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ET Curriculum and Programs I

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Christine Michelle Delahanty, Bucks County Community College ; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Susan Herring, Bucks County Community College; Tracy A. Timby, Bucks County Community College

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Engineering Technology

Connections: Manufacturing Manufacturing CourseFigure 1. Collaborative model for technician education.Through a formalized connection between our two sectors of the college, the credit and non-credits sides, the goal is to modernize the educational experience for our students to assure theyare more workforce ready by establishing a model curriculum that will become a blueprint forother institutions. Figure 1 depicts our collaborative model, that connects our credit side to ourCWD, and highlights manufacturing. We routinely receive solicitations from surrounding companies reaching out to ourcommunity college for technicians to fill internships and job openings, and it is important that wemeet this growing demand. Our Industry Advisory

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ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Joel B. Shoemaker, Madison Area Technical College; Steven Michael Ansorge, Madison Area Technical College; Adam Gusse, Sunvest Solar, Inc; Nicholas J. Hylla, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, and recommended practicesfrom the Madison College experience are detailed. Madison College completed a SolarRoadmap in order to prioritize and sequence investment in solar across the multiple buildingsand campus locations operated by the college. The featured installation was the first projectwithin that plan. A ten-step guide on how to create a solar roadmap is shared, so that otherschools can learn from Madison College’s experience and replicate the process for their owninstitutions.Introduction - The Opportunity for Schools to Pursue Solar EnergyThe past two decades have seen massive growth in renewable energy while aging and obsoletecoal fired electrical plants are increasingly being retired. This is illustrated in Figure 1 by thegrowth

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Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

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Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Loring Nies, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Environmental Engineering

graduate degree programs. Inthe U.S., during the 2017-2018 academic year, 2805 masters degrees were awarded inCivil/Environmental or Environmental Engineering (EE), and 457 doctoral degrees wereawarded (1). Over the decades, there has been discussion about needs, challenges and assessmentrelated to environmental engineering graduate programs (2-4), and development of an acceptedBody of Knowledge for Environmental Engineering (5,6). The challenges include graduatestudent cohorts that are comprised of students whose undergraduate training is drawn from avariety of engineering and natural science disciplines. This is in contrast to many otherengineering graduate programs, whose graduate students are comprised primarily of studentswho earned an

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A Focus on Sustainability

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Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Environmental Engineering

ownership of multiple devices. The lifecycle stages of electronic products are shown in Figure 1, and there are environmental impactsassociated with each stage. These impacts are multiplied when demand increases, and areparticularly visible at the “End-of-Life” stage, which can include landfill or incineration. Anumber of studies quantify the environmental impacts of the life cycle of various electronicdevices and systems, including cell phones (1), desk top computers (2), laptop computers (3),and data centers (4). Materials Extraction and Processing Materials & Parts Material Manufacturer

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Melissa McDaniels, Michigan State University

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Engineering Ethics

2017, an NRMN-trained “Master Facilitator” adapted (with permission) portions of curriculathat focused on equity, inclusion and ethics. The result was a 3-4 hour interactive workshop forengineering students that: (1) introduces issues in equity, inclusion and ethics as they apply toengineering; (2) models approaches for establishing safe and inclusive learning spaces; and (3)engages participants in case studies and active learning experiences. As part of the workshop,participants examine the code of ethics of the National Society of Professional Engineers (or anappropriate ethical code from their area of engineering specialization). This paper describes thedevelopment of this workshop, including early pilot testing and training of facilitators

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Laboratory Courses and Programming in the Aerospace Curriculum

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Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Aerospace

ofengineering. Details of the minor program are discussed. Various equipment related to thediscipline are gradually acquired through internal and external funding, endowments and gifts.Additionally, other related equipment already present on campus is gathered at one centralizedlocation. As a result of the establishment of the lab several research, academic and related projectshave started and are currently in progress. Some of these projects and their implications arediscussed. Vast majority of these projects involve students. Student perspectives on the advantagesof the lab and future potentials are also discussed.Key Words: Minor, Laboratory, Equipment, Projects, Research, Education, Students 1. IntroductionA new AERO (Aerospace Engineering and

