Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 2: The Study of Identity in Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Bolton, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods

from an academic failure or if they left part of the survey failure.” blank. Initial analysis shows that these five categories do not appear to influence each other greatly.In later work, we plan on comparing each category with the three identity categories, as well asstudy existent relationships in the literature between these five categories and motivation. More prominently, we did find a connection between identity in terms of race/ethnicity andgrit/determination. This connection also correlated with which section of the course studentswere in. In the earlier section of the class, the majority of students identified as White orCaucasian, while the second section included a higher

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Lisa Ann Moyer, Virginia Tech; Indhira María Hasbún, Virginia Tech

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of institutional support. Below, we outlineour progress-to-date on the survey development and plans for future deployment. 1 Table 1 - Elements of Institutional Support Construct Definition Academic Support Institutional support geared towards disseminating information related to improving academic performance or circumstances, providing access to resources that support academic performance, monitoring academic performance or development, or contributing to the development of content-independent and

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phelana Pang, Seattle Girls' School

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Pre-College Engineering Education

 a nine­day period.  Each day’s lesson lasted 2 hours, with a total of 18 hours for the entire unit.  Forty­seven students participated in the STEAM project over two years.  The unit consisted of lessons in neuroscience, sensory impairment, ethics, circuitry, programming Arduino microcontrollers, and the engineering design process.  Students then spent the last three days of the unit engaging in the creative process of planning, building, and testing a model of a device that substituted one sense with another (see Appendix A for an outline of the lessons). Two neuroscience lessons involved the discussion of sensory inputs, processing through the central nervous system, and motor outputs.  Since the class was multi­grade, 7th and 8th grade

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Li, Duke University; Brianna Loomis, Duke University; Kevin Caves, Duke University

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Biomedical Engineering

composed of two parts: assessment of tangible engineering/electronics skills and disabilityawareness. We also plan to pilot a lab practicum that assesses the student’s ability to solder on a circuitboard and on a toy, diagnose and fix common issues with broken toys, develop “outside-the-box”solutions to fix toys with limited resources, explain the usage and theory behind a battery interrupter, andconfidence in their proficiency in the above categories to teach someone else the skills necessary to fix atoy. Additionally, the lab practicum will include a conversation with the students discussing theirincreased awareness of challenges faced by children with disabilities, confidence when faced with anunknown circuit and/or situation, confidence in

Conference Session

Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Samuel Darko; Gurcan Comert; Jessica Furrer, Benedict College; Andress Carter-Sims, Benedict College; Balaji Iyangar, Benedict College

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Diversity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

% improvement over the control group.Paired-t test results of CURE surveys from SV and all other students are shown in Table 2. Fromthe table, p-values for post graduate plans and post-attitude about science results were fail to rejectthe null of same mean values. Other test results are all higher than the compared CURE surveysconducted in other programs nationally (Lopatto, 2004, Lopatto, 2010). Overall, our program’ssurvey results are at least met that of mean value of surveys conducted in other programs. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35163 0.7

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines; Christine Liebe, Colorado School of Mines; Heather Thiry

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

significantgreater: 1) Positive attitudes towards computing; 2) Growth mindset (e.g., computing can belearned); 3) Positive attitudes about the computing department; 4) Sense of feeling welcomed incomputing; 5) Skills in identifying career options; 6) Support from mentors and peers; 7)Engagement in K-12 outreach and mentoring others; and 8) Sense that CS administrators andfaculty care about diversity.PATHS scholars reported that they saw computing as a path of service and planned to pursuegraduate degrees in computing-related fields. That is, PATHS scholars reported greater agreement(mean 4.08, SD (0.84)) than the national cohort (mean 3.65, SD (1.06)) with the statement that acareer in computing would allow them to serve humanity. More PATHS scholars (23

Conference Session

Graduate Education Model, Industry and Practitioner Experience - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaclyn K. Murray, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

