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

understandings ofinnovation processes and focus areas (technical, human, and enterprise)13. A follow-up studyidentified three overarching themes representing different ways students came to those diverseunderstandings, but also several contextual and individual characteristics that were unique toeach category of innovation approach and understanding14.This study presents a third approach that builds upon and complements these previous findings.We combine thematic analysis procedures15 with critical incident technique16,17 to (1) explorefine-grained experiences and aspects therein that contributed to new ways of understandinginnovation and (2) identify similar types of experiences they may be applicable across settings.By utilizing these qualitative

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Munden, Fairfield University; Marcia Arambulo Rodriguez, Fairfield University; Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Michael Zabinski, Fairfield University

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First-Year Programs

study show steady achievement of the course outcomes, with progresstoward achieving all course goals.IntroductionThis complete evidence-based practice paper describes a longitudinal study of 6 years (from2012 – 2017) of attainment of course and programmatic outcomes in a first-year Fundamentalsof Engineering course that was entirely redesigned using the backward course designmethodology to incorporate numerous active learning and project based learning techniques(in2012) [1].First-year engineering courses are subject to a variety of forces in defining their direction andpurpose. In this case, each course goal has been carefully chosen a priori and linked to ABETaccreditation aligned course outcomes. The course goals are: (I) create a passion

Conference Session

Engineering Education Graduate Research Consortium (EEGRC) Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina Diordieva, Texas Tech University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Walter Smith, Texas Tech University

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Student

Conference Session

Humanitarian and Sustainability in a Global Engineering Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Caroline Murrie Clevenger P.E.; Laura Thornes; Svetlana Olbina

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International

is to provide lessons learned to help others better understand thechallenges of developing a successful partnership among international universities.IntroductionGlobalization is having a significant impact on engineering and construction education. TheUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forward that professionals such asengineers need to have not only technical skills in their fields but also have professional skillsapplied outside of their native context and culture [1]. One of the challenges to developing theseskills, it is the shortage of future engineers being trained worldwide [2]. Bourn & Neal [3] alsodiscuss that students who do graduate are often not prepared with the skills needed to work ininternational

Conference Session

Mentoring Practices and Project Teams

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Cao, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Brown University; Benjamin David Lutz, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Cultivating the Next Generation: Outcomes from a Learning Assistant Program in EngineeringIntroductionA growing tension in higher education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) disciplines is the need to produce a greater number of STEM graduates [1] whilemaintaining learning effectiveness in the resulting large-enrollment STEM courses. One way tomitigate this tension is to create

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Amy Frances Golightly, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

correlation with students’ intrinsicmotivation and curiosity.IntroductionPresented with the option to teach curious and intrinsically motivated students, most facultywould take it. While both of these states have dispositional elements that are unlikely to changemuch over the course of a semester in our classrooms, both motivation and curiosity are alsosituational – dependent on immediate environmental factors in the moment. While faculty wouldprefer to work with curious and motivated students, we may not be aware of the ways our courseenvironments cultivate or discourage either.The entrepreneurial mindset (EM), as defined by [1], rests on the three C’s of “Curiosity,Connection, and Value-Creation.” We use “curiosity” in this context as the habit of

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural Engineering

programs in the United States, and 247 ABET Civil Engineeringprograms [1]. This big discrepancy between numbers of programs translates into graduationrates as well. In 2016, the number of Civil Engineering Bachelor degrees awarded was 11,464while the Architectural Engineering degrees awarded was 618, according to ASEE, a ratio ofover 18:1 [2]. Over the past decade, growth in the number of bachelor degrees awarded hasoccurred in the field of Civil Engineering while it has decreased in the field of architecturalengineering. In 2005 there were 8247 bachelor degrees awarded in civil engineering and 722awarded in architectural engineering [3]. Thus in the past decade civil engineering degrees hasincreased by 39.0% while architectural engineering

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Allen Hayden Ph.D., Indiana State University; Randell W. Peters, Indiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

Engineering Technology Educator Curriculum and Instruction Basics for the Engineering Technology Educator New engineering faculty members can be overwhelmed with transitioning frompractitioner to teacher [1]. There is more to teaching than presenting what one knows, e.g.,teaching also includes curriculum development, evaluating student learning, and advising [2].There is more to being a faculty member than teaching, scholarship and service are also required.The new faculty member must learn about and engage in accreditation, outcomes assessment,community engagement and many other professional and institutional concerns [3]. Even withthe benefit of a possessing a PhD in higher education, no one can perfectly accomplish everyfaculty

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Programs for the Future

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabeel Yousef, Daytona State College; Ron Eaglin, Daytona State College

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Industrial Engineering

global consumer demand. The study states that 84%of executives agree that there is a talent shortage in the U.S. manufacturing sector [1]. In 2015Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE) reported over 14,000 differentcompanies employ 355,000 individuals in the manufacturing fields in Florida. Thesemanufacturing firms suffer economic loss from the limited pool of the available skilled workersat technical levels [2]. According to the 2015-2016 Florida Statewide Demand Occupation List,the growth in manufacturing jobs continues to climb with a 7% increase in annual growth ofavailable jobs anticipated in manufacturing across the state. With rising concern about aninadequate workforce, the research team is working with industry partners

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of New South Wales; Yuchen Wang, University of New South Wales; Yun Dai, University of Southern California

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Design in Engineering Education

to abstract useful information from readily available customer reviews to formulate aunique engineering design problem as a set of functional requirements.IntroductionProduct design is rapidly shifting from the conventional paradigm of creativity-oriented andmodel-based design toward a new paradigm of user-centered and data-driven design. As aresult of the information explosion, the information that is directly or indirectly useful forproduct design has increased in an exponential manner [1-2]. Among the rich informationthat is readily available on the Internet, designers are especially interested in the informationthat is purposefully created, published, and shared by customers. Customers becomegrowingly motivated to share their first-hand

