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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory E. Triplett, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jenilee Stanley-Shanks, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lori A. Floyd-Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

of Institutions of HigherEducation [1]. As the 4th largest academic unit on VCU’s campus, the School of Engineering iscomprised of 2,000 students with demographics that reflect the diverse community in which itserves. The development of collaborations such as public-private partnerships and projects withlocal communities has been VCU Engineering’s essential ingredient for talent development, notonly because of well-established relationships with the business community, but also becausethese community partnerships give way to a continuum of college-bound students that translatesinto a sustainable diverse STEM pipeline. The desire to expand the number of public-privatepartnerships within the local community, however, presents both

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ieshya Anderson, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

context to the data. The memos will also capture researcher reflections anddecision-making processes during analysis. The memos may also provide details about thecommunity and participants.Preliminary ResultsThis work in progress is transitioning from secondary to final data analysis. At this point, thereare five categories which will help develop themes for this research. One category linksengineering as a cultural strategy to survive. Another category points to engineering as a processfor community development. A third category maps Tohono O’odham values to engineeringdesign traits. Two other categories are not directly associated to engineering but rather tocommunity self-perceptions as a result of engineering impacts.SignificanceQualitative

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Computing & Information Technology: Curriculum and Assessment

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Xiangyan Zeng, Fort Valley State University; Chunhua Dong, Fort Valley State University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

engaging students in interdisciplinary /multidisciplinaryundergraduate research activities. This goal is also fully aligned with the Universitymission that states "FVSU mission is to promote academic excellence for theimprovement of the quality of life for the people it serves"Statement of SignificanceFor the first time, the computer science program at FVSU is planning to conduct a majoreffort to improve and enhance programming knowledge and skills of its students whileprogressing through the program, enhance retention and graduation rates, and engagestudents in enrichment programs. The significance of this project is as follows: 1. Enhance the course curricula of all CS upper level courses (3xxx/4xxx) to reflect the most current

Conference Session

Curriculum and the Classroom

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Gary Teng, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engineering Management

consideration of higher level factors and strategy. The benefit of this approach isto change the thought process of students and elevate their viewpoints to a higher and morecomprehensive level.There are positive feedbacks from students regarding the work on the case study. The realbenefit comes from students’ reflection on different decision-making situations during classdiscussions and case study presentations. They have embrace more elevated level of economic,technical, and business issues in their discussions. However, there was one issue that caused thefaculty to consider further improvement of the case study. This issue was the lack of globalperspective in the investment strategies students have developed. Most of the case workpresented by

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University; Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineers to theentrepreneurial mindset. This paper will review in depth three different modules created and presented to students.The projects vary from elective courses (intro to biotechnology and polymer science) to requiredcourses (heat transfer operations and process design). The projects included an attempt to explorea contrarian viewpoint by evaluating “bad” plastics, design of a shower without electricity and thedesign of a heat exchanger for commercial scale brewery. The projects were all evaluated usingstudent surveys and post implementation reflection by the faculty. The authors believe these samemodules can be implemented in similar classes at other institutions with equal success.Background The National Academy of

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Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University ; Reuben F. Burch V, Mississippi State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

internshipfor at least one semester during the 2017-2018 school year. The questionnaire will requestdemographic data, ratings of the internship administration, ratings on work environment, andsuggestions for improvement. For sport coaches/assistant participants, the questionnaire will beused to assess the supervised students’ performance but more effectively used to gather feedbackon the program structure overall.Lessons from Pilot Semester The pilot phase of the internship program ended December 2017. Assessments to capturepost participation viewpoints from interns and supervisors are in development and will besubmitted to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for review. Still, reflections by Dr. Burch andDr. Young yield several preliminary

Conference Session

Understanding Student Development in Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bin Lei, Drexel University; Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Design in Engineering Education

information and resources to aid in the information gathering phase ofthe design process. In addition to the engineering and science concepts relevant to the project,the online lectures provided information regarding project management techniques such as workbreakdown structure, network diagram, Gantt chart, and bill of materials. To close the designcycle, students are asked to make brief presentations on their designs to the class before theycomplete the distance trial. This metacognitive exercise enables the teams to reflect on what theydid during the term and provides an opportunity to share their experience with others in thesection. They are asked to address the following questions: 1. Who are your group members and what is your car's name

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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Estridge Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Amy Charlotte Martin P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Terri S. Hogue, Colorado School of Mines

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, while identifying the cohort of the participant. All survey questions wereapproved by an external program evaluator (per NSF requirements) before they wereadministered using the free Google Forms product. The pre-program surveys were completedprior to WE2NG orientation, weekly surveys were completed at the end of each week, and, toallow time for reflection, post-program surveys were completed within two weeks after theprogram-end. For purposes of consistency, master teachers did not participate in these surveys.Surveys included both qualitative (written, non-numerical) and quantitative (raked, numerical)responses. The results presented in this study only consider numerical responses presented asaverage responses, representing the arithmetic

