Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Sánchez-Parkinson, University of Michigan ; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan; Amy J Conger, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

idea.” (Richard)Similarly, Hayley hoped to engage stakeholders in the design process. Nevertheless, sheacknowledged the challenge of collaboration. “The biggest challenge was that we weren't really getting a lot of people involved with our projects. After we built the biosand filters, we wanted to train the nurses in how to use them. That also didn't work out because the clinic was not open on Fridays. We didn't realize that. It was little details like that that we did not anticipate.” (Hayley)Hayley’s intentions illustrate her ability to plan for and value collaboration with stakeholders,even when those ties were unsuccessful.IntentionalThe intentional aspect speaks to the individual’s motivation to participate and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Roberta J Herter, California Polytechnic State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

asthe Academic Motivations Scale (AMS), Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI), andLearning Orientation Grade Orientation (LOGO II).The ultimate goal for investigating the development of self-directed learning is to foster lifelonglearning for students’ well being in the long run. Being aware of one’s self and the choices onemakes with regard to learning goals and processes are thought to be valuable beyond the workplace. Understanding when and how one develops SDL might assist instructors tailor courses andtheir interactions with students.As this paper will reveal, despite having a well thought-out research plan, the results weresomewhat unexpected in their lack of substantive measured changes in SDL outcomes, andadditional measures were

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Design Pedagogy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Asly Artiles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Katherine E LeVine, Wellesley College

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Design in Engineering Education

-long workshops by EdExperts took place over the next2 hours, with some overlap forcing participants to prioritize the topics most interesting to them.The twelfth workshop consisted of teachers, mentors, and faculty from around MIT poised to givefeedback to the participants on their ideas and current projects. After lunch, lab safety trainingswere offered to all participants who planned on using any machining tools. Little structurefollowed thereafter. As groups entered the brainstorming phase, some hackers still uncommitteddabbled from project to project before settling in with a team or pursuing their own idea. Somegroups wasted no time and directly went out to buy materials from their budgets, some continuedstrategizing, some enjoying

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheng Chih Liu, University of Wisconsin Stout

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Electrical and Computer

Bluetooth communications withan UART interface to FPGAs. The use of FPGAs allowed the complexity of student projects toincrease as they developed artificial intelligence algorithms or any kind of compute-intensiveprograms. From the student evaluation survey in Table 7, some students also commented thatthey felt it was too difficult to contact the instructor, or could have more planning in advance fordelays in the schedule. The delays in the schedule can happen in this class especially with back-to-back scheduling of two lab activities. The delays in schedule can be remedied by adding a labassistant to the lab. Some students felt that the instructor should have provided directions if theychose a bad project. Teams or individuals are expected to self

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

class is to showcase the short paper activity and its associated assessment tools. A copyof the short paper assignment has been placed in the appendix. Its inclusion is intended toprovide suggestions and ideas for the reader who is planning to include a writing-based activityof this nature in their own course(s). The rubric that was utilized to assess students’ papers isalso included within the short paper assignment.Students were given approximately one month to prepare their short papers. As with the creativeproject, students were given considerable leeway on selection of the topic(s) for their shortpapers. Students could draw from any of the venues utilized in class such as regular classlectures, assigned readings, video segments, and guest

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Temesghen Kahsai , Carnegie Mellon University; Liam O'Reilly, Swansea University; Markus Roggenbach, Swansea University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

end, our courseallows students to gain significant experience in the use of tools, allowing the students to beadaptable to using new tools they encounter.To allow students to make meaningful experiments with tools supporting SECs in the labclasses, the lectures of our course provide the SE context within which these SECs live. In thefollowing we discuss four principles underlying these lectures.3.1 Learning SECs in the overall context of software lifecycle modelsFundamental to SE is the notion of the software lifecycle (SLC). The SLC divides softwaredevelopment into distinct phases with the intent of supporting planning, management,deployment, and maintenance of software products. The selected SECs belong to one or more

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Strategies I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth; Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Robert Feyen, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Educational Research and Methods

Theory-Based Approach to Reflective Planning and Instruction, Faculty of Education, University of Regina.    Appendix A: Student SurveyTOPIC: Course Name    Please rate the following questions based on the scale given below.    1 Strongly Disagree  2 Disagree  3 Neutral  4 Agree  5 Strongly Agree        1. The course was effective in helping me learn the 1   2   3   4   5  material presented.   Page 26.1533.142. The course was effective in helping me to understand 1   2   3   4   5  the material.  3. The course format

Conference Session

Online Teaching

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Lagerstrom, Stanford University; Petr Johanes, Stanford University; Umnouy Ponsukcharoen, Stanford University

