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Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy

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Computing & Information Technology

-based course, multiple-projectis intended to be designed to train the following research skills of students: (1) knowing currentwork in field, (2) recognizing research problems, (3) critical thinking, (4) problem-resolving, (5)research methods, (6) critical reviewing, and (7) documenting and reporting.2. The On-going Multiple-project-based PedagogyThe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in our school offers track concentration onthe Robotics and Mechatronics program. A variety of practical research and development projectsare crucial features of the Robotics and Mechatronics program. Therefore, ComputationalIntelligence course with on-going practical R&D project is a great opportunity for students toenhance their research

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; David Torres, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

individual activity, while individual activityreinforces these structures and shapes them over time. Network analysis provides a concretevisualization of this relationship, showing the relational patterns of individuals to both identifylocal structural properties and utilize these properties to help predict and explain changes in thenetwork structure9.Research DesignOur study, guided by the four research questions stated earlier, contributes to our understandingof “everyday ethics” and ethical decision-making in project teams by looking at what happens inpractice during engineering design, in an undergraduate context, and with explicit attention paidto the team communicative process. The expected outcomes are as follows: 1. Findings on how

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amanda S. Parker, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

workflow process has its origins in manufacturing,when flow charting enabled engineers to follow the measured or monitored variables. It now isalso applied to business processes when complex activities or plans involve decision-making, Page 26.203.4infrastructure and human tasks36.Using flow chart software, a detailed profile can illuminate the scale, scope and decisions of anorganization’s diversity actions37. A simple workflow process is typically linear, without muchbranching into other process avenues. As shown in Figure 1, a basic, general workflow processdiagram shows an action or intervention designed to meet stated goals and which follows

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University; Derrick Wayne Smith, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Adam Scott Carter, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

Learning (SBL) techniques have been used in variety of disciplines, most notably in architecture and fine arts. Engineering students often do this in informal settings (e.g., study groups) but rarely do so in a formal classroom setting. The critiquing activity is the strength of the learning activities in studio-based learning as it requires students to be actively engaged and encouraging with other students as they explain (teach) the material. This exercise in teaching and explaining the materials thus strengthens their understanding of the concepts. The critiquing activity also exercises higher levels of learning, as defined by Bloom’s taxonomy, requiring not only factual knowledge but conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive knowledge. 1 Over

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Reporting Out: Dissemination of Several NSF Projects of Interest to Two-Year Colleges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University; Ben Perry Dillard III; Hope Epps Rivers, SC Technical College System

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Two Year College Division

distributed to the technical and community colleges across the state. Her 20- years of higher education experience provide a wealth of knowledge to draw from for a host of state-wide initiatives. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 CA2VES, an NSF Regional Center, Enhancing the Talent Pipeline to Support the Advanced Manufacturing IndustryIntroduction The Ready to Work: Job-Driven Training and American Opportunity report identifiedthree major problems in our employment and education system: (1) Employers can’t findenough skilled workers to hire for in-demand jobs they must fill to grow their businesses; (2)Education and training programs need better information on

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ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Dunkel, University of Idaho; Ryan A Oliver, BP; Tao Xing P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Dev S. Shrestha, University of Idaho, Moscow; Russell Scott Smith, University of Idaho Energy Plant

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

as enticing to prospective freshmen, transfer students, engineeringunderclassmen, and project sponsors. Historically, the capstone program has focused on productrealization, emphasizing application of design and manufacturing skills in response to clientneeds [11]. This paper explores the feasibility of housing energy conservation projects withinour capstone course model, even though the final product is detailed design documentation ratherthan finished hardware. A typical schedule of course activities is laid out in Tables 1 and 2. Page 26.357.3Table 1. Overview of 1st Semester in Capstone SequenceWeek Formal Advisor

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Paul Henry Schimpf, Eastern Washington University; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Michael Orr, The University of Texas at Austin; Kevin Leigh Webster Jr.; George Turvey, Graduate Research Assistant ; Mouchumi Bhattacharyya