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Symone Whipple, Kennesaw State University; Shelbie P. Prater, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

making apps isconsidered part of engineering”.Another participant indicated that the camp helped them to learn more about engineering. Hesaid:“I learned that there is a wide variety of engineering. I thought there was only, like, four parts ofengineering in the career section, but I learned that there is a lot more and they all do differentthings and it’s not just building stuff”.Another participant indicated a change in his understanding about how engineering can be used.He said:“I thought engineering was mostly math and like mechanical things but I didn’t know that youcan tailor engineering to business”.Shifts in Attitudes after Workshop CompletionResults reflect that participants’ attitudes towards engineering changed upon the completion

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Imagining Others, Defining Self Through Consideration of Ethical and Social Implications

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis Papak, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. We show how students' conceptualization of differentstakeholders was relational, in that the ways in which pregnant women were conceptualized wasentangled with how Target was conceptualized. We also argue that the way students constructvarious stakeholders over three focus group sessions constrained how they were able tounderstand any of the stakeholders as causing harm or being harmed.Introduction Engineering ethics educators have developed a wealth of curricula that engagesengineering students in learning about codes of ethics and micro-ethical issues. However, muchof these curricula does not engage how technology's design and implementation is reflective ofsociopolitical systems and never value-neutral or how ethical design

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Internship, Co-Op, and Professional Development Programs

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ford Motor Company ; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #23905Exploring How Engineering Internships and Undergraduate Research Expe-riences Inform and Influence College Students’ Career Decisions and FuturePlansKayla Powers, Stanford UniversityDr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of ePortfolio Initiatives in the Office of the Registrar at Stanford University. Chen’s current research interests include: 1) engineering and entrepreneurship education; 2) the pedagogy of ePortfolios and reflective practice in higher education; and 3) reimagining

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First-year Programs Division: Collection

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Christopher Peter Scianna, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

this outreach program isa focus on student engagement in the form of community service and service learning.In embarking on service learning in engineering, faculty at Northeastern looked at other hallmarkprograms and research to prepare. Bringle and Harcher define service-learning as “a course-based, credit-bearing, educational experience in which students (a) participate in an organizedservice activity that meets identified community needs and (b) reflect on the service activity insuch a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of thediscipline , and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility.”[2] There is a section in this work onfirst-year students, where there has been assessment showing significant

Conference Session

EDGD: Assessment & Student Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R. Bartholomew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Esteban Garcia; Emily Yoshikawa, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Liwei Zhang

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Engineering Design Graphics

traditional scoring approaches?Graphic Design Project Assessment Many students are new to the idea that design is a continuous process of iteration and thatimplementing design projects in problem-based learning scenarios requires students to gothrough a process of reflection, critique and revision (Larmer, Boss, & Mergendoller, 2015). Inthis research we specifically introduced students to the concept of re-iteration using ACJ as atool for peer and self-assessment. We wanted to investigate if ACJ would allow students toexperience this continuum formatively through ranking their own, and their peers’, designs.After each ACJ-session, and the accompanying receipt of peer-feedback, students had anadditional week to revise their designs before

Conference Session

Two-year College STEM Programs Meeting the Needs of Industry

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia; Tammy Wooten; Mozhgan Bahadory

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Two-Year College

address some ofthese concerns. The program is intended to be a support to new instructors to ensure they areintroduced to the College on-line systems and to support their pedagogy as well. It has made fora more positive experience for both instructors and their students alike.ConclusionSystematic planning that considerers all aspects of the program as a single system, has allowedus to gain success in student recruitment, retention and job placement. Industry involvement inthe program has helped to create a program with content and structure that fulfills industry needsand supports student success. Student success in the program is reflected in the high level of jobplacement we have seen.This material is based upon work supported by the National

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Modeling, Inquiry, Engineering Literacy & Argumentation

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherina V. Tarnai-Lokhorst, Camosun College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

measures. In this way, teachers maximize studentengagement and creation of physics knowledge, building on what was learned in previousclasses. The purpose of this method is to allow students to play with applying physics knowledgein new relatable ways. The small groupsreport on their work by answeringdiscussion questions designed to guidetheir reflection on both the process and thelearning they acquired (Figure 2). In thefinal phase, which may occur in afollowing class period if the cohort needsmore time during the session for their teamwork, the teacher facilitates a large-groupdiscussion of the outcomes, generating Figure 1: Facilitating the discussion on student-based contexts

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis E. Monterrubio, Robert Morris University

