Conference Session

Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jackie Perez, Texas A&M University - Dwight Look College of Engineering; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Teri Kristine Reed, Texas A&M University; Cecelia Diane Lawley, Texas A&M University

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #17132Civil Engineering at Purdue University. In that role, Dr. Lawley worked directly with Industry to placestudents in internship/co-op positions, recruited students to Civil Engineering, and managed marketingand communication efforts for the School. Dr. Lawley has taught courses in Technical Communicationsfor Engineers and Law and Ethics at Purdue University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Enriching the Diversity of the Engineering Workforce: Addressing Missed Opportunities to Support Student Transition from a Two- to a Four-Year InstitutionI. IntroductionEducators across the State of Texas and nation are engaged in efforts to answer calls including:(a

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundemental and Evaluation: Embedded Programs in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Halil Yeter, Texas Tech University; Hansel Burley, Texas Tech University; Terrance Denard Youngblood, Texas Tech University; Casey Michael Williams, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

in-depth research on Engineering Ed- ucation. He is one of two scholarships awarded by NARST (National Association for Research in Science Teach- ing) to attend the ESERA (European Science Education Research Association) summer research confer- ˇ e Budˇejovice, Czech Republic in August 2016. In addition, he has been named as one of 14 ence in Cesk´ Jhumki Basu Scholars by the NARST’s Equity and Ethics Committee in 2014. He is the first and only individual from his native country and Texas Tech University to have received this prestigious award. Fur- thermore, he was a recipient of the Texas Tech University President’s Excellence in Diversity & Equity award in 2014 and was the only graduate

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Letitia M. Pohl, University of Arkansas

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Industrial Engineering

, Human Factors, Ergonomics and Safety. Category 10 has the most relevanceto an ergonomics course, although as discussed earlier, some IE programs may combine topicsfrom Categories 10 and 11 in one course. There are 8-12 exam questions drawn from Category10 (7-11% of the FE Exam). The relationship between this list of topics and IE curricular contentwill be further discussed in the next section of this paper. 1. Mathematics: 6–9 questions 2. Engineering Sciences: 5–8 questions 3. Ethics and Professional Practice: 5–8 questions 4. Engineering Economics: 10–15 questions 5. Probability and Statistics: 10–15 questions 6. Modeling and Computations: 8–12 questions 7. Industrial Management: 8–12 questions

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Nina Magpili, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering (EMSE), Old Dominion University; Zikai Zhou, Old Dominion University; Luis Jose Rodriguez, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the instructional scaffolds usedin the treatment condition. Participants were recruited from 13 classes over 4 consecutivesemesters. During the first two semesters data was collected under the control condition for allthe courses, while the last two semesters data was collected under the treatment condition. Theundergraduate courses included Project Management, Engineering Ethics, Introduction toEngineering Management and the graduate course included Project Management and SystemsAnalysis. All courses have a team project that accounts for at least 45% of the total course grade.The students in the treatment condition received an in-class 30-minute training module on theuse of the tool and they were also given access to a training video

Conference Session

Promoting Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

RMU. Applicable ABET Criterion 3 Learning Conceptual and procedural knowledge Outcomes for Software V&V course at taxonomy based on revised Bloom’s RMU taxonomy for STEM Disciplines 17, 19 b. An ability to design and conduct I & III experiments, and analyze and interpret data e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve II, IV & V engineering problems f. An understanding of professional and V & VII ethical responsibilities g. An ability to communicate effectively III, IV & V h. Broad education necessary to understand VI the

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health, and Environment Research Organization; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho - ALGORITMI; Victor F. A. Barros Ing.-Paed IGIP, Science and Education Research Council

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

ethical practice grounded in science and engineering methods andstandards. The process involves face-to-face meetings and discussions with entrepreneurs of thecity, from the presentation of the problem until the delivery of the plans. Once engineers are partof society it is important that they have a stronger interaction with the wider public. So the goal ofincluding this course in the program is to provide students the opportunity to work closely withthe real local entrepreneurship environment. Apart from this, engineers need to develop broadfundamental understanding of their professional responsibilities, as well as the need to beentrepreneurial in order to understand and contribute in the context of market and businesspressures. If engineers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering design projects for a servicelearning project. The research questions to be studied were as follows: What influence does theuse of Design Heuristic Cards have on freshmen engineering students’ design strategies? Whataspects blocked creative processes during engineering students’ design strategies? The researchexposed to two undergraduate students to the principles of qualitative research, the concept ofcoding for inter-reliability of interpreted information, the importance of Institutional ReviewBoard considerations and ethical handling of information, and ensured that the REU studentswere communicating and cross-talking ideas and concepts during emergent themes.Assessment of Students’ ExperiencesAn independent evaluator assessed students

