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Teaching and Advising Tools Using Computers and Smart Devices

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Ian Healey, ASIS International; Alexander Ryan Chamberlain, Cisco Systems ; Livia S Griffith

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Computers in Education

across campus. Not only are expenses incurred inhardware costs but also in manpower hours setting up and tearing down computing labs, installingsoftware and maintaining images.In [1], the authors provide excellent survey of the opportunities of using Cloud Computing ineducational environment. We also believe that the problems identified above can be solved byintegrating a private cloud computing environment into James Madison University’s educationalresources. This challenge became the topic of a senior capstone project at James Madison Uni-versity. Two students and their advisor proposed to address these issues by utilizing VMwarevSphere [2] and Horizon View software [3] suites. Horizon View is a cloud computing solutionthat provides access to

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Construction Session 4: Outside of the Construction Curriculum

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph A Raiola III, Central Connecticut State University

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Construction

with decisions andcomplex project planning.At BIM’s core is a three-dimensional parametric data rich model created in a virtual reality on acomputer 7. A BIM model will support the construction, fabrication and procurement activitiesthroughout the buildings lifecycle 5. Prior to using three-dimensional parametric modelingsoftware, two-dimensional computer aided drafting / design (CAD) software was used. If an editoccurred in one area of the two-dimensional CAD views, all other views had to be updatedmanually; this process was a major source of errors. Building Information Modeling alleviatesmany errors that would hinder productivity 1.Building Information Modeling is not just a computer technology enhancement but also aprocess (workflow

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Additive Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University

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Manufacturing

produce functional casting prototypes of any size, complexity, andmetal that could be mechanically and physically field tested and used as actual parts. Toenhance practical research and learning experience of the students applying this hybridtechnology, several undergraduate projects, master and Ph.D. allowed student to participateactively in the development of the processes. Numerous research presentation, papers and thesiswas produced.1. IntroductionEarly in history of rapid prototyping (RP), now often called 3D printing, development the partsproduced were used by design engineers as 3D physical representations of the part model; thoseRP parts in general were fragile and dimensionally inaccurate with rough surface finish. Today,RP models are

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental: K-12 Student Beliefs, Motivation, and Self Efficacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James D. Lehman, Purdue University; Qiming Huang, Purdue University; Chell Nyquist, Purdue University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

, andimplemented a series of similar engineering design-based science tasks over the course of oneyear. The teacher participants included eight females and two males. All were White, Caucasianwith a range of teaching experience from at least five years to over thirty years (see Table 1).The demographics of the entire sample of student participants included the following: 205females and 199 males; 246 White/Caucasian (61%); 64 Hispanic or Latino (16%); and 24 Blackor African American (6%). The classrooms represented students from grade 5 (46%) and grade 6(55%) (See Table 2). The demographics in this study aligned reasonably well with the largerU.S. school age population; the national percentage distribution of enrollment in publicelementary schools is

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Software and Programming

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Rachel Marie Cunningham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Computing for Engineers course at a privateinstitution in the southeast14. The course teaches engineering students how to learn theprogramming language, and MATLAB in a blended learning mode17-24. Table 1 shows acomparison of current blended learning and SLA-aBLe development. There are four topics (datatype, input and output, conditional statement, and loop) which were designed in summer 2015and implemented following the SLA approach in fall 2015. More helpful pictures, cartoons,tables, interactive tiered questions, and MATLAB programming were included in the newlearning materials, which were recorded at a slower speed of narration according to SLA14. Thefont of the learning materials was changed from an easy to read font, Calibri, to a hard-to

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Interactive Session - Community Engagement Implementation for K-12 Settings

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Molly Y Mollica, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Elizabeth Riter, The Ohio State University; Meg West, The Ohio State University; Peter Vuyk, The Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

students12 and toy adaptationworkshops were conducted with three different first-year cohorts within the College.The first cohort to complete a toy workshop during the 2015-2016 academic year was within theFundamentals of Engineering for Honors course. This is an accelerated introductory engineeringclass for academically high achieving first-semester engineering students. Toy adaptation wasfacilitated in three course sections with 35 first-year students (cohort 1) in each section.Assistance during the lab was provided by the instructor, graduate teaching assistant, andundergraduate teaching assistants.The second cohort of students participated in a toy adaptation experience during their first-yearScholars seminar. This course is a first-semester

