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Writing and Communication I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

writing from completing these reports.This project officially began in summer 2012 with one comprehensive goal – to help the GTAseffectively evaluate student writing in their lab courses. Knowing that a faculty member in theuniversity’s Department of Physics had developed a one-day training session for GTAs involvedwith the first-year physics sequence required of all engineering students, my first step was tomeet with him to learn the structure and results of his efforts. While the actual structure was notgoing to be applicable to our needs (the Physics assignments required much less writing and,therefore, less feedback), the program was successful in reducing the failure rate by a significantamount thanks to a GTA handbook, common rubric, and

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2B: Strategies for Writing and Communication Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto; Micah Stickel P.Eng., University of Toronto; Brian M. Frank, Queen's University; James A. Kaupp, Queen's University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #16755Early English Language Assessment to Improve First-Year Student SuccessDr. Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto Penny Kinnear currently works with the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Toronto where she focuses on the development and delivery of Professional Language support for a highly student body. She has a background in applied linguistics, second language and bilingual education and writing education. She is co-author of the book, ”Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education: An in- troduction through narratives.” Her current research projects include a longitudinal study on

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Student Success II: Self-Regulatory, Metacognitive, and Professional Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Chen, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Educational Research and Methods

improving STEM learning over the past fewdecades. The majority of such projects has been focused on improving the learning of subjectcontent and student success through, for example, improving classroom teaching [e.g., refs.6, 7],curricular reform [e.g., ref.8], or providing more and better design experiences [e.g., refs.9, 10].Little attention, however, has been given to the incorporation of reflection to promote learningand the experience of learning. The psychologist Ellen J. Langer exposes the pitfall of a lack ofreflection11: Learning without being mindful sometimes leads to rote exercising that could buildbad habits and prevent learners from seeing how to apply knowledge learned in one context toother, very different ones. As Lang12 points

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Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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New Engineering Educators

, she employs active learning techniques and project-based learning. Her previous education research, also at Stanford, focused on the role of cultural capital in science education. Her current interests include en- gineering students’ development of social responsibility and the impact of students’ backgrounds in their formation as engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Formative Peer Assessment of TeachingIntroductionTeaching assessment in American institutions of higher education is often viewed as a high-stakes endeavor with the potential to impact faculty promotion and tenure decisions. Despite theimportant role teaching assessment plays in a

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Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Findley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, as well as the aesthetics of speed and performance in the automobile industry.The ninth week of the course examined aspects of industrialization and project management,with the continuing dual perspective of the artist and engineer. Course participants were firstintroduced to the processes and principles of mass and lean production. As the week progressed,the class considered a variety of topics, including 3rd century BC Greek innovations in the massproduction of decorative mold-made ceramic bowls and the ways in which the massive projectsof artists Jean-Claude and Christo can be viewed as examples of corporate management and themanagement of populations.The other weeks of the course were built along similar lines, with each week exploring

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Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado, Boulder; Frederick A. Peck, University of Montana; Julie Cafarella, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacob (Jenna) McWilliams, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, 7, 8] in order toexamine aspects of the “weeding out” process. This perspective is part of a broaderproject in the social sciences over the past several decades, a project that explores howboth persons and forms of social organization are constituted through social practice.Among the major aims of this work has been to challenge conceptions of culture as astable and relatively unproblematic body of knowledge that is transmitted from onegeneration to the next. Instead, culture is seen as a dynamic process in which humanagents create meaning by drawing on cultural forms as they act in social and materialcontexts; in so doing people produce themselves and others as certain kinds of culturallylocated persons while at the same time reproducing

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Listening and Negotiation

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Cheryl B. Schrader, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development, Engineering Leadership Development Division, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Immediate Past-President of WEPAN, was PI on Tech’s NSF ADVANCE grant, a member of the mathematical and statistical so- cieties Joint Committee on Women, and advises a variety of women and girl-serving STEM projects and organizations. She is a past Vice President of ASEE and current Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Dr. Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas Kim LaScola Needy is Dean of the Graduate School and International Education at the University of Arkansas. Prior to this appointment she was Department Head and 21st Century Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engi- neering from the University of Pittsburgh

