Conference Session

Subjects in 3D Printing and ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

. This wouldalso help in getting a better understanding of the molding process and deciding injectionparameters. Three primary designs were developed for experimentation in this project; thedesigns went through a progression from basic to more complex (Figure 1). (a) Initial Design (b) Modified Design (c) Final Design Figure 1. Photograps showing the progression in mold design The initial design was made up of simplified features from the final part desired. The initialdesign (Figure 1a) has two fingers that protrude upwards with a curved section to represent oneof the 8 curved fingers on the final design. Rectangular and cylindrical features were tied intothis design as well to give a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State Univeristy; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

someinformation related to estimated family contribution that facilitates such recruitment.) Withadditional time to recruit, UW is able to select highly motivated students with a higher level ofmathematical preparedness. The results given in this paper should be viewed in light of therecruitment process at each university. The demographics for each cohort are given in Table 1.One thing to note is that at WSU, because nearly all the applicants were accepted, thedemographics were not altered through a selection process other the selecting students whoapplied for and were eligible for the STARS program. At the university level, approximately38% of the incoming freshmen are first generation and roughly 32% are minorities. The percentof the STARS students in

Conference Session

Listening and Negotiation

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Cheryl B. Schrader, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development, Engineering Leadership Development Division, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

focuses on the topic ofnegotiation, with an emphasis on providing practical ideas and strategies relevant to academicprofessionals at both entry-level and mid-career who find that they need to negotiate a careeropportunity. The paper will review negotiation basics, as well as discuss what can be negotiated,how one might proceed to discuss these, and how listening is critical to negotiation. By viewingnegotiation as a “wise agreement”1 that seeks to meet the needs of both parties to the extentpossible, this paper presents several common cases or scenarios that illustrate the importance ofunderstanding the elements involved both from the faculty member’s perspective as well as fromthe perspective of their department head, dean or

Conference Session

Innovations in Curriculum and Course Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

-orienteduniversities [1] in graduating potential industry leaders, managers and supervisors with a broaderview of STEM disciplines, which may provide additional incentive to prospective students to maketheir career decisions towards STEM areas.What is Mechatronics?The term mechatronics was first used in the late 1960s by a Japanese Electric Company to describethe engineering integration between mechanical and electrical systems. It is an integratedcomprehensive study of electromechanical systems, integrating electrical, mechanical andcomputer engineering areas [1]. Mechatronics can be defined as the analysis, design, andintegration of mechanics with electronics through intelligent computer control [2], as can be seenin Figure 1: Figure 1 Mechatronics

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maged Mikhail, Purdue University - Calumet; Ali Alavizadeh, Purdue University - Calumet

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Instrumentation

sets of robots: a mobile robot and a robotic arm. Furthermore, the authorsare working on a new advanced course on robotics for graduate level, which will address moreadvanced topics in industrial robotics application.KeywordsTeaching Robotics, Robotics Control, and Robotics in Mechatronics undergraduate curriculum,Coordination between mobile robot and robotics arm. Background A key driving force in the development of robotic systems is their potential for reducing the need of human presence in dangerous work environments. The nature of any of these challenging work environments require that such robotic systems be able to work fully and accurately in achieving human supplied goal [1, 2]. One approach to developing these systems is to

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Robotics in Pre-K-12 Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawna Fletcher, Texas A&M University; Susan Haag

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

utilize standard assessment and evaluation practices that align with college andcareer readiness outcomes. Since 2007, researchers in Arizona have been evaluating andassessing FIRST® robotics programs across the state. The purpose of evaluation was to indicatethe 1) overall success and program impact on students, teachers and mentors; 2) the impact ofhands-on learning to interest students in STEM subjects; 3) the impact of developing workplaceskills that can be transferred to the classroom; and 4) impact on career choice. In addition tocompiling data to understand increasing students' technical skills, research methods embeddedABET student outcomes in the assessment of AZ FIRST® programs. This paper will present anoverview of FIRST programs and

