Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Javier Martinez, New Mexico State University, Department of Industrial Engineering; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Edward Pines, New Mexico State University

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Design in Engineering Education

developed model utilizes the interdisciplinaryenvironment of a maker space to enhance project quality through an iterative design process,validation, and continuous testing, while introducing students to campus resources forentrepreneurship. As a work-in-progress, this paper will convey the process adopted to identifyand guide capstone teams through the engineering design process, discusses preliminary resultsduring the spring academic semester to increase capstone use of the maker space, outcomes toaccelerate technology, and planned next steps.BackgroundTypical engineering projects within an industry setting require both interdisciplinary andmultidisciplinary approachs. However, in a traditional university setting, engineering capstoneprojects are

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Design Tools and Skill Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Eric Meyer, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

Generating Alternatives Planning Visualizing Goal Setting PrototypingData AnalysisTo explore how students perceive “iteration” within the context of a design process, the resultingstudent artifacts depicting their understanding of and perceptions about the aircraft designprocess were analyzed using an iterative qualitative analysis approach20–22. One researcher readthrough all of the students’ design process artifacts (see example in Figure 1) and categorizedeach response based on the students’ use of iteration. After creating an initial list of categories,two researchers discussed the categories in detail, reviewing potential definitions for eachcategory and exploring possible literature

Conference Session

Opportunities within Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Molly H. Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Juan David Ortega, Purdue University, West Lafayette and Universidad EAFIT; Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue University - Engineering Education

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Graduate Studies

, navigating graduate study Travel Grant and Documents showing interest in Written throughout the Ph.D. Fellowship application and yearning for professional program. materials development and growth opportunities. Performance Review, Collection of writings that target Written at different formal Preliminary/Qualifying research interests and career milestones in the Ph.D. Exam Reflections planning. program (if applicable) Ph.D. graduate portfolio The portfolio targets the Work-in-progress throughout development of our graduate the program

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ethan Clark Hilton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Myela A Paige, Georgia Institute of Technology; Blake Williford, Sketch Recognition Lab; Wayne Li, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Industrial Designdepartment, including developing lesson plans and teaching the engineering instructors the moredetailed methods of free-hand sketching to a level that they could teach these skills to theirstudents. Many engineering departments do not have this resource at their disposal, making itnearly impossible to prepare for teaching this method.Another drawback is the difficulty and time it takes to properly evaluate student work producedusing this method. There is currently no tool or rubric available to consistently evaluate sketchesat a meaningful level and must rely heavily on the knowledge of the grader to recognizequalitative features. With the large class sizes present in many engineering programs today, thisproblem may cause the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Parth Bhavsar, Rowan University; Angela D Wenger, Center for Aquatic Sciences; Patricia Lynn Hurley, Rowan University; Roisin Breen, Rowan University; DeMond S Miller, Department of Sociology and Anthropology; Kara Ieva Ieva, Rowan University; Megan Casey Mittenzwei

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

planning solutions, specifically traffic micro-simulation projects.Angela D Wenger, Center for Aquatic Sciences Angela Wenger has worked in informal science education since 1991. She has been involved in many facets of the museum experience, including designing and presenting many of the museum’s public pro- grams and exhibits, youth development programs, programs for underserved audiences, and professional development experiences. Her background includes 23 years of scientific research in a myriad of science topics, as well as psychology and family learning in museums. She has taught general biology, chemistry, aquatic science, and ecology for 20 years. Ms. Wenger is active in a variety of professional informal

