Conference Session

Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Meghan Daly, James Madison University; Cairo Jahan Lakil Sherrell, James Madison University; Thomas Atcheson Ware; Diane L. Foucar-Szocki, College of Education, James Madison University; Justin J. Henriques, James Madison University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

andinteraction with first-year students through the linkage to the redesigned first-year course ENGR101: Engineering Opportunities where the leaders serve as mentors. The mission of MadELeadership is to help students learn and develop mastery through practicing leadership skills inorder to become effective, ethical, and empathetic leaders. The goals of the program are to 1)engage engineering undergraduates with the skills and attitudes that will prepare them to beproductive and ethical leaders and 2) integrate undergraduate education with leadershipprinciples and practices. We strive for the program to be a model of what is at the core ofMadison Engineering, which is the development of a community of learners that engendersrespect, fosters excellence

Conference Session

Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer P.E., Kansas State University; Linda P. Thurston Ph.D., Kansas State University; Beth A. Montelone, Kansas State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 26.1052.2While the need to increase numbers of students in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) degree programs is well established, less than half of students enrolled in  STEM programs of study graduate with STEM degrees.1 Further, underrepresented minority(URM) students continue to be a small percentage of the students receiving STEM degrees. TheNational Academies propose doubling the number of underrepresented minority studentsreceiving undergraduate STEM degrees.2 Recruitment programming must be coupled witheffective retention programs to achieve increases in underrepresented STEM graduates. Aninstitution’s ability to increase numbers of underrepresented students

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moses Sylvester Jaia Jr.; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Mechanical Engineering

ofmaterials. Tensile test is preliminary used to determine the stress-strain relationship (graph) inmany engineering materials including metals [1]. In a tensile test, a dog-bone tensile specimen isstretched uniaxially until fracture occurs. In a tensile test, the stress is calculated based on theforce measured by a load cell during testing. The strain is calculated based on the change inlength measured by an extensometer. Tensile testing delivers accurate results in the elasticdeformation zone and only a part of plastic deformation zone where deformation is uniform. Atthe onset of necking where the plastic deformation becomes non-uniform, tensile testing does notdeliver accurate results. While tensile testing results are applicable for most of

Conference Session

Measurement and Instrumentation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Michael Cavanaugh, Michigan State University; Subashini Nagendran Sivakumar, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Thomas David Dionise, Michigan State University; Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12196 Fundamentals at Michigan Tech on August 1, 2014. His research has been supported by a number of companies, as well as by NSF/CISE, NSF/DUE. and DARPA. Specifically his research in DBER-based engineering education has been supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE.Dr. Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is an Associate Professor and Interim Director of the Center for Engineering Educa- tion Research at Michigan State University. Dr. Urban-Lurain is responsible for teaching, research and curriculum development, with emphasis on engineering education and, more broadly, STEM education. His research interests are in theories of cognition, how these theories inform the design of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Whitney L. Anthony, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

onconcerns of conceptual gaps and redundancies in the degree program and the significant time thathad elapsed since the last comprehensive curriculum restructuring. This curriculum redesignwas noteworthy because it was among the first to incorporate the outcomes from ASCE’s CivilEngineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing the Civil Engineer for theFuture, 2nd Edition (BOK2)1. Other efforts to incorporate the BOK2 holistically into curriculahave been documented at the Universities of Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas-Tyler2 andLawrence Technological University3, with BOK2-driven curriculum analysis and changeproposals discussed at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology4, Montana State University5,University of Louisiana6, Northern Arizona

Conference Session

Shaping the Future: Structured Mentoring for Today's Diverse Engineering Student Populations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney S. Smith, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

occur acrossrace and sex boundaries.IntroductionMore-so than other post-secondary degree fields, engineering is dominated by both Whites andmales, who represent 70% and 82.1%, respectively, of the field1. In contrast, African-Americanwomen, who represent 6% of the U.S. population and 7% of the college student population2, asrecently as 2009 accounted for only 1% of the 70,000 undergraduate engineering degrees andonly 2.3% of the 3,376 engineering PhDs awarded in this country3 - a percentage that remainedunchanged in percentage in 20102, 4. The profile is even more troubling at the faculty level whereAfrican-American women remain less than 0.5% of the more than 20,000 tenure-track faculty inengineering5.These statistics illustrate that, despite

Conference Session

Survey and Assessment Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Menold Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

as the collection of validityevidence. This paper outlines a process for instrument blueprint creation and content validationto help support best practices in educational assessment. Based on Messick’s unified theory ofvalidity1, the instrument blueprint includes a process for item construction that incorporatesmultiple resources, including: (1) the views of content experts; (2) research from the relevantdomain of interest; (3) reviews of existing instruments; and (4) the expertise of the researchteam.This paper uses the development of a new instrument to measure engineering innovativeness asan illustrative example of the blueprinting process. Our new instrument will assess 20characteristics of innovative engineers as identified by in-depth