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Mechanical Engineering

properly Work Results are correct. results are incorrect. described and results are incorrect. Conclusions All results match. Some information is Conclusions are Convergence with respect missing. Results have a vague. to the increment in the larger error than expected. Student doesn’t number of DOF was reflect understanding identified. Describe of the topics covered advantages and in

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

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Engineering Libraries

, funding DMPs were not covered in theclassroom. Thielen et al. developed and taught a for credit course on Data Management for graduatestudents in climate and space sciences.[5] For this course, students had weekly assignments towrite a section of a DMP based on that week’s classroom activities. The final project thenconsisted of combining these sections in a comprehensive DMP. This student assignment is anexample of the project DMP. The authors note that: 1) the DMP “was not tied to any fundingagency requirement”, and 2) the assignment may be revised in the future and limit the DMP totwo pages to “more accurately reflect federal funding agency requirements”.[5] Thus, theauthors acknowledge the funding DMP (i.e., a desire to limit the DMP

Conference Session

Hands-On Skills in BME

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renata Fortuna Ramos, Rice University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

grades.Survey ResultsTo understand the students’ perception on the usefulness of the intervention, students in theexperimental group were asked to reflect on the modules in terms of their complexity, theireffectiveness as a learning tool and the ease of use of the step-by-step manual associated witheach module. A five-point Likert scale was used to measure the student responses on the threedimensions (Figure 4, n=103).When asked if the modules displayed an appropriate level of complexity, 62% of the studentsagreed or strongly agreed, 22% of the students responded in a neutral manner and 16% of thestudents disagreed or strongly disagreed. While these results suggest that complexity could beincreased in the available modules, it is important to note that

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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Environmental Engineering

Incorrect Partially Correct CorrectFigure 3. Results from midterm and final exams when students were asked to describe twomethods of removing water hardnessPost-exam student feedbackIn a follow-up survey, conducted after the semester ended. Students provided reflections onwhether or not the activity helped them better understand the concept of water hardness. Theyalso were asked to provide their input on how to improve the activity in the future.Representative quotes are provided below:“I really like hands on experiments in class because they help me better understand the materialtaught in class and apply it to real world scenarios. During the water experiment, I realized that[College Name] has pretty hard water. I was then able to tie together

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

, etc. e) Complexity of topic, i.e. whether the topic is too simple or too complex. f) Scientific integrity and depth of analysis, i.e. how good are the technical aspect and analysis of the project outcome.Implementations of new techniquesThe new techniques implemented in the post-changes case are based on having the students bewriters, readers and reviewers while providing them as much feedback as possible. Thefollowing is a list of the changes that were applied and their justifications. I. Provide more feedback more often: This is a key issue and is reflected in most of the changes implemented. Unlike most of the traditional problems in engineering where a numerical answer is often the result of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; William Zamora, Califonia State University, Chico; Colleen Robb, California State University, Chico; David Rahn, California State University, Chico

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

formteams with entrepreneurs who learn Lean Startup in concert. This paper describes theexperiences and observations while adopting the Tech Startup model in its first two academicterms. We summarize how the Tech Startup model is applied to a Software Engineering courseand reflect on the lessons learned. We supplement the instructors’ observations with datacollected from surveys on students’ attitudes and experiences. We also describe a formativeevaluation and compare how our adaptations to the courses’ implementation of the Tech Startupmodel affected students’ learning experiences. Finally, we recommend best practices andadditional learning activities based on our findings.Background. Active learning pedagogy contrasts with traditional

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yufang Jin, University of Texas, San Antonio; Timothy Yuen, University of Texas, San Antonio; Stephanie Ann Garcia, University of Texas, San Antonio; Robin Lynn Nelson, University of Texas, San Antonio; Ruitao Jin, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Electrical and Computer

theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, funded and supported by National Science Foundation(#1525345).References[1] F. Martin and J. C. Whitmer, "Applying learning analytics to investigate timed release in online learning," Technology, Knowledge and Learning, vol. 21, pp. 59-74, 2016.[2] J. Mott, "Envisioning the post-LMS era: The open learning network," Educause Quarterly, vol. 33, pp. 1-9, 2010.[3] Y. Xie, F. Ke, and P. Sharma, "The effect of peer feedback for blogging on college students' reflective learning processes," The Internet and Higher Education, vol. 11, pp. 18-25, 2008.[4] P. Black, C. Harrison, C. Lee, B. Marshall, and D. Wiliam, "Working inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

opportunities. In “reflexivity”, individuals observe social andeconomic arrangements in the environment, and through reflection, they are able see possibilitiesof new and creative social realities. They thus create opportunities rather than discover them. Despite calls for more qualitative research and specifically exploring the stories ofentrepreneurs to generate theories, there have been virtually no studies within engineeringentrepreneurship education that focus on analyzing the narratives of engineering studententrepreneurs. There is one qualitative study that looks at engineering students perceptions ofstudying entrepreneurship during a specific course or program (Taks, Tynjala, Toding,Kukemelk, & Venesaar, 2014). This study adopted a