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; James L. Wilson, Texas A&M University; Peter Seth Hamilton; Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University; Prasad N. Enjeti, Texas A&M University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

% 16% Financial management skills 4% 3% Time management 65% 39% Integrity and ethics 18% 11% Safety 34% 26% Community service and outreach 1% 0% Communication 59% 39% Teamwork 85% 63%It is worth noting that the both groups agree on skills in design, time management, andteamwork as the most impacted.Degree of ConfidenceRQ3: What is the level of self-confidence and motivation of students who use the facilityin the skills that the facility was developed to

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Multidisciplinary Capstone Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Susko, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ilan Ben-Yaacov, University of California, Santa Barbara; Tanya Das, University of California, Santa Barbara; Lubella Lenaburg, University of California, Santa Barbara; Francesco Bullo, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Quarter SMCCBecause the ME capstone course was the largest capstone course of the 3 participatingdepartments, we chose to assess the merit of the college of engineering’s multidisciplinarySMCC approach by comparing it to single team ME capstone projects. All data collected wasfrom the first quarter of a three quarter long project. Table 3 shows the three instruments used toassess our SMCC approach. This study involved research conducted in an established,commonly accepted educational setting specifically for understanding the effectiveness ofinstructional techniques, and thus was not subjected to an ethics board for approval as per theuniversity exemption policy.Instrument 1 consisted of two close ended questions added to the end-of-quarter

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kepner, Midwest Photonics Education Center; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

(Analytical thinking, complex reasoning) 70.4% 27.8% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% Initiative (Self-starter, productive) 64.2% 34.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% Prioritizing/Planning/Organizing 51.9% 37.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% Professionalism (Responsible, accountable, dependable) 73.6% 24.5% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% Integrity (Honesty, ethics, fairness) 87.0% 13.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Attitude/Cooperation 90.7% 9.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Communications (Verbal, written, collaborative, teamwork) 75.9% 20.4

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Research-to-Practice: Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

of students enrolling in STEM degrees at Louisiana TechUniversity from high schools which participate has been seen 6.Since STEM issues cut across all aspects of our lives, our educational efforts have taken aholistic view in integrating science, mathematics, and engineering with business, humanities andliberal arts, including political science, history, ethics, social sciences, and psychology. Fromprofessional development of high school teachers to research and development, we have fostereda truly collaborative environment that is providing an avenue for the recruitment of students intoSTEM-related fields of study. STEM-Discovery focuses on research in STEM learning as wellas developing and fostering competitive, knowledgeable, and

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

coverage of fundamentals; teach more about “real-world” engineeringdesign, development, and operations; cover more material in frontier areas of engineering andengineering technologists; offer better instruction in both oral and written communication skillsand teamwork skills; provide training in critical and creative thinking skills and problem-solving methods; produce graduates who are conversant with engineering ethics and theconnections between technology and society so that the average student can complete theundergraduate degree in four years (ABET.org).In view of the broadening and rapidly shifting scope of the profession and ABET criteria, it isimperative to shift the focus of E and ET curricula from transmission of content to the

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet L. Gbur, Case Western Reserve University; Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

students6-9 but there arediscussions whether it should stop at introducing the theoretical rules and use7 or should italso include the development process.10The most effective way to introduce standards to engineering students was determined to beby inclusion into engineering curricula or use of standards in the classroom.8-11 However,although recognized as efficient, standards inclusion into curriculum is still not commonpractice due to a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons is that engineering curriculumis highly intensive in technical subjects which, in turn, leaves little room for auxiliarycourses on other topics of interest to engineers (i.e. project management, standards, ethics,etc.). Other reasons for the lack of curricula adoption

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University ; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Radian G. Belu, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Regina Ruane Ph.D., Drexel University

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Manufacturing

constraintssuch as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability,and sustainability ”. The topic of sustainability has become part of corporate strategy, consumerchoice processes, university initiatives, engineering, and technology programs within thebusiness discipline7-11. We are moving toward more sustainable business practices and education, Page 26.716.3as a direct result of an increasing awareness of the significant green manufacturing, covering abroad spectrum, from development of green technology products, implementation of advancedmanufacturing and production technologies, and introduction of energy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

