Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

. Asshown, only in a few locations were groundwater levels always below Elev. 5 (see dark andhatched areas on the figure). In most other areas, the groundwater was at some time found to bebelow Elev. 5 (light shading areas).Concerns for groundwater levels and wood pile preservation have been on the minds of localengineers since the 1880s. In Stearns’s report of 1894 for the planning of the Charles RiverDam10, it was noted that groundwater levels in 1878 and 1885, which are before and one yearafter construction of the Boston Main Drainage sewer system, were about the same andgroundwater levels were between Elev. 6.7 and 8.5. However, he noted that observation wellsinstalled in the 1890s, for a study of the proposed Charles River dam showed some

Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgia Harris, National Institute of Standards & Technology; Christopher Grachanen, Hewlett Packard Company

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

for use as outreach handouts.Current Status and Insights: The Marketing team has a liaison member from the Outreachcommittee and is pursuing sponsorship of copies of American Society of EngineeringEducation’s (ASEE) “Engineering – Go for It” to distribute as another outreach resource. Theliaison between NCSLI Learning and Development and Marketing is still new. Currentvolunteers are in agreement about the need to have a common plan and to work together. But,we have limited insight on whether the marketing tools and resources are helping to attract newstudents to careers in metrology or to NCSLI as a professional organization based on thesepreliminary efforts.Summary and ConclusionsNCSLI has made progress in the past three-and-a-half years on

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Ron Lasser, Tufts University; Katie Su, Smith College; Sarah Pedicini, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

more effective and efficient interpersonal andcollegial interactions.15-22 While the objective was design proficiency, the development ofprofessional skills to accomplish design is a necessity. The attributes considered in this pilotsurvey were drawn from a project development process: the ability to define the project,conceptualize, plan the project, work within and without a team environment, make decisions,formulate ideas, inform, persuade, inspire, estimate the risks, access the failure modes, validateand verify, design for X (e.g., assembly, manufacture, and environment), and deliver a qualityoutcome the meets or exceeds the sponsor or customer’s expectations.A manageable number of survey questions limited the inclusion of high number of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

EnvE sub-discipline areas, state their own area(s) ofgreatest interest, and identify an employer in this area and a project they have worked on usingthe Web as a resource. Students could use the BOK to help them define EnvE and answer otherquestions on this assignment. Later in Homework 4 the students plot out a course plan tograduation that meets the requirements for the EnvE B.S. degree at the University of Colorado atBoulder. The student then mapped these courses in their 4-year EnvE degree plan onto theABET criteria for engineering and program-specific criteria for EVEN. This indicated if thecoverage of the required content in our curriculum was obvious to the students or not

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Colin M. Gray, Purdue University; Denise McAllister Wilder NCIDQ, Purdue University; Terri S. Krause, Purdue University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

yearprogram. Faculty from multiple disciplinary backgrounds stressed the need for students to beexposed to multiple ways of thinking and making meaning, noting that the benefits of liberaleducation far exceed the writing, presentation, and teamwork skills often considered sufficient toaugment technical content in preparing students to work in industry.The group planned to merge pedagogical approaches traditional to the humanities (seminar) andvisual and performing arts and design disciplines (studio). Each of these approaches would beused to help students integrate knowledge from both technical and liberal education domains.Faculty members’ own experience with these models informed our initial vision of the learningexperience. The initial intention

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Durga Suresh, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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College Industry Partnerships

, providing insight into the best practices from anindustry and/or collegiate perspective. For example, the University of Hartford’s Ward College ofTechnology and New Horizons described the importance of identifying industry-specific needs,developing an appropriate plan, establishing a mutual agreement, and assessing the model in orderto make continuous improvement to the partnership and project 1 . This process created a projectthat could make mutually beneficial progress. In another example, Gannon University’s graduateprogram incorporates the academic program with application-based training of key real-worldindustry problems 2 . In explaining their success, the authors describe communication as the key tosuccess, and an annual review meeting

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tehya Stockman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Claire Elizabeth Kincaid, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Thomas Andrew Heale, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; 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

Planning and Coordination allocation Translation Artifact used to cross boundaries in language Artifact generated by small population to gain new Self-Explanation understanding for themselves Artifact prompts and facilitates new understanding of Education concepts and/or development of skills in audience Artifact used to discover or compile information previously Gathering of Information unknown to a population (e.g. scientific discovery or group opinion) Facilitation of Decision

