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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jake Davis, Purdue University

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interested in research around recruiting and retaining underrepresented minorities and women in STEM. Prior to Purdue, she spent time in industry holding technical and operations-based roles and has experience with informal STEM community and outreach projects. She holds a BS degree in Industrial Technology and a MS degree in Engineering Management.Jake Davis, Purdue University Jake Davis is an undergraduate student studying Accounting and Management in the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. He is also a research assistant in the Social Policy and Higher Education Research in Engineering (SPHERE) laboratory

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2015 ERC

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Lawrence Schuette

Materials EMW ASW Training Engineering Advanced Persistent Advanced Naval OhioHi-Frequency Surveillance Power Systems Replacement Comms Technologies

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Simulation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #11423Virtual Simulations to Support Applied Fluid Mechanics Course: A Pilot Im-plementation OverviewDr. Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale Dr. Gonca Altuger-Genc is an Assistant Professor at State University of New York - Farmingdale State College in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department. She is serving as the K-12 STEM Out- reach Research and Training Coordinator at Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center at Farmingdale State College. Her research interests are engineering education, self-directed lifelong learning, virtual laboratories, and decision-making framework

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kevin R. Anderson; Clifford M. Stover

) plan of the design solution is also requested. The finalreport is a white-paper Microsoft Word document which is delivered to the customer at theconclusion of the CDR. The PDR and CDR metrics used here are akin to the study of Morgan etal.6.The use of Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. ABET23 is proliferate inthe assessment of undergraduate design curricula. ABET is the recognized U.S. accreditor ofcollege and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology.ABET also provides leadership internationally through workshops, consultancies, memoranda ofunderstanding, and mutual recognition agreements. Accreditation provides an opportunity foracademic institutions to demonstrate they are committed

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Mechanics of Materials

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College; Lori Bassman, Harvey Mudd College

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Mechanics

Division, ASEE, 2006), and being a co-winner of the Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education (NAE, 2012).Dr. Lori Bassman, Harvey Mudd College Page 26.1394.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Starting with the a-ha: An integrated introduction to solid and fluid mechanics    Abstract  We have developed an introduction to continuum mechanics for sophomore students without anyprior knowledge of mechanics. The essence of continuum mechanics, the internal response ofmaterials to external loading, is often

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Frank Caserta; James McCusker; Bo Tao; Gloria Ma

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference CAN WE USE A MATLAB APPLICATION TO IMPROVE STUDENTPERFORMANCE ON TRIGONOMETRY OF 3-DIMENSIONAL VECTOR PROBLEM SOLVING? Frank Caserta, Jr.1, James McCusker2, Bo Tao1 and Gloria Ma1 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology 2 Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology Wentworth Institute of Technology Abstract3-Dimensional vectors are a basic concept for electrical and mechanical engineering andcomputer science students. To improve the performance of

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General Technical Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, SUNY Farmingdale State College; Clint S. Cole, Digilent, Inc.; Mircea Alexandru Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca; Monica Ignat Bot, Digilent; Alex Wong, Digilent, Inc.; Joe Harris, Digilent, Inc.

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Paper ID #12626Worldwide Digital Design Contest: A Decade of Development and SuccessDeveloping Students’ Hardware and Software SkillsDr. MIHAELA RADU, SUNY Farmingdale State College Dr. Mihaela Radu received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj- Napoca, in 2000 and the M. Eng. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Before joining the Department of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College in 2012, Dr. Radu was a faculty member of the Applied Electronics Department at The Technical

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Paper ID #14053Developing Industry Partnerships for Student Engagement in ChinaProf. Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton Scott Segalewitz, P.E. is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton (UD). His areas of interest include using technology to enhance the learning environment, devel- oping global technical professionals, distance and asynchronous learning, and technical communication. He served for 2-1/2 years as Director of Industrial and Technical Relations for the University of Dayton China Institute in Suzhou, China where he established corporate partnerships and training

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Il-Seop Shin, Western Illinois University, Quad Cities; Blair J. McDonald P.E., Western Illinois University; Khaled Zbeeb, Western Illinois University; William F. Pratt, Western Illinois University