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Professional Issues and Opportunities for Engineering Librarians

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Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

courses in a curriculum contributeto and assess that student outcome. While information is explicitly mentioned in the studentoutcome, it appears to frequently be marginalized in the actual assessments used byMETdepartments. Implications for librarian engagement with mechanical engineeringtechnology programs and sources are discussed.IntroductionOne way librarians can make the case for information literacy in engineering and engineeringtechnology disciplines is to tie their work into student outcomes specified for ABETaccreditation. For engineering accredited programs (EAC), there is not a direct link toinformation literacy. Rather, librarians have traditionally linked information literacy to lifelonglearning, although Riley [1] and Sapp and

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

technical learning [1][2], however in most cases where fiction is used, it supports professional learning in areas likeethics. In this paper, the authors go beyond the presentation of a case study where literature wasused to frame and guide discussions around ethics in an engineering course by coding studentartifacts for values. Specifically, the student engineers participating in a seminar course wererequired to read and reflect in writing on Prey by Michael Crichton [3]. To set the stage for thiscase, some of the moral philosophy arguments around the use of fiction are discussedculminating in the conclusion that fiction is an appropriate tool in the teaching of ethics. Then,we will examine how literature has been broadly used in technical courses

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Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

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Engineering Ethics

place with participants from WesternEducated Industrialized Rich Democratic (WEIRD) cultures, which have been found to beoutliers on a number of psychological dimensions.[1]–[8] Since engineering and technology areincreasingly cross cultural and international, it is important to expand empirical research onengineering ethics beyond these narrow samples. Further, a growing body of work has called intoquestion the extent to which ethical judgments and behaviors result primarily or exclusively fromethical reasoning, a prominent and influential example of which is Moral Foundations Theory(MFT).[9]–[11] According to MFT, ethical judgments result primarily from intuitions, associatedwith suites of fast-acting, informationally encapsulated, and

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Stephen Campbell Rea, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

with ethics as of 2019 (requiring students todevelop “an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situationsand make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions inglobal, economic, environmental, and societal contexts”) [1], ethical implications remain ayardstick by which technologies, the processes of their design, and the implications of their useare constantly measured. As important as it is, incorporating ethics training into engineeringcoursework is still very much in development [2]. Recent work on ethics education hasdemonstrated the benefits of teaching what Herkert terms “macroethics,” that is, in relation tobroader social priorities and values, in contrast to

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Karen C. Davis, Miami University

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Engineering Ethics

Education in 2016. Dr. Davis received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Loyola University, New Orleans in 1985 and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1987 and 1990, respectively. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Ethics in Data Science EducationAbstractThere is a growing recognition of the importance of ethics education in data science programs.Recent news stories about data breaches and algorithmic biases indicate that big data projectsraise ethical concerns with the potential to inflict harm on a wide societal or global scale. In thispaper, we address three main research questions: (1) what curricular

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Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Grant A. Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

, experimentation, and iteration. This paper argues that 1) being attentive isrequired to achieve awareness of a given need or problem, 2) taking responsibility is a necessarypractice for making and acting on one’s judgements related to the need at hand, 3) competence ina relevant skill is needed to experiment with one’s judgements, and 4) careful consideration ofhow others respond to how one has addressed a need is essential for the purposes of iteration.While all four contribute to the notion of engineering in ethics, the relationship betweencompetence and experimentation is where engineering is most evidently seized as an ethicalexpression. How one competently wields engineering knowledge and skillfully performsdisciplinary techniques is, here, foremost

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New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

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Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Florida Gulf Coast University; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida; Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University; Christine Marie Fiori, Drexel University