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Catherine F. Cahill, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; John Monahan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Engineering Technology

for high school and middle school students from across the state to participate in STEM-related activities. To date, these activities have been centered around rotary-wing UAS, predominantlyusing less complex 3D printing fabrication techniques. However, we plan to eventually integrate simpletechniques that may be adapted for K-12 students to design and construct fixed-wing UAS. In addition,UAF is involved in developing several future activities, including a proposed effort to coordinateeducational opportunities for K-12 teachers from across the state, as well as UAS competitions, such asthe popular drone racing.Modern Blanket Toss. The Modern Blanket Toss is a STEM program administered by Alaska UpwardBound and the National Science Foundation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley G. Lawson, University of Maryland, College Park; Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Shuvra Bhattacharyya, University of Maryland, USA, and Tampere University of Technology, Finland; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; William Hawkins, University of Maryland; Tudor Dumitras, University of Maryland, College Park; Neruh Ramirez, University of Maryland, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

tostudents in the traditional course.In the following sections we summarize the differences in the content and pedagogy of thetraditional and novel introductory courses, the success rates for both cohorts of students in theintermediate C programming course, the final results of our studies regarding student identity andefficacy beliefs from the two introductory courses, including for students from underservedpopulations, and our plans to develop a technology-driven version of the intermediate class.Pedagogical differences between the twointroductory C courses Table I.A comparison of assessment weights. The two introductory programming courses are Assessment Novel course Traditional coursequite similar in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jacqueline Doyle, Florida International University; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Dina Verdín, Purdue; Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

students.AcknowledgementThis work is supported through a grant from the National Science Foundation (Awards #1428689 and 1428523).References: 1. Blickenstaff, J. C. (2005). Women and science careers: Leaky pipeline or gender filter? Gender and Education, 17(4), 369–386. 2. Takahira, S., Goodings, D. J., & Byrnes, J. P. (1998). Retention and performance of male and female engineering students: An examination of academic and environmental variables. Journal of Engineering Education, 87(3), 297–304. 3. Tai, R. H., Liu, C., Maltese, A., & Fan, X. (2006). Planning early for careers in science. Science, 312(5777), 1143–1144. 4. Tai, R. H., Potvin, G., Loehr, J. F., & Lloyd, S. S. (2008). The doctoral experiences of students and

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Mia Delarosa

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

P6) things. (Day 1, P2)Although in future analysis we plan to further examine each set of talk turns in order to identifyprevalent themes for each type of communication challenge, here we limit ourselves todiscussing frequency of each code.Table 2 shows the number of codes given for each communication challenge. Looking across allperiods and both days, there was a significant difference in the number of times the peer-observers discussed each of the four types of communication challenges: X 2 (3, N = 210) =23.52, p < 0.001. However, that significance disappears when looking just at the three mostdiscussed types, X2 (2, N = 210) = 2.10, p = 0.35. Also, no significant difference was found afterclustering the four types

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Palm IV, Roger Williams University; Nicole Martino, Roger Williams University; Benjamin D McPheron, Roger Williams University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

STILAS programto have students meet frequently with their advisors, the reality is that they would have done soanyway. It is difficult for a student to fall through the cracks. Clearly such an environment supportsthe goals and methods of an S-STEM program. It is unclear how well the STILAS model wouldwork in a less personal setting.Future work focuses on improved recruitment. It proved harder to recruit underrepresentedminorities than to keep them. Academically talented students have many options, some with moreresources to offer. We plan to redouble our outreach to local high schools, and work to improveour bridge and transfer programs.AcknowledgmentsFunding for the STILAS program was provided by NSF under DUE-1154354. We would like tothank the

Conference Session

Aspects of Engineering Literacy and Community and Industry Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas at El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas at El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Erik Lopez; Deena Mustin, UTEP Academic Technologies ; Robin Munoz, Academic Technologies; Jackeline Munoz; Sarah Huizar, UTEP Academic Technologies Learning Environments; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, Carnegie Mellon University; Celena Arreola; Tetyana Zhyvotovska, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

utilizing a specific skill or process. Theseassessments occurred at several junctures during the project which roughly translates to aboutevery two weeks. The graph below lists an average of frequency of occurrence of each answeracross all teams within a given project year. As we can see construction, planning processes, timemanagement, learning new skills, and expanding existing skills are some of the most notable. A bitof a surprising result is that circuit boards which was the primary skill that launched this processhas now substantially been reduced in focus. A greater focus has been placed on gainingknowledge in another discipline, computer programming, independent research, task delegationand many others. Figure 9. Number

