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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yu Gong, Purdue University; Tugba Yuksel, Purdue University; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University; Lynn A. Bryan, Purdue University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

about learning with simulations. Table 1 showsparticipating students’ gender, disciplines, academic level, as well as their pseudonyms usedin the data analysis.Data Collection. Initially, students who volunteered for the study were required to fill out a Page 26.614.4background survey that included demographic information along with information about theirprior courses in QM. The participants were chosen based on the information given on thesurvey. Students’ self-report of comfort level on QM concepts was one of the importantcriteria for choosing participants in order to have a possible spectrum for different levels ofmetacognition. The additional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

taken to better understand student development of SDL. The most Page 26.1173.2significant course of action on our part was to extend the study beyond the 2nd year, and toincorporate more qualitative measures, namely focus groups1,2,3.Quantitative Survey Results (Years 1 and 2)While some significant differences in the quantitative survey data were measured between thetwo institutions, the resulting data showed surprisingly small changes in SDL competencies overthe first two years of college4. Figure 1 displays the learning and grade orientations (LOGO)attitudes and behaviors at four different points in time over two years for the two

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Utilizing Digital Technologies in Classroom and Distance Learning in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser I Alaeddine, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Konstantinos Kakosimos P.E., Texas A&M University at Qatar; Bing Guo, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Bilal Mansoor, Texas A&M Qatar

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Engineering Technology

-course implementations, as evidenced by the candidate status received at the end of the long- term assessments of phase five, can become a standard educational technology offering that is available to all faculty members.A graphical representation of the lifecycle is provided in figure 1 below. Phase 1 Feasibility Analysis Phase 6 Phase 2 Adoption and Scale Design and Development Phase 5 Phase 3 Multi-Course Implementation

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Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineeringdegree programs of 155.7. The GE+ program plans to seek accreditation under ABET’s generalengineering program criteria.BackgroundIn the 2005 publication, Educating the Engineer of 2020, the National Academy of Engineeringrecommended that undergraduate engineering programs introduce interdisciplinary learning and“more vigorously exploit the flexibility inherent in the outcomes-based accreditation approach toexperiment with novel approaches for baccalaureate education.”1 The American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME) Vision 2030 Task Force echoed this recommendation and named“increased curricular flexibility” as one of seven recommended actions intended to strengthenundergraduate mechanical engineering education.2 Developmentally, infusing

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Best of Computers in Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Computers in Education

course of short (1-2 week) timescales. A sub-question of the study is to see whether and how KB is affected by perceived accountabilitystructures. The evidence for addressing these questions comes from the KB discourse itself. Asub-goal of the work is to continue the development of tools needed to analyze KB discourse.Learning EnvironmentData was collected from a four-credit, semester-long undergraduate Strength of Materials coursetaught in the spring of 2014 with fifteen students enrolled at Smith College. The majority ofstudents were sophomores majoring in engineering science. All but one student had priorexperience with Knowledge Building from the pre-requisite course at our institution.Knowledge Forum itself is an online asynchronous

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Shari Ann Robinson, University of Florida Counseling and Wellness center

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Design in Engineering Education

of a capstone design instructor workshop forthe 2014 Capstone Design Conference.1. IntroductionEngineering capstone design projects are intended to provide a culminating experience forseniors where they solve a complex, open-ended design challenge that requires the integration ofmany of the engineering concepts mastered over their undergraduate careers. The students are intheir final year of study and are preparing to transition out to the workforce, graduate studies, orto the military or public service.According to the 2005 comprehensive national survey of capstone design programs conducted byHowe[1], 98% of the 444 engineering programs at the 262 responding institutions (representingabout 26% of all programs) included capstone projects as

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy L. Long III, The Ohio State University; Joseph Allen Kitchen, The Ohio State University; Trevion S. Henderson, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

urgent need to develop a well-qualifiedand diverse STEM workforce, underrepresented racial/ethnic minorities (URMs) such as Blacksand Latinos continue to make up only 7-10% of the science and engineering workforce.1 Evenwhen URMs enroll in engineering and related majors, they are more likely to switch to non-STEM majors and much less likely to complete their degree within 6 years than their Whitepeers.2-4 URM students in STEM report feelings of alienation and invisibility, difficulty applyingtheory and curriculum to practice, and a lack of pre-college preparation in STEM majors – all ofwhich may contribute to the aforementioned enrollment and departure trends.5To reverse these trends and address many of the challenges and barriers facing URMs

