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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, University of California, Merced

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. Drawing from the works of Israel Scheffler, we stress why addressing thephilosophy of engineering is a rational necessity for the discipline of engineering education andwhy in lack of systematic training, emergence of epistemically incoherent or dogmatic attitudes ispossible.IntroductionEpistemology or theory of knowledge, in broad sense of the term, is the study of components,conditions and sources of knowledge 1 . It is the task of engineering epistemology as an activeresearch area to ask what constitutes engineering knowledge and to give an account ofengineering as a unique field 2 . From an educational point of view, developing a meaningfulunderstanding of engineering knowledge is essential to synergistically make explicit (1) theengineering

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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given in exhibit 1 shows. These were not dissimilar to those found amonghigh school students in the U.K by G. Jones in 1963 (items 28 and 29). But in the U.K. theengineering profession was more bothered by D. G. Hutchings (item 27) who reported thatstudents entering engineering studies from schools were less able, as measured by universityentrance results, than those entering science studies.It seems that findings such as these influenced policy making in the U.K. The ‘poor’ image ofengineering bothered both educationalists and industrialists. The professional institutions heldmany meetings on the topic, and there was little doubt that concern for the image of theengineering profession contributed to the creation of the Council of Engineering

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth R. Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Kurubel Belay, University of Maryland

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. Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is to investigate the longitudinal progress of studentsparticipating in the FYSE program, focusing on L&S students’ transfer into the School ofEngineering and engineering students’ progress toward degree completion. As a work inprogress, we ultimately seek to assess the impact of the FYSE program on engineering studentdevelopment and their progress toward an engineering degree. Methodology From summer 2012 to 2017, there have been 240 FYSE participants, including 106students majoring in engineering and 134 students in the Letters & Sciences division as reportedin Table 1. Ninety-three percent of the FYSE participants successfully completed

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Stacey McAdams; Julie Gaudin; Madison Abigail Walker, Society of Women Engineers; Tyler Scott Fontenot

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lifeexperiences. One of the most challenging transitions for someone to make is to move from thecontrolled environment of high school to the more independent atmosphere of college. Manyuniversities implement mentorship programs to help their students make this transition. In thepaper “Engineers Need Mentors Too!” the authors describe a successful mentorship programcalled GUIDE where they pair first-year engineering students with an upperclassman and agraduate student. From the survey data collected by the authors, they concluded that “having amentor made adjusting to college life an easy transition. [1]” Similarly, Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale instituted a program with their residential first and second yearengineering students. The students

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego; Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jana Milford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michelle Ferrez, University of California, San Diego

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compared tostudents who attended better-resourced schools [1]. Four-year engineering and computer sciencecurricula are designed for students who are calculus-ready, but many students who are eager tobecome engineers or computer scientists need additional time and support to succeed. The needfor an extra year of targeted support to prepare highly-motivated but underprepared studentsdrove the creation of the Engineering GoldShirt Program at the University of Colorado Boulder(CU-B) in 2009. The name was derived from the practice of “redshirting” in college athletics -providing athletes with an extra performance-enhancing year to prepare them to compete at thecollege level [2]. The NSF-funded Redshirt in Engineering Consortium was formed as

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico

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and mentoring, as one of the leading elements that contribute to students’ success [1],figure 1. Figure 1: Elements of Students' Success [1]In practice, peer tutoring has been utilized to support students in large introductory classes, suchas math, chemistry, and biology, with little-to-no support in engineering classes. Tutoringservices that target lower level engineering courses have been limited to individual attempts orclub organizations, e.g., IEEE and HKN. Additionally, limited studies are evaluating generaltutoring services in higher education [2].In 2017, the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at California State University,Chico established a tutoring center to provide drop-in tutoring

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rachel Ann Baker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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1, 2, and 3 . This ability can be used as a prognostication factor for achievement andattainment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 4, 5 . It is well documentedthat 3D spatial skills can be developed through practice. Sorby has shown that a course aimed atdeveloping the 3D spatial skills of first-year engineering students has a positive impact on studentsuccess, especially for women 6 . The research team has developed a semester-long online, spatialskills workshop. The content incorporates online resources related to mental rotation, 2D and 3Dspatial visualization, and abstract reasoning. An experimental group of female first-yearengineering students will participate in the weekly online workshop. To assess

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal S. Corbett, Louisiana Tech University

