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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Melissa Divonne Dean, Mobile Area Education Foundation; Judith French Duke, Mobile Area Education Foundation

, Mobile Area Education Foundation Judith Duke is a retired elementary and middle grades classroom teacher. She received an undergraduate degree in elementary education from Mobile College and a master’s degree in middle school mathematics education from the University of South Alabama. For two years she served as a master teacher for the SECME (Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering) Summer Institute. She is currently working for the Mobile Area Education Foundation as K-8 Program Coordinator supporting projects such as the Engaging Youth through Engineering (EYE) Program, a STEM initiative centered around workforce development. As part of the EYE Program she helps develop STEM curriculum for the middle

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Robert Shultz, Drexel University; Gabriel Burks, Drexel University

addition to providing participants with an opportunity to apply their newly gained knowledge of statistics, the “build” phase of this project gives participants experience with the general engineering design process, including iterations of prior designs, adhering to design criteria, and operating within externally determined design constraints. Page 18.26.4 Review (15 min):2015-ASEE-K-12-Proposal-Form_DrexelGK12.docxPage 3 of 8 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL FORM 2015 Annual ASEE K-12 Workshop on Engineering Education “Authentic Engineering: Representing & Emphasizing the E in

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Veronika Zhiteneva, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

engineering on other disciplinesin realizing a successful project. The demonstration would allow groups of four to build a modelhome that a) is aesthetically pleasing, c) recycles water and d) demonstrates economiccompetitiveness in comparison with other model homes.Workshop attendees would first be introduced to typical home building materials and thereasoning behind their common usage. These materials would be provided in the form of coloredcardboard – red for bricks, brown for wood, grey for steel, and thin plastic sheets to representglass. Each material would be given a monetary value, determined by how much heat it retains(ie glass is attractive so it is expensive, but is a poor conductor of heat, so would fall in themiddle of the cost spectrum

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jessica L. Isaacs; Anthony Bellezza; Vicki Brown

aspects of the pitch as well asobtaining course credit. In the end, the authors saw no real difference between the two cohorts interms of motivation or excitement of project. This was reinforced qualitatively with nosignificance between the average scores of the two cohorts (Figure 2). To make any realconclusions based on the outcomes of the two cohorts, a larger sample number (number ofparticipating teams) is necessary.VI. AcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank Dr. Chris Kitts (Santa Clara University) for the opportunity to participatein the Nike+ Digital Sports Product Concept Challenge; The Kern Entrepreneurial EngineeringNetwork (KEEN) for funding and Nike, Inc. (Beaverton, OR) for supplying the sensors.VII. Bibliography1. National Academy of

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Doug Kim

. Rappaport (2002) Wireless Communications - Principles and Practice. Prentice Hall2.  Cisco Systems (2012) Challenges of unlicensed Wi-Fi deployments: A practical guides tocable operators. Cisco Systems3.  Carr, J.; Frank B. (2007) Active learning using guided projects in an upper year ECE course.Presented at 2007 ASEE Annual Conference4.  Border, D. (2012) Developing and designing undergraduate laboratory wireless sensornetwork. Presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference5.  Crilly, B (2013). A novel approach to teaching an undergraduate electromagnetics, antennaand propagation course. Presented at 2013 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Paul B. Crilly

1 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conferencewidely used undergraduate EM textbook that includes a good introduction of antenna theory.The classic antennas book by Krauss presents an in depth theory of antennas. Silver11 coverspractical antenna theory and practical projects for the practitioner.Portable Analyzer to Enhance the Laboratory ExperienceIn this section we will describe the various experiments that have been done using the portableanalyzer.A. Antenna radiation patternAs already stated, the portable analyzer has the capacity to both generate and receive an RFsignal. Thus we can measure the radiation pattern of the test or prototype

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Felipe Pait

capableof operating with the concepts acquired. Ideally, in order to execute an engineering project; or atleast to grow to a higher level of understanding, and begin a course of study that will lead there,without throwing out the ladder after having climbed its steps. In a minimal, almost caricatural,version, agency can mean solving homework exercises and answering exam questions. Notnecessarily irrelevant, as solution of problems correlates to understanding, this version becomescounterproductive when it replaces completely the more general idea of agency. The tail wags thedog, Goodhart’s LawA rears its ugly head. In the infamous closed–book exam, teaching rules, andlearning runs away. Whoever has ever heard of engineering done by an individual