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Chronopoulou, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Douglas M. King, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ehsan Salimi, University of Southern California

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Industrial Engineering

identified teamwork as one of themost valued and necessary skills for college graduates, as the majority of engineering employerswant engineering educators to focus on developing students’ teaming and collaboration skills [7].Despite the clear emphasis on teamwork in engineering and the increasing use of student teamprojects, our understanding of how to support engineering students to develop these skills islimited [1]. Some engineering education researchers consider how to teach teaming skills inengineering courses [9], but some others question if teamwork can be taught [17]. Moreover, fewstudies have linked student collaborative learning or teaming skills to specific instructionalstrategies.Case-based instruction asks students to analyze realistic

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuetong Lin, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; W. Tad Foster, Indiana State University; Jason C. Dean, Indiana State University

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Corporate Member Council

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College Industry Partnerships

when weparticipated in the I-Corps L program sponsored by the National Science Foundation and ASEEin 2015. During the course of the program, we engaged in an intensive exploration ofopportunities to commercialize prior NSF TUES project on improving diagnostic skills forengineering and technology students 1 . Our goal was to identify industrial partners so that thediagnostic training programs can be adopted or adapted to tackle practical problems. During themonth-long customer interactions, the team had interviewed over 100 potential clients, themajority of whom were engineers, managers, and directors of operations in heavy industry likeenergy, manufacturing, or health care sector. At the beginning of this process, we did not have aclear vision

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suhas Xavier, Arizona State University; Christian Murphy, Arizona State University; Kevin A Gary, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

platform is a web-based integration platform(Figure 1) composed of two subsystems, each with its own user-facing components. The primarycomponent, CAssess (short for Continuous Assessment), provides features for 1) integrating datastreams from open tool APIs, 2) performing basic statistical analysis, and 3) displayingvisualizations and notifications to students and instructors. The second and supporting system iscalled Nicest (Nicely Integrating Complex Education Software Together), and has primarilyresponsibilities for user and team management, and for provisioning the various tools beingintegrated into CAssess, again via open APIs. In this section we briefly describe each of thesecomponents and how they integrate to provide feedback and ensure

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Jeremi S London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

/schoolculture, administrative structures, and instrument development over a multi-year period. Forexample, the unit of analysis of capturing culture is very different from the unit of analysis of anindividual faculty member or an administrative structure. The corresponding research questions,as outlined below, span the educational ecosystem of students, faculty, classroom, and school.! 1.! What influence do faculty development programs and administrative changes have on the teaching practices of engineering faculty? 2.! What types of administrative structures lead to a supportive ecosystem to realize change? 3.! What is the culture of the TPS faculty, and how does the culture evolve in response to our RED activities? 4.! What

Conference Session

Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Roger Haase, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Student

nanotechnology was improved, and that they would bebetter equipped to field questions that visitors to the museum might have.Due to the positive response from attendees, a second event was scheduled on a related topic:The origins of atomic theory. This presentation had a similar goal to the first: provide museumvolunteers and staff with a foundational understanding of the topic, which would in turn allowthem to improve the understanding of visitors. After this presentation, attendees were asked tocomplete a short survey about the presentation; the survey questions, and aggregated responses,can be seen in Figure 1. The survey was developed using well documented principles for Likertstyle surveys34,35,36,37,38, though due to its short length some

Conference Session

Technology-Related Educational Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

opportunity tolearn compared in-class discussions. We present a summary of the survey results, along with thetheoretical underpinnings of the approach and some details of the prototype implementation. Wealso present our design for the next set of experiments with the CONSIDER tool.1 IntroductionThe type of conflicts of opinions and the ensuing argumentation seen in the broader public spherewould make it difficult for one to imagine that any type of conflict could ever be collaborative, letalone a driver of effective learning. But researchers in learning sciences have been studying whatAndriessen 1 calls collaborative argumentation, which “can help students learn to think criticallyand independently about important issues and contested values