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managed various educational enterprises. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Redesigning Curriculum to Foster Student SuccessMotivationFor years various organizations and institutions like The National Academy of Engineering [1],the National Science Foundation [2], and the American Society of Engineering Education [3],have called for curriculum reform in engineering education. On group called Big Beacon, whichwas formed by faculty at Olin College and Illinois Foundry for Innovation in EngineeringEducation developed the Big Beacon manifesto which points out that the best students of today“come to school in search of the excitement of creating cutting edge technology or

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University

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-predictedacademic success. The results of the first semester of the program pointed to success for somecategories of students, suggesting the overall concept is promising.BackgroundAll engineering students at Clemson begin their academic journey as a GE major and arerequired to complete a first-year curriculum sequence before declaring their intendedengineering major, shown in Figure 1. To matriculate outof GE and into a degree-granting engineering major,students must pass the following classes with a C or better,and meet the grade point ratio (GPR) requirement for thedesired engineering department: Chemistry, one semester;Calculus I and II; Physics, one semester; GeneralEngineering, two semesters; and English Composition.Most departments require a 2.0 GPR

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2018 International Forum Paper Submissions

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José Carlos Quadrado P.E., P. PORTO

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Vasudeva Rao Aravind, Clarion University; Marcella Kay McConnell, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

knowledgebackground in geometry and trigonometry. We made a computer based personalized tutoringsystem using state of the art tools provided by Carnegie Mellon University's Cognitive TutorAuthoring Tools (CTAT). In this work, we describe steps that went into building this highlyeffective tutoring system that challenges the students with a problem, provides immediatefeedback, and offers need based hints at different levels, leading the student to solve the problemcorrectly.KeywordsEngineering education, Physics Education, STEM education, Mathematics education, VectorAlgebra.IntroductionThe entire framework of physics in higher education is built on vectors 1 Students study classicalmechanics grounded in Newton’s laws, built on vectors. Principles of

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Jose M Reyes Alamo, CUNY - New York City College of Technology

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canassign. This has been the traditional way of giving students homework. However, unless theseproblems are counted for credit some student may lack the motivation to practice using them 1.Other students may feel overwhelmed with the assignments or get frustrated when using acompiler or IDE as they may not understand where the problematic code might be 2.On the faculty side of things, assigning programming problems is always a challenge. Assigningtoo few problems poses the risk for students not practicing enough. Assigning too manyproblems may become a burden at the time of grading and providing feedback 3. More facultyare relying on online system for practicing programming in order to provide students with moreproblems to practice, give them

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

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changes in the parabola shape while thehorizontal distance versus time is always linear in shape. The causation of higher v0 for longerflight time can be deduced inductively after doing a few graphs. A deductive calculuspresentation of differentiating v0 with respect to flight time would belong to the academiclearning approach2, which is teaching time efficient for those students very familiar withcalculus. Every student is expected to be familiar with the quadratic equation solution in algebrathat time = P + Q*sqrt(-1) or P – Q*sqrt(-1) when b*b is less than 4*a*c given the a*x*x+ b*x +c = 0 format. The minimum initial velocity to reach ground from a depth of -120 m can bedemonstrated by extrapolation (about 48 m/s) on a graph of Q*Q versus

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Yasser R Salem, University of the District of Columbia; Paul Cotae, University of the District of Columbia

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real user traffic can get through thenetwork. The attacker can immediately shut off most legitimate TCP sources even though the rateof attack is low and weak. The TCP operates on longer timescales of retransmission timeout (RTO)where the minimum recommend RTO is 1 second. In each period, the wave has a magnitude ofzero except of a one unit time. The wave, also, has a magnitude of a normalized burst. Commonto the above, attacks are a large number of compromised machines involved in the attack andapproach high-rate transmission of packets towards to hack nodes. An attacker which consists ofperiodic “on-off bursts” exploits the homogeneity of the TCP’s RTO mechanism. In the timedomain, this attack can be modeled by a set of three parameters in7

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College

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ancient method of Egyptian fractionscan be used for this purpose when teaching parallel resistors, whether a professor has a totalresistance or a particular resistor in mind, or whether they want to use standard manufacturers’values.KeywordsAlgebra, Electrical Engineering Education, IEC Standards, Mathematical Analysis, ResistorsIntroductionWhen teaching introductory electronics courses, I try to use examples with integer solutions inorder to give students a better sense of the quantities involved in the circuits. This is similar to“when a teacher is first introducing students to the Pythagorean Theorem, she usually likes to giveexamples that have easy numbers, ones that don’t get too ‘messy’ in their calculations.”1 Whenteaching the Pythagorean