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Mahbub Ahmed; Lionel Hewavitharana; Scott McKay; Kendra Ahmed; Mamunur Rashid

could be done as a student project, that waystudent(s) will enjoy doing the hands-on work. On the other hand, if a similar setup is purchasedfrom the market, that could easily cost between $10,000 to 20,000.Hydrostatic Force on a Submerged Surface Experiment SetupThe setup is widely used to find the total hydrostatic force and center of pressure of a submergedsurface. The proposed experimental setup is shown in Figure 2. A cylindrical quadrant is hingedat the axis of it. It has two concentric cylindrical surfaces such that the pressure forces on thesesurfaces pass through the center of the quadrant that causes zero moment. The entire quadrant isproposed to be made using a 3D printer. The quadrant will be placed in a fish tank. Rod andhinge

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Heath Schluterman; Candace Rainwater; Leslie Massey

offered astwo, one-credit hour courses each semester of the first year. The students meet for two 50 minutelectures and one 50 minute drill section each week, as well as a 30 minute peer mentor meeting.This results in a total of 180 minutes of weekly contact. In general, lectures focus on engineeringproblem solving, drill sections focus on major selection and professional development, and peermentor meetings focus on personal and academic success. The lecture content is further dividedinto spending roughly half the time on theme-based team projects and the rest on basicengineering skills used by all engineering students.Course Content: Technical MaterialThe topics covered in the Introduction to Engineering I course include the following

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Heather McCain

Professor of the Practice at the University of Kansas and the soleproprietor of hjm Training and Consulting. She works with companies to implement continuousimprovement methodologies and provides training on quality, project management, and processimprovement. She was the Quality Manager for Consumer Product at Garmin International, aConsulting Engineer at Hallmark Cards, and held various positions AlliedSignal (nowHoneywell) Aerospace and Automotive. She has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kansas 5 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Robert M. O'Connell

, respectively.These results suggest that midterm exams, used properly for formative assessment, can beeffective at improving student learning, in response to initially-posed question. One area for 4 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)continuation of the project will be to examine why the improvement in scores for ILO pair 3,4 isconsistently smaller than for ILO pair 1,2.References1. Biggs, J. and Tang, C., Teaching for Quality Learning at University 2nd ed., SRHE &

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Craig V. Baltimore; James Mwangi

: Proper Mix Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 364 Figure 5: Buttering the Block Figure 6: Level the PrismStudent Hands-On Experience 3: The construction of a masonry wall with a professional mason.By working directly with a professional mason, the student saw how the paper design actuallytransferred to reality. Such issues as dimensions (conform to block unit dimensions) andreinforcement bar clearance can have a great negative impact on project if not

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Explorations in Mechanics Pedagogy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Graves P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Young Hwan Chun, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and book chapters on these

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Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics Education Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Design Graphics

students learn the computer-aided manufacturing programFeatureCAM. In the laboratory portion of the course students are guided through the process forcreating numerical code for the machining of various components; this course is denoted – CAMCourse. There is also a project that entails students creating the required numerical code for themanufacture of an artifact of their choosing of moderate complexity.As mentioned previously, the Revised Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Visualization ofRotations (Revised PSVT:R)20 is used to assess spatial ability in this work. The Revised PSVT:Ris a multiple choice test that consists of 30 questions that ask respondents to evaluate how one setof rotations is related to another set of rotations. An example

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica M. Cortez, Texas A&M University; Teri Kristine Reed, Texas A&M University; P.K. Imbrie, Texas A&M University; Sylvia E. McMullen, Blinn College; Jackie Perez, Texas A&M University

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years of educational leadership, business development, project management and educational research to her role as President for the Brazos County campuses of Blinn College. She has worked specifically in data management and education reform with more than 500 schools districts in Texas, Nevada, Arkansas and New Mexico. She was project director for the Nevada Race to the Top application and served as a senior consultant to Dell Services on education data manage- ment in the development of integrated data warehouses in the Pk-20 environment. McMullen has a Master of Educational Administration from Texas A&M University and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston. She has served on numerous state