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Harlan E Spotts Jr., Western New England University; José Antonio Riofrío, Western New England University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

mindset important?The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) foundation has set as its objective toestablish an entrepreneurial mindset within engineering programs. This entrepreneurial mindsetencourages engineering students to combine the technical skills learned in their traditionalengineering coursework with a mindset to “create extraordinary value for others.” This mindsetis comprised of three critical factors, including: Curiosity, Connections and Creating value. [1]Curiosity focuses on the rapidly changing environment in which we live. It is important forengineers to have an “insatiable” curiosity reflected in constantly questioning and wonderingabout the world around them. Curiosity is evidenced through Demonstration and

Conference Session

Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Jeremy M. Goodman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

College of Engineering Page 26.1328.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Relating project tasks in design courses to the development of engineering self-efficacyIntroductionEngineering self-efficacy, the strength of one’s belief that one is able to complete an engineeringtask, is necessary for students to persist in the field and continue to be motivated to learn andchallenge themselves.1 Students who have a high level of academic self-confidence feel a senseof self-assurance about themselves, whereas students with high self-efficacy are sure that

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, United States Air Force Test Pilot School

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Diversity

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Aerospace

.” Students gained superficial procedural knowledge without understanding the “why’s”behind that knowledge. According to How People Learn “Superficial coverage of all topics in asubject area must be replaced with in-depth coverage of fewer topics that allows key concepts inthat discipline to be understood.” 1 At USAF TPS we now refer to his concept as “targeted depth.”The new integrated curriculum was designed with the idea that approximately 10 coremathematical concepts keep reoccurring throughout the flying qualities phase curriculum. Thoseconcepts are introduced at the beginning of the curriculum with minimal context. These conceptskeep reoccurring throughout the curriculum where their application is called out to a specificapplication. This

Conference Session

Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Nicholas Langhoff, Canada College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

baccalaureate degree in engineering, andpursuing a graduate degree. It will also highlight lessons learned and future plans for theprogram, as well as best practices that are useful to other institutions in developing similarprograms.1. IntroductionThe PCAST Report Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates withDegrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics states a critical need todramatically increase the number of STEM graduates over the next decade. The report cites thelow completion rate among STEM students, with many leaving the STEM field in the first twoyears of their program. Among the recommendations to address this issue of low completion rate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College; Donald George Pratt, Messiah College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

level. Thus,at Messiah College, we have formed a new Circuits I core course combining introductory analogand digital circuit theory. Accordingly, we replaced our Circuit Analysis and Digital Electronicscourses with a new Circuits 1, 2 sequence. While the Circuits 2 course takes up more advancedtopics required for electrical and computer specializations, the Circuits 1 course covers basicanalog and digital theory, including both discrete circuits and selected integrated circuit devices,working knowledge of which is required for competency in all engineering disciplines. Suchcompetency allows multidisciplinary teams to work together more effectively, when decidinghow to implement circuit functionality, make digital measurements, analyze and share

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Alex Petersen, STEMpact2020; Christopher D Wyant, Wichita East High School

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. For example, one company provides employees 40 hours a year of paid leave forvolunteer efforts and will now encourage its employees to spend those hours on STEMmentoring. As more companies become aware of successful high impact mentoring efforts, wecan establish a “new normal” for industry commitment to volunteerism and high impact STEMmentoring. In the pilot year, Academic Year (AY) 2014-2015, we will establish a documentedbaseline of STEM mentoring (both high impact and volunteerism). The activities are: 1)Promotion of STEM mentoring in terms of adding new corporations and in increasing thenumber of professionals engaged per company, 2) Coordination with coalition mentoringorganizations to increase the STEM mentoring activities in our

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Idalides Vergara-Laurens, Universidad del Turabo; Mary Cristina Ruales Ortega, Universidad del Turabo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

itssuccessful application in distance learning. NSF has provided funding for two years, fromOctober 2014 to September 2016, to allow the researchers to obtain initial data on diffusion ratesand to perform additional assessment to determine effectiveness and the satisfaction level offaculty and students.Introduction Diffusion of educational innovations is a challenge that has defied a satisfactory solutionfor decades as evidenced by the many references in the literature; for example, Borrego [1] statesthat “despite decades of effort focused on improvement of engineering education, many recentadvances have not resulted in systemic change”. Felder and Hadgraft [2] state “We believe thatif engineering education research were stopped completely right