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First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kaitlyn A Marengo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Biomedical

clearly identify what minimum quantitative knowledgeis required of the students, i.e., what is the simplest static analysis problem that should be able tobe completed by all students. We also plan to examine if the results from the current offering arerepeatable in the upcoming offering, and control questions to be more directly comparable. Werecognize the value of evaluating long-term retention, but this type of assessment is difficult asthis course is not part of a required sequence of courses; in fact, there are no required courses atour institution.In conclusion, our findings suggest that assigning an open-ended project in lieu of completingmultiple basic statics problems may not produce gains on this low-knowledge-level type ofanalysis

Conference Session

EET Papers 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest; Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

?Question 5: in the post-delivery survey negative response of 50% is a significant improvement overthe 10% negative opinion in the pre- survey question 6. The affirmative 40% in both the pre andpost delivery response can be attributed to those students who are not interested in Controls as asubject and they feel that they are forced to take the as a required course.Question 7:, approximately 75% students liked the laboratory exercises. But 20% wanted morehardware exercises.Question 8: approximately 80% students answered that the industry demands Digital Control.Some of the suggestions are to improve the course are as the following: 1. Have some hardware experiments involving dc and servo motors. 2. Plan a visit to some local communication

Conference Session

Faculty Views of Ethics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University; Madeline Polmear; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; Elizabeth Simon, Seattle University

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Engineering Ethics

lack of interest in the industry to address issues like plan stamping and lobbying for work. There is a real lack of understanding that engineers must be part of the community.” Senior Year When it is noted that “…I don't believe there are many places that 15 0.79 Only ethical issues do not students really get exposure to these topics in become part of depth. They may 'come up' in other courses but curriculum until often it's not until capstone design that students senior year really have to wrestle with these issues

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Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Bradley Kinney, Bay de Noc Community College; Mark Highum, Bay de Noc Community College; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University

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Two Year College Division

workshopparticipants. Given the limited number of locations available that offer this certification, ourhope is that this training will pay off in the form of increased participation at workshop events inthe future.Another important lesson learned by the two partnering institutions this year was that all dutiesbetween the parties need to be clearly delineated and understood. While all grant deliverableswere completed as planned, there was some confusion as to which specific pieces of curriculumwere to be developed by Bay College and which pieces were to be developed by Michigan TechUniversity. This led to a certain amount of frustration and duplication of effort, so a meetingwas scheduled at the beginning of year two to very clearly outline the expected

Conference Session

Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (1)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University, Teacher Education and Leadership; Michael D. Boatright, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

looking for images rather than by looking for words. Table 4 indicates the number oftimes that groups read images versus texts, as observed during group meetings as an indicated ininterviews about participants’ individual search processes using their Internet search historiesrelated to the project. “Google Image” was used as a search engine more often than “Google”was. (We did not notice the participants using any other search engines, such as Bing or Yahoo.)The following examples illustrate the participants’ search strategies.Members of Group One attended a school that did not have any wheelchair-accessible doors, andthey had designed a basic plan for a wheelchair accessible door. To estimate costs for their door,Miguel went to Google Images and

Conference Session

New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Lawrence Technological University; Heidi Lynn Morano, Lawrence Technological University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. By the end of the semester, students will be able to: 1. Generate, screen, and select promising design opportunities. 2. Organize, plan, and manage a long term engineering project within a team environment. 3. Identify and communicate the value of a design in terms of economic, professional, personal, and societal value. 4. Translate customer feedback into design specifications. 5. Utilize a systematic design process in order to bring a project to fruition. 6. Identify and utilize technical tools and skills needed to create a viable design solution. 7. Account for cost, value, and market implications at all stages of development. 8. Communicate design status and results to all