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Engineering Ethics

aregaps in current academic literature that does not highlight the use of various pedagogicalapproaches or content unique to construction ethics instruction.IntroductionEthics refers to the code of principles by which a group of people lives. It is the good and bad orright and wrong of behavior that is socially acceptable to a particular group [1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6]and the construction industry as a group has been infamous with regard to ethical conduct.Unethical conduct in the construction industry is indiscriminate of global region or stakeholder.The global construction industry has been recognized as the most corrupt of any internationalbusiness sector [5],[7],[8],[9].Research suggests that there are various issues specifically related to the

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2-Year College Division: Collaboration Between Institutions

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Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer X Wu, Pennsylvania State University; Erin A Hostetler, Pennsylvania State University

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Two-Year College

whotransfer to finish their degrees or finish at their original campus. To confirm this positivecorrelation, a longitudinal statistical study was conducted to examine the retention rate of thestudents who participated in the MC REU program with that of other regional campus students.Results from this study have the potential to confirm a multi-campus undergraduate researchexperience as a viable strategy to improve retention of students participating in the 2 + 2 pathwayto an engineering degree.IntroductionThe significant attrition rate (~ 50 %) for engineering students is well documented [1, 2]. Othershave found the attrition rate to be similar or even higher for students who transfer universities tofinish their degrees [3, 4, 5]. Some attribute the

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Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

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Matheus Oliveira Cassol, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Jonathan Verrett P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Chemical Engineering

describe the curricular context which led to the creation of a second-yearintroduction to chemical engineering design course. Then it will describe a technique used toevaluate concepts students deem most important in chemical and biological engineering usingconcept mapping and present results from this technique.In recent years engineering curricula have had a renewed focus on engineering design [1]. Thereare a variety of definition of engineering design and the authors prescribe to the EngineersCanada definition outlined by the Engineers Canada graduate attributes. That is: “An ability todesign solutions for complex, open-ended engineering problems and to design systems,components or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate attention

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Capstone Pedgagogy

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Nicholas A Baine P.E., Grand Valley State University; Karl Brakora, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung P.E., Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

, design processes and student teams. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Evaluating ABET Student Outcome (5) in a Multidisciplinary Capstone Project SequenceAbstractABET has published a revised list of student outcomes detailed under ABET General Criterion 3,which replaces outcomes (a) through (k) with outcomes (1) through (7). The revised studentoutcomes place greater emphasis on measuring students’ ability to consider a wide range of factorsin engineering situations and to address problems in multidisciplinary teams. The wide scope ofoutcome (5) presents unique challenges. This paper describes an assessment method for ABETstudent outcome (5), which assesses

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STEM Issues in ET

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Matthew Turner, Purdue University, New Albany; Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

knowledge base to formtables of subject, action, and application keywords. These tables provide an empirical databasethat will enable future evaluation of collected student definitions for accuracy. By betterunderstanding student understanding of TMs, the authors hope to provide a resource by whichthe educational community can improve their messaging and better communicate the role andvalue of technology degrees to stakeholders (i.e. students, parents, industry, etc.).I. IntroductionMuch of the research into student motivation relating to choice in science, engineering,technology, and math (STEM) majors share an underlying assumption: selection is largely basedon a correct conceptual understanding of the major [1]. However, little to no evidence

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Duncan Davis, Northeastern University; Matthew Burns; John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University; Constantine Mukasa, Northeastern University; Brian Patrick O'Connell, Northeastern University; Elizabeth Quinn, Northeastern University; Alice Smith; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

cutting, computer-aided design (CAD), and innovative project design throughthe lens of sustainability, robotics, manufacturing, and product design. Students are also exposedto discipline-specific engineering design work, field trips to industrial partners, and expert panelsthat showcase various engineering fields.Using student surveys and testimonials, we gathered voluntary feedback from the participantswilling to discuss their experience in the program. The engineering program compares favorablyto other similar programs in the university and received high marks from students in thefollowing categories:1) Enjoyment and recommendation of this program to other students2) Likelihood to apply to Northeastern University3) The academic