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Goodwin Roberts, North Carolina State University; Tuere Bowles, North Carolina State University; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

and motivated by NCState’s strategic plan to expand the proportion of transfer students, the College of Engineeringteamed with the College of Education at NC State. We established initiatives aimed directly atNC CC’s and their communities: 1) to disseminate accurate information regarding engineering atNC State and 2) to develop a valuable network of higher education institutions in North Carolina.In addition to promoting the transfer of high quality students into engineering at NC State, ourgoal was to improve their retention and performance. In this paper, we detail the strategies weemployed to achieve these goals, including programming and publications created by the Collegeof Engineering, targeted solely to NC CC students and advisors. We

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technologies I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Jodi Reeves, National University; Frank Xavier Montes; Tom J Gurbach

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Computing & Information Technology

college upper level management to quickly evaluate theuniversity’s performance by looking at the index score. The upper management can thendrill down and see which KPI’s were responsible for the change in monthly performance.Richland used these metrics until 2007, but the structure of their dashboard had evolved,adding visual cues in the form of traffic lights to allow for faster analysis10. Table 1. Richland College Data Dashboard9 Page 26.312.5In the year 2000, The University of California (UC) realized that it would need to makechanges to its business architecture to accommodate its projected influx of futureenrollments. Since the

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farah I. Jibril, Qatar University ; Bassnt Mohamed Yasser, Qatar University; Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University; Mazen O. Hasna, Qatar University; Mohieddine A. Benammar, Qatar University; Saud A. Ghani, Qatar University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

educationacademics and engineering curriculum developers.IntroductionLeadership definition varies to a significant extent, where each definition has different area offocus 1. One of the best ways to describe leadership is the “skills approach”, that emphasizes onthe skills or abilities that can be learned or developed. For instance, enhancing personalcapability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieveorganizational goals 2 is a competency development definition of leadership. One of the mainattributes associated with leadership is determination of a direction and influencing people inregards with values, vision, mission, and strategy 3. As the dynamics of societal development isat highest ever pace in the 21st century

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Jessica Menold Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and traits of an innovative engineer. Herhope is that this awareness of individual innovativeness levels will enhance engineering professionals andstudent’s innovative skillsets. Jessica is also interested in studying and teaching design thinking methodsto students, and is currently working to spread design thinking through mini-workshops across Penn State. Page 26.875.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Identifying and Assessing Key Factors of Engineering InnovativenessProject GoalsThis NSF REE project has four major goals: (1) to define the key characteristics of

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen M Clapper Bergsman, Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington; Laura J Collins, Center for Research and Learning; Jill Lynn Weber, The Center for Research and Learning; Lise Johnson, The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students into the world of sensorimotor neuralengineering research. The Center’s mission is “to develop innovative ways to connect a deepcomputational understanding of how the brain adapts and processes information with the designof implantable devices that interact seamlessly with the nervous system.”1 Researchers at theCenter aim to “create a closed-loop co-adaptive bi-directional brain-computer interface (BBCI)”which can both “record and stimulate the central nervous system to encourage neuroplasticity,promote recovery, and restore sensorimotor neural function.”1 This system is specifically beingdesigned for people with specific types of spinal cord injury, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, andother neurological disorders.Each summer, the YSP is

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Charles Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Erin McCave, Clemson University; Svetlana V. Levonisova, University of Southern California; Rachel Elizabeth Savage; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 26.186.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 An Inductive Qualitative Analysis of Student Interviews on Engineering Global PreparednessAbstractInternational experiences are increasingly viewed as an essential component of engineeringeducation. However, limited research has been conducted that leads to 1) a comprehensivedefinition of engineering global preparedness, 2) determination of how global preparedness isachieved, or 3) delineation of how particular experiences impact the development of students’engineering global preparedness. This paper discusses preliminary research findings from thesecond phase of a multi-institutional research project that investigates

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Rather we would like to examine a subsetof threshold concepts and illustrate, first, that they can form a design basis for development ofInteractive Virtual Laboratories where students can actively experience multiple representations,and, second, that experience with these virtual laboratories helps students learn.The following specific project objectives have been constructed to achieve this goal: 1. Validate a set of at least six proposed threshold concepts in thermodynamics. 2. Develop Interactive Virtual Laboratories to provide students multiple representations and help them experientially explore these threshold concepts. Develop the virtual laboratories based on engineering education best practices and multimedia

Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and ET

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Andy S. Peng, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint

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Engineering Technology

49.6% from 2000 to 20137. As shown in Figure 1, ashare of renewable energy has increased from 9.2% to 14% in the same period3. Page 26.542.2 Figure 1. The Share of renewables in electricity production from 2000 to 2013.However, this continued growth has brought about the problem of a serious shortage of skilledprofessionals. The type of workforce in demand not only includes engineers and technicians, butit also includes policy analysts, teachers, researchers, lawyers, regulatory experts, powermarketers, finance managers, environmental scientists, and many others. In short, there is a highneed for a workforce from diverse backgrounds