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nisha Kondrath, Villanova University; Mark A. Jupina, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

faculty to dedicate more of the in- class time for interactive problem sessions.IV. Faculty Experiences & Challenges To improve the student motivation and performance, we need to increase the student investment in the course [4]. We believe that the active-learning approach implemented using the flipped-lab format shows promise in enabling the students to become better “self-starters,” so as to better motivate themselves and their fellow classmates to take a more active role in their education. Oddly enough, that is also the most challenging part of this experience. The lab modules had to be well planned and organized with clear expectations of individual responsibilities. Getting the students to do some design work and

Conference Session

Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Trevor Parrish, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

measurableresults.The capstone experience is implemented with two three credit hour courses: ENGR 400Engineering Capstone I and ENGR 450 Engineering Capstone II. In ENGR 400, students fromcapstone teams, formulate project specifications, develop a work plan and individual roles, andpotential design solutions.The project presented in this paper was sponsored by WCU’s Facilities and Managementdivision. The team members included one Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology(ECET) major and another Electrical Engineering (EE) major.III. Capstone Project Objectives and Design StepsWCU’s Facilities Management department sought an opportunity to reduce operational costs andto reduce the energy use of its heating and cooling systems. The workhorse of these

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Tony Anthony Barringer, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Minorities in Engineering

personnel and the students.Program Structure and ResultsYouth Academy General ObservationsMost of the noticeable changes for the participants of the Youth Academy occurred in threedomains; namely affective, social, and academic/cognitive. This part of the article will discusssome selected observations that occurred in each of the before-mentioned domains.AffectiveThe affective domain includes feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasm, motivations, andattitudes. Within the affective domain, the participants demonstrated significant growth. In thebeginning of the program, several sessions were planned to identify the Youth Academyparticipants’ perspective on life. During the sessions and one-on-one interviews, the participantsprogressed from not

Conference Session

Exploring the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miles J, Mabey, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

other people and can communicate effectivelyCross-team effectiveness Shows they can work with people who have different skill sets and backgrounds than themUnderstanding of the role of *Planning, organizing, directing, and controllingmanagementUnderstanding the engineer’s Asking the experts when needed to solve problemsrole within the organizationAbility to resolve conflict Demonstrates the ability to end conflict with an effective resolutionUnderstanding Customer NeedsResearch Emphasis DefinitionIntuition The ability to understand something immediatelyAwareness Aware of what customers

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Global Graduate Studies and Programs Abroad - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Chi Xu, University of Florida

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Graduate Studies

residential building construction was adapted in HB1647 building code of Florida Legislature. Najafi is a member of numerous professional societies and has served on many committees and programs, and continuously attends and presents refereed papers at international, national, and local professional meetings and conferences. Lastly, Najafi attends courses, seminars and workshops, and has developed courses, videos and software packages during his career. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, and public works.Mr. Chi Xu, University of Florida Ph.D. in Civil Engineering University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (Begins in Jan

Conference Session

CoED: Embedded Systems and Robotics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

has been adopted.The use of the selected MCU platform which students have been familiar with prior to taking theDSP class offers promising benefits such as achieving additional learning outcomes (#4 and #7)and allowing students to practice more complex lab activities (e.g., Lab #4 in Table 3). In thepast, this level of lab activity complexity was not achievable due to the lack of sufficient timewhen the dedicated DSP platform was adopted for laboratory coursework. For the same reason,the additional learning outcomes #4 and #7 had been planned in the curriculum for several years,but only become attainable after the MCU platform was used.Figure 1 shows the relationships among the lab coursework and the targeted learning outcomes. Learning

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Haggard; Fabio Matta; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

and configurations, etc. reasonable is similar to actualreasonable configurations observationsconfiguration ofelements?Does the sketch Sketch shows little Sketch shows some Sketch demonstratesdemonstrate understanding, may be understanding, may understanding of subjectunderstanding of the chaotic in nature, show have one or two errors, matter through clear,subject matter? inappropriate labeling or but clearly shows knowledgeable, and correct element shapes thought and planning drawings