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Teaching and Advising Tools Using Computers and Smart Devices

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT); Barbara Louise Stewart, University of Houston; Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston (CoT)

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

learnersmove from topic to topic, managing a range of personal learning projects rather than a set, formalcurriculum; and d) mobile learners move in and out of engagement with technology. Sharples, etal., as a further step in postulating a theory of mobile learning, set forth characteristics thatdistinguish mobile learning when compared to other types of learning and make it worth specialconsideration. They acknowledged that considerable learning occurs outside classrooms. Theydocumented contemporary accounts of ubiquitous use of personal and shared technologies thatenable successful learning. Conclusions that they reached included: a) it is the learner rather thanthe technology that is mobile; b) learning is interwoven with other activities as part

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Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology

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Computing & Information Technology

intellectually may prevent them from creating an effective solution.The goal of our project was to create narratives (case-studies) that students could understand,relate to, and be engaged with, so they can be used as the contexts to learn problem-solving andprocedural programming skills in the flowcharting component of the PS course. Since studentsknow what is relevant to them, we selected a group of five students majoring in ComputerSystems to help us develop those narratives.The use of student-developed narratives affected performance in different flowcharting structures(sequence, selection, repetition) differently. Overall, the data suggests that the use of case studieswas beneficial for increasing performance in flowcharting assessments using

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Student Success I: Interventions and Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben Pelleg, Drexel University; Kristin Imhoff, Drexel University ; Kevin Ayers, Drexel University; Philipp A. Boettcher

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineering & Me- chanics department, serving as a professional academic advisor to over 550 students. In January 2012, she became the Program Manager for Assessment & Retention for the College of Engineering, coordinating accreditation efforts for 12 ABET-accredited undergraduate programs and an ACCE accredited program. She created the Academic Center for Engineers (ACE) in the Spring of 2013 to provide tutoring support for engineering courses. She was promoted to Associate Director for Assessment & Retention Projects in July 2015. Kristin has completed Drexel’s Supervisory Certificate Program and ABET’s IDEAL Scholar program and is currently working toward completion of an M.S. in Human Resource Development

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ABET Innovations

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2016 EDI

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Michael K. J. Milligan P.E., ABET; Joseph L Sussman, ABET; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sarah A Rajala, Iowa State University

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ABET

, grouping them into six topic areas that would drive a possible major change to Criterion 3.• This possible change would also serve to align ABET criteria more closely with Washington Accord graduate attributes referencing project management and finance• The Criterion 3 task force presented their findings to the full EAC in July 2013 and their work was transferred to the EAC Criteria Committee 32Process for Evaluation of Criteria 3 & 5 (5)• In July 2014, the EAC posted language articulating a potential revision to Criterion 3 on the ABET website and circulated this to constituent groups for informal comment in the fall of 2014• More than 100 comments were received from

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Audrianna Rodriguez; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali; Shannon Ciston; Melissa L. Whitson; Viktoria Zelenak Berendt

blue-collar oriented jobs to white-collar service relatedprofessions” 2 education becomes essential in providing career readiness. In consequence, manyhigher learning institutions have experienced an influx in enrollment rates among a variety ofstudent populations. Adult learners are one of many student groups expected to proliferate withinhigher education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2009 report,by the year 2018, it is projected that the number of students 25 to 34 years old will increase by © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 9 2016 ASEE Rocky

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International Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University; Ashok Ranade, EE Collaborative