Conference Session

Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., Texas A&M University; John A. Barton PE, Texas A&M University System; James R. Hallmark, Texas A&M University System; Billy C. Hamilton, The Texas A&M University System

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

operations and the management and operation of the state’s transportation sys- tem. Mr. Barton held a variety of positions with TxDOT in two TxDOT districts as well as the agency’s central administration during his 30 years of state service including Area Engineer, Director of Trans- portation Planning and Development, District Engineer and Assistant Executive Director for Engineering Operations. Mr. Barton graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1986. To mention a few of his most recent accomplishments, in October 2014 he received the Distinguished Graduate Award of the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering from his alma mater, in February 2015 he was

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Teresa J. Sakraida, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

rates.The main goal of this study is to understand how interdisciplinary instruction affects students’ability to identify, formulate, and solve problems, function on multidisciplinary teams, engagewith contemporary issues, communicate effectively in writing, verbally and visually, developappreciation of the impact of planning and engineering solutions in a variety of societal contexts,and develop understanding of their professional and ethical responsibilities. Soft skills, such ascommunication, team spirit, leadership, sociability, time management, documentation,presentation, ethics, negotiation, etc., are all critical in successful delivery of a standout App. Oursurvey questions cover these aspects in a succinct manner.Evaluation Design for

Conference Session

Software Engineering Concepts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University; Bruce R Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #17780Strategies for Delivering Active Learning Tools in Software Verification &Validation EducationDr. Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University Acharya joined Robert Morris University in Spring 2005 after serving 15 years in the Software Indus- try. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Acharya is a co-author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Dr. Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teach- ing and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engineering courses, feminist and liberative pedagogies, engineering student persistence, and student

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erin Buehler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Gabrielle Salib, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Amy Hurst, researching the potential uses of 3D printing and modeling in education. Upon graduation in May, she plans to continue pursu- ing research involving children’s interactions with technology and how technology could be designed to continue to enable children’s natural sense of creativity and sociability.Dr. Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Amy Hurst an associate professor of Human-Centered Computing in the Information Systems Department at UMBC and studies accessibility problems and build assistive technologies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Fabricating Engagement: Benefits and Challenges of Using 3D Printing to Engage

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Charlotte B. Forrest

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

designed to 1) fill the void created by NSF’s elimination of the preliminaryproposal review process for the ATE program in 2012; 2) address the challenge thatapproximately two-thirds of the nation’s 1,123 community colleges have never received NSFfunding; 3) better manage the rapidly growing number of requests received by ATE centerprincipal investigators and NSF program officers related to grant proposal development andproject management ; and 4) most importantly, develop grant writing and leadership skillsamong STEM faculty members at two-year colleges.The Mentor-Connect project resulted from a comprehensive planning process that involved NSF-ATE principal investigators, NSF-ATE program officers, potential NSF-ATE grantees, theNational Academy

Conference Session

Technical Session 3: History and Future of Engineering Librarianship

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisha Li, Georgia Institute of Technology; Isabel M. Altamirano, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bette M. Finn, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

was needed and provided documentation ofwhat was being built on other university campuses. All of this information would be presented tothe Board of Regents of Georgia to justify the construction of a new library (Box 5, Series 2).Crosland continued to investigate the preliminary plans with other library directors and wrote toEmerson about her concerns. Mr. John Burchard, Head of Humanities and former director oflibraries at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was invited to the campus to do a librarybuilding study. He supported Crosland’s view that the Carnegie Library was too small and that anew building was needed (Annual Report, 1949-1950).In 1951, Crosland’s dream for a larger library became a reality. Groundbreaking

Conference Session

Innovation and Reflection

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Newbolds P.E., Benedictine College; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College; Meredith Stoops, Benedictine College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

[15][Bellevue College FG07, as cited in [14]]. This is recommended in theservice-learning literature as well [5]. ii. Intentionally and explicitly connecting reflection to learning outcomesAn observed or suspected obstacle to reflection is the thought that it is irrelevant to the task athand [Cal Poly-SLO FG02, as cited in [14]][12][15][10]. This challenge seems to be addressedby the recommendation found in the literature to establish a clear link between reflection and thelearning or course outcomes. This is in reference both to planning of reflection activities [Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology FG09, as cited in [14]][9][17] and also in making thisconnection explicit to students [14][9]. iii. Practical and cultural