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Graduate Studies

what already exists, and work within the bounds of rationality to producenovel iterations. Martinsen found that explorers investigated scenarios by inquiring aboutinformation specific to the problem.31 Explorers refined background knowledge because theytended to have less experience with the task domain than assimilators.32 Assimilators, however,relied on experience to solve problems. As assimilators gained experience with relevant skills,creative performance increased.32Martinsen and Diseth investigated the relationship between the Assimilator—Explorer cognitivestyle, personality characteristics, and inventiveness.33 They determined that high noveltyseeking, and weak preference for rules and planning described explorers. Assimilators

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonya Overstreet, EASi

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College Industry Partnerships

retirees, second, hire midcareer talent for a two tothree-year succession-planning window and third, hire entry-level talent with a two to three-yearcompetency development window. See Figure 2 for the EASi talent development pipeline model.Model recreated with permission. Figure 2 - EASi Talent Development PipelineTalent Acquisition and Academia PartnershipEASi’s acquisition of the retirees was straightforward. To maintain decades of legacy knowledgeof their projects, practices, and procedures, the electric utility company provided EASi with thecontact information of their valued retired employees. EASi then hired those employees to stafftheir technical management and subject matter expert positions.The next step was

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hye Sun You, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

thatschool leaders and teachers, respectively, consider preparation of and participation in professionaldevelopment (PD) programs prior to implementing robotics for reform-based STEM instruction.22Unfortunately, scant research is available on effective PD programs for teachers to create andimplement STEM teaching practices using robotics. Thus, we have designed, implemented, andstudied a three-week summer PD program (15 sessions, 8hrs. per session) for middle schoolscience and math teachers. Through this PD effort, teachers were expected to deepen theirtechnological-pedagogical-and-content knowledge (TPACK),23 develop lesson plans by utilizingrobotic kits for standards-aligned science and math curricula, and improve their students’ STEMinterest and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Ali Alavizadeh, Purdue University Northwest

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Instrumentation

-house using 1/8-inch aluminum sheet. Figures 3 show thecomplete trainer in the lab. Figure 2. The complete trainer. Figure 3. The working trainer in the lab.ComponentsThe trainers have several features such as 2 analog outputs (0 - 10V), Over temperature display,1 Ethernet port 10/100 Base-T, to name a few. Appendix A includes a list of all the features. Asmentioned before, the software installed on the trainers are B&R, which is an open-sourcesoftware. Figure 4 shows step-by-step instruction to assemle the trainer. All the electroniccomponents were provided by B&R [1]. The authors are planning to complete all the 22 trainersin near future.Lab Activity OutlineThe trainers

Conference Session

Construction 4: Construction Education Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Construction

minimesterin 2015. Structuring the minimester course involved planning of readings, quizzes, discussions,home works, and exams. Quizzes were given every day, home works had to be turned in everyother day, and major exams were given every three days. The students seemed to be motivated.Their performance using all three types of evaluation measures (exams, home works, and quizzes)seemed to be better than the students who took the same course offered by the author in a regularsemester in the previous Spring.HypothesisThis study was conducted in order to find out whether the performance of students taking thecourse in a minimester had a statistically significant difference than the performance of thosetaking the same course in a regular 15-week

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Gusmao Brissi, Purdue University; Luciana Debs, Purdue University; Mariana Watanabe, Purdue University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Directive introduced the obligation for nearly zero energy buildings(nZEB) and stated that “Member States shall ensure that (a) by 31 December 2020, all newbuildings are nearly zero-energy buildings; and (b) after 31 December 2018, new buildingsoccupied and owned by public authorities are nearly zero-energy buildings” [6, p. 153/21]. In theUnited States, the Department of Energy (DOE) has established guidelines for homesparticipating in the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Program [7]. In addition, the U.S.government has mandated “that all new construction of Federal buildings greater than 5,000gross square feet that enters the planning process is designed to achieve energy net-zero and,where feasible, water or waste net-zero by fiscal year 2030.” [8, p