Conference Session

Assessing Learning Outcomes for Flipped Classrooms, Recruitment and Research Internships, and Alternate Assessments for Online Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ritushree Chatterjee, Iowa State University; Ahmed E. Kamal, Iowa State University; Zhengdao Wang, Iowa State University

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Graduate Studies

techniques, other than the traditional formats ofmultiple choice questions and sit-in proctored exams, based on this cognitive radio networksclass. It will also showcase the ways to implement such assessments successfully in an onlineenvironment along with the highlighting the overall design process of the course.IntroductionOnline learning is fast occupying the non-traditional educational space. These online learningenvironments have presented new paradigms, technologies and strategies to the learning sector inengaging students and enhancing student learning. The portion of students in higher educationtaking at least one online course showed the greatest increase at 7.2% at four-year publicinstitutions [1]. In a literature review on online

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Aero and Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College; R. Erik Spjut, Harvey Mudd College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experimental results to analytical or simulatedpredictions, satisfying a major learning objective. The higher sampling rate of the MuddLog16had the effect of allowing students to be less-attentive to the potential of aliasing; future versionsof the course should examine means to ensure students acquire and understand aliased data.IntroductionExperimental Engineering at Harvey Mudd College is an intense multi-faceted sophomore-level,semester-long course. The stated learning objectives for the course are: 1. Demonstrate hardware and equipment skills: a. Demonstrate the safe and proper use of basic laboratory equipment: e.g., digital multimeter (DMM), signal generator, oscilloscope, breadboard, and analog transducers

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Thomas W Ekstedt, Oregon State University

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faculty adoption and the factors(effectiveness, ease) that impact their adoption.We invite instructors teaching heat transfer to log in to the Concept Warehouse and usethe activities for free in class and let us know what you think of them.BackgroundOur earlier work focused on repairing students’ misconceptions about key areas in heattransfer by the use of inquiry-based activities in the form of short hands on activities (1; 2).These misconceptions were widespread and resistant to change through traditional lectureand homework (3). Each activity started with a student prediction, was followed by anexperiment or simulation that often upset that prediction, and concluded with a reflection.These activities were successful in improving students

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emad Habib, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; David G Tarboton, Utah State University; Matthew Wayne Deshotel, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; David J Farnham, Columbia University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

climateteleconnections6 and the implications for enhancing the skills of precipitation forecasting andthus informing water resources engineering design and analysis. The module focuses on climatevariability and the influence of remote oceanic and atmospheric conditions on regionalprecipitation and temperature. The module promotes students’ understanding of how local waterbalance and extreme hydrologic events may result from global-scale climate patterns. Themodule is arranged in three main sections: (1) Climate variability and teleconnections; (2)Climate Modeling and Forecasting; and (3) Statistical Tools for Precipitation Predictive Models.Students are first introduced to the four main oscillations (the El-Niño Southern Oscillation,ENSO; the Pacific Decadal

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in BME

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical

innovation while stillmaintaining high levels of technical proficiency.1, 2 Practicing engineers must constantlystrengthen their knowledge base and become more efficient in applying it. As processes andindustries rapidly evolve, they must use new and existing knowledge to solve novel andinnovative problems. Traditional teaching methods in engineering education have focused ontraining students to efficiently solve routine, textbook-like problems but fail to prepare studentsto use their knowledge flexibly in novel situations. While these typical routine problems arecommon in the curriculum, they are not representative of the problems that they will encounteras practicing engineers. In a qualitative study of workplace engineering, Jonassen, Strobel