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Diversity

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International

engineering education 30. The EuropeanCommission 6 report states that entrepreneurship competency development does not necessarilyinvolve a specific school subject, instead it requires a way of teaching (that can be adopted byall the subjects) in which experiential learning and project work have a main role . Further, thereport adds that the development efforts have to inspire students to develop an enterprisingattitude and require school environment where creativity and risk-taking are encouraged, andmistakes are valued as a learning opportunity 6.Research DesignMost of the studies on entrepreneurship relate to developed and not developing or emergingeconomies 31, 32. It has become important to study the emerging economies as they are growingrapidly

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Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Saed Talib Amer, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

Solving. In STEPS courses students integrate what they are learning inscience, mathematics and communications, couple it with teamwork and project managementtools and build a working prototype of a useful machine. The requirement to start the STEPScourses is that they should complete the first course of Physics and two levels of communicationclass. After successful completion of the courses in Arts & Sciences, students enter one of the sixengineering departments to do upper level courses and pursue a specialized engineering degreeprogram.The Institute strives to develop students as whole persons and as the future leaders in theirrespective fields of expertise in the UAE and globally. ADNOC the sponsor company of ThePetroleum Institute has

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Exploring Research Methodologies in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan L Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jack S Rossetti, Syracuse University; Michael Garrett, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University

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Student

Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California. Prof. Ahn has extensive research experience in combustion, power generation, propulsion and thermal management. He performed an experimental investigation of catalytic and non-catalytic combus- tion in heat recirculating combustors, solid-oxide fuel cells, micro heat engines, thermoacoustic engines, and thermal transpiration based propulsion and power generation. He has worked on a DARPA project to develop an integrated microscale power generator based on a solid-oxide fuel cell employing hydrocarbon fuels. Currently, his research is conducted in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER) at SU. Prof. Ahn has published over 20 papers in peer

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omaima Almatrafi, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Huzefa Rangwala, George Mason University; Jaime Lester, George Mason University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

distinct feature other than the similarity in the above findings. Thegraph is more connected in the H group, particularly in the last two years. It may suggest thatstudents in CEIE (H group) have formed their cohort and are enrolling in classes together. On theother hand, we watch enormous repetitions of the courses taken in different semesters for the Lgroup, which may propose a split in the group; some students may fail a prerequisite course thathindered them from advancing with the rest of the group.6. ConclusionIn this paper, we present the importance of tracing students’ course taking patterns in pursuanceof understanding the appropriate sequential courses that could improve students’ performanceand education quality. We project the

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

developed.My thoughts about modifying the morally deep approach to design occurred concurrently with aservice project at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.5 It was during this period that Ilearned a great deal about the Lakota people and found inspiration in their wisdom tradition.From my perspective, the prayer (Four Directions) and visual metaphor ( Medicine Wheel) theLakota use in explaining life offer one approach to enriching the morally deep world designparadigm in the ways in which I was seeking.Pine Ridge Reservation, and the Wisdom of the Lakota Medicine WheelThe Pine Ridge Indian Reservation) is an Oglala Lakota Native American reservation located inthe U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the

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Notable Topics in Civil Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

assignmentAmong senior civil engineers, seven (of the 18 who completed the assignment) indicated someattributes of professional civil engineers that they thought were missing from the BOK list.These included: awareness, foresighted, humble, intellectual, negative attitudes (anger,judgmental, stress), neutrality, punctual, responsive, and resourceful. For example, one studentnoted: One important attitude for professional engineers that I think might be missing is “foresighted.” In matters of design and sustainability, it is important for a civil engineer to be able to project into the future and anticipate future needs.Only three senior civil engineering students indicated personal attitudes that were important andmissing. There

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Manuela Restrepo Parra; Laura Meszaros Dearolf, The Perry Initiative ; Lisa L Lattanza MD