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 3

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Caleb James O'Malley, University of Florida; Ashish Aggarwal, University of Florida

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Computing and Information Technology

a two-credit course, out of which 29were also enrolled in a one-credit programming lab course. We find that overall lab enrollment isa factor affecting student performance. However, students with little to no prior programmingexperience benefit significantly more from the lab, compared to students with substantialprogramming experience. This effect is further found to be concentrated towards the first half ofthe course, implying a greater importance of the lab in the first few weeks of the course. Theseresults will help guide instructors in tailoring the course design to meet the needs of studentswith varying prior programming experiences.1. BackgroundIntroductory programming courses have a reputation for being difficult and continue

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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David Wesley Martin, Central Washington University

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

showed that the students as a group became more collaborative in their conflict management styles between their junior and senior years.IntroductionMarket forces within the construction industry are demanding more collaborative environments.Construction Management at Risk, Design/Build, Lean Construction, and Integrated ProjectDelivery (IPD), now account for most of all construction contracts.1 In particular, IPD requires asignificant level of collaboration to succeed. However, these increasingly collaborative projectdelivery systems do not ensure collaboration. For example, Lean Construction proponentsfrequently employ the principles of IPD and have positively impacted the construction industry,but success does not occur on every

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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Joan B Schuman, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Community Engagement Division

Education, 2020 Evaluating the Impact of Training on Increasing Cross-Culture CompetencyIntroduction:Technological, political and economic changes worldwide have driven an increase inglobalization [1] and many industries that operate globally need to hire engineers that will besuccessful in that arena. Assigning the most technically competent engineer to a project withoutconsidering their global competency can be very costly for organizations. If these engineers fail,wasted travel and living expenses, lost contracts, and personal costs could be significant [2].Therefore, many employers state that cross-cultural competency is important for career developand actively recruit that skill set [3].For some time now, industry and academia have tried to

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Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Tech; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

-integrated curricular structure. The studies presented in this report includeassessment of the EPICS programs at two universities, Purdue University and the South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technology (SD Mines). The assessments evaluate 1) the impacts oncritical thinking skills as measured by the Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT); 2) theimpacts on intercultural competence as measured by the Intercultural Development Inventory(IDI); and 3) the impacts on student perceptions and attitudes as measured by focus groups. Toexamine the impact, the results of students who are enrolled in the EPICS courses werecompared to matched samples of students in other courses to determine whether the results canbe attributed to service learning. The intent of

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WIP-ing Up Faculty Development!

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Haroon Malik, Marshall University; Wael A. Zatar, Marshall University

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Faculty Development Division

the perception of the quality of service receivedby the customer has become a norm. This includes organizations providing education. Instrumentsused in educational establishments solicit student data of two types: (1) on a predefined rubric,aspects of quality, where the respondents mark-off their perception on a predefined, Likert-likescale. (2) the respondents write their very own views on concepts of quality, and the scale used forthe assertion. This is wholly unstructured data. While the first type provides a baseline, whichfacilitates comparisons, the second set provides the only true measure of the quality of service asperceived by that receiver and delivered by that provider. The authors believe that the portion ofdata bereft of scale

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2

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Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University; Sadaqatali Hussainali Mirza, San Jose State University; Chitra R. Nayak, Tuskegee University; Maria Calhoun, Tuskegee University

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Engineering Design Graphics

communicate ideasand to store information for future use. The area that deals with two-dimensional pictorialrepresentations and communication of information is called “graphics” [1]. The area of graphicshave been evolved from very crude hand sketches to the currently used formal engineeringdrawings [2]. For engineers, the graphics language using lines and symbols to representinformation has been proved to be more effective than verbal communication [3]. According toBertoline, Wiebe, Miller, and Mohler [4], 92% of the communication in engineering is based ongraphics whereas the remaining 8% is shared by verbal and mathematical communication. Thispopularity itself calls for the inclusion of a well-developed graphics curriculum in ourengineering schools

