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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz; Chantale Damas; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universityof a semester would apply to calculus based engineering physics is an interesting future project.A recent publication also supports the use of language skill in procedural learning. A study oninserting the human FoxP2 gene into mice found that the modified mice shown acceleratedlearning. The mice learned to master a procedural learning task of maze negotiation in 8 daysinstead of the usual 12 days 27. The FOXP2 gene has been accepted as related to humanlanguage development. Relational learning as a language development process would trigger theFOXP2 pathway and reinforce general procedural learning ability. We plan to extend our 9-concept fourth-order relational learning

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Matthew J. Traum; Christopher F. Anderson; Christopher M. Pastore; Michael J. Leonard

ofEngineering Education, Vol. 92 No.1, 2003, pp. 7-25.18 E. M. Cooney, K. J. Reid, “Assessment rubrics for TAC-ABET interpersonal skills,”Proceedings of the 111th Annual American Society for Engineering Education AnnualConference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20 – 23, 2004.19 K. J. Reid, E. M. Cooney, “Implementing Rubrics as Part of an Assessment Plan,”International Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 24, Number 5, September 2008, pp.893-900.20 M. J. Traum, D. A. Howell, L. C. Newman, “Engineering Design, Project Management, and Community ServiceConnected through Servant Leadership,” Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 23 – 26, 2013, 2013.21 M. J. Traum, S

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala

experience and found it useful (no “ poor” rating and only one“ fair” rating). We would like to explore how our results might change if more topics and longerpreparation times are given to the class. We are also planning to conduct further analysis on whatfactors contribute to forming well-functioning collaborative groups in introductory physicscourses at community college settings. 8 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section ConferenceQ4: How did the collaborative group work aspect of Q5: In addition to learning the content of the

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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David Willis; Jeremy Vaillant

and manufacturing processes available for freshman engineering need to be carefully considered. Softer materials are more than adequate for most freshman engineering applications (ie. Plastics, wax, silicone, etc.). This said, standardizing materi- als for freshman usage requires some planning and preparation. Class size and challenges of scale drive cost of deployment; hence, material and part selection plays an important role in the course deployment cost.Overall, from an instructional perspective, the course provides an overview of mechanical engi-neering and the mechanical engineering curriculum. The instructional team continues to iterateand improve based on end-of-year reviews and student weekly

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Sigrid Berka

, going back to the “attributes of a global engineer” we postulate that the local toglobal research/internship sequence described in the examples above enabled the students togo way beyond learning new technical skills in a lab environment. They had to possess at leastsome of the following attributes (from the list of 20 mentioned in the ASEE study cited above) tosuccessfully complete all three projects:On the technical level, they had to demonstrates knowledge of project planning, management andthe impact the project has on various stakeholder groups (team members, sponsors, clients, end-users)On the professional level, they had to embrace “a commitment to quality principles/standards andcontinuous improvement” and to apply “personal and

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Gordon W. Romney; Baird W. Brueseke

can preserve the usage basis of her intellectual property by encapsulating hereObject. Subsequent changes to the eObject, or its inclusion in curricula, can be establishedby provenance and encapsulation validation.The authors posit that these perceived challenges can be leveraged to produce a vibrantacademic infrastructure for distance learners where eObjects are properly vetted andwhose provenance can be established.Recommendations for Future ResearchImmediate plans are under development to facilitate an experimental environment for 1)authenticating eObject creators, vettors and learners/users; and 2) establishing the provenancetracking and encapsulation processes for eObjects.Acknowledgements Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Timothy Burg; Pamela Mack; Ian Walker; Richard Groff

, will be examined. The underlying tools of kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, and coordination will be overviewed. • Project 2: Motors This project is an introduction to the use of the LEGO Mindstorms NXT motors. • Project 3: Ultrasonic Sensor This project will introduce you to the Mindstorms ultrasonic sensor. The ultrasonic sensor can be used to determine the distance from the robot to an object. Sensor will be used to create a control system to have the robot follow a wall.3. Artificial Intelligence (8 hrs class) Computers can perform monotonous calculations efficiently and reliably, jobs humans don’t like to perform. However, computers have trouble understanding

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Sarah Jurak; Emil Jurak; Ramazan Asmatulu

Alternatives, makes an Assessment of the possible solutions, and arrives at adecision on a Plan of Action30 which is more of a scientific approach. The Four Quadrantmethod is more of a clinical approach which looks at the medical indications, patientpreferences, quality of life, and contextual features of the ethical dilemma in arriving at asolution.31 Teaching an analysis tool with the use of case studies can be an effective way to teachstudents bioethics and prepare them for the issues they will face as research scientists and 6 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Pradip Peter Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Amir Rezaei; Amelito G. Enriquez; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Mohammad Amin