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

economy19-25.All learning modules developed in these six years of work are available free to all USAengineering educational institutions on http://sites.google.com/site/finiteelementlearning/home.Initially, we developed FE learning modules in six engineering areas: (1) structural analysis, (2)mechanical vibrations, (3) computational fluid dynamics, (4) heat transfer, (5) electromagnetics,and (6) biometrics. To evaluate these "Proof of Concept" modules, they were integrated intoexisting courses in the corresponding subject areas. Faculty and students initially assessed theireffectiveness at three higher educational institutions. We included student demographic data,learning style preference data and MBTI data in the surveys' conducted on these

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International Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie Marie Villwock-Witte P.E., Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University

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International

-termstudy abroad programs, particularly those that focus on engineering. Rather, the selected studiespresent concepts or ideas that tie in to the findings or recommendations as a result of the coursedescribed herein.Non-EngineeringIn 2005, Lewis and Niesenbaum (1) focused on the benefits of short-term study abroadprograms. The programs that they discussed were not specifically directed at engineers. Lewisand Niesenbaum indicated that they found the primary benefits to be “acquisition of a foreignlanguage, improve their knowledge of the host culture, and even transform their worldviews.”They found that approximately half of the students that participated in their programs studiedabroad again. More interestingly, they indicated that while many have

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Shaping the Future: Structured Mentoring for Today's Diverse Engineering Student Populations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joi-lynn Mondisa, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cordelia M. Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

study. Participants signed Institutional Review Board (IRB) consent forms and wereinterviewed twice on two separate occasions with at least a week and no more than three monthsin between the first and the second interview. Two interview protocols were developed fromquestions sampled and reframed from a research study conducted by Reddick (2011) 15 (see Page 26.1146.3Table 1). The first interview focused on learning about the participants’ life history and thesecond interview focused on helping a participant reflect about their mentoring relationships withtheir African-American undergraduate protégés. Each interview lasted approximately 45 to

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Delivering Value in Publishing and Scholarship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Spence, University of Toronto; Amber Saundry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Tara Mawhinney, McGill University; Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University; Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Engineering Libraries

. We suspected thatmissing titles would be mostly in the form of conference proceedings rather than journal articles.Given that a previous study by Young suggests that conferences in engineering have a short shelflife (he states that “only 10% of all conference proceeding citations were older than 17 years”1),having missing titles in the form of conferences seems less problematic. The current studyexamined not only the percentage of missing titles at each institution but also the breakdown ofsource titles by format to determine if they were predominantly journal or conferences.This study identifies how our four large academic libraries have dealt with collection challenges,and how individually (and as a group) we have aligned our engineering

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Serah Wambui Njau; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Washington State University; Paul B Golter, Washington State University; Robert F. Richards, Washington State University; Cecilia Dianne Richards, Washington State University; Fanhe Shamus Meng; Olusola O Adesope, Washington State University-Pullman; Nathaniel Hunsu; Negar Beheshtipour, WSU; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Amber DeAnn Graviet, Washington State University; Arshan Nazempour, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

desktop learning modules (DLMs) registered a gain of 0.57 (1.0 possible) with70% of the students achieving minimum competency.1 This is compared to a respective 0.26 gainand 39% competency for a control group taught by lecture, with an average effect size of d =0.98. Substantive affective gains accompany results every time DLMs are implemented, whetherin the US,2 or internationally, e.g., at Ahmadu Bello University.3 DLMs are designed to demon-strate industrial fluid flow and heat transfer concepts within a standard classroom4 allowing stu-dents to visualize how processes work and immediately tie mathematical models to physical real-ities. However, a recently commercialized DLMX costs $18,000 per station, albiet with 7interchangeable cartridges