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jeanne Hubelbank PhD, Independent Program Evaluator; Jared Quinn, Overlook Middle School; Thomas Andrew Oliva, Worcester Public Schools; Marsha W Rolle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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teaching classes in the STEM disciplines for 16 years in both urban and rural school systems. Jared has participated in the Research Experience for Teachers programs funded by the National Science Foundation for five summers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute between 2009 and 2014 and one summer at Boston University in 2011. Jared holds six professional teacher licenses; Technology / Engineering 5-12, General Science 5-8, Biology 9-12, Middle School Generalist 5-9, Elementary 1-6, and Physical Education 5-12.Mr. Thomas Andrew Oliva, Worcester Public Schools I have been teaching in the Worcester, MA public school system for 30 years. I teach Technology & Engineering at Forest Grove Middle School. I have

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Weican Xiao, Michigan Technological University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

curriculum in power system courses do not offer students much opportunity tohave some hands-on experience with industrial power systems due to the availability and dangerof high power. A senior design project cooperated with a local company involved voltage as highas 2.3 kV is described to enhance their experience with industrial level power systems. All of theStudents working in the project got a taste of what a power engineer deals with every day. Theseskills will be advantageous in the job market and prepare them to be successful in their futureworking field. 1. IntroductionA power system is a network of electrical components used to generate, transmit, distribute andconsume electric power. The growing demand of electrical energy from

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alma H. Rosales, Colorado State University; Andrea M. Leland, Colorado State University; Olivera Notaros, Colorado State University, ECE Department; Richard F. Toftness, IEEE High Plains Section; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Michael A. De Miranda Ph.D., Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University; Zinta S. Byrne, Colorado State University; James Warren Weston, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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Educational Research and Methods

topics, nor do they stitch togetheranchoring concepts to lay the groundwork for real-world applications.Moving away from teaching courses in isolation, the undergraduate experience is treated like acomplex integrated system, with faculty working collaboratively to show how topics connectacross the curriculum and relate to the applied world of engineering. As shown in Figure 1,newly assigned integration specialists lead the effort to synthesize content for the learningstudios, taking the form of vertical threads that demonstrate the intersections of knowledge andillustrate how fundamental concepts are interrelated. Thread champions are responsible forweaving horizontal threads throughout the curriculum: foundations (math and science), creativity

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana Lynne Ibarra, ISF Academy

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

World Conservation Congress will be implemented through the school”.1 Independent SchoolsFoundation Academy is a private Chinese bilingual school serving over 1500 students K-12 following the framework andcurriculum of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).The strategy behind the implementation of this policy includes: development of a scientific, sustainable curriculum that isage appropriate; establish a culture of sustainability within the ISF community and beyond to the wider HK community; andinstall sustainable infrastructure that allows students to learn firsthand sustainable living practices. It is well understood thatsolutions to the environmental challenges facing Hong Kong and our planet will require multiple

Conference Session

Case Studies and Programs to Improve Graduate Students' Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Srinath Sibi, Stanford University; Matthew T. Ikeler; Leigh Hagestad, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

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Graduate Studies

is well documented in the consideration of car design 1. Thepractice-oriented, popular literature gives considerable attention to how to motivate teamsto build the safest cars, yet recent academic research suggests a somewhat different angle,focusing instead on influencing emotional responses during the driving experience10.While many discussions and narratives of autonomous driving fantasize about a fully-autonomous experience (one that is likely decades away), the driver’s experience usingcurrent features of vehicle automation has received little attention. Most of the existingwork considers specific technology, or defines emotion as a connection to humanperformance, safety and efficiency. Discussion often considers the benefits

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Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

create.OVERVIEWVideos have been selected to cover various aspects of the design process. This material isusually NOT the same as the textbook would have covered, rather it is a differentperspective. The goal was to find videos that are likely to give students background on apart of the design process and initiate classroom discussion. This section will give a shortoverview of each section of videos, with a very short description of why the video wasselected.Introduction to Design and Problem Definition Video 1: An introduction to David Kelley and IDEO, an Innovative Design Company. This video provides a bit of introduction to design thinking, to IDEO, and to some of the first projects IDEO worked on. Of particular interest for discussion is David

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Avi Kaplan, Temple University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engineering and Science (writing.engr.psu.edu), which receives more than 1 million page downloads each year.Ms. Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network Christine Haas brings ten years of experience working in marketing and communications with a focus on the science and engineering fields. She’s held positions as the director of marketing for Drexel’s College of Engineering and director of operations for Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Engineering. Now, as CEO of Christine Haas Consulting, LLC, Christine travels around the world teaching courses to scientists and engineers on presentations and technical writing. She has taught clients across gov- ernment, industry and higher education, including Texas Instruments