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

modelallowed students to run virtual experiments to discover the effect of changing each controlparameter and to test various controller tuning methods. The virtual experiments were tied toreality and learning was strengthened by applying the knowledge gained to control the physicalexperiment.Physical ExperimentThe objective of the experiment, shown schematically in Figure 1, was to control the temperatureinside a jacketed, well-stirred vessel containing 200 ml of water. The vessel was heated andcooled by circulating water through the jacket surrounding the vessel. The temperature of thecirculating water was controlled with a PID controller acting on a temperature bath containing aheater and a refrigeration unit. The process studied was a simple one

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

action to address the problems. Should the engineers reach out to ahigher level of management and/or speak out publicly about the problems and hazards associatedwith the project? The answer to this question might seem obvious: Particularly because publicsafety is at issue, the engineers should continue reporting the problems up the chain until they areproperly addressed. Not to do so would be a violation of the codes of ethics of severalprofessional engineering societies.1 Cases similar to this one have been assigned to students innumerous engineering ethics classes over recent decades, and the appropriate response to theethical question is often guided by direct reference to professional ethics codes.The ethics case above draws on a real-world

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Angran Xiao, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York; Bijan Bayat Mokhtari, Aalto University, New York City College of Technology; Ali Harb

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

, electronicdesign and programming from the mechatronic toy.1. IntroductionHands-on mechatronic design activities have been proven to be a very effective tool to inspireengineering students to stay focused on their study, to make connections to real engineering work, tounderstand the multidisciplinary nature of product design and the importance of teamwork andcollaboration. Project based hands-on projects provide students with valuable hands-on experience andallow them to take responsibility for their successful implementation of the project from start to finishwithin a reasonable time frame 1-7.The objective of this Candy Crane project is to provide a hands-on opportunity for the mechanicalengineering students to practice concurrent engineering, to learn

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Ekoniak, Virginia Tech; Molly Scanlon, Virginia Tech; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

comments and fewer in the less important categories. However, in all but onecategory, the differences between groups were not statistically significant. A follow-up surveywas used to gauge student perceptions on various dimensions related to the peer review process.Perceptions were generally more positive in the in-class instruction group, but again thedifferences were not statistically significant. These results indicate that the handout-only methodmay be adequate for teaching peer review to first-year electrical and computer engineeringstudents and indicate the need for further research in this area. Page 26.1482.2 1 Introduction

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Eric Kuo, Stanford University; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Michael M. Hull, Wayne State College

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

theirsubsequent engineering courses and careers? Faculty often mention “problem solving skills” and“conceptual understanding”; but decades of physics and engineering education research havebarely addressed this question empirically.1-3Some engineering educators argue that traditional close-ended, well-structured and well-definedproblem-solving of the type demanded by end-of-chapter problems in physics textbooks isimportant to emphasize, because it develops skills that students can build on and apply in laterengineering classes. Others argue that mathematical sense-making—translating and seekingcoherence between mathematical formalism and physical reasoning (often intuitive), usingmathematics flexibly as part of sense-making about the physical world—is

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Diane Carlson Jones Ph.D, University of Washington; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

experience. Class sizes are typically 6-12 students, with the largest class size around 20.This research uses a longitudinal quantitative methods approach that looks at the predictiveinfluence of faculty support on future academic engagement. Although indirect relationshipsbetween faculty support and engagement may be present through such intermediate outcomes asbelonging or connections to community, the focus of this study remains on direct relationshipsbetween these two primary constructs. The pathways we study herein are highlighted in yellowin Figure 1. Page 26.1383.4 Figure 1: Conceptual Model used in this Study This

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Shaeiwitz, Auburn University; Richard Turton P.E., West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

multiple times to students that valves areabout the only thing that can be adjusted in a chemical process, and that adjustments in Page 26.233.2temperature, pressure, and composition, for example, all occur by turning a valve.Heat Exchangers Zoned Analysis Required. In many organic chemical processes, a subcooled liquid streammust be vaporized and superheated for a vapor-phase, catalytic reaction. A typical heat source issteam condensing at constant temperature from saturated vapor to saturated liquid. Anapproximate T-Q diagram is shown in Figure 1. The solid lines represent the actual situation.The dashed line represents the situation often

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Kelly L. Jones

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

watch the number of problems being solved that they need to masterthe concept and take advantage of as much “bonus” content as they desire – potentially reducingtheir level of boredom with the class. All of the students will benefit from the flexibility of the Page 26.285.3blended course structure.The new design includes weekly modules covering one or two textbook chapters. The in-classportion continues to be a mixture of lectures and hands-on problem-solving. The out-of-classportion is a mixture of materials. Figure 1 is a screenshot of the first online module inBlackboard learning management software). Each module has:  In-class