. Planned work force development has helped in thepast for the job market at a specific point in time. The work force in the past two centuries wasgenerally geared towards industry needs based on conformity rather than creativity. Among thewell-known educational paradigms were behaviorism, constructivism, and cognitivist theory.B. F. Skinner, one of the main proponents of behaviorism, developed his idea of stimulusresponse and the role of reinforcement8, 9 in the learning theory. He argued that a human actionis the result of the consequences of the same action. If the consequences are positive the actionthat led to it is likely to be repeated; if the consequences are negative, the action is not likely tobe repeated. According to behaviorism, a

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jim Helbling; Angela Beck

documents (e.g., test plans and test reports) so as to better meet ABET Outcome 3g.This team-teaching initiative was implemented in a single section of capstone; over several yearsthe initiative proved to be successful as student presentations and documentation demonstratedmeasurable improvement as assessed at the beginning and the end of each term. Therefore, team-teaching was implemented throughout the capstone courses, so that by 2009 all sections of seniordesign capstone were team-taught by pairs of AE/ME and COM faculty2.Embedding a COM instructor in each AE/ME capstone course provided students with an in-classresource regarding communication or teamwork skills. Communication instruction was tailoredto the specific capstone project and

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ronald P. Uhlig

California and one in Henderson, Nevada, and online. At National University, Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 207courses are taught in a one-course-per-month format, giving students the ability to focus onlearning one course at a time and the flexibility to pursue an academic plan at their own pace.Since the BS Computer Science degree was first awarded by National University thirty-one yearsago, the program has continually evolved to align with the improvements and innovations madein field of

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ranjan K Sen

305 Accreditation Board in Engineering and Technology (ABET). Then we identify topics in the ACM curriculum for Information Technology that are relevant to Big Data concepts and map them to a specific undergraduate program. We also present the courses in a masters level program in Information Technology and examine the relevance of these courses to Big Data education. present a short review of the curriculum of Information Technology in a typical four-year undergraduate and graduate levels today. We then identify courses that are relevant to concepts in Big Data. We present the current scope of the Big Data industry and the core concepts of Big Data technology. This is then followed by a plan for adoption of the Big Data concepts in to

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Baird W. Brueseke; Gordon W. Romney

ResearchThe authors plan to expand the data set presented in this paper to include a much larger numberof respondents. The current working concept is to contact the 181 schools designated asNational Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Centers ofAcademic Excellence requesting their participation. Increasing the number of respondentsupward toward 100 in number would allow a more statistically valid analysis.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank the editors and staff of the Pearson Education Computer Sciencedivision for their assistance in identifying survey participants and support of the survey process.Bibliography1. Padman, V. & Memon N. (2002). Design of A Virtual Laboratory for Information Assurance Education

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Rose-Margaret Itua; Sharnnia Artis

September 25, 2013, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/24/remarks-president-state-union-address17. Executive Office of the President President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2011). Report to the President on Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing, p.9. Retrieved September 25, 2013, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-advanced- manufacturing-june2011.pdf18. The Boston Consulting Group (2013). Majority of Large Manufacturers Are Now Planning or Considering ‘Reshoring’ from China to the U.S. Retrieved September 25, 2013, from http://www.bcg.com/media/PressReleaseDetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-14494419. Sirkin, H. L., Zinser, M., and

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Delorme, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Michael Giglia; Ethan Hayon; Joseph Huyett; Donald Montemarano; Mark Siembab

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine

,locating, and collecting information on objects that are potentially unexploded ordnance(UXO).” The students had two semesters and a budget of $15,000 to go from this statement to afield demonstration of their solution in Key West, FL.This project’s multi-disciplinary nature, broadly defined real world problem, engaged andthoughtful sponsor, and unique advising requirement produced student outcomes that covermost if not all of the ABET student outcomes criteria. This paper will cover the project fromconcept to final successful demonstration including; team forming, academic advising, missionplanning, project planning, research, development, fabrication, sensor development, sensorintegration, testing, demonstration, reporting, assessment and

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Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Richard A House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alexander T. Dale, Engineers for a Sustainable World