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 1: Instructional

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Bartholomew, Purdue University; Patrick E. Connolly, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Engineering Design Graphics

learning that peer-to-peer review encourages (Jones & Wheadon, 2015).The majority of research around ACJ has been centered in Europe (Hartell & Skogh, 2015;Kimbell, 2012a, 2012b; Seery, Canty, & Phelan, 2012) with recent efforts in the United States(Bartholomew, Reeve et al., 2017; Strimel, et al., 2017) and Australia (Heldsinger & Humphry,2010). While ACJ has been utilized in K-12 classrooms the majority of ACJ-use has taken placewith higher education, awarding bodies, and industry (M. Wingfield, personal communication,November 15, 2016). Collaborative efforts to use ACJ in international settings have recentlybeen undertaken with future efforts planned for international assessment research.Tools for ACJCurrently there are limited

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Electrical Engineering and Circuits

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

so I did not understand what the code was doing. I learned a little about the topics they were meant to teach about, but that was from reading the lab instructions, not from actually doing the lab.  I found the MyDAQ mostly uninterested because I don't really plan on using anything like that in my discipline of engineering. I felt as though it was geared more towards electrical engineers and computer science/engineering majors.  I didn't really like using a breadboard to make a circuit. Part of that was due to my limited understanding of circuits and how breadboards work.  The hardware labs were difficult because they required teamwork which is hard to do with code. The number of hardware

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Initiatives

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University; Jamshid E Farzidayeri, Middle Tennessee State University; Walter Boles; Ahad S. Nasab P.E., Middle Tennessee State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

lot outof it.6. Reflective discussionWe think the project could be further improved from several aspects. • The battery provided to the students were several years old, and some of them did not hold a charge well. As a result, the battery caused the Raspberry Pi and the ultrasonic sensors to behave erratically. One team actually did not do well in the Bocce game, due to a battery issue discovered right before the competition. In the future, we plan to provide new batteries to the students. It may also be a good idea to use a dedicated battery to power the Raspberry Pi. • Although the project stimulated student enthusiasm through the competition and has practical implications, we did not encourage the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Campbell Rightmyer Bego, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Il Young Barrow, University of Louisville

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Mathematics

is an interesting result of several reasonable decisions during the video creation, andwill be kept in mind for future recorded lectures. Additionally, a possible solution to this problemwould be to provide outlined notes that would help students who would like to stay engaged bywriting things down while maintaining the pace of the videos.Student feedback indicated a positive opinion of in-class activities as opposed to video lectures, asreported in previous studies [3], but it is not possible in this paper to separate the effects of one orthe other. In fact, the planned in-class problem-based activities would not be possible without thepre-recorded video lectures.ConclusionsResults from this study indicate that this initial implementation

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J Indelicato, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Miguel Bazdresch, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); George H Zion, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Joseph (Yossi) Nygate, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Surabhi M Sarda, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Educational Research and Methods

difficulties in learning the material, and that instructional methods that are effectivewith one group are not necessarily effective with the other. Seeing this as an opportunity toimprove our teaching and the educational achievement of all our students, we developed aninitial research plan with the following hypothesis: • Given our specific instructional methods, the difference in the learning processes of the two groups of students is due, at least in part, to their different national origins, educational experience, expectations, outlook, etc. (loosely referred to as “culture”), and not only due to their age or other differences. • We should use the theory of preconceptions in education to obtain an initial

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kim Fowler; Don Gruenbacher

aprofessional environment; occasionally we will accept a student proposal for a project if it isdeemed compelling and meets the course objectives.Projects may be a feasibility whitepaper, a prototype, or an aspect of a design competition. Theteam develops concepts, which they narrow to one after studying tradeoffs. The selected conceptthen leads to requirements, further analyses, design description documents, and a user manual.All teams deliver a Project Plan that they update throughout the semester. Besides the ProjectPlan, teams designing and building an embedded prototype deliver the following documents:architecture and requirements, report of analyses, concept (or theory) of operations, designdescription documents, and a user manual. Teams involved