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Faculty Development II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

by Borrego and Henderson12.MethodologyThe data used in this paper were collected as part of a three-year project studying long-termfaculty development groups in engineering. The purpose of the groups was to broaden the use ofevidence-based teaching practices in engineering courses. In particular, the project was focusedon broadening the use of interactive teaching and formative assessment. Most of the instructorswere interested in finding ways to engage students during class and learn more about students’learning process. Each group was led by a facilitator who was a faculty member with a history ofinnovative teaching using evidence-based pedagogical practices. Groups of 4 to 8 engineeringinstructors were formed at four geographically

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Teaching and Learning Strategies I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University

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, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota and his PhD in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. He has over six years of industrial experience as a bridge construction project engineer for a construction contractor and as a research engineer for the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory in Port Hueneme California. His teach- ing interests include construction equipment, cost estimating and construction process design including online and hybrid classes. His research interests include highway and heavy construction methods, road maintenance methods, innovations in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qichao Wang, Virginia Tech; Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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over $2,400,000 worth of funded research, with a credit share of more than $1,750,000. Dr. Abbas is an award recipient of $600,000 of the Federal Highway Administration Exploratory and Advanced Research (FHWA EAR). The objective of the FHWA EAR is to ”research and develop projects that could lead to transformational changes and truly revolutionary advances in highway engineering and intermodal surface transportation in the United States.” The award funded multidisciplinary research that utilizes traffic simulation and advanced artificial intelligence techniques. He has also conducted research for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program on developing ”Traffic Control Strategies for Oversaturated

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Horstman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Danielle Jamie Mai, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yanfen Li, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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3 A panel of faculty discussed assembling a research statement to provide a broad outlookspanning various fields. A brief presentation about what to include in a research statementinformed the audience and sparked questions for the open discussion that followed. The facultymembers also discussed the challenges of writing research statements and proposals. A seminar on grant proposals provided basic information on how to develop a grantproposal. This topic was selected because successful grants are often needed to support aresearch group and secure funding for research. In this seminar applicants received in-depthinformation about what to include in the project summary. The speaker was adamant that theproject summary is the key to a

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ERM Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Elizabeth Bumbaco, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

engineeringstudents in their perceptions and enactment of critical thinking? For the purpose of this paper, thefocus will be on one of the major categories discovered between the two groups of students: howstudents use and perform critical thinking.MethodologyThis study is the pilot phase of a larger project aiming to understand critical thinking for studentsand faculty in humanities and in engineering. As a pilot, four to five students each fromMaterials Science & Engineering and English were selected. Selection was based on requestingsenior students from both departments to respond to an interest email and/or in-class visit. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five senior year undergraduate Materials Science &Engineering students and

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Working in Teams: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mott, California Polytechnic State University; Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University

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for Engineering Education, 2015 Achieving High Functioning Teams Using Team-Based Learning in Flipped Classrooms   Abstract Achieving high functioning teams is essential for successfully implementing flipped classroomsmethods relying on collaborative learning. Team-Based Learning is a unique approach toflipping a classroom because of its prescribed framework. This paper provides quantitative andqualitative data showing that teams are high functioning and high performing yet minimalinstructor guidance and intervention is required when Team-Based Learning is used inmechanical engineering courses. Introduction From lab to design courses to group projects in general education or major courses, students

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Firdous Saleheen, Temple University; Salvatore Giorgi, Temple University; Zachary Thomas Smith, Temple University; Joseph Picone, Temple University; Chang-Hee Won, Temple University

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computer engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the director of Control, Sensor, Network, and Perception (CSNAP) Laboratory at Temple University. Previous to coming to academia, he worked at Electron- ics and Telecommunications Research Institute as a senior research engineer. Currently, he is actively guiding various research projects funded by National Science Foundation, Pennsylvania Department of Health, and Department of Defense. His research interests include stochastic optimal control theory, sensing systems, and virtual laboratory assistant. Page 26.449.1

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ning Wang, University of Houston; Siu Chun Michael Ho, University of Houston; Qianlong Lan, Texas Southern University; Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Gangbing Song, University of Houston (CoE); Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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engineering-related subjects. It makes possible the offering of real Page 26.487.3 Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE North Central Section Conference 2 Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education experiments (e.g., FPGA, CPLD, PIC microcontrollers) to a particular group of users through any computer network.” 7. This remote laboratory uses Browser-Server architecture software.• UTS Remote Labs: UTS Remote Labs is “part of Lab share, an Australian Government funded project that aims to create a national network of shared, remotely accessible laboratories.” 8. This lab

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Computer-Based Tests, Problems, and Other Instructional Materials