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Brian Limbrick, North Carolina A&T State University

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Computers in Education

the seminar are freely available.Flow Free Background Flow Free is a puzzle game that runs on Android/iOS platforms. The game board is composedof a grid and colored dots, and the user has to connect the same colored dots together withoutoverlapping other lines, and using up ALL the free spaces in the board. This problem (shown inFigure 1) is similar to classic puzzles that involve connecting similar dots.1, 2 The problem also has relevance in the field of integrated circuit design. One of the designchallenges of building integrated circuits is connecting the components together. Researchers arecontinuously trying to find ways to connect modern devices in a given space with wires. The lengthof the wire must be minimized to reduce power

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahdi Malmali, University of Minnesota; Kevin Wagner, University of Minnesota; Michael H. Reese, University of Minnesota - West Central Research and Outreach Center; Edward L. Cussler, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Alon V. McCormick, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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instructors.IntroductionThis poster will present lessons learned, practices recommended, and objectives achievedwhen assigning a new pilot team project in our Senior ChE Product Design course. Thefeatures of this particular pilot project that may be of interest to the ChE educationcommunity include: • the use of process design skills (acquired by students in the preceding ChE Process Design course), now put toward a product design effort • a sustainability focus, where the product is a system that allows small-scale, distributed - possibly even portable - ammonia production systems to capture stranded zero-carbon renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, etc.) 1 • the use of the product design approach and stage-gate decisions (where the

Conference Session

PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Doyle, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

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Civil Engineering

instruction forengineering faculty at Santa Clara University, with over 70% of STEM faculty self-reportinglecturing “most” or “all” of the time.1 A recent meta-analysis by Freeman, et.al.2 of over 225studies in STEM education, indicates that students in STEM courses taught with extensivelecturing are 1.5 times more likely to fail, earn a D, or withdraw from the course than studentstaught with active-learning methods in the same STEM course subject. To facilitate other SCUfaculty in adopting more active approaches in the statics course, the authors developed active-learning modules for specific statics course content with the intent to document the modules’effectiveness in improving student performance, material retention and engagement. This workwas

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Issues in Academic Integrity and the Value of Portfolios, Case Studies, and Supportive Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott R. Hamilton, Northeastern University

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Graduate Studies

years on the faculty at the US Military Academy at West Point teaching civil engineering. He is a Fellow of ASCE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Imperative Issues and Elusive Solutions in Academic Integrity: A Case StudyAbstractThis research investigates the issue of academic integrity, specifically plagiarism, as it relates toand affects graduate engineering students. The scope of this project included a comprehensivereview of relevant literature and case study analysis in a large enrollment, multi-instructor, 1-credit course entitled Career Management for Engineers. This is a required course for graduateengineering students who desire to participate

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The Intersection of Higher Ed and Industry

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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Continuing Professional Development

project teams in successful completion of projects  Have strong organizational and management skillsThe Project Management Institute defines project management as “the application of knowledge,skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements9”. To do so, projectmanagers need to be proficient in managing the various project stages 10: 1) Initiating 2) Planning 3) Executing 4) Monitoring/Controlling 5) Close-outSeveral institutions nationwide provide certification programs in project management. Table 1provides examples of such programs offered by Texas A&M University, University of CentralFlorida, and University of Maryland. Almost all university offering such a certificate programhave 1-2

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Fernandez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Doyle, Florida International University; Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hank Boone, University of Nevada - Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada - Reno; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

qualityof quantitative demography. In this paper, we present best practices for asking demographicquestions, and offer suggestions to deal with the tension of concise as well as precise questions.Part 1: Why to ask and how to frameWhile the external message of engineering claims that all people can be engineers, the culture ofengineering is such that students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in engineeringprograms often feel relegated to only peripheral participation in engineering12. Students whohave differently-identified gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status,backgrounds, or attitudes may not feel that they can fully participate in engineering communitiesof practice when they see only normative (i.e