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

Engineering in 2009 in the Quad Cities metropolitan area 80 miles from the main campus.The engineering program was initiated in the Fall semester as the sole program in the School ofEngineering, offering a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. The School of Engineeringis a unit of the College of Business and Technology in Moline, Illinois.To jumpstart the program with limited resources, it started as a 2+2 multidisciplinary engineeringprogram that offered only junior and senior year engineering courses. The typical freshman andsophomore classes in Math, Science, and General Education and lower division engineeringcourses were taken by students at area community colleges and the university’s main campus.Since most students were classified as

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Working in Teams: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Jackson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Angelika N Zissimopoulos, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12383Factors of Group Design Decision MakingMr. Andrew Jackson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Andrew Jackson is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Technology Leadership and Innovation in Purdue University’s College of Technology. His previous middle school teaching experience informs his role as a graduate teaching assistant for an introductory course in design thinking. His research interests are engineering self-efficacy, creativity, and decision making.Prof. Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nathan Mentzer is an assistant professor in the College of Technology with a joint

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Ang Liu; James R. Morrison, KAIST, ISysE; Yun Dai, University of California Santa Barbara; Stephen C-Y. Lu, University of Southern California

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International Forum

Military Science and Technology Fair in July 2013. In February 2015, his Ph.D. student received the best dissertation award from the KAIST Industrial and Systems Engineering Depart- ment. He has served as a Guest Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science & Engineering and Computers & Operations Research. He served on the Organizing Committee for the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), the International Confer- ence on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS 2013, 2014, 2015) and the 2014 Conference on Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing (MASM). Since January 2009, he has been a Co-Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

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2015 ERC

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Robert Kraus

release. 10 University Centers of Excellence• Flexibility and continuous quality assurance• Perform excellent research in high priority Air Force interest areas• Strengthen AFRL in-house technical capabilities by providing frequent substantive professional interchanges between AFRL and university personnel• Educate students in vital technology areas and offer opportunities for AFRL new employee recruitment• Jointly managed and funded by AFOSR and AFRL TDs Current Centers of Excellence (CoEs): • Assured Cloud Computing (RI/Univ. of Illinois) • High-rate Deformation Physics of Heterogeneous Materials (RW/Cal Tech) • Integrated Computational Material Science and Engineering of Structural

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 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

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. She is also interested in active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, and in the ways hands-on activities and technology in general and games in particular can be used to improve student engagement.Dr. Michael J. Prince, Bucknell UniversityDr. Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University Dr. Nottis is an Educational Psychologist and Professor of Education at Bucknell University. Her research has focused on meaningful learning in science and engineering education, approached from the perspec- tive of Human Constructivism. She has authored several publications and given numerous presentations on the generation of analogies, misconceptions, and facilitating learning in science and engineering educa- tion. She has

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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Paper ID #11604NSF ATE Regional Center CREATEDr. Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons Kathleen Alfano has a Ph.D. from UCLA and has served as the Director of the California Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education (CREATE) based at College of the Canyons since 1996. She directs and is Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Tech- nological Education (ATE) CREATE Renewable Energy Center of Excellence. As Director of CREATE, she is involved in efforts across the United States and internationally to define and implement credit techni- cian curricula in many areas

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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas E. Adams, NSWC Crane / Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shripad T. Revankar, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Nuclear and Radiological

) and American Society of Engineering Education. He is currently working towards a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering in the area of direct conversion of radiation to electricity with the focus on semiconductor and emission efficiency.Prof. Shripad T Revankar, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Revankar is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University. His main focus is on Energy -science and technology with sustained and distinguished achievements over the past three decades. His research intrests are on fuel cell, compact power sources including beta voltaic cells, multiphase flow and heat transfer, reactor thermalhydraulics, reactor safety, and nuclear hydrogen production

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Stuart W. Baur; R. Joe Stanley

attended the 2013 Missouri State PLTW Conference.Instructor observations from the survey indicated that: 1) hands-on projects promotereinforcement of PLTW course curricula, 2) PLTW courses provide useful college preparatoryexperiences for students and expose students to STEM related areas, and 3) school districtsreasonably support PLTW courses.IntroductionIn recent years, there have been numerous K-12 programs to promote science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programs that have promoted the growth andinterest of science and math related fields. These STEM programs branch across a variety ofareas and grade levels. Project Lead The Way (PLTW) provides STEM education curricularprograms in high schools and middle schools in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky