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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modified. Both these tasks are outlined in this paper. The server system with a databaseof problems already existed from the previous laptop-based testing system.2 Tablet OS and Model ChoiceBefore actual tablet app development could start, the actual tablet model and operating systemsneeded to be chosen. With the large number of tablets on the market, this was not a simple task.It was determined that the main constraints included 1) cost, 2) ease of programming, 3) limitingcommunication type apps, 4) and capability to install custom apps. When this project was started,Fall of 2013, there were two main types of tablets, Apple iOS and Google Android

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University; Suzette R Burckhard, South Dakota State University

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at the Learning Cloud Academy in July, 2011 - 10/6/20115. Embedded Assessment: Quality Control vs. Quality Assurance - 12/1/116. Use of Rubrics in Assessment - 2/9/127. Discussion of College of Engineering collaborative project proposals for the SDSU Academic and Scholarly Excellence fund – 3/22/128. Collaborative project proposals – 4/12/129. Active Learning – 10/9/1210. Academic Quality and Rigor – Grading. The College of Engineering portion of the campus-wide discussion – 11/13/1211. What is Rigor and Quality? – 2/18/1312. What is Rigor and Quality? – 3/15/1313. Research Based Classroom Practices that Improve Student Learning – 9/17/1314. Team-Based Learning & Immediate Feedback forms – 10/15/1315. Curriculum planning in College

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ordel Brown, West Virginia University

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how theperformance reports provided by an audience response system (ARS) affect the cooperativeinstructor-student assessments. Specifically, we are interested in how the public display of theperformance reports affects these assessments. Page 26.675.3Course Structure and ARSThe ARS was utilized in an introduction to MATLAB course, ENGR 102. It is a three-credithour, project-based course and a prerequisite for all majors. Students complete three projects inaddition to smaller assignments, quizzes and exams. It is offered in multiple sections eachsemester and students meet with instructors for a total of 1.5 hours each week.The ARS that was

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Epistemological Foundations of Global Competencies: A New Theory to Advance Research on Global CompetenciesIntroductionAround the world, many influential stakeholders are concerned with increasing globalcompetitiveness of engineering graduates by increasing their global competency. Recent booksfrom the US, Australia, and Europe attest to growing interest in global engineering.1 In sum, Whether working on multi-national project teams, navigating geographically dispersed supply chains or engaging customers and clients abroad, engineering graduates encounter worlds of professional practice that are increasingly global in character. This new reality

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Broadening Participation in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Coleen Carrigan, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Jim L Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Priti N Mody-Pan, University of Washington; Dawn Wiggin, University of Washington; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington

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Engineering Pro- gram,” Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 2014. Synergistic Activities & Projects in Education Co-Principal Investigator, Washington STate Academic RedShirt Program (STARS). Grant increases the retention rate of economically and educationally disadvantaged students in Engineering, (2013-present). Principal Investigator, Early Engineering Institute. Grant increases the math aptitude and interest in en- gineering for 144 middle and high school students from rural Washington communities, (Summers 2012- present). Affiliate Associate Director, NSF Research Experience & Mentoring. Grant provides funding for six incoming UW freshmen to

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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DeLean Tolbert, Engineering Education, Purdue University; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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withproblem solving processes [20, 21], and finally they work on an eight-week design project wherestudents are tasked with not only solving a problem but identifying (and making an argumentfor) a problem to address [22].Study DesignStudents are recruited to spend three hours independently designing a playground for a fictitiousneighborhood and are compensated for their time. Students are asked to “think aloud” as theywork to solving this open-ended and purposely ambiguous task. Verbal protocol analysis andvideo analysis technique provide a research approach which allows the research team to uncoverinvisible thought processes. The thought processes are then analyzed using a coding schemeinformed by: (1) The second author’s modified version of

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Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

innovation must be recognized and supported byadministration. Like research, faculty get to choose with whom they collaborate, creatingcollegial partnerships rather than receiving mandated course assignments. These principles areenacted through simple principles such as convening regular meetings (e.g., weekly) to discusscourse development even among non-instructing faculty.Through SIIP, a number of RBIS have been adopted in core engineering courses. These RBISinclude project-based learning, problem-based learning, flipped courses, peer instruction, andcontext-rich collaborative problem solving. This last RBIS has been adopted by many CoPs witha high degree of fidelity, meaning that there was a consistent implementation of the keyresearch-supported