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Rachel D. Mosier, Oklahoma State University; Sandeep Langar, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction Engineering

praised by students and department for his outstanding teaching and research excellence. To supplement his teaching and research, he has been involved in numerous professional societies, including ASCE, ACI, ASEE, ASC, ATMAE and TRB. His research output has been well disseminated as he has published thirty journal papers and thirty-nine conference papers. His research interests are 1) Creating Innovative Sustainable Materials, 2) Structural BIM Integration, 3) 4D/5D BIM, 4) Virtual Testing Lab, 5) Innovative Construction Demolition, and 6) Carbon Footprint Analysis on Roadways.Dr. Rachel D. Mosier, Oklahoma State University Dr. Rachel Mosier is an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University and is licensed as a

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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Meg E. West, Ohio State University; J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Patrick James Herak, Ohio State University; Bruce Wellman, Olathe Engineering Academy at Northwest High School; Todd France, Ohio Northern University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

paperpresents the successes and challenges of an engineering professional development program forteachers focused around the use of engineering problem-framing design activities in high schoolscience classrooms. These activities were designed to incorporate the cross-cutting ideaspublished in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and draw on best practices forinstructional design of problem-framing activities from research on design and model-elicitingactivities (MEAs). The professional development (PD) was designed to include the followingresearched-based effective PD key elements: (1) is content focused, (2) incorporates activelearning, (3) supports collaboration, (4) uses models of effective practice, (5) provides coachingand expert support

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New Directions for ET

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Michael Shenoda, State University of New York

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Engineering Technology

should be addressed by OER use in Construction ManagementTechnology. These include: (1) meeting required student learning outcomes, (2) improvingstudent attitudes regarding educational access, and (3) fostering adaptation of the material toenhance student learning and provide current information. Having previously established aframework for evaluating the effectiveness of implementing OER in a Construction ManagementTechnology course, the current work reports on the performance of OER use in an estimatingcourse. Two sections of the course being offered in the Fall 2019 semester are evaluated hereinbased on cost of materials and achievement of the three goals outlined. These are compared to anon-OER section of the course also being offered in

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University; Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Washington State University

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli2 1 Mississippi State University, 2 Washington State UniversityAbstract This paper concisely reports on the design and organization of a summer camp in the construction area and explores the impacts of such activities on getting high school students’ awareness of the benefits of a construction career. Summer camps provide a pathway for examining youth development in specific areas. Camps represent environments where participants can develop their technical knowledge, social skills, and emotional intelligence through a series of theoretical and practical activities that are fun, engaging, interesting

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

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Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

) program during the summers of 2018 and 2019.This paper presents the results of this program for the second year of operations (in 2019) andcompares them to the results from the prior year. It provides an overview of the program and thechanges made between the two years. It also discusses the different research topics that studentsworked on during both years of program participation. The benefits that students sought andattained are also reviewed.1. IntroductionThis evidence-based paper presents an assessment of the second year of a REU program at theNorth Dakota State University (NDSU). The NDSU Department of Computer Science hashosted two years of a National Science Foundation-funded research experience forundergraduates (REU) program. The

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

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Glen Hordemann, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Sharon Lynn Chu, University of Florida; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Francis Quek, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Osazuwa John Okundaye Jr, Texas A&M University

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, MentorCorps, CyberlearningIntroductionSTEM employment grew 24.4% over the last decade, compared to a 4% growth in otheroccupations. STEM workers earn 29% more than non-STEM workers. 1 This trend holds despiteeducational level. As the market for STEM employees grows, today’s students need to beprepared for the future job market in order to succeed at the high-paying STEM jobs.American schools are one of the critical places where students might learn these skills, but in thecases of electronics, 3D design, programming, and similar Making technologies, many studentsand schools lack access to technologically oriented teachers, mentors, and role-models. Only 47%of science teachers have a science or engineering degree 2 . It is not a simple matter to