). Page 26.748.12Qualitatively, however, the students who participated in the 2014 semester-long class haveshown significant additional benefits. First, a number of professors in the Valparaiso UniversityCollege of Engineering have noticed improvements in attitude and work ethic among thestudents taking the class. Second, these students have bonded as friends based upon this longershared experience. Finally, they have taken on an almost evangelical approach to campaigningfor the continuation of the semester-long version of Creativity and Innovation in the EngineeringDesign Process. These sentiments come through in a number of the comments made by thestudents in the course evaluation (see Table 3).Table 3. Student feedback on semester-long course

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Strategies II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth J Reid, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

(MATH) Professional Skills (PROF) ENGR Tech/Tools (ESTT) I. Critical Thinking I. Engineering Skills I. Trig Review A. Electromagnetic Systems II. Calculus A. Problem Solving (DESN III.0.0) B. Circuits III. Significant Figures II. Ethics C. Statics IV. Units and Dimensions B

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Christina A. Foy, University of New Haven; Pedro S. H. Kim, University of California, Berkeley; Emi Okada Okada, University of California, Berkeley; Audrianna V Rodriguez, University of New Haven

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and review the audio recording. In some cases, thestudent was asked to conduct additional real practice interviews. The PI determined when thestudent was ready to commence actual data collection interviews. Between interviews, the audiorecordings were transcribed; several of them were collected before data was analyzed.Students involved in the research at the UC Berkeley campus have been undergraduate studentsstudying an engineering discipline. These students also began their training with an onlinecertificate program offered through CITI for ethical human subjects research. The students eachread the book Interviewing as Qualitative Research by Irving Seidman, along with publicationson prior work. Student then each took turns completing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Richard . Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE and IEEE.Richard . Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard Layton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech- nology. He received a B.S. from California State University, Northridge, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. His areas of scholarship include student teaming, longitudinal studies of engi- neering undergraduates, and data visualization. His teaching practice includes formal cooperative learning and integrating communications, ethics, and teaming across the curriculum. He is a founding developer of the CATME system, a free, web-based system that helps faculty assign students to teams, conduct self

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Hasenwinkel, Syracuse University; Kathryn R Pynn, Syracuse University

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First-Year Programs

ethics of reverse engineering, and also issues on manufacturing decisions, design forassembly, and how they would communicate their findings to the manufacturer.Biomedical Engineering: Nature’s Graphics Card – Sensory Processing in the Brain (2013)Students worked in teams to dissect earthworms and isolate the animal’s central nerve cord andthen externally stimulated the nerve cord electrically. Through use of oscilloscopes and dataacquisition software, they were able to observe the response and characterize how the nervoussystem transmits signals. In a second activity, students went through several examples of humansensation versus perception, the difference between what information the senses provide andhow that information is stitched together

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

could potentially benefit the most. Lowachieving students can benefit from co-op experiences especially during difficult job markets 4.Research suggests that industry partners must improve co-op work environments for minoritygroups by improving ethical conditions 14.One of the two most distinguishing characteristics of the engineering population is that it is“disproportionately male” 15. While women persist in undergraduate engineering programs at thesame rate as men, a lower percentage of women pursue engineering careers after graduation andthose who do enter engineering careers are less likely to persist 16. Since students with prior workexperience with an employer report higher levels of interpersonal support from their mentors,and women

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION TWO

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Gregory John Kostrzewsky, Cummins, Inc; Lin Xiang Sun, Danfoss Turbocor Compressors

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

Capstone Design Curriculum and the dual degree BS-MS program.Dr. Gregory John KostrzewskyDr. Lin Xiang Sun, Danfoss Turbocor Compressors Vice President of Engineering and Product Development Page 26.538.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Development of Sustained Academia-Industry Partnership ─ A Successful Model and Two Case StudiesAbstractIncreasingly, engineering educators recognize the importance of preparing our students in notonly technical knowledge and skills but also in professional components such as leadership,management, teamwork, ethics

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ECCD International Outreach

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joakim Sigurd Wren, Linkoping University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

and the Young Masters Program”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 13, Issues 10–11, August–September 2005, pp. 1107-1112.11. Vargas, C.M., “Sustainable development education: Averting or mitigating cultural collision”, International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 20, Issue 5, September 2000, pp. 377-396.12. Lindgreen, A., “Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Developing and Transitional Countries: Botswana and Malawi”, Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 90, Issue 3 Supplement, December 2009, pp. 429-440.13. Orts, E. and Spigonardo, J. “Special Report: The Pathways to Sustainability in Emerging Economies”, Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL), University of Pennsylvania, 2012