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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

one or more faculty members onthe project team is similar to the organization of the Vertically Integrated Program(VIP) [1, 2]. This program emphasizes multidisciplinarity to a larger degree than VIP.Faculty members submit proposals that describe aspects of the project including: • What is the element of the grand challenge to be addressed and how will it be address? • How do the educational and disciplinary backgrounds of the proposed team members align with the elements of the grand challenge? • Who is the faculty member (or members) who will advise the students? • Who is the graduate student who will support the team? • How will the team maintain cohesiveness over multiple semesters? • Approaches for letting

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Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Esther Rodriguez-Silva Ph.D.; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

studentsfrom signing off in global studies. As per their findings, the majority of students were interestedin study abroad programs in both universities. As expected, the limiting factors for global studyprograms were time and financial resources. Surprisingly, a study by Redden (2012) shows thatonly 1% of students in U.S. colleges participate in study abroad programs and only 4-5% of that1% are from engineering disciplines. It shows the greater need of such programs in theengineering colleges across American universities. Several authors and educators have stressedthe need for 21st century engineers to understand global cultures and business practices as theworld is becoming increasingly flat (Wilk et al., 2001; Bidanda et al., 2005; Dave and Dong

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Communication in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University

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Chemical Engineering

Communicationfor Chemical Engineers.Course Goals and ObjectivesThis course was approached utilizing the Backwards Design methodology, beginning with whatwe wanted the student to gain by the completion of the course. Since communication is a subjectin which the students will likely have highly variable backgrounds and needs, the desire was tocreate a course with enough flexibility and focus on growth so that each student may improve inthe areas most applicable to them, while continuing to develop and practice areas that are alreadystrengths. The course goals and objectives are listed in Table 1.Table 1. Summary of course goals and corresponding objectives. Course Goals: Upon completion of

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olgha B. Davis, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

mathematicalidentity constructs. Major themes and sub-themes that run through these articles will bediscussed in detail in this work to bring meaning and closer answers to the question of how doracial and mathematical identities shape the transfer experience of African American engineeringmale students who attend 4-year institutions. The author includes their own critique of this bodyof literature.1. Introduction This work provides a review of the literature around five scholarly topics: racial identitydevelopment theory, mathematical identity in higher education, and transfer and engineeringexperience. The strands of literature that is used in this study intersect at race and racism andunderstanding the overall experiences of AAMs in

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Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Laura C Chezan, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

used in the analysis. The evaluation in this study is based on a Circuits course inelectrical engineering technology, for a relatively small-lecture classroom. IntroductionThe use of audience response devices, such as clickers, has become a common learning tool invarious universities. As a result, a considerable amount of literature has focused on their use inthe classrooms, in case studies from different disciplines. Caldwell (2007) makes a detailedreview of the literature related to clickers, their use, typical characteristics of questions used,attitude towards clickers and practice tips (1). A detailed report on the use of clickers for exampleis presented in Gachago (2008) (2). Students’ perception on the use of clickers was analyzed

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy K Tang, Stony Brook University; Pao-Lo Liu, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Charles R. Westgate Sr. P.E., Binghamton University; Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York, HQ

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Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development

an accomplished educator. Her dedication in promoting women in engineering was recognized by an IEEE Region 1 Award in 1998, an IEEE Regional Activity Board Achievement Award also in 1998 and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal Award in 2000. In 2004, together with Dr. Serge Luryi, Dr. Tang initiated a project that promotes entrepreneurship in engineering education in collaboration with three other higher education institutions on Long Island. For their pioneering contributions, the IEEE Long Island Section awarded Dr. Luryi and Dr. Tang, the Athanasios Papoulis Education Award in 2006. Dr. Tang is currently the Associate Chair for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. She also serves as the Faculty

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Software Applications in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph A. Untener P.E., University of Dayton; Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Buck Jones, Engineered Software