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interested in active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, and in the ways hands-on activities and technology in general and games in particular can be used to improve student engagement.Dr. David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky David L. Silverstein is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He is also the Director of the College of Engineering’s Extended Campus Programs in Paducah, Kentucky, where he has taught for 15 years. His PhD and MS studies in ChE were completed at Vanderbilt University, and his BSChE at the University of Alabama. Silverstein’s research interests include conceptual learning tools and training, and he has particular interests in faculty development. He

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Deeksha Seth; Gabriel Carryon; James Tangorra

in their C21 skills. Observations and rubrics used by customers from thethree museums, instructor and teaching assistants have also shown improvements in students’C21 skills. Activities such as communicating and collaborating with customers with limitedengineering knowledge and refining design decisions based on feedback and performance, aresimilar to how engineers work in the industry. Incorporating such style in engineering pedagogycan help better prepare students for the workforce.IntroductionSeveral national reports have drawn attention to the need for qualified science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates for the advancement of innovation inSTEM.1,2,3,4,5 The need is not only to increase the number of STEM graduates

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Twila Ortiz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea R Pluckebaum, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Leah H. Jamieson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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AIChE Minority Affairs Distinguished Service Award (2009). . He is the author of 95 peer-reviewed publications and 10 patents. He received his BS in Chemical Engineering in 1981 from Mississippi State University, and both his MS (1987) and PhD (1992) degrees in Chemical Engi- neering from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Harris’s research is in the areas of nanomaterials, colloids and interfacial phenomena, transport phenomena, particle science and technology, microwave sensing of pharmaceutical powders, solidification of drug/excipient matrices, environmental control technology, and electrodispersion precipitation processes.Ms. Andrea R Pluckebaum, Purdue University, West LafayetteProf. Leah H. Jamieson, Purdue

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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; Exposition, Charlotte, NC.3. Morrell, D. (2007). Design of an Introductory MATLAB Course for Freshman Engineering Students. Paper presented at the 2007 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, HI.4. Naraghi, M.H.N. & Litkouhi, B. (2001). An Effective Approach for Teaching Computer Programming to Freshman Engineering Students, Paper presented at the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, New York.5. Solomon, J. (2004). Programming as a Second Language. Learning & Leading with Technology, 32(4), 34-39.6. Tran, L. (2014) Computer Programming Could Soon Be Considered a Foreign Language in One State. Retrieved March 7

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Make It!

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Debbie Morrow MLIS, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

areas both in and outside of their classrooms. Helping students make connections between information literacy skills and the ”life long learning” skills ABET seeks to see in engineering program graduates is an ongoing challenge. Prior to becoming a Liaison Librarian, Debbie served as Systems Librarian at GVSU and at Michigan Technological University for 25 years. She earned her MLIS at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1983. Page 26.1109.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Successful Model for Student Use of University Owned Rapid

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan; Colin M. Gray, Iowa State University

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pedagogy, and the ways in which the pedagogy and underlying studio environment inform the development of design thinking, particularly in relation to critique and professional identity formation in STEM disciplines. His work crosses multi- ple disciplines, including engineering education, instructional design and technology, design theory and education, and human-computer interaction. Page 26.711.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Expanding Evidence-based Pedagogy with Design HeuristicsAbstractCreative thinking during concept generation has been identified as

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Henry Philipp, Pittsburg State University

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State University (PSU) student team consisted of students from theConstruction Management and Construction Engineering Technology degree programs. Twoseniors were selected from the CMCET 691 Senior Projects course to serve as project managers.Additional team members included three students enrolled in CMCET 795-03 Special Topics:Disaster Shelter Design and student volunteers8. Students enrolled in the special topics courseassisted the project managers with design development and contextual research. Several of thestudents involved were Brazilian international exchange students attending Pittsburg StateUniversity. The 2015 (PSU) student team again consisted of two seniors from the senior projectsclass and several students either volunteering or