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, Aeronautics Technological Institute

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Community Engagement Division

ministries’ action plans. In this sense, it can be said that, during theWorkers’ Party's administrations, university extension becomes a space for the articulationbetween the State and society [3], [4].Also, in the early 1990s, the solidarity economy movement gains momentum nationwide. That ismainly caused by the increasing rates of poverty and unemployment, which are some of theconsequences of the implementation of neoliberal politics in the country. In response to that,many social initiatives are tried, from collecting food destined to feed the millions who werefacing starvation, to actions that sought job creation. In 2001, with the first edition of the WorldSocial Forum, the multiple actors behind such poverty mitigation/overcoming initiatives

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sai Prasanth Krishnamoorthy, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

consisting of a cover letter, formal application approval by the school principal,scholastic record, personal essay, recommendation letters, vita, etc. Post-selection, the finalistsmeet the project personnel to plan and prepare for the summer program and accommodate teacher-mentor matching. For the 2017 summer PD program originally 10 teachers were selected of whomone teacher discontinued participation after two days due to personal scheduling conflicts.3.1. Introductory phase: The summer PD program began by providing teachers a welcomeorientation to NYU SoE and socializing with the faculty and engineering researchers. Thewelcome orientation was followed by lab tours, introduction to the participating researchpersonnel, and a lab safety session. The

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University

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Aerospace

the Ozobot and then the hardware,the participants developed an appreciation of the importance of planning in problem solving. Whilepreparing for the maze-running, most of the students soon realized to calibrate their Ozobots’responses to the commands such as ‘move 5cm’. Similar planning was observed during theplanning/training phase of the quadcopter obstacle course competition. Participants started lookingat the response of the quadcopter to the commands to identify optimal speeds to drop the ‘aid © American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 2018 ASEE National Conferencepackage’ at the target location. Thus, the camp participants were exercising the components of‘computational

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori M Houghtalen, Abilene Christian University; Timothy Kennedy P.E., Abilene Christian University; Raymond Earl Smith, Abilene Christian University

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College Industry Partnerships

hires resulted in the bulk of strategic planning for the year-long capstoneexperience taking place in Spring 2015. Preparations began in earnest with the on-boarding oftwo new faculty hires in August 2015.Early defining decisions for the capstone experience included: • Projects are, whenever possible, industry sponsored • Program director is responsible for sourcing capstone projects • Two engineering faculty members co-direct the capstone program • Each project is required to have a dedicated industry liaison willing and able to have weekly interaction with student project teamThe first engineering capstone cohort consisted of 16 students; 4 of these students were physicsmajors fulfilling degree requirements by completing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kalvin White, Department of Dine Education, Navajo Nation; Ieshya K Anderson, Arizona State University; Courtney A Betoney, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Tyrine Jamella Pangan, Arizona State University (Polytechnic Campus); Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

culture andengineering design side-by-side.The Navajo way of life and the engineering design process have similarities.This study was inspired by the similarities between the Navajo way of life, which is a holisticcycle of thinking, planning, living, and assuring/testing (Aronilth, 1992), and an engineeringdesign process (ask, imagine, plan, create, improve (Cunningham & Hester, 2007)).Diverse perspectives drive innovation in STEM.With the complex nature of real-world problems, our country needs STEM innovators who canwork across disciplines to holistically solve problems in both the workplace and in ourcommunities, such as the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering (Perry et al., 2008). Accordingto a 2011 NSF-AIHEC reports “adding diverse

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University; Tiffany Wild, The Ohio State University; Se Jeong Yang, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Visual Impairments (EEVI) is a two-yearprofessional development program for teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs),targeting grades 5-12 focused around bio-engineering. The overarching program goals are 1)Increase the science, math, and engineering content knowledge for TVIs; 2) Increase TVI’scapacity to teach science, math, and engineering concepts to students with visual impairments(VI); 3) Increase TVIs efficacy in science, math, and engineering; 4) increase TVIs capacity tomake modifications and accommodations for students with VI to pre-existing science, math, andengineering lesson plans; and 5) Improve students’ with VI achievement in science, math, andengineering. To date the TVI professional development, which was intended