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Practices in K-12 Engineering Education Curriculum

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College; Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College; Pamela L.B. Clark, PLB Clark Consulting LLC

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Future35. In “Sustainability Education in K-12 Classrooms”, Church and Keltondescribe similar outcomes as critical to global sustainability36. These include: 1. Taking a global perspective, including a recognition that issues, people, and places are interconnected 2. Understanding how systems operate 3. Thinking critically and making informed decisionsAlthough not explicit within our final learning outcomes, environmental engineering and otherSTEM concepts were a critical component of each module and throughout the framework of thecamp. Incorporating STEM disciplines enabled us to best promote an understanding ofsustainable living practices.ASEE 2016, K12 & Precollege Engineering Division Citrin, R.A, Kney, A.D., &

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa M. Del Torto, Northwestern University; Bruce Ankenman, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Northwestern University; Trevor Harty, Northwestern University; Penny L. Hirsch, Northwestern University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Communication (formerly Engineering Design and Communication), a course co-taught by faculty from engineering and writing in which all first-year engineering students work on real design projects for real clients. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Exploring Interdisciplinary Design in Relation to Workplace Success and Campus CommunityIntroduction and Research QuestionsAnswering calls from industry and government, engineering design programs have proliferatedin colleges over the last 20 years 1-7, with design being introduced as early as the first year andnow even being integrated into K-12 STEM education 8,9. Commonly defined as a systematicand intelligent problem

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alex Friess, University of Maine; Eric L. Martin, University of Maine; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

to conventional drawing standards.Figure 1. Semester project for control group section Components are assigned so that they, and/or the resulting engineering drawings,reinforce recently taught concepts. In the same manner, the topic of assembly modelingoccurs when the radial engine’s components are ready to be assembled (Figure 1).The modified approach: the geometric design section While initial familiarization with the modeling environment and feature creationcontinues to be based on modeling exercises and tutorials, the geometric design modulesintroduce a step change in the software use. In contrast to the traditional modeling mode,where the students’ principal challenge is using the software to create the given model

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Heather Marie Sapp, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University

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Educational Research and Methods

, leading to possible persistenceissues.MotivationIf our goal is to educate students to be prepared for the workplace, then we as instructors need tobe supportive of all student effort, knowing that failure is an ever-present part of the designprocess.1 One method of increasing support is by incorporating formative feedback into majorassignments, similar to how design reviews are conducted in the real world. In this way,descriptions of various modes of student failure are replaced with constructive messagesdescribing areas for improvement in the assignments, which can then lead to increased studentself-satisfaction through successful project completion. However, simply repurposing an analyticrubric from summative to formative use does not

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dylan Henson, California Polytechnic State University

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Minorities in Engineering

the College ofEngineering, so the curriculum for Fall 2015 was heavily influenced by feedback andobservations from the previous year of this course offering. The three instructors collaborativelydesigned the curriculum the summer prior to the class. Table I shows a summary of the activitiesand topics that were included in each week:   Table 1. ENGR 101 Weekly Course Activities and Topics Week Activity Week 1 Welcome and introductions; engineering design cycle team activity Week 2 Engineering discipline presentation Week 3 Industry career panel Week 4 Global perspectives in engineering role playing activity

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

ensure that students understand the impact of engineering projects on society aswell as the social contexts within which they operate, to develop confidence in the students’ability to solve problems, to help the students function successfully and comfortably in aprofessional engineering environment, and to understand and appreciate what it means to be aprofessional engineerService learning has been shown to do this while also providing an experience that is bothfulfilling and enlightening [1-2]. Many engineering students are overwhelmed by the workloadof the engineering curriculum, and are not stimulated by the course materials. Some studentslack the maturity or experience to understand how the engineering curriculum will be of value tothem in