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

) and projected (2016+)female enrollment in the orthopaedic residency class. “Baseline” represents model withparameter values reflecting our current program evaluation results. “Worst-Case” reflects worst-case assumptions for parameter values in terms of recruitment and retention in the orthopaedicspipeline. Considering the duration of our programming efforts (Figure 3), if we were to cease allprogramming immediately (2015), our past programming efforts would yield a peak diversity of27% female in 10 years (2025) before declining back to the 14% baseline within 12 years (2027).Similarly, if we were to continue programming only for 5 more years (until 2020), we wouldexpect an identical peak of 27% female within 10 years. This peak would

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

balancing5.The motivation of this project is to develop an interactive and computer-controlled unit that servesan ad hoc learning tool to the BMS context in battery related coursers. This paper presents theupgrade of previous learning tool5 with exchangeable battery cells and updated software. Theenhanced learning tool emulates the battery terminal voltage for up to 12 serially connected cells.Each cell’s voltage can be manually adjusted to simulate SOC changes. Connecting thismulti-channel battery emulator to a Linear Technology LTC6802 BMS board6, a safe and quicklearning environment can be realized. By manually changing the cell voltage on the fly, theovercharge, over-discharge, and balancing condition of each cell can be emulated and the

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College; Adrienne J Gauthier, Dartmouth College

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

encompasses a broad range of activities that engage thestudents in meaningful learning.2,5 While homework and laboratory sessions likely includemeaningful learning activities, advocates of active learning focus on approaches that take placein the classroom in place of traditional lectures.2 Felder and Brent use the following definitionfor active learning: “anything course-related that all students in a class session are called upon todo other than simply watching, listening and taking notes” (p. 2).6 Active learning strategiesinclude the use of clicker questions in class, peer instruction, inquiry-based learning,collaborative learning, and problem- and project-based learning.4,5,6, 7Many active learning strategies have been used successfully in

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Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nazmun Nahar, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; John Devitry, Utah State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

in an engineering graphics course. 1) The requirements forthe project were open-ended, 2) Students were encouraged to create unique objects, rather thancopy an example design, 3) Students were forced to consider the internal features and meshingapproaches of multiple objects that normally would not be combined, and live examples of thethought process were provided, and 4) Students were encouraged to think of engineeringgraphics as an aesthetically-pleasing production.Limitations and Recommendations As an initial study that developed pilot data, this research had a small dataset of only 4samples. More samples would be ideal. For this study, the same instructor was used for all foursections – which was necessary to avoid confounding

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Exploring Research Methodologies in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Algeo Wilson IV, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; James Blake Gegenheimer

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Student

, Louisiana State University Adrienne Steele has over 15 years experience in STEM education. Currently, Adrienne works at Louisiana State University, managing all aspects of the STEP project that consists of a large-scale peer mentoring program in the College of Engineering. Previously, she founded and coordinated the Scope-On-A-Rope Outreach Program (SOAR) in the Department of Biological Sciences, where she worked for 10 years. Prior to her positions at LSU, Adrienne was the Science Education Curator at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum in Baton Rouge. Adrienne has a Master of Science degree in zoology from LSU, where she studied in the Museum of Natural Science collections, and an Education Specialist Certification in

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

-5 take away ideas. TheMoodle gradebook provides a low maintenance method of measuring student progress throughthe program. Content and goals for the modules are briefly discussed below.Cultivating Perseverance. Based heavily of the work of Angela Duckworth’s Grit Scalestudents are asked to rate a series of statements such as “I have difficulty maintaining my focuson a project that takes more than a few months to complete” according to how similar thestatement is relative to how they see themselves [11]. The students are directed to view aTedTalk by Angela Duckworth about Grit and the importance of perseverance in achievingsuccess [12]. This module about perseverance is aimed at helping students see the relationshipbetween their daily

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Nite, Texas A&M University; G. Donald Allen; Jim Morgan, Charles Sturt University; Ali Bicer, Texas A&M University; Robert M. Capraro, Texas A&M University