Conference Session

Computer-related Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Allen Hotalen Jr., ECU Department of Technology Systems; Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

component idea will be used to displaythe score/messege board (a table) containing all users name, score, and related messages in thelabs component. Not only does this provide for enhanced responsiveness, but it helps keep theapplication code organized and in small pieces. For instance, if the above mentioned table needsto have its HTML or CSS edited, there is just one place to go: the table component. Likewise, ifthe navigation component needs to be modified or debugged, there is just one place to applythese changes and the changes reflect everywhere the navigation component is displayed.Another feature of Angular 5 are *ngIf directives, which are used to dynamically place extralinks on the navigation bar, such as account and logout, once the user

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Experiences in Manufacturing Engineering Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sidney E Martin III, Murray State University; Randal Wilson PhD, Murray State University

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Manufacturing

]. Firms established in theU.S. have decided to keep manufacturing here in North America (N.A.), and countries in Europehave decided to move to U.S. manufacturing organizations. In N.A. there is a return ofmanufacturing, though not strong. The reshoring pattern does not reflect the reported trend bythe media and politicians, but this may indicate increased decisions to not send existingproduction to offshore facilities. Manufacturing organizations should take an active role in improving their workforcethrough P-20 life-long learning approaches [8]. Manufacturing organizations are facing an agingsociety. Countries with aging workforces will have employees needing lifelong learningopportunities as their companies will need to retrain and

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Snyder, Valencia College; Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

public community college. Theprimary mission of community colleges has not changed greatly, but there has been refinementthrough the years to serve the changing population and economy (Cohen et al., 2014; Hoffman etal., 2010). Community colleges are more agile and responsive to market demands on a locallevel, which can be seen by evaluating the technical degree landscape.Community college students are reflective of the region in which the college is located due tomost community colleges being commuter campuses. Further, a greater number of minority andlower socioeconomic students (SES) attend community colleges (Costello, 2012; Horn & Nevill,2006). Carnevale and Strohl (2010) report that bottom quartile SES outnumber top quartile SESby

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madison E. Andrews, University of Texas, Austin

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

noticed a higher level of responsibility entrusted to male students thanto female students. These hostile experiences often caused female students to question if theywould ever be taken seriously in the workforce or valued as an engineer. When reflecting ontheir working experiences, these women identified moments of extreme self-doubt that stand insharp contrast to the growing confidence and career satisfaction their male peers recounted (Case& Jawitz, 2004; Seron et al., 2016).It is important to note that while some accounts of this mistreatment in the workplace occurred instudies during the early 2000s, two were published in 2016, indicating this culture is consistentthroughout time and still relevant to women in engineering today

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

to be more generalizable. Finally, we did not analyze anystudent data, including their audio or written artifacts. Future work could include comparingstudent use of scientific and spontaneous engineering terminology throughout an engineeringdesign-based unit with that of the teacher in order to ultimately determine how a teacher’s use ofengineering terminology affects student conceptions about engineering.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number NSF DRL-1238140. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations conveyed in this studyare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] T. J. Moore, K. M. Tank, A. W

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Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Technological University; Thomas Singer, Sinclair Community College; Jamshid Moradmand, Sinclair Community College

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

also very promising.Participants were given the opportunity to add their reflections on the studio workshops. Askedabout what they liked the most about the workshop, a recurrent comment was that they enjoyedthe opportunity to interact with educators from other institutions and professionals in the field ofAM. Another major highlight was the usefulness of the hands-on aspect of the workshops,including the process of putting together the 3D Printers as well as the chance to design an objectof interest.When asked what they would recommend changing about the workshops, a few participantssuggested to (i) allocate more time towards the hands-on activities (ii) reduce the number of “talks”by presenters, and (iii) add a component of training related

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shabnam Etemadi Brady, Tennessee State University; Germysha Emily Little, Tennessee State University; Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Tennessee State University; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

=Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree, 6 = Not Sure) for participants to rate their opinion of experiences inSTEM majors at their HBCU. Survey items were developed to reflect the common reasons forstudent departure as outlined in the published text Talking About Leaving and the experiences ofsenior leaders on the project from STEM fields and at HBCUs [4]. To ensure the survey focusedon the intended areas and that the researchers engaged in a comprehensive approach, each surveyitem was aligned with a research thrust area and compared with the theoretical framework. Toaccount for differences in demographic information needed, two parallel surveys were createdfor each group (Group 1 and 2).Data Collection Data were collected from students (Group 1