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

. Theinitiative was assessed by participant engagement with the topics and qualitative journalresponses to the discussion prompts.Our effort for this project consists of two main goals: Goal 1: To encourage female students to remain in STEM fields through supportivedialogue. Goal 2: To promote collaboration, self-efficacy and leadership while providing strategiesfor females to change the culture.Each of these goals are in line with new ABET criteria focused on educating the “wholeengineer.” To measure our progress toward these goals, we have begun to capture studentengagement via qualitative journal responses. In the future, we plan an additional survey and alimited number of interviews about the project. Journal data is derived from

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Kathy L. Kasley P.E., Colorado Technical University

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Systems Engineering

coursework and apply the same to successfully complete the project  Independently acquire any additional skills, concepts, and/or tools necessary for successful project completion  Communicate regularly with the faculty mentor and keep a journal of all work completed in the project  Communicate the results of the project to peers and mentors through an oral presentation and a technical reportThe course deliverables listed inTable 2 includes: Project Plan andJournal (22.5%), CommunicationSkills (47.5%) and Technical Merit(30%). Students must take an ill-defined problem and follow a systemengineering approach to implement aproof-of-concept solution.Why Apply Systems EngineeringConcepts?Observations made during assessmentof the

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Phillip Curtsmith, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nikolai Vaycheslav Gabardi; Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Kamren S. Donovan

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

class. The students mentioned that they understoodthe effect of end-fixity on buckling capacity of a member better after seeing the demonstrationand wished that they had the opportunity to use this set-up in the sophomore year. Authors are planning to use the frame in a Statics II course to demonstrate the concept ofbuckling at the end of Spring 2019 semester and have plans to possibly use it in the Introductionto Engineering course in Fall 2019. Figure 9 shows the application of load frame for first year students in Spring 2019. Figure 9: Demonstration of the concept of buckling for first year classConclusion and Future Work: The design and construction of this frame was a successful project, which was

Conference Session

Designing Opportunities for Youth Engagement in STEM

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Matias Gonzalez Chamorro, Proyecto Arapy; Gustavo Ramón Samaniego Balbuena, Colegio Inmaculada Concepción; Jorge H. Kurita, Universidad Nacional de Asuncion

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Community Engagement Division

Nacional de Asuncion. He is currently work-ing as the director of the Planning Directorate of the Paraguayan Space Agency. For his contributionsto the Paraguayan society education in the field of science and engineering, he was acknowledged as the”Exceptional Protagonist of 2017” by the Ultimahora News, a major newspaper in Paraguay. In the sameyear, he was distinguished with the ”Outstanding Citizen Award,” granted by the city council of the Cityof Asuncion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engagement in Practice: Final design projects on high altitude balloon payload, integrated with low cost open source hardware, a tool for STEM education in rural Paraguay, a case study

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Tedstone, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

women in engineering. Her technical work and research focuses on sustainable chemical process design, computer aided design, mixed integer nonlinear programing, and multicriteria decision making. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Epistemic Beliefs of Chemical Engineering Faculty (Work in Progress)This paper is a work-in-progress for proposed research. The purpose of this paper is to introducethe engineering education community to the field of epistemic beliefs research and to seekfeedback concerning a planned research study.BackgroundEngineering education researchers frequently call for improving students’ critical thinking as aprimary skill to

Conference Session

Faculty Development Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Jane Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

faculty engagement and to build an inclusive facultycommunity. In the College’s 2015-2020 strategic plan, a key strategic area is to “nurture acommunity of deeply engaged faculty and staff committed to enable student success throughquality curriculum, responsive teaching and active learning”. Launched in Summer 2015, theECST Teaching & Learning Academy was originally focused on professional development of newfaculty members, but quickly evolved to be a platform for open communication, socialization, andshared learning for faculty across all disciplines in the college. In the past three years, we haveseen the growth of participation of faculty, both tenured/tenure-track and adjunct faculty fromdifferent departments in the College. This rest of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amjad Aman, University of Central Florida; Nina Orlovskaya, University of Central Florida; Haiyan Bai, University of Central Florida; Yunjun Xu, University of Central Florida