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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David Timothy Lee, George Washington University; Carl E. Wick Sr., George Washington University; Hernan Figueroa

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Applying Scrum Project Management Methods in Biomedical and Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design Courses David Lee1 , Carl Wick1 , and Hernan Figueroa2 1 Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University Mar. 15, 2018AbstractThe Biomedical engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments at GeorgeWashington University have traditionally used a waterfall project management methodologyfor their two and three semester capstone design courses. We noticed that this approach re-sulted in incomplete senior design projects

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Paul Jason Weinberg, Oakland University

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, diagnosing related direction, rotation, lever arms, constraint via the fixed pivot, and tracing.These mechanistic elements are ordered as levels in the construct (Table 1). The mechanistic elementsare ordered from least to greatest hypothesized difficulty. == Table 1 ==Item Design 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of ColumbiaAfter the construct levels and associated performances were specified, twenty-one assessment itemswere developed. The AMRP is composed of items with short-answer questions that require participantsto draw predicted motion. (Appendix A)Developing Scoring ExemplarsOnce items were developed, scoring exemplars (i.e., scoring

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Tak Cheung

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Armendariz, Queensborough Community College Assistant professor of physicsKimberly Anne Riegel Kimberly Riegel has been an assistant professor at Queensborough since 2015. She completed her Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University and undergraduate at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Her research interests focus on the area of the physics of sound particularly related to noise control using computational and numerical simulations.Dr. Rex Taibu Dr. Rex Taibu has taught studio physics classes for several years. His teaching experience has shaped his research focus. Currently, Dr. Taibu is actively engaged in 1) promoting scientific inquiry attitudes in students through designing, implementing, and assessing in

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia (UDC)

needed in older ones. In this paper, weprovide an over view of some of emerging disruptive technologies and discuss curriculumchanges needed to prepare our students for careers in the industries of the future.KeywordsCloud computing, cyber physical systems (CPS), embedded processing, internet of things (IoT),and machine-to-machine (M2M) learning.1. IntroductionIn the past decade, professional business, entrepreneurial and economics publications [1-11]have provided lists of emerging disruptive and potentially transformative technologies, and theirpotential applications that will have massive and broad impacts on the quality of life, businessand global economy. The list of identified disruptive technologies include cloud computing,mobile internet

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University

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1. Mock peer assessment. Early in the semester, a lab report assessment exercise wasperformed in class so that students had a better idea of what type of assessment they had to performin this class. In this exercise students were given a sample of previous semester lab report. Studentstogether with the instructor, performed the assessment of the lab report following a detailed rubric(Table I). The main objective of this exercise was to familiarize students with the rubric and theprocedures that are used to perform peer assessment. Of great importance is that students acquirea good sense of what is meaningful feedback, so that their peers can benefit from the peer reviewprocess, and enhance the quality of their technical report.- Step 2

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

, energy generation systems, consumer electronics, environment, and national security. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Human-Co-Robot Interactions: Real-time Feedback or not? Christian E. López1, Conrad S. Tucker12 1. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 2.Department of Engineering Design The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802Introduction Future State

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Zoe Zyvith, Rutgers University; Mark Thomas Trevena, Rutgers University; Andrew Yong; Ryan Lamantia; Lana E Sharp, Rutgers University; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. His research interests include the application of wireless sensor networks in biomedical and environmental domains and performance analysis of communication systems over fading channels. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Geothermal Heating and Cooling at the Massachusetts General Hospital Zoe Zyvith1, Mark Trevena1, Ryan Lamantia1, Lana Sharp1, Andrew Yong1 and Sasan Haghani,2,3 1 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854 2

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Alexander T Wray, Purdue University Northwest; Nuri Zeytinoglu P.E., Purdue University Northwest

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University Northwest Dr. Nuri Zeytinoglu has been a faculty member at Purdue University Northwest since 1987. He teaches thermodynamics, mechanics of materials and computer aided design in the department of mechanical and civil engineering. Currently he is the program coordinator at Westville campus c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Identifying Boolean Logic Processes via the Basis of a NACA 2415 Airfoil Alexander Wray1, Nuri Zeytinoglu2, and Connor Feeney3 1 Purdue University North Central Mechanical Engineering Student 2 Purdue University Northwest Program Coordinator for Mech. Eng. Department 3