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Computers in Education

guessing at the intention with which students load and watch videos. We can tryto infer a user’s intention from shorter skips or longer leaps, from short clicks or long pauses,but, really, we do not know. Going forward we plan to weave features into our user interfacesthat help us collect data not just on how users are interacting with videos and other resources, butalso why they are using them in that moment. In other words, rather than inferring intentions andcontexts from interaction traces, we want to deduce them more directly through self-reporting orother means. We believe that this shift in focus for building online learning user interfaces canyield valuable insights as much about interface design as about the learning process.A related

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

parents. In fact, 53 percent of 18-to-24 year olds are livingwith their parents, and 85 percent of college seniors plan on moving back home after graduation(Gang, p. 1).”In March, 2012, PEW Research Center reported more generally “…This generation of youngadults has sometimes been labeled the “boomerang generation” for its proclivity to move out ofthe family home for a time and then boomerang right back. The Great Recession seems to haveaccelerated this tendency. The Pew Research survey found that among all adults ages 18 to 34,24% moved back in with their parents in recent years after living on their own because ofeconomic conditions.” Tracking the number of young people in a given household is more easilymeasured than relying on voluntary data

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

was not able to offer them a second session at that time but it isclear from their comments that there was a need for a second session so I planned to do thison another occasion.The session with the freshman students was very successful, and since students loved it somuch I thought it would be even better if we could engage higher-level students. Therefore, Iagreed with John that he would conduct a seminar class of a few sessions with higher leveland graduate students to see where it would take us. We would be in a position to judgeaudience response and decide whether to continue. John considered that we could bring theself, the person as an agent into the discussion and help the participants realize how to createtheir own journey in critical

Conference Session

Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

environment. The Spatial Visualization Trainer (SVT) App was developed initially forthe iPad tablet with plans to expand to other platforms in the future. The App allows students toperform sketching exercises on a touchscreen. When a sketch is completed, a grading algorithmautomatically grades the sketch and provides immediate feedback. The goal is to create a moreengaging and more cost-effective spatial visualization training method.The SVT App could ultimately be used in the classroom, independent learning, or a hybridenvironment. While independent learning may provide the students with the maximum amountof flexibility and the lowest instructional costs, recent attempts with on-line learning havereported a low level of student engagement resulting

Conference Session

Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kristina M. Wagstrom, University of Connecticut; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

country twice,following jobs for one spouse and then the other, and recently Manuel accepted a position inindustry that includes a 3 hour commute. With four young children (ages 18 months to 8 years),we plan in advance for meals, transportation and kids’ activities; hire help for household chores;and rely on our broad network of local family and friends for backup care. -Susan and ManuelWe made the choice to maintain separate apartments in separate cities for three years purely forcareer reasons. Overall, the decisions worked out but we would probably not recommend such along length of time if other solutions can be found. That being said, we know several coupleswho spend large amounts of time apart for much longer durations or under harder

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; David Torres, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

that were observed, interviewed, and completed the social analysisnetwork (SNA) survey during the Fall, 2014 semester. A third data collection is planned for Fall,2015. Data analyses and integration of the interviews, SNA surveys, and observation areongoing.SummaryThis study builds on prior NSF-funded work and a broad literature from engineering educationand the social sciences to address the compelling issue of ethical awareness and ethical reasoningwithin diverse design teams. Design is a central function of engineering and ethics is oftenlearned within undergraduate design courses where many ethical decisions are made throughsmaller more frequent design decisions and involve interactions with team members. Thisproject fills a gap in ethics

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devshikha Bose, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

theinstructor through use of cloud based sharing applications. Several advantages and disadvantagesof using mobile devices were noted as were suggestions for future use. Most students felt thatthey would continue to use mobile devices for their future learning as professional engineers.Several limitations to this study were also noted. Plans for further research include a study onstudent use of mobile devices to create content that may be used for peer review and reflection,thus enhancing engineering problem-solving and critical thinking skills.References 1. Shin, D., Shin, Y., Choo, H., & Beom, K. (2011). Smartphones as smart pedagogical tools: Implications for smartphones as u-learning devices. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 2207

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Annick Jade Dewald; Anjali Karina Desai, Smith College

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Computers in Education

heated to. The next question to consider would be…” Social Supporting discussion or “I like your thinking!” Dynamics expressing agreement without furthering the idea Strategic Talk Announcing or updating “By using the colored sheets that strategic plans or were handed out in class we are initiatives such as able to calculate the principal distributing labor or stresses” getting

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Consultants.AcknowledgementsThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation through the Researchin Engineering Education program, NSF Grants # 1264901 and #1264769. Page 26.1650.21BibliographyCharmaz K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Los Angelos, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.Cohen, D., & Crabtree, B. (2008). Qualitative Research Guidelines Project Retrieved from http://www.qualres.org/HomeInte-3516.htmlCreswell, J. W. (2008). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (Vol. 3rd Edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.Ferguson D, Purzer