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng.; William Daniel Rosehart P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

, starting with the first-year design course and later moving into advanced design courses in the department of electricalengineering.Research Stage 1: Incorporating Games into the 2012 First-Year Design CourseAt the University of Calgary, all first-year students are enrolled in a mandatory introductorydesign and communication course, ENGG 200. This class is their first experience with Page 26.997.2engineering design and hands-on team project work. Students work within a team of fourthroughout the semester on several projects, ranging from three-hour design challenges to multi-week projects with detailed and complex task requirements. This course

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John B. Napp, University of Toledo

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Engineering Libraries

engineers. In 91.3% of firms without a degreed librarianengineers obtain information on their own. In 37.6% of firms without a degreed librarian asecretary or other employee has the library as part of their duties. Local libraries are used byengineers in 21.7% of firms without a degreed librarian. The reasons most often given for nothaving a librarian were “financial” in 44.2% of firms and “no need” in 40% of firms Figure 1. Information types needed at firms without a degreed librarian 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00

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Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Kylie Hensley, SUSTAIN SLO; Rachel Pittman; Jada Golland, SUSTAIN SLO

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

how the student narratives spoke to these two questions: 1)How is SUSTAIN different than the traditional course experience? and 2) How did SUSTAINaffect you?In their interviews, students reported that SUSTAIN SLO was different than traditionalexperiences as it included 1) open assignments and structure, 2) a new look at education andlearning, 3) different relationship with faculty and peers, 4) a recognition of the importance ofspace to be yourself, and 5) significant collaboration and team building. As for the impact ofthese differences, students reported 1) increased capacity for personal reflection, 2) a new senseof ownership in education, 3) a discovery of internal motivation and the joy of learning, and 4)deepened friendships that led to

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Steven L Shumway, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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International

Systems Optimization Lab(COSOLA) and the Brigham Young University (BYU) Technology and Engineering Education (TEE)Program to design a science and technology program to improve Dominican student academic knowledgeand skills.In 2007, COSOLA instituted the Matemáticas, Ciencias, Ingeniería y Lenguaje or Mathematics, Sciences,Engineering, and Language (MACILE) education program to help advance engineering and scienceeducation in less advantaged communities in the Dominican Republic (DR) (Shumway et al., 2010). Thetwo core objectives of MACILE are: (1) to develop solutions to optimally increase access to challengingand stimulating learning environments and quality MACILE resources; and (2) to nurture talented youngpeople from less privileged

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

sections and is still in use today. The general format of the blended and traditionalcourse remains the same: 2 hours of lectures per week and 2 hours of lab time per week.However, in the blended course, each 1-hour lecture in the auditorium is replaced by online self-study activities which also last one hour. Thus, instructor and students only meet face-to-facetwice a week, during the lab time to solve student’s problems and help them with hands onpractice. The self-study online activities consist of watching recorded audio-visual PowerPointlectures, joining online discussion, and completing exercise/quizzes before each face-to-face labtime. With 24/7 unlimited course content access online, students have more flexibility to learn atany time as

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles; John E. Shamma; Brian Phan, California State University of Los Angeles ; Howard Lum, California State University Los Angeles

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

implemented:  Three classes worked on four-point laboratory-bending tests (Figures 1 and 2) of a ductile iron pipe.  The freshman design course (CE 195) with 50 students (about eight groups of six) addressed a preliminary design of a pipeline network (Figure 3 and 4) that crossed an active fault line. They studied the impact of a rupture of this fault on the pipeline. They participated in the preparation and testing of a four-point pipe bending tests.  The junior structural laboratory course (CE 382) with eighteen students (about four in a group) analyzed the laboratory pipe test arrangement (Figure 5) using SAP2000 software with the pipe element as a structural element. They also participate in the

Conference Session

Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monika Herrmann, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Engineering Design Graphics

graphics courses. Thestrategy chosen for this study is a comparison of students’ initial perception of their preparednessat the beginning of the semester with their confidence level based on accomplishments at the endof the semester. The outcome of this study hopes to illustrate that the chosen methods cansupport instructors of early engineering graphics courses in sustaining a quality educationaloutcome as well as offering tools and experiences to students to encourage them in takingownership of their education. Figure 1 depicts the strategy for this study. Page 26.392.2Figure 1. Strategy of StudyIntroduction“I am more of a visual learner” is a