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Roberta S Cohen, Stevens Institute of Technology; Nicholas S Bowen, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems and Enterprises)

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Systems Engineering

strategy, leading large teams, and talent development. Nick has led and contributed to many critical projects including saving the mainframe business, taking AIX/Power to the #1 UNIX position, establishing Linux servers in the enterprise market, and was on the team that built the first Bladed architecture for the general purpose x86 market. Nick received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Vermont. Nick has been on the advisory boards of many engineering schools including Florida International Uni- versity, North Carolina State University, University

Conference Session

Influencing the Next (Third!) Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, Education Consultant; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

licensure.1 The three IEA agreements governingaccreditation are the Washington Accord, for engineering programs; the Sydney Accord, forbaccalaureate-level engineering technology programs; and the Dublin Accord, for associate-levelengineering technician programs.2 All three accords—also known as mutual recognitionagreements—are non-governmental agreements among national-level accreditationorganizations. Through these accords, participating organizations recognize the substantialequivalency of each other’s accreditation processes and of their graduates’ academic preparationto enter professional practice. Accreditation systems that are substantially equivalent havecomparable—though not necessarily identical—standards, outcomes, and processes. On the

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keelin Siomha Leahy, University of Limerick; Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

use an existing product or component to function differently in a newconcept. For example, an engineer could take an existing mechanism like a bicycle and apply itas a power source for a generator. This one Design Heuristic can be applied repeatedly togenerate other concepts (e.g., using a water bottle to squirt water and turn a wheel). Other DesignHeuristics (e.g. ‘Change direction of access’) can be added and combined (placing the pedals inthe air with the rider beneath) to produce a variety of novel ideas. The many prompts available inthe 77 Design Heuristics ensure a large supply of possible directions to pursue.This set of Design Heuristics were identified in empirical studies including 1) behavioral studiesof student and expert

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Experiential Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandria Steiner, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

encouraging them to develop technical andprofessional skills. Projects can also improve students’ self-efficacy by providing them withopportunities to participate in “mastery experiences.” Mastery experiences in engineering aretasks that encourage students to feel that they will be more successful as engineers. Everystudent’s experience in a project-based course is affected by the mastery experiences that theycomplete, which in turn affects which skills they develop and also how their engineering self-efficacy changes. A previous study focused on the mastery experiences that students took onthroughout a project and their subsequent changes in engineering confidence or self-efficacy.1–3Here, we focus on why students choose to take on the tasks that

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

• Current City: City, StateDemographics – 0-5 Year GraduatesOf those graduating in the last 5 years who participated in the survey, 24 graduates responded.Of the respondents in this group, only males responded. 23 graduates were in the 23-30 year agebracket, and one was in the 31-37 year old age bracket. Of the 24 graduates, half graduated witha degree in MET and the other half in ECET/EET. None of the graduates responding to thissurvey was a graduate of the MFT program. Table 1 contains the responses of graduates to thequestion asking where students started their studies. Table 1. Where 0-5 Year Engineering Technology Graduates Began Their Undergraduate Studies Purdue University – Technology

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Evelyn Villanueva, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center; David W. Pittman PE, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

(voluntary mentors) prepare 1-2 page experiential learning research project summaries (by January). The laboratory research engineer budgets for the internship cost from his/her research project. • Laboratory Contracting Officer forwards research project summaries to university PM. • University PM develops an intensive promotional (with all STEM academic departments) and orientation program, and students apply on line. • University PM matches student applicants with research project summaries based on academic merit and mentors interests. Students are interviewed, if necessary. • Logistics including housing, local transportation, and air transport to the laboratory, etc. are jointly arranged for