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Engineering Technology

, but appropriate for this point in the course. In thefollowing five chapters, as just a small part of each, the use of the software is increased,introducing new capabilities of the software, paralleling the increased complexity of theprinciples and problems in the text. A screenshot of one of the problems is shown below inFigure 1 below.Figure 1 Simple fluid system modeled in PIPE-FLO®Students at this point in the course are becoming very skilled at seeking out the many elementsof required data from the text in both chapters and in the appendix. This requires substantialpaging through to gather the required elements. In the software, one of the first things studentsnotice is that the data is a bit more accessible. Not only do some basic clicks

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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

in engineering and engineering technologyan opportunity to participate in a new approach to the recruitment, retention, education, andplacement of academically talented and financially needy students. The SPIRIT (ScholarshipInitiative via Recruitment, Innovation, and Transformation) Scholars program establishes atransformative learning environment that fosters the development of professional skills andincreased technical competency through interdisciplinary project-based learning (PBL),undergraduate research, peer-to-peer mentorship, and focused institutional support services.1-8WCU is classified as a regional comprehensive masters-granting university and was awarded theCarnegie Community Engagement classification in 2008.9

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Information and Network Security

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristine Donate, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

say you have adata source in which each of two objects are identified as a person and you want to define arelationship between these two objects that they “know” each other. Using RDF triples, orstatements, containing a subject, predicate and object, you can do just that as seen in Figure 1from Hebeler6.            literal  value       Figure  1  -­  Sample  RDF/XML   triple  Applying our example, the subject is the first person, the predicate is the property defined as“knows” from FOAF7, and the object is the second person. FOAF stands for ‘Friend of a Friend’and

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ECCD Innovative Teaching Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wiaam Yasser Elkhatib, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) IUPUI Chapter; Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Steven Anthony Zusack, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Emily Carol Rosales, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Austin C. Stanforth MS, IUPUI

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

specific altitude are compared. The error barsrepresent the average of maximum and minimum readings from the location it appears with. Total average power readings for all experiments per altitude can be seen in Table 1below. Table 1 above shows the average data collected from each altitude and the corresponding control data. The left of each group is the data from the different altitudes and right is the control. Error bars are presented as the average Max/Min of each location on the corresponding days.The location data seen on the x-axis refers to both the location itself and the correspondingcontrol data (taken at the same time), with intermittent cloud interference on the 533ft and 700ftlocation. The data ranges

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Special Session: Building Intentional Community Partnerships

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

community engagement programs. Participants will leavethe session with a practical action plan to implement the types of partnerships they wish to buildwith their community.1. IntroductionIn the last decade, there has been a significant increase of the number of community engagementprograms and a growth in research on these programs. As a result of this upsurge, newpublication venues have also been established, including the International Journal of ServiceLearning in Engineering (IJSLE) founded in 20041, and the new ASEE Community Engagementdivision founded in 2013.2 Related research has primarily focused on students, with particularemphasis on knowledge and skills; attitudes and identities; recruitment, retention, and diversity;and professional

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Magdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Rodney Boehm, Engineering Academic and Student Affairs; James L Wilson, Texas A&M University - College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

University in Education Technology. Masters from Texas A&M Commerce in Engineering Technology. Currently the Facility Manager of the Texas A&M Engi- neering Innovation Center. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessment of Student Outcomes in a 48-Hour Intensive Innovation ExperienceIntroductionRecent reports (1, 2) have highlighted the need to promote development of innovativeskills and entrepreneurial mindsets among undergraduate engineering students. Thispaper will focus on a new extracurricular 48-hour weekend Intensive InnovationExperience (IIE) designed to provide teams of engineering undergraduates opportunitiesto pursue rapid development of hardware

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Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gretchen G. Achenbach, National Center for Women & IT; Leslie G. Cintron PhD, University of Virginia; J McGrath Cohoon, University of Virginia; Philip Michael Sadler, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