Conference Session

Hands-on Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

instructors.Active distance learning environments typically capitalize on high-speed Internet connectionsusing televised lectures and demonstrations via satellite connections, video streaming, orconferencing applications. Typical streaming, collaboration, and conferencing applicationsinclude Adobe Connect Pro, MSN Messenger, Yugma, iPod/iPad, Google Chat, Skype,Facebook, YouTube, and others are typically utilized in the on-line teaching environment4.Couse Delivery Methodologies 1. Synchronous/real-time lectures Planning, designing, and implementing active learning in a distance education environment is similar to those activities for traditional classes except that planning for courses without face- to-face contact makes the design process particularly

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luke S. Lee P.E., University of the Pacific; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Hector Estrada, University of the Pacific

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Mechanics

addressed in this study. (1) Do students participating in a flipped instructional delivery section of an engineering course learn more than those in a traditional lecture-based section of the same course? (2) After controlling for prior academic achievement (in general, using college GPA upon course entry) and initial levels of content-specific achievement (using pre-quizzes associated with each topic), do students participating in a flipped instructional delivery section of an engineering course perform better on content-specific achievement measures than those in a traditional section of the same course? Page

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Artem Bezrukov; Petr Osipov; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University

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International

ofqualified engineering educators (as well as other education specialists) and the governmentinvited them from Europe, especially from Germany. The history of Russian science andengineering in the 18 – 19 centuries is full of European professors, who taught students inMining Institute (founded in 1773) and Road Institute (founded in 1809). The late 19 Centurywas the time when the first polytechnic schools were established in Russia, such as Polytechnicschool in Kazan (1890) to satisfy the needs of growing Russian industry.Engineering education in the Soviet times was the necessary tool to satisfy tremendous internalneed for industrial specialists, while globalization was not the beacon to follow [1].Internationalization existed, however, in a form of

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Deify Law, California State University, Fresno

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Mechanical Engineering

the suggested and/or gradedhomework problems.Case 1 – University of St. ThomasFor the section of students studied at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) 41 studentswere enrolled in the course. These students were mostly seniors. The class had three 65 minutelectures and a two hour lab each week. It is noted that assigned readings for the class were fromA Brief Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 5th edition by Young, Munson, Okiishi and Huebschthough the chapters were not covered in the order laid out in the table of contents. The suggestedproblems came from a mix of various textbooks and instructor written problems. The gradedhomework problems were newly created by the instructor for each graded homework assignmentso that students could

Conference Session

Faculty Development I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim L Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

, misses much of the largerpicture and places too much of the onus to change on the faculty members.BackgroundIn 2006, the author completed a study that was aimed at shedding some light on the parts of theuniversity teaching picture that for too long had been left in the dark: the good teaching.[1] Theresearch was initially inspired by the disjuncture between the plethora of negative critiques ofteaching in research universities and the author’s personal experience as a graduate student andinstructional consultant in those settings. Excellent teaching in those settings had been generallyoverlooked in the literature, and much of the existing research on effective teaching was focusedon instructors’ actions – what they did in their classrooms

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Talat Salama, Central Connecticut State University; Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Glynis Fitzgerald, Central Connecticut State University; Lee W. Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Mary M. McCarthy, Central Connecticut State University

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Construction

education needs to be assessed as compared to on-ground (in the classroom) education. To continue growth and experience in e-learning,universities are encouraged to develop online graduate and undergraduate courses andspecialized certificate programs. A large comprehensive state university in New England,Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), created a task force to look closely at theuniversity’s online and hybrid courses to ensure that the university delivers high quality onlineand hybrid instruction. Comprised of educators, administrators and technology experts, the taskforce’s objective is to develop recommendations to ensure that 1) online and hybrid coursestaught at this state university reflect the best practices for online course

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Sowa P.E., University of Alaska Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

PedagogyIntroductionThe flipped classroom is attracting considerable attention in the academic world at both the K-12and college level, as evidenced by a number of recent articles.[1, 11] However, rigorous researchon student outcomes is still sparse.[2, 6] While a few studies indicate student success in upperdivision STEM courses,[8,10] questions remain about whether or not students in lower-divisioncourses, particularly freshmen, have the study skills required to succeed in flipped classrooms,where preparation prior to class and self-motivated learning is required.These incoming students are at particularly high risk for attrition from STEM fields for a varietyof reasons, including uninspiring introductory courses, difficulty with math, and an

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

satisfaction that extends their scholarship on SocialCognitive Career Theory11. In this process model, the authors posit that worksatisfaction is influenced by 1) one’s affective traits, 2) participation in goal-directedactivities, 3) environmental supports and resources, 4) work self-efficacy and 5) bothexpected and received works conditions and outcomes. The relationship betweenenvironmental supports and resources and work satisfaction is both direct and indirect.Indirect factors include one’s participation in and progress toward goal-directedactivities as mediated by work self-efficacy and work conditions and outcomes. Theadvantage of this work satisfaction model is that it acknowledges both subjective andpsychological forms of well-being along