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Ben Groenewald; Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Diversity, International Forum

Paper ID #14312Utilization of STEM Tools and Workshops to Promote STEM Education inthe United States and South AfricaDr. Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama, Huntsville Dr. Carmen obtained a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering degree as well as a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. While at Ga. Tech she worked with Dr. Warren Strahle, researching solid propellants. She obtained a Doctor of Philos- ophy in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a focus upon turbulent combustion modeling. Dr. Carmen is the

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

engages designers with a real person. It explicitly engages engineering habits of mindand adds the complexity that real users bring and the challenge of extracting real requirementsfrom these users. This approach builds on work from Stanford’s D School, IDEO, the EPICSProgram and others practicing authentic design and can be mapped into any design process.Additionally, the Human-Centered Design approach opens opportunities to explore howengineering can make a difference in the lives of others. A “Change the Conversation” approachto engineering. Rather than focusing on technology or some abstract use of a design, the focusbecomes design that makes a difference in someone’s life. This mindset introduces authenticityand promotes diversity. The

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Bryan K. Allen; Gordon W. Romney

1 Agile Capstone Integration of Free, Disparate Cloud Services Produced a Prototype Application that Tracks Airborne Wildfire Firefighting Resources Bryan K. Allen and Gordon W. Romney School of Engineering and Computing National University, San Diego, CAAbstractA prototype application designed to leverage state-of-the art cloud computing technologies wasdeveloped as a capstone project for U.S. Defense Support to a Civilian Authority mission. Theoutcome of this paper demonstrates the Agile development and

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Yasha Chaturvedi; Morgan Thomas

  -25 -50 ➔Fault analysis Advantages ➔No‐New Wires Technology ➔High Bandwidth -30 -60 ● Increased reliability  ➔Low Cost & Time

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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James R. Rowland

effective software project teams”, Comm of the ACM, 2004, 47(6), pp. 79-82.[20] J. R. Hollenbeck, D. S. DeRue, and R. Guzzo, Bridging the gap between I/O research and HR practice: Improving team composition, team training, and team task design”, 2004, 43(4), pp. 353-366.[21] S. L. Kichuk and W. H. Wiesner, “The Big Five personalitv factors and team performance: Implications for selecting successful product design teams”, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 1997, 14(3), pp. 195-221.[22] G. L. Stewart, I. S. Fulmer, and M. R. Barrick, An explanation of member roles as a multilevel linking mechanism for individual traits and team outcomes”, Personal Psychology, 2005, 58(2), pp. 343-365.[23] P. F. Helle, “Creativity

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; LaDawn Partlow; Monique Head; Roshan Paudel; Jonathan Farley; Omar Muhammed

, National Maker programs rarely target thisdemographic. The Minority Male Makers (MMM) Program, directed by Morgan StateUniversity, in Baltimore has established a Maker community in Northeast Baltimore City thatallows middle school students and their teachers to develop science, technology, engineering,and mathematics skills while expressing their creativity. The long-term goal of this project is forparticipants to 1) create products using 3-D modeling software and 3-D printers, 2) developsoftware and embedded applications, 3) enhance computational thinking skills, and 4) pursuerelated entrepreneurial ventures. This effort is a partnership between the School of Engineeringand School of Education. Middle school teacher and student participants were

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Edward J. Jaselskis, North Carolina State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Satyanarayana N. Kalidindi; Linda D. Krute, North Carolina State University; Hongling Guo, Tsinghua University; David Comiskey, Ulster University; Dede M Nelson, North Carolina State University

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project management) from the University of Texas-Austin in 1988. Between the period of his MS and PhD studies, he worked for ExxonMobil as a cost and schedule engineer in New Jersey and field engineer on an open pit coal mine project in Colombia, South America. He has also worked for Perkins and Will, an architectural engineering firm, as an electrical designer and Bechtel, international construction company, as a civil field engineer. Dr. Jaselskis has served as a program director for the National Science Foundation in the area of in- formation technology and infrastructure systems and director for the Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute and professor-in-charge of the construction program at Iowa State