Conference Session

Diversity and Global Experiences

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

-ups based upon patentable or other newtechnology. Instead, it is a much broader approach that challenges students to engage in the “3 C’s”(curiosity, connections, and creating value). EML is an excellent complement to project-based learning,collaborative pedagogies, and other student-centered activities both in and out of class. The KEENframework is summarized in Figure 1. In this paper we describe a unique project that was implemented in the first course in chemicalengineering (material and energy balances). We used the 1980 Titan missile accident in Damascus, AK asa focal point. Our EML module included basic mass balance analysis put in an historical context butextended to include a qualitative chemical process accident case study

Conference Session

Research Methods

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Zixuan (Victoria) Zhao, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

, such as the iterative nature of the composing and knowledge-gathering parts ofwriting, and continual reference to the task materials that define the criteria upon which the writtendocument will be evaluated. We anticipate broadening this study using these methods in order todevelop heuristics for engineering academic writing, and to study the ways in which expertengineering writers overcome issues such as writer’s block. The findings and representations ofdata as shown in this paper offer much to the engineering education research community in termsof method development and analysis of large quantities of time-resolved data representingauthentic engineering communication skills.1. IntroductionDespite the fact that national calls for

Conference Session

COED: Issues Impacting Students Learning How to Program

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Alisan Oeztuerk, German Army; Ben Servoz, Dartmouth College

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

development environment specificallydesigned for teaching and learning object-oriented programming. It consists of a simple interfacethat is interactive and designed for teaching. The majority of educational data mining researchfor introductory programming classes in Java utilizes the BlueJ system.Other free and commercial auto grading tools and platforms are emerging such as AutoGradr,HackerRank, Web-CAT, Vocareum, Taskgrader and more.4. CeMeCodeOur coding window, CeMeCode, is a lightweight web based coding environment, developed byour team. It integrates with Dartmouth’s single sign-on authentication systems and can beembedded into other tools such as our Learning Management System (see Figure 1) and our in-class response system.CeMeCode is

Conference Session

Faculty Development Work-in-Progress Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; William L. Hughes, Boise State University

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

Foundation [1], we embarked on a yearlong facultydevelopment journey with an interdisciplinary group of faculty at Boise State University, withthe explicit goal of helping them to create a cohesive and collaborative team. This paper firstgives the background on this particular group of faculty, the setting at Boise State, and the NSFgrant that funded this work. We then describe the professional development activities of the fullyear before diving into the details related to values. We close with lessons learned and what wehave done with this activity since the project began.BackgroundHuman Environment Systems (HES) is a new interdisciplinary research team at Boise State, withthe goal of working to understand and solve complex social and biophysical

Conference Session

Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W. Gatchell Ph.D., Northwestern University; Akinniyi Adediran Osuntoki Ph.D., University of Lagos; Akinwale Oladotun Coker P.E., University of Ibadan; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University; Tania Douglas, University of Cape Town; Kara M. Palamountain

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International

journal has the mission of advancing and disseminating knowledge on allaspects of social and technological innovation for improved health and healthcare, with an emphasis onresearch addressing developing settings such as those found in Africa. These deliverables, along withthe process for creating them, are also described and discussed herein.IntroductionPrevious studies have shown that limited infrastructure and human resources havesignificantly reduced the quality of medical care available in low and middle incomecountries as compared to developed nations [1]. While efforts have been made to applyWestern healthcare systems and technologies to these resource-limited settings, results havebeen mixed at best [2]. One path to improving healthcare

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Sanders, California State University, Fullerton

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Mathematics

rules, and I havedone so in three different undergraduate-level engineering courses: a sophomore-level dynamicscourse, a junior-level strength of materials course, and a senior-level advanced engineeringmathematics course. In this paper I discuss the methods I used to illustrate the geometricapproach in these courses, and report the results of end-of-semester surveys designed to assess mystudents’ cognitive and metacognitive understanding of tensors. Based on my experience, Iencourage other instructors to adopt the geometric approach in their own courses. By doing so, Ibelieve it is possible to remove some of the mystery surrounding tensors, making them moreaccessible, understandable, and perhaps even a little more interesting.1

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Ocean and Marine

,and stress calculations were performed to ensure the attachment was rugged enough to last over 5 years.  Figure 1: Wireless sensor node block diagramAverage power consumption (Paverage) of a wireless sensor node is given by16,17:Paverage  DPactive  1  D  Psleep (1)Here D = tactive/T is the duty cycle, when the sensor node is operating, Pactive and Psleep are the power usedby the WSN in active and passive mode, respectively, T is the operation period. One way the lowerPaverage is by reducing the duty cycle. The power supply subsystem must be able to provide both thetotal energy demanded during the expected node lifetime and the instant (higher level) power when thenode is

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; James Holekamp, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Umit Karabiyik, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Jeremy Ryan England

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

faculty involvement, laboratorycourse objectives, student assessments, and the industry support is covered in the paper.IntroductionIndustrial automation and control systems are critical assets to our nation as they interact with real-life aspects of our daily life. These systems often run 24/7 to control and monitor critical industrialand infrastructure processes. The demand to integrate them with the internet has opened them upfor cyber-attacks. The need for skilled expertise in defending these critical assets in the studentworld is high [1-3]. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is commonly used inindustrial control systems (ICS) to remotely gather data in real time to automate and to controlnetworked equipment such as