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

bylocal and global collective action. We recognize that the next generation of leaders will be taskedto develop responses to a wide set of wicked problems in a socially and environmentallyappropriate manner. Some of the most prominent wicked problems in the immediate future willinclude sustainable urban planning, alleviating climate change, and feeding the world, to name afew. Emergent leaders, many of whom are currently students within and outside of engineering,will be central to realizing a more sustainable world for future generations. Our goal as authors isto inspire these future leaders (our students) to become motivated to and confident in respondingto these wicked problems in a manner that is socially appropriate and environmentally

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Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

between the Navajo way of life, which is a holistic cycle of thinking,planning, living, and assuring/testing,119 and an engineering design process (ask, imagine, plan,create, improve120). Thus the structure of the project itself can be described and presented in away that carries cultural meaning for Navajo students.Further, design projects can be structured to blend culture and course material. In engineeringoutreach camps in the Navajo Nation, students were asked to write a story related to their culture(e.g., “Describe a day in the life of a Navajo middle school student”). Students then, learn theengineering design process and build a Rube Goldberg®-style chain reaction machine that tellsthe story they wrote. This not only helps the students

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Faculty Development II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Lauren D. Thomas, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline Community College; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Kristine R. Csavina, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Douglas Karl Faust, Seattle Central College; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

together. Hello All -- Thanks to everyone for your patience as we organize a plan for the ASEE paper. After reviewing the reflective essays you wrote, thinking about the time we have available, and realizing how hard it is to schedule a joint meeting, here is what we propose. Paper: We address two questions in our ASEE paper (1) What types of experiences might be associated with being interviewed about a reflection activity, (2) What larger scale issues surface when reflecting on interviews about reflection activities? While we’ve already noticed patterns across your reflective essays for each of these questions (i.e., patterns in your experiences, and patterns in the types of larger scale issues

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Best of DEED

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim Mohedas, University of Michigan; Grace Louise Cravens, Sienko Research Group; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

stakeholder interaction (defined before the course). Incorporatingstakeholder interaction into curricular goals might be necessary, as a prior study showed thatwhile design teams might develop ambitious plans for stakeholder interaction, they are likely todrastically reduce the level of stakeholder interaction they conduct during the design course24.Additionally, we have identified several project traits (Table 4) that may facilitate increasing thelevel of stakeholder interaction during design. This demonstrates the importance of projectselection when developing design courses that seek to emphasize specific design processes (suchas human-centered design). The project traits identified here could form the basis for additionalresearch in the area of

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Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

least, I can understand what is happening the next time I havea window seat on an airplane.”Student 45 – “Although I barely skimmed the surface of the intricate world of mold design, I feelconfident that my research will be beneficial if I enter the steel industry as planned post-graduation in May. Being able to compare the sand casting process to concepts discussed in thecourse has definitely helped me grasp concepts better and understand the importance of flowcontrol.”Student 46 – “Not only that but I think a research project like this was good because it made meapply knowledge I've gained from a lot of the classes I've taken in my previous three years…”Student 49 – “From a big picture point of view, this project was certainly beneficial. I

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Best of DEED

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Menold Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Design in Engineering Education

educational model towards creative confidence." DS 66-2: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC 2010). 2010.22. Ulibarri, Nicola, et al. "Research as Design: Developing Creative Confidence in Doctoral Students Through Design Thinking." International Journal of Doctoral Studies 9 (2014): 249-270.23. Kelley, Tom. The art of innovation: lessons in creativity from IDEO, America's leading design firm. Crown Business, 2007.24. Kirton, Michael J. "Adaptors and innovators—Why new initiatives get blocked." Long Range Planning 17.2 (1984): 137-143.25. Kirton, M. J. 1976. Adaption-Innovation: A Description and Measure. Journal of Applied Psychology, 61(5): 622-629.26. Buffinton, Keith W., Kathryn W

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Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Electrical and Computer

this study.27, 28 A productive partnership betweenthe course instructor and researchers allowed iterative cycles of designing and revising researchquestions as well as testing new instructional techniques and research plans in real educationalsettings. The study was conducted in an intermediate level electrical engineering course, “LinearSystems, Circuits, and Electronics” in fall 2014. The class had three 50-minute lecture periodsand a recitation section of 50 minutes every week. Forty-four students enrolled in the course, andwere divided into 8 groups in the lectures. Students were enrolled in two recitation sessions. Thelecture instructor taught one session and another professor from the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Department taught

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University

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First-Year Programs

program. It lets us see where we ourselves might be and give us time to plan for what’s ahead.” • “I got to see what I could be doing if I continue down this major. I also saw how what some of what we learned applies to the ‘big picture’. It also opened ideas and opportunity for my future and what major track I take.” • “Seeing that they were just normal students like me put me at ease and made me feel like I belong in this program. The seniors were very passionate about the FGCU Software Engineering program and this made me extremely excited to be a part of it.” • “As a freshman, I don’t have classes with upperclassmen that have learned from experience to tell me what’s