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

, thermodynamics (Gibbs PhaseRule) and examples from kinematics, e.g. how many “degrees of freedom” does a humanshoulder or knee have?, to name a few obvious ones.Example 2 – A “degree of freedom” is a “choice” – To further solidify the point that thedegrees of freedom concept is a general tool, some less obvious applications might be illustrated.For example, if one is planning to purchase a car and the vehicle of choice comes in 12 colors,two motor types and three interior finishes, how many degrees of freedom are there? Havestudents discuss such examples in small groups then discuss with the class. Poll studentresponses and share with all. Students will analyze the problem many ways; some typicalanswers are 72, 71, 17, 16, 3 and 2. The correct answer is

Conference Session

Software and Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

schematics, but also introduced a HardwareDescription Language (HDL) in the context of code fragments and test benches. Wang13suggested an integrated approach incorporating breadboard debugging techniques, as well asdesign and simulation with CAD tools, had students use a development board, and reportedpositive student feedback. Wang outlines the controversy regarding the use of schematics versusan HDL, expressing a concern that emphasis on an HDL may distract students from thefundamentals of digital logic and suggests that an HDL be taught later, at the junior level.In our initial planning we followed Wang's advice and chose to not introduce HDLs in ourcourse, but we were later forced to introduce test bench files as the 32-bit version of ISE

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Luis Fernando Cortes, Florida Atlantic University

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Systems Engineering

and last subsystem is structured by a Lab View algorithm. This algorithmaccesses the database in the third subsystem and retrieves the last known location of every singlelocal user to then overlap it with a floor plan of the building or area which the local users arenavigating. Once the ‘big brother’ is aware of the location of every single local user, ‘it’ can senda message to the local users using the same structure that it used to transmit the local userlocation. In this case the ‘big brother’ types the message which is sent from LabView to theserver. In the server it is archived in another database which is then accessed by the maincontroller of the wireless adhoc network. This message must contain the local users’ id and themessage. In

Conference Session

Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley Davidson, University of Denver; Corinne Shirley Lengsfeld, University of Denver; Bernard Chao, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

with Daniels College of Business Page 26.1282.3enabling engineering students to stay for a fifth year and earn both a BS in engineering and anMBA. The program was very popular with roughly one third of engineering studentsparticipating. Shortly after that, curriculum changes allowed students to pursue their BS inengineering while preparing for medical school. During those changes, the idea of collaboratingwith the Sturm Law School arose. The law school was very receptive – in fact one of thepersons representing the law school (co-author on this paper) had a BS in Electrical Engineeringin addition to his JD. A plan quickly developed in which

Conference Session

Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Delaine, Universidade de São Paulo and IFEES; Jose Roberto Cardoso, Universidade de São Paulo; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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Community Engagement Division

used to facilitate engagement can minimize the challengesinhibiting widespread university/community engagement and enhance pathways in whichstudents from all backgrounds are actively invited to pursue a STEM education. Boundaryspanners are critical for the balance and success of engagement interactions and toeffectively unite society’s needs and education. They work with all stakeholders withinengagement relationships to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate initiatives [9,11].Several characteristics lead to success for Boundary Spanners: listening skills, a serviceethic, competence in power management, and neutrality [8]. An effective combination ofthese characteristics can be utilized to overcome the barriers for reciprocal, long

Conference Session

Dynamic Systems and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Richard Stanley, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; John Casci, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

discussed.BackgroundKettering University has for many years offered two primary courses in the area of DynamicSystems and Controls. MECH330, Dynamic Systems with Vibrations, was taught as a fourlecture hour course with no lab component. MECH430, Dynamic Systems with Controls, wastaught as a four lecture hour course with two hours of laboratory. In truth, the two hours of labwere often used to provide additional hours of lecture material.Ongoing course assessment indicated that neither course was fulfilling all of its planned learningoutcomes. MECH330 had an outcome which required that students would learn how to modelphysical systems using Matlab/Simulink software, yet few students gained any measurableproficiency due to lack of laboratory time devoted to that

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

, Google announced plans to hire more than 6200 new employees. On the surface mostconcerned with our U.S. economy applauded this. Even the President of the United States statedhow great this was for the economy and the many people of our great nation. It is unimaginableanyone not being happy about this, especially given the then state of the economy. But, therewere those not happy about the decision. Those not happy were the shareholders reflected in theabove article. Why wouldn’t the shareholders be happy about the announced hiring as was Page 26.1350.4everyone else who was made aware of it? The answer, per the above article reference was

Conference Session

Eco-Car Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel van Lanen, University of Waterloo