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International Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher M Murad, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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International

humor, and his/her ethics and professional integrity. (11)A new international faculty member can learn from other teaching experiences by attendingteaching workshops. One such workshop, for example, is “Engineering Engineering Education:A Catalyst for Change”. (12) The workshop helps the faculty member gain an ability to redesignhis/her courses such that students become more active, find effective ways to engage students ininteracting with each other, develop a better understanding of teamwork and how it works best,and learn about new assessment tools especially assessing team performance. At anotherteaching workshop "ExCEEd Teaching Workshop" a faculty member can gain skills that allowhim/her to improve ways of communicating with students

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Course Development / Curriculum Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

humanoids, emotion,teaming, ethics, machine learning, natural language processing, robot control, safety, userinterfaces, user-centered design, social behaviors, the Uncanny Valley, and HRI metrics.Murphy et al. states that one challenge in creating such a course is identifying a cost-effectiverobot and case studies to illustrate these key principles of HRI2.The HRI Young Researcher Workshop was part of the inaugural ACM/IEEE Conference onHuman-Robot Interaction (HRI’06)3. This workshop provided a means for young HRIresearchers to present their current research and provide students with the opportunity to presentwhat they feel are challenges to a career in HRI. This allowed for the formation of collaborativerelationships across disciplines and

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Communication and Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 26.1621.11 engineering students. Asian Social Science, 7(10), p. 183. [17] Perry, W.G. (1999). Forms of intellectual and ethical development in the college years. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.     10  

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Statics and Finite Element Analysis

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesca G. Polo, Purdue University

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Mechanical Engineering

work. Science Education, 90(1), 44-67.[8] Middleton, H. (2013). Representation in the transition from novice to expert architect. Transfer, Transitions and Transformations of Learning (pp. 109-122): Springer.[9] Dreyfus, H. L., & Dreyfus, S. E. (2004). The ethical implications of the five-stage skill-acquisition model. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 24(3), 251-264.[10] Wang, F.-K., & Bonk, C. J. (2001). A design framework for electronic cognitive apprenticeship. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 5(2), 131-151.[11] Austin, A. E. (2009). Cognitive apprenticeship theory and its implications for doctoral education: A case example from a doctoral program in higher and adult education

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Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Computers in Education

. CS1 Calc 2 non-Eng Calc 2 Eng Comp Arch CS CoP Stoc Proc CS Ethics Dynamics TAM CoP MatSE Mech CS Systems Statics Solids MatSE CoP Therm & MechFigure 10: Spread of the randexam system from its

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Kathleen Louise Nazar; Paul Bonfanti, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

# Semester#or#year#studying#abroad# 0%# 20%# 40%# 60%# 80%# 100%# %"Indica)ng"engagement"in"ac)vity"Figure 8. Results from Senior Survey for Participation in Educational Activities and Service –Question was “Did you participate in any of the following activities?” Developing#a#deep#sense#of#empathy#and#concern#for#others# Developing#a#deep#sense#of#ethics#and#morality# Accep0ng#others#as#they#are# Trying#to#change#things#that#are#unfair#in#the#world# Searching#for#meaning

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Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Mike Ekoniak, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Courtney S Smith-Orr, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

,implement, and communicate solutions to their problems. This synthesis of skills is a criticallearning outcome of the capstone course, as it provides students with an understanding of thework they will be doing when they graduate.There are a variety resources that describe the topics covered and desired outcomes of capstonedesign courses. Surveys of capstone instructors 1-3 show that instructors teach a wide range ofsubjects, including oral communications, teamwork, project planning, and ethics, among manyother aspects of engineering design. Moreover, the Engineering Profile 4, developed using datafrom both industry practitioners and design faculty, highlights the importance of bothprofessional and technical skills, describing engineering roles

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Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; William A. Kitch, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; John V. Tocco J.D., Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering, civil engineering projectmanagement, ethics, and the capstone design course. Class sizes ranged from 12 to 70.The next section summarizes results for each assessment category. We also analyzed results foreach course, but no patterned differences were found.5.2 ResultsThe quantitative assessment measures consistently show improvements in student writing (Table2). Every statistical measure was significant. Below we discuss a few noteworthy aspects of theassessment.Table 2. Summary of Quantitative Assessment Results No. of courses Assessment Category Quantitative Results (and levels)1 Genre Analysis (Field 4 courses