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

taught this course. As the main goal of this year was todevelop and mature the curriculum, a formal outcome assessment procedure was not yetimplemented. In order to quantitatively evaluate the outcome of this program in the followingyears, a combination of objective and subjective assessment tools is proposed.Students will be surveyed on their opinions and knowledge of robotics, engineering and STEM,both pre-camp and post-camp. A comparison of pre-camp vs. post-camp survey results will beused to gather data on the change of student perception as well as their learning outcomes. Inaddition, systematic interviews and classroom observations can be planned throughout theprogram. Results from such interviews and observations can help determine the

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International Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Ergem Senyuva; Joe Spaulding, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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International

peers in order to be more conscience of food choices in adequate amounts and be aware of food waste. One of the goals for the FoodSlowers team is to place doggie bags at different points around their campus to make sure that students don’t waste food. The team’s intention is to eliminate food waste. The team also plans to have left over food in the cafeteria sent to animal shelters to feed homeless animals. In addition, the team is holding several cooking classes on campus with a dietitian who will teach the community how to eat consciously. The team is having a farmers market on campus and selling items like jam to provide funding for the doggie bags. In addition, the team

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Information and Network Security

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Ryan Lutz, James Madison University

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Computing & Information Technology

is advertised for networking across multiple ESXi hosts, it turns out to be anincomplete solution, overkill for meeting our needs and requires license fee beyond the availablefunding to the project.Another major issue that we faced in planning the migration from the VMware Workstation to thevSphere environment was that we were no longer able to take advantage of the physical Ethernetport built into the client machine. Initially, we thought the problem could be resolved through theuse of vSphere Web Client Integration Plug-in. The Web Client Integration Plug-in allows someof the physical devices (such CD/DVD Drive and USDB ports) on the client machine (used toaccess VMs) to be passed through to the user’s VMs. Unfortunately, after consulting

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Elizabeth Dawson, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Kerrie Wilkins, Arizona State University ; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

femalegraduate students in STEM in order to help students improve their skills and effectively relaytheir message in such a way as to promote their academic and professional success. The newcurriculum includes written modules that are designed to help students obtain communicationskills that are essential for managing difficult situations, such as, Planning Your Message, ActiveListening, Expressing Yourself, and Receiving and Responding to Feedback.38 This content also includes interactive video simulations that provide training in threecritical interpersonal communication skills of active listening,39 receiving and responding tofeedback,40 and self-expression.41 Each simulation presents a scenario that research has shown tobe problematic for

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; Peter Wesley Odom, Oral Roberts University

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Community Engagement Division

history.34 Again, a theisticworldview might suggest that this occurred when the system voluntarily strayed from its originalpurpose. It is common knowledge that engineered systems are susceptible to damage orcorruption when used in unintended ways. Even so, a good engineer will foresee this possibilityand perhaps plan for a redemptive solution that somehow draws good out of evil and suffering.Such a solution is provided by Christian theism, for example.Another class of examples of ingenuity in nature involves the recognition of engineered solutionsto problems in the natural world. Sometimes, natural solutions are discovered only after human Page

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Andrew Scott, Alabama A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

] .To assess and evaluate progress and outcomes, we developed a comprehensive plan consisting ofdirect and indirect assessment. These assessments included course-specific assessments (i.e.,exam questions), interviews and discussions with the instructor, student perception surveys, anda student demographics survey. For the summer semester containing some flipped instruction, aformative course evaluation survey was administered. Our course evaluation survey wasmodeled upon the work of Leicht, Zappe, and colleagues in their flipped classroom research andwas expanded upon based on our own research questions and interests [12,14].2. MethodsIn this section, we discuss in greater detail the assessment methods we utilized. We distributedour various

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Thomas M. Philip, University of California Los Angeles

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Engineering Ethics

feel that including these additionallenses enables us to see more facets of the phenomenon than we would otherwise. Anotherreason to explicitly attend to these dimension, even while being unsure of our own footing onthese arguments, is that we feel not doing so would contribute to silencing (and hence,marginalizing) how gender, race, and public discourse play a role in the phenomenon we study ineducation research. In future work, we plan to collect demographic data which might help usrefine our claims. As initial explorations, the arguments presented in the paper are bound to haveinconsistencies and incompleteness. Acknowledging that, we humbly hope to pursue moredetailed analysis in future work.AcknowledgmentsWe thank the participants who