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Eco-Car Poster Session

safety training program modules, (2) document templates used for proof of completion of the modules, hours, and level achieved for each student; and, (3) a safety board for visial representation is required to aid with the motivation and gamification of the safety program.Documentation is always an important aspect. As part of the EcoCAR 3 competition, the currentAVTC, a facilities binder must be created and prominently displayed within the student team’sfacilities. This facilities binder is similar to a safety management system. It contains allinformation pertaining to the safety program: emergency response plans and procedures,workplace hazards, best practices, safe operating procedures, material safety data sheets, inaddition

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Joseph Lombardo, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Avinash Uttamchandani, Harvard SEAS; Evelyn Lynn Hu, SEAS Harvard

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Diversity

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International

exposed students to more than just "how" to design, it showed them"why."The final days of the workshop coincided with the 4th Annual HKUST One Million DollarEntrepreneurship Competition. While it was not initially planned, the students' attendance at thecompetition proved to be serendipitous, as they were able to immediately apply the designlessons they learned in the workshop to the contestants’ already implemented designs. Forexample, one module of the Design Workshop was about feasibility analysis while generating alist of potential solutions. In this activity, students were taught how to use dimensional analysis,the laws of thermodynamics, and proper prior art searches to determine if an idea was viableunder technological, economical, and

Conference Session

Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen L Usher, University of Kentucky; Natasha Aniceto Mamaril, University of Illinois ; Caihong Li, University of Kentucky; David Ross Economy, Clemson University Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

, coping strategies, and academic performance: An evaluation of theoretical models. The Journal of Experimental Education, 80, 196–218. doi:10.1080/00220973.2011.596853 4 Hackett, G., Betz, N. E., Casas, J. M., and Rocha-Singh, I. A. (1992). Gender, ethnicity, and social cognitive factors predicting the academic achievement of students in engineering. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 39(4), 527–538. 5 Jones, B. D., Paretti, M. C., Hein, S. F., & Knott, T. W. (2010). An analysis of motivation constructs with first- year engineering students: Relationships among expectancies, values, achievement, and career plans. Journal of Engineering Education, 99, 319–336. doi: 10.1002/j

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, R. D., Satyanarayana, A., & Cabo, C. (2014). Using interdisciplinary game-based learning to develop problem solving and writing skills. In Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference. Washington, DC: ASEE.[20] Moskal, B., Lurie, D., & Cooper, S. (2004). Evaluating the effectiveness of a new instructional approach. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 36(1), 75-79.[21] Mullins, P., Whitfield, D., & Conlon, M. (2009). Using Alice 2.0 as a first language. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 24(3), 136-143.[22] Rist, R. S. (1995). Program structure and design. Cognitive Science, 19, 507-562.[23] Spohrer, J. C., Soloway, E., & Pope, E. (1989). A goal/plan analysis of buggy Pascal programs. In E. Soloway and J. C

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries P.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross P.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Jianpeng Zhou, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Chad Verbais, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Civil Engineering

, problem-based learning, and impacts of the learning environment. To improvestudent teamwork experiences in any course, faculty have an opportunity to apply a wealth ofknowledge from fields such as organizational or industrial psychology 5. Some argue thateffective team-based learning in capstone courses require that teams be heterogeneous and haveshared goals, meaningful activities, timely internal feedback, and external comparisons andfeedback 6. Thus, for faculty to facilitate an effective team-based learning experience, they mustbe very deliberate in the planning of team projects, milestones, activities, feedback methods, andtiming.Other research has focused on problem-based learning approaches. One study, focusing on astructural engineering

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Devayani Tirthali, Brown University; Arthur H. Camins, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-design their robots through this collaborative, iterative process. The design missions areintentionally scaffolded to increase in complexity, building students’ understanding andconfidence. The curriculum is divided into a series of four missions that gradually lead to theproduction of a fully functional robot. In each mission, students plan, design, build, test anditeratively improve a robot that possesses a specific subset of the capabilities of the final robot,always building on their knowledge and experience gained from the prior missions.ParticipantsIn the third year of implementation, 87 teacher/educators (29 teachers and 58 educators) engagedin project-sponsored professional development. Educators who participated in pairs wereexpected to

Conference Session

Measuring the Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keilah Maria Tablante Bias, University of Prince Edward Island; Daniel Larsen, University of Prince Edward Island; Libby Osgood P. Eng, UPEI & Dalhousie University; Alex Gamble, University of Prince Edward Island; Spencer Paul Montgomery, University of New Brunswick

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Community Engagement Division

wellthis way. The course structure was found to be problematic and cumbersome for some students.This is expected, since the time commitment is certainly greater than many first and second yearengineering courses.Although the following items were covered in short tutorials, students found that more emphasisand time could have been spent on topics such as: engineering ethics/morals, experience withCAD, build/test plan construction, and building/testing quality assurance roles. Students also feltas though more projects could have been devoted to solving third world problems, as the Kenyacharcoal project was the only one to address this. Time spent ideating unique ideas was anothercurriculum factor students would have liked to have seen increased