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

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cognitive loading for engineering and technology students. A maximum workingmemory loading for a student can be assessed with a design that compartmentalizes the longterm memory, short term information storage memory, and short term working memory for themanipulation of information. Innovative learning examples such as kinematics with algebraiccomplex numbers, relative velocity matrix transformation from 1-Dim to 2-Dim with createdcollision parameters, and collision with apparent mass from spring energy were delivered tostudents while the working memory cognitive loadings were controlled. Our assessment showedthat a critical thinking element is only recognizable after a student could reach the workingmemory capacity required in the solving of a

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Beth Carle, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology; MICHAEL E LONG LONG, Rochester Institute of Technology

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employed.RIT Applied Critical Thinking Milestone AssessmentsRIT’s framework has evolved as we have refined our initiative. The overarching goal is to provideevidence of students’ abilities to demonstrate and achieve applied critical thinking skills that willserve them in the future. Table 1 below provides a summary of the university milestoneassessments and RIT’s developmental approach to defining and assessing applied critical thinkingskills, and are in addition to program- and course-level assessments. These university-levelassessments draw from general education and academic degree program goals and student learningoutcomes, experiential learning opportunities, the National Survey of Student Engagement(NSSE)6 and RIT’s Alumni Survey7

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Timothy Matthew Murray, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

-Monitoring, HealthcareIntroduction According to the American Heart Association’s 2017 heart disease and stroke statisticsupdate, an estimated 92.1 million adults in the United States live with at least one type ofcardiovascular disease.1 This number is expected to grow, as 44% of the U.S. population ispredicted to have some form of cardiovascular disease by the year 2030. Cardiovascular diseasecontinues to be a problem of concern in the medical field, and new innovations in monitoring andmanagement of cardiac patients are needed. Currently, medical wearable technologies are risingto this challenge, as they provide effective collection of important physiological data using aninterface that is familiar and comfortable to the user. It is

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Pubudu Samarasekara; Khushpreet Kaur

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Microstructure of Iron in Thin Film Magnets Prepared by Spin Coating and Sol gel Techniques Sunil Dehipawala1,Pubudu Samarasekara2,khushpret Kaur1 1. Department of Physics, Queensborough Community College of CUNY, 222-05, 56th Ave, Bayside NY 11364, USA. 2. Department of Physics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri LankaAbstractMagnetic thin films such as iron and nickel oxides have a variety of technological applications. Iron andNickel oxide thin films have been synthesized by the Solgel technique and spin coating method. Inaddition magnetic properties, Iron oxide thin films also exhibit semi

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Paul Cotae, University of the District of Columbia; Luis P. Aguinaga, University of the Distric of Columbia

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connectionsthat a node has is the most important thing.We define as: ∑ (1) 1 0 In this case the network can be characterize by the matrix DC or an equivalent vector DC 0 ⋯ 0 ⋯ ≡ ⋮ ⋮ ⋱ ⋮Closeness Centrality (CC) Now let’s say that the most important thing is that a node is close to another node. Orin other

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Chen Xu, New York City College of Technology; Ohbong Kwon, New York City College of Technology; Juanita But, New York City College of Technology; Benito Mendoza, City University of New York; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology, CUNY; Robert Ostrom

of recitation workshop integrated with the PLTL strategies.The new course design was piloted in a semester and the results were compared with a controlledsection using a uniform final exam at the end of the semester. On average, the piloted PLTL sectionperformed approximately 15% higher than the non-PLTL sections.KeywordsEngineering Education, Peer-led Team Learning, Electrical Circuits, First-year Student 1. IntroductionNew York City College of Technology (City Tech) of The City University of New York (CUNY),is the largest four-year public college of technology in the Northeast and a national model fortechnological education. City Tech has an enrollment of more than 17,000 students in 26baccalaureate and 27 associate degree programs. The

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Marcia Ford, Murray State University; Kevin T Perry AIA, Murray State University; Brian Giltner, Murray State University; Melanie McCallon Seib, Murray State University

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, ExperientialLearningIntroductionMurray State University (MSU) is a four-year public university located in Murray, Kentucky.MSU serves an 18-county region located in western Kentucky, which is considered one of themost economically distressed areas of the United States 1. The eighteen counties of MSU’s serviceregion have a lower income per capita than the national average, with 15 counties having a lowerper capita income than the state of Kentucky2. For the 2015-16 academic year, MSU had a studentpopulation of approximately 11,000 students, with 50% of those students from the 18-countyservice area3. Located in MSU’s Jesse D. Jones College of Science, Engineering and Technology,the Institute of Engineering (IoE) offers five-degree tracks, Engineering Physics