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul D. Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

behavior. Implications of these findings for improvingengineering students’ innovative behaviors are explored. Page 26.338.2IntroductionWithin the context of engineering, innovation is the process of developing novel and functionalproducts, processes, or systems that appropriately address key user needs. Innovation has beendescribed as the “lifeblood of all organizations”1 and as the central factor contributing to thesuccess of the United States in an increasingly global marketplace.2 The innovation process isdriven by people, and innovative solutions lead to projects or processes that are linked totangible, real-world outcomes.1 These outcomes of

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Blubaugh, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

—students wearconcert t-shirts showcasing their favorite music artists, instructors play music during class topromote a particular learning environment, groups of students listen to music as they worktogether on a project or as they attempt to solve a homework question. Previous research haslinked musical preference to personality and values, both of which correlate to social identity,and to a lesser extent, academic study habits. Pierre Bourdieu's landmark text La Distinction alsoasserts that social class influences judgments of taste and choices in cultural activities.Researchers have also used markers such as genre taste as a cultural indicator, focusing on"high" arts, such as classical music, ballet, and art museums as measures of culture.1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra May Friedrichsen; Christina Smith, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Institute ofChemical Engineers (AIChE), the discipline’s major professional society. The overall objectiveis to lower the activation barrier for using conceptual instruction and assessment so that manymore chemical engineering faculty will incorporate concept-based learning into their classes.The specific objectives of this project are to:1. Develop the AIChE Concept Warehouse, a flexible database-driven website for conceptual questions in the core chemical engineering sciences. Features of the AIChE Concept Warehouse include: a. Making concept questions available in different formats to facilitate widespread use. b. Allowing integration of questions within a course and from different courses so students can link concepts to one

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared David Berezin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jane Kokernak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

-stakes meeting may have reducedsocial loafing and contributed overall to students’ verbal participation.I. IntroductionIn the workplace and the academy, professional engineers, researchers, and students typicallyfunction in teams. Even if individual team members have diverse technical backgrounds andexpertise, the effectiveness of their work together depends on more than engineering ‘chops’. Inorder to negotiate, plan, motivate, and integrate tasks at the team and even department level,engineers must practice and become skilled at interpersonal tasks like “communication,collaboration, networking, feedback provision and reception, teamwork, lifelong learning, andcultural understanding”1. As a collective rather than individual endeavor, the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

themessage about SWID was through classroom presentations. The officers asked each ofthe professors in the department if they have five minutes to talk about SWID and theentire faculty concurred. This was the sure-fire method that exposed SWID to allacademic classification (freshman, sophomore, junior and senior) of ID students. To keepthe momentum going, and to advertise events on an ongoing basis, the SWID Facebookpage was created. Figure 1 shows a snapshot of the SWID Facebook page. Page 26.416.3 Figure 1: SWID Facebook PageActivitiesWhen SWID was started in 2013, members were asked how they would like to see SWID

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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New Engineering Educators

of their own learning while their instructors serve as facilitators inthe learning environment. The literature includes many different classifications for conceptionsalong this continuum22,23,24,25,26. In this study, the authors utilize five contemporary philosophiesof education to classify learning environments22,25. Two are instructor-centered, while the otherthree are learner-centered philosophies (See Table 1). Page 26.1727.5Table 1. Comparison of philosophies of education, including differences in focus of study andinstructor role (Adapted from Koch27 used in a previous work by the authors28). Philosophy Focus of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mohamed Hakeem Mohamed Nizar, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology: Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering

prototypes of these systems for laboratory exercises. This simplicity is useful because itallows the instructor to focus on essential understanding of the course material withoutunnecessary complexity; however, such simplicity leads students to wonder how to extend theconcepts to more complex systems. Students also have difficulty visualizing the solutions to thedifferential equations that are ubiquitous in such courses 1 . Physical laboratories can help withstudent visualization, but there are practical limits to the number and variety of physicallaboratories that can be given in a course.Recent trends have shown the feasibility of teaching laboratory skills in the area of dynamicsystems and controls through the use of virtual and remote laboratory

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

asked to prepare by bringing a draft of a figurethat they intended to use in their Capstone report, which is due at the end of spring quarter.Workshop design:Our workshop was 90 minutes in length. We presented three design principles for students to usetoward assessing and providing feedback to one another in small groups, and expected to spendapproximately twenty minutes on each principle (Figure 1). In order to give students anopportunity to apply design knowledge soon after constructing it, our workshop was designed tocontain a number of cycles of uncovering a principle, and then applying that principle towardpeer assessment and feedback.1. Discussion/uncovering of design principle. The workshop facilitator guided the class, as a whole, to