Conference Session

Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Dore; Rodrigo Arturo Ramos, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Monai Stinnett, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

to obtain the contactreaction force on the punch (during a test), and stress and strains in the specimen. After thesimulation, the ABAQUS results are compared against the existing experimental data forverification purposes.Failure Criterion for Forming Simulation: The first step of the design process is to calculate the maximum suitable punch force that needsto be provided to the set up. The suitable punch force is the one that will rupture the strongestmaterials (at maximum thickness) that are planned to be tested. The industry considers failure tooccur at thickness strain ( ) of 20%, known as “thinning.” A negative sign is used to illustratethe decrease in thickness of the sheet metal as it experiences higher magnitude of strain

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects II - General

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University; Jeeyeon Hahn, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

specifications, milestones, feedback, andreporting procedures along with the challenges encountered by both the students and theinstructors. The paper also presents the analysis of the student outcomes accessed by theinstructors, student comments, and discussion on methods to increase student motivation,participation, and project evaluation. This paper will serve as a teaching aid for the instructorswho are currently teaching or plan to teach senior design in the near future. Most specifically,this will help newly joined junior faculty members in planning the senior design course andadapting some of these material and reporting procedures.Keywords: Engineering technology, Multi-disciplinary senior design, Autonomous vehicle1. IntroductionThe two main

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhidipta Mallik, New York University; S.M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

presentations, videos, sample programs, etc. Each session’slecture was followed by hands-on learning activities that allowed exploration and reinforced thesessions’ material. While few hands-on learning sessions engaged teachers to perform assignedactivities individually, a vast majority of hands-on learning sessions engaged teachers in two-person groups. Group discussions, co-generations, etc., were also conducted. To build teacheragency, they were also engaged in creative activities such as new lesson planning, developing andassessing activity sheets for existing lessons, and developing and testing teaching and learningstrategies using robotics. The project team also conducted a battery of pre-/post-surveys andcollected feedbacks from the

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S.M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University; Veena Jayasree Krishnan, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

, simple programming and operation, easytroubleshooting, flexibility in assembly, configuration, and reconfiguration, simple power supply, easystorage, and appropriateness of its functions and capabilities in explaining middle school science and mathcontent [1-2,4,6,8,9,16,19].Figure 1: A LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robotic system developed by the teachers to be used in teaching and learning of middle school STEM lessons.4. The Development of Robot-aided STEM LessonsThe project facilitation team and the PD program participants collaborated in different ways to plan anddevelop several robotics-aided STEM lessons for middle school classrooms. The teachers shared a fewexisting middle school science and math concepts that they deemed pedagogically

Conference Session

Curricular Transformation

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Steven Joseph Abramsky, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Meetingslasted 1–2 hours and featured discussion of the course to be redesigned, negotiation of coursecontent, planning assessments and pedagogy, and collaborative decision-making and artifactbuilding. While not every team member participated in each meeting, at least three teammembers participated in all meetings. We focused on meetings during the month preceding andthe month and a half after the beginning of the semester due the heavier focus on planning anddesign of the course (later meetings tended to discuss logistics of implementation and feedbackon planned activities). In total, we analyzed 15 meeting transcripts from 17.6 hours of audio, plusdetailed notes from an additional 6 meetings that were not audio-recorded. Interviews,reflections, design

Conference Session

Integrating Experiential Learning into the Curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fu Zhongli, National University of Defense Technology; Zihan Lin, National University of Defense Technology; Tianqi Zhang, National University of Defense and Technology; Zhao Zhao, National University of Defense Technology; Tong Wu, National University of Defense Technology; Huang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Zhang Jianing, Changsha SunVote Limited, China; Changfang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Yan Xu, Changsha SunVote Limited

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

support of active learning, current practices of information technology, and suggestions for redesigningclasses. We're trying to solve a number of relevant problems, including: What are the key components ofsuccessful deployment of active learning based on BOPPPS model? How to expand participatory teachingmethods to achieve interaction with students that is necessary for the realization of the engineering educationobjection? What plans and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalize pedagogies of engagementincluding active learning, at the department or college level?Literature Review/Background Before discussing active learning, our efforts have been devoted to distinguishing the different types ofactive learning most frequently

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; M. Claire Horner-Devine, University of Washington and Counterspace Consulting

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

-person observations. The data presented in this paper is a subset of the large data set describedabove. We center our experiences building a coherent group of diverse scholar activists withprior experience in nation-wide social/intellectual movements to broaden participation inacademic science and engineering. Our findings in this paper are based on ethnographic researchactivities aiming at intentionally breaching personal and professional identities and data thatemerged in team meetings as the group planned the two symposia: LATTICE I, for early-careerfemale faculty in EECS and LATTICE II, for early-career URM female faculty in engineering.We collected data in a variety of ways: semi-structured interviews, group interviews, detailedmeeting