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screen shots illustrating thermodynamic concepts and chargetransport concepts from the Fuel Cell Science module.Software evaluation/assessmentEvaluation status and approachSo far there have been two evaluations conducted to test the effectiveness of the software in liveundergraduate engineering classrooms at a large university in the south-east of the United Stateswith sample size of 144 and 135 during Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 respectively. In addition,there is one evaluation planned for Spring 2016 at the home university and another evaluation tobe conducted in Summer 2016 at a different university. The sample size for these futureevaluations are expected to exceed 200 students each. To assess the software’s effectiveness it isimportant to

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University - Calumet; Suraiya Jannat Khan, Purdue University - Calumet

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Instrumentation

for the usersto plan their tracking system.Tag readability depends on many variables, such as type of tag and antenna, distance from tag toantenna, tag orientation and tag placement. Also interferences with the surroundings due to otherwireless devices might have some effects on tag readability. The major interest in this research isto obtain a foot print depending on the tag readability in 3-D space in real time.EQUIPMENTResearches performed with RFID system requires a specific Antenna, Tag and Receiver. There aretwo types of tags, active and passive tags. Active tags require a continuous source of power. Theyare either connected to a power infrastructure or they use energy from an integrated battery. Onthe other hand, passive tags do not

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

communications for the Depart- ment of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in Rhetoric and Writing Studies and an M.A. in English from Montana State University. His research focuses on land management policy in two discrete areas. The first relates to civil infrastructure projects and landscape-scale impacts on habitat, community resilience, and long- term land use planning; the second involves the utilization, conservation, and management of big game wildlife resources. For the past five years he has led various transdisciplinary teaching and research projects examining land and wildlife resource management conflicts vis-`a-vis

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

interaction and help break thetraditional lecture dominant pattern when cooperative learning protocols are deployed. Thepaper will illustrate how cooperative learning can advance academic success, quality ofrelationships, psychological adjustments, and attitudes toward the college experience. Whatneeds to be done to move the process forward? What are the key components of successfuldeployment of active learning in general and cooperative learning in particular? How tofoster and expand the community of engineering faculty who use cooperative learning?What plans, efforts, and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalize pedagogies ofengagement including cooperative learning at the department or college level?Next, it identifies barriers to

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sahid Linés Rosado Lausell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jana Sebestik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; George Reese, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Adam Poetzel, University of Illinois

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

; Middle School Student Interactions. Students in attendance during the fourth Saturday were asked if they enjoyed interacting and working with the undergraduate student volunteers. In the future, we hope to encourage more robust mentor/mentee relationships by allowingfor more interactions outside of the program. These strategies could include a PenPal program, ora visit day on campus so students can see what a typical day at a university looks like for theirmentors.Future Plans Research shows that providing long-term engagement is crucial in moving youth fromsimply having an interest in science to actually having the skills, knowledge, and self-efficacy topursue careers in science13

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Janice L. Hall, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Itshould be noted that Algiers is located in the West Bank district of New Orleans and was one ofthe less-impacted areas after Katrina, an “Immediate Opportunity Area”a as it would later becalled in the action plan set forth by the Urban Planning committee for the Bring New OrleansBack Commission.23 The vice president and Algiers legislators presented the proposal for thenew charter schools to an invitation only group on October 5, 2005 without informing theOPSB.21 The vice president for Algiers schools emailed the proposal to board members the nightbefore the scheduled OPSB meeting, which was held on October 7, 2005. It was announced atthe OPSB meeting by New Orleans Governor Kathleen Blanco that charter schools were to bebuilt in New Orleans and