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Karen E. Crosby, Southern University Baton Rouge; Edgar R. Blevins, Southern University and A&M College; Beth R Isbell, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

wasdesignated as an HSI by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in 2014,after FORCES began. Based on 2006-07 data (just before the FORCES proposal was written),UT Arlington had an enrollment of approximately 19,205 undergraduate students of whom53.2% were female, 14% were Hispanic, 12% were African American and less than 1% wereNative American. The College of Engineering’s undergraduate enrollment in 2006-07 was 1,884students, nearly 10% of the university’s. There were 410 students at the university who wereregistered with the Office for Students with Disabilities. Of those, forty-four (44), or nearly 11%,were engineering majors.6 National data at that time reflected enrollment of students fromunderrepresented groups in

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Amy Huynh, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Totonto

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

supplement their verbaldescriptions of how their programs operate. Interviews were recorded and transcribed.Case records were developed to summarize the key aspects of the fourteen programsstudied in a common structure, and these case records were reviewed by interviewees toensure accuracy. The universities included are briefly described in Table 1 below, and areordered by the date their engineering leadership work started, from oldest to newest.Table 1: Program DescriptionsUniversity (year Brief Descriptionprogram began)Tufts University Tufts Gordon Institute is one of the oldest engineering leadership(1987) programs. Its most substantial offering is the Masters of Science in Engineering Management, an intensive and highly

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah ; Hessam Tavakoldavani, University of Utah; Pedro Romero, University of Utah; Michael E. Barber, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

through the curriculum is being conducted. The information helped to identify a needfor cross-disciplinary engagement, create draft global learning outcomes consistent with ASCE'sBOK Professional Outcomes, and create preliminary ideas for a professional development planfor the faculty to support improved global learning.IntroductionAs globalization has expanded, the need has arisen for civil engineers to be able to designinfrastructure considering a systems perspective, especially those able to transcend technicalconcerns and consider cross-cultural factors.1 The ASCE BOK2 captures the essence of this needin an array of civil engineering education student learning outcomes. The BOK2 is organizedinto three broad areas: foundational, technical, and

Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Carlin J McFarlane, Florida Gulf Coast University; Patricia O'Connor-Benson, Florida Gulf Coast University; Thomas Patrick Felke MSW, PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Engineering Technology

experience. Using technology asa pillar of the universities foundation requires constant innovation and research in all forms oftechnology, integration, and training. From its initial foundation, teaching has always been thenumber one priority along with integrating and leveraging technology to emphasize and multiplythe efforts of the faculty, staff, and students of the University.Conventional teaching pedagogy often incorporates faculty members interacting with studentsface-to-face in classrooms or lecture halls. This style of teaching is not always the most adequatefor the newer generations of students that are much more adapt to digital interfaces, multimediaexperiences, and information in smaller chunks of time 1. “Lecture capture technology

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anita Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University; Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Lina Battestilli, North Carolina State University; Hailey Queen, North Carolina State University; Jessica Young Schmidt; Susan Carson, North Carolina State University

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First-Year Programs

available atCarson, 2015b) was used to assess critical and creative skills listed in Table 1.Table 1: Skills assessed by the Common Rubric.Raising questions, formulating problems 3 Articulating the issue and its scopeGathering and assessing relevant information Selecting and analyzing information Influence of context and assumptionsSynthesizing and generating ideas Combining elements or ideas in ways that are coherent and logical Embracing contradictions Generating and judging alternatives Originality of thought Adaptability and flexibility of thoughtConsidering alternatives and reaching reasoned conclusions Judging appropriateness Taking intellectual

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven D Hart, Virginia Military Institute

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Civil Engineering

employing the ExCEEd Teaching Model highly, many, if not most,of them were not retaining essential information from one course to the next. The bestexplanation for the students’ lack of retention was that they were only minimally engaged withthe material. Analysis of student time survey data consistently showed that students spent largeamounts of time cramming for tests and major projects immediately before the event, smalleramounts of time completing homework the night before it was due, and almost no time in dailypreparation.To rectify this issue various instructors developed a variety of different initiatives. Problem SetZero (1) experimented with making the first homework assignment in a given class a review ofthe materials from the previous