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

with an outcome-oriented mindset.Kern Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (KEEN) lists the following title at their website:“Engineers with an Entrepreneurial Mindset Transform the World”. [5] Engineers equipped withan entrepreneurial mindset will understand the bigger picture, recognize opportunities, evaluatemarkets, and learn from mistakes to create value for themselves, for their employers and forsociety. KEEN is a 33-plus network of universities and colleges and has continued to grow [5].Recently, more universities and faculty are engaged to include an entrepreneurial mindedlearning (EML) into the engineering curriculum. Several universities involved with KEENdeveloped detailed four-year plan to implement EML in their curriculum

Conference Session

Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, Cornell University; Rick Evans, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Communications Program (ECP) have developed a sophomore tosenior, communication-across-the-curriculum plan, called the “MAE/ECP Initiative,” to meet theneeds of students, faculty, the college, and industry alike in their quest to heighten the pre-professional skills of graduating students. At its core, the partnership encourages the students'development of communicative self-efficacy in meeting the complex communicative demandsrelated to performing technical work in mechanical and aerospace engineering. This paperdiscusses the pedagogical framework, the research paradigm, the foundational concepts(engineering communication: communicative practice, context, communicative design, andengineering identity), communication modalities (written

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida

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First-Year Programs

and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. 4. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. 5. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. 6. An ability to recognize the ongoing need for additional knowledge and locate, evaluate, integrate, and apply this knowledge appropriately. 7. An ability to function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, and analyze risk and uncertainty.”Outcomes 2, 4, 7 pertain to

Conference Session

Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Porcel, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

. 16. Learning a foreign language other than Spanish is more .671 .548 useful than Spanish. 6. I would like to have more space in my schedule for foreign .453b .553 .612 language and culture classes. 2. I plan to graduate with a minor in a language other than .501 .696 Spanish. 22. I am interested in travelling outside the U.S. .782 .724 20. I want to study abroad in a country where English is .306b .780 .660 not the main spoken language. 23. I like getting to know people from other countries. .637 .509 Percentage of variance explained by

Conference Session

Graduate Programs, Development, and Research Fellowships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Themes, Definitions, and Participant Examples Evaluation Criteria: Intellectual Merit Theme Definition ExampleConferences Mention conferences “Once I have determined the effectiveness of my improvements, I generally or specifically plan to continue presenting the results of my research at conferences such as the International Workshop on MPI. This will allow others with an interest in the field to learn about or incorporate my ideas and further their own research

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

of change that will make future iterations of the BOKand CEPC both systematic and predictable.3 As such, a Body of Knowledge Task Committee(BOKTC) is scheduled to be formed in October 2016. The BOKTC could recommend norevisions, minor revisions, or extensive revisions to BOK2. If substantive changes arerecommended to BOK2, the master plan calls for the completion of the third edition of the CivilEngineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century (BOK3) by October 2018 with publicationin March 2019.Because the CEPC was created to be compatible with the BOK2 outcomes, the CEPCTC studiedthe BOK2 in depth. The BOK2 is an aspirational and visionary document that only partiallyaccounts for the real-world constraints faced by engineering programs

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

overseas issues. Although they are easy to plan, manage, require less funding, andrequire less curriculum changes to incorporate, they have low educational impacts. By increasingthe time that students are involved, and requiring them to engage in different stages of the projectsuch as data acquiring, design, and assessment of alternative solutions, they can create deeperimpacts [7]. Students require time to absorb important components of their service learning.Therefore, longer exposure and involvement helps them acquire more aspects of the designprocess.Another factor in designing an international service learning program is to determine if studentsare going to be required to travel to the site project or can they stay connected remotely too

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Telenko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Saldana, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd Sulchek, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shannon K. Yee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Kurfess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

and half engaging students as participants. As theaudience, students in a class might visit a clean room or engine lab to supplement theirtheoretical work in class with a visual or demonstration. As participants, they may be givenlimited access to use the facilities as part of a project or run experiments as part of a quiz orhomework.Currently, faculty are experimenting with including students as participants, from primarythrough higher education. At Georgia Tech, for example, the newly opened “Robotarium”, is runby robotics faculty on campus and plans to house over 100 aerial and swarm robots12. Thefacility is designed for faculty experiments as well as experiments and code submitted by bothexternal research groups and student groups from