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Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs and Labs in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

, instructional session, to a month-long or semester-long,immersive experience. Projects included developing a simple fitness game to innovating a self-contained, commercial-quality, automated system.The paper and presentation will provide details about each of these varied approaches and sharepluses and minuses of each. Information about how others can make use of this technology atlow or no cost will also be shared.BackgroundThere is an insufficient number of youth pursuing STEM subjects, resulting in a large gap ofqualified workers for STEM jobs. [1] Increasing access to hands-on learning to spark STEMinterest and bridge the STEM attraction gap is a recommended strategy. [2] Numerousapproaches have been taken by academic institutions to spark STEM

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Classroom and Online Innovations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominik May, TU Dortmund University; Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University; Tobias R. Ortelt, TU Dortmund University; A. Erman Tekkaya, TU Dortmund University

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in this context is not only to improve the level of usability of thislearning experience but also to open up the integration of laboratory learning to totally newlearning settings.The remote lab’s integration into new educational settings is accompanied by a new demandfor formative evaluation in order to assess and improve the setting as a whole. Therefore,after a short literature review this paper will focus on four different aspects: 1. The developed remote laboratory equipment 2. The course content and how laboratory experiments connect with engineering practice 3. The assessment tools used in evaluating the success of the remote laboratory 4. The results of the student evaluations from an online course given in 2015Developing

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs & Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University; Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University; David Luke Loomis, West Virginia University; Kelly Leigh Watts, RESA 3; Sera Mathew, West Virginia University; Michael Theodore Carte, George Washington High School

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Project TESAL. Participants particularlyvalued being active participants in learning, opportunities for collaborating with peers andoutside experts around the work of teaching, focusing on subject matter content acrossmathematics and science and students’ learning of that content, and the sustained ongoing natureof Project TESAL where the work teachers did in professional development was fully relevant totheir work as classroom teachers. These strengths align directly with best practices forprofessional development and for overcoming the challenges of professional developmentspecifically on math-science integration and engineering design instruction.IntroductionRising Above the Gathering Storm 1 identified the need to “encourage more US citizens

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Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

has several apparent benefits: From a student perspective, the summer course allows one to get ahead on degree requirements, freeing up time in the academic year to pursue a minor, dual major, concentration, semester abroad, etc. From a faculty perspective, increasing enrollment has in recent years placed a strain on resources, which is eased when some students take a course during the summer instead of during the academic year. 1 From an administrative perspective, offering the summer course is both a service to students and a modest source of tuition revenue.However, this practice also raised a concern. In the typical ChE

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Out-of-school-time Engineering: Implications for Underrepresented Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Kyle, Columbia University; Rachel Lauré Sattler, Columbia University, Biomedical Engineering Department; Hanzhi T. Zhao, Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Christine Kovich, HYPOTHEkids

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

occupations: African Americans make up less than 5% ofscientists and engineers, and Hispanics 6% [1]. We are particularly interested in the lack of pre-college engineering and design emphasis inSTEM education. Currently, there is an engineering renaissance across the country that iscapturing the imagination of young innovators. This interest includes coding, hardware andsoftware hackathons, and the bourgeoning “Maker” movement. The Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS), which are increasingly becoming part of K-12 curricula, emphasizesengineering and design principles. The NAE and NRC Center for Education established theCommittee on K-12 Engineering Education. This committee stresses that STEM educationshould include engineering design training

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Engineering Physics Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Frommer, US Coast Guard Academy; Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Engineering Physics & Physics

and after the adjustments, but again, minor changes were required to make it fullyoperational. The presuppositions that went into the design and implementation were insufficientto achieve functionality. There is some recognition of this problem in the literature on engineering laboratories.Feisel and Rosa [1] point out the lack of consensus on what constitutes proper laboratoryinstruction and the overall lack of consensus on what constitutes an appropriate laboratoryexperience. They decry the dearth of literature on learning objectives associated withinstructional engineering laboratories. In any earlier paper, Ernst [2] proposed as objectives thatstudents “should learn how to be an experimenter”, that the lab “be a place for the