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Mathematics

where he and two colleagues presented their work related to the Aggie STEM project. He is currently involved in research in four school districts and more than 20,000 students and 80 teachers. His editorial work includes Associate Editor of the American Educational Research Journal, School Science and Math- ematics, and Middle Grades Research Journal and the Research Advisory Committee for the Association of Middle Level Education. He was selected as a minority scholar for 2007 by the Educational Testing Service and served as president of the Southwest Educational Research Association. He is the author or co-author of three books, several book chapters and more than 100 articles on mathematics education, quantitative

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Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Eitel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Joshua Peter Hill; Felix Jun Jie Zhang-Xu; Kathy Shiang Chiou, Kessler Foundation

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Materials

. However,carefully selected hands-on case studies may provide the opportunity to engage students inmaterials and process selection at each stage of the design process.The use of guided case studies, rather than open ended design challenges (common in upper classand senior design projects), provides students with the opportunity to be active participants in thematerials selection and design process as a limited subset of materials and processing methodscan be made available for hands-on investigation. A suitable case study should be chosen for itssignificance and relevance in modern society. Further, the product should be familiar, allowingstudents to draw on their own experiences, interests, and background knowledge to inform andscaffold the

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part I: Artifacts for Creative Pedagogy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo; Alec Roberto Zavala, California Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

used K’nex to teach engineering, thereneeds to be a sharing of ideas, innovations and best practices. The ARCE program at Cal Poly isleading the effort to start a consortium of universities that would facilitate such collaboration anddialogue with the goal of incorporating the K’nex Corporation as part of the effort.Bibliography1 Ressler, S. “The Project Management K’nexercise: Using Role-Playing to Facilitate Learning About Design andConstruction.” 1998 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, ASEE, 1998.2 Estes, A., LaChance, E, and Ressler, S. “K’nexercise: Introducing Students to the Key Participants in the Design-Construction Process.” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, ASEE, 2002.3 Estes, A.C., and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian E Faulkner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

as a direct prerequisite or corequisite.We chose this criterion because these courses are expected to be the most directly impacted bythe calculus sequence. We narrowed the sample pool by selecting only those faculty memberswho taught these courses during the Fall 2014 or Spring 2015 terms (a pool of 60 faculty). Thisensured that these faculty members remembered their experiences teaching the selected courses.On occasion participants encouraged us to interview another faculty member who failed to meetour criteria but were considered to be important voices in our campus’s dialogue about this topic.Two such faculty were added to the sampling pool. By the end of the project, we plan tointerview at least two faculty members from each of the 12

Conference Session

Distance Learning in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Pickard, East Carolina University; Jimmy Bill Linn, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

State University, ERIC # ED1154542. Hall Jr T.M. A quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of simulated electronics laboratory experiments. Journalof Engineering Technology. 2000;17(2):60.3. Stotter .P.,L and Culp G.H. (1973) The use of modular computer-based lessons in a modification of the classicalintroductory course in organic chemistry. Education Resources Information Center Publication. ED084770.4. Woodfield B.,F, and Asplund M.,C. Virtual chemlab project: Realistic and sophisticated simulations for freshmanand sophomore level chemistry. J Chem. 2005;229:U569.5. Linn J., B.Using MultiSim/ electronic workbench® in basic electricity courses in lieu of or to complement livelab experiments. Technology Interface International Journal. 2015.

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vasiliki Ikonomidou, George Mason University; Anastasia P Samaras, George Mason University, VA USA; Vikas Kotari, George Mason University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

project, two steps are planned to helpbetter assess this point: (a) introduce a self-grading step for the first homework assignment, toavoid students ignoring its results based on a good grade given for effort only, and (b) refine ourquestions to probe specifically for the rubric and the effect of the first homework assignment.The main trend that emerged from our results is that confidence in their ability to solve theassignment problems was the main factor for student choice. Given that most students perceivedthe homework as “difficult” or “challenging”, as indicated by answers to the question “How doyou think the level of this assignment compares to the level expected of the class, as specified inthe rubrics provided,” this indicates that