, Page 26.328.4Helping other people, Having others working under my supervision, Having job security,Working with people rather than objects, Inventing new things, Developing new knowledge andskills, Having lots of family time, Having lots of time for myself/friends, Making my owndecisions, Having an easy job, Having an exciting job, Making use of my talents/abilities,Working in an area with lots of job opportunities. Characteristics were rated on a scale of 1 to 6,where 1 = Not at all important and 6 = Very important. (For more information on the PRiSEproject and survey methodology, see 26, 27)Occupational DataThe most recent available occupational statistics were obtained from the U. S. Bureau of LaborStatistics (BLS). These include 2013

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Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Biomedical

its complications. Students participating in thesummer program were supported by two different mechanisms: 1) The National ScienceFoundation (NSF) REU program (EEC-1157041, EEC-0852048, and EEC-0552896) whichprimarily supports students from off-campus. 2) Institutional funding that only supportedstudents from within the institution. All students were paired with an engineering faculty member from the host institution.Over the 10 weeks they performed an engineering research project focused on the study ortreatment of diabetes or its complications. In addition to research activities, undergraduates tookpart in ethics training, weekly seminars and a K-12 outreach activity. While the activities werethe same for students in both programs

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Management

, interdisciplinary learning in an onlineenvironment to complement a graduate’s Masters-level coursework in engineering or otherprofessional discipline.While online graduate students at UW seek to enhance their professional lives through specificstudy in their discipline, they also recognize the need to be knowledgeable and conversant in abroader set of business and professional skills 5. They are not alone in this pursuit, as numerouscalls from industry and academic circles have been issued for these skill sets in the workforce 1-3.As a primary provider of online graduate engineering degrees at UW, the Department ofEngineering Professional Development recognized this need voiced from the students, faculty,and industry alike.Advanced online engineering

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ETAC/ABET Related Issues

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine M. Cooney, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

assessment routine that clearly links course data to outcomes to Page 26.807.2 program.Literature reviewThe importance of executing a well-designed assessment program is critical to its successfuladoption because the very act of assessment can face considerable faculty resistance. Indeed,Palomba and Banta reference national surveys that identify faculty resistance “…as among themost important challenges facing assessment.”(1999, p. 70) The authors reference a number ofmisconceptions that are commonly cited by faculty resistant to assessment. They include: 1. Assessment data is valueless to faculty because it is intended for use exclusively

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New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Mechanical Engineering

. Historically, the course has been taught in atraditional lecture style to an ever-increasing size class. Teaching methods are slow to change fora foundational course such as this one. Some changes have occurred in the correspondingtextbooks, which, over recent years, have moved towards being more engaging by includingexamples that are more applicable and realistic to the world students know. And yet the studentscan still struggle with mastering the key concepts within the course.In order to address this, the format of the heat transfer course was converted from a moretraditional lecture to an inverted format. The specific inverted (also referred to as flipped) formatthat was selected was set up with the following structure; 1) outside of class time

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Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Randy Craig Hurd, Brigham Young University; Kip Schafer Hacking, Brigham Young University ; Tadd T Truscott, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

= 437) interest in math, science,engineering, and technology increasing, along with their proficiency in problem solvingmethods. We believe this is a reflection of embedding STEM principles in an exciting,hands-on activity. This paper outlines the three-year effort, discussing the ROV activity,associated curriculum taught, and also presents the measurement tools used to aggregatethe student and teacher data points and associated results.Background For the last decade there has been a general call to promote interest andcompetency in STEM education. This called has echoed from various sources rangingfrom the President of the United States [1] and the Department of Defense [2] toindependent companies [3] concerned with fulfilling future

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aatish Bhatia, Princeton University; Peter Christopher Chen

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Civil Engineering

andfeedback in the adoption and refinement of these teaching methods and materials18.Motivated by these findings, a group of faculty at Princeton University, University ofMassachusetts Amherst, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University were awarded anNSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Award to advance the dissemination of theCreative Art of Structural/Civil Engineering. The aim of the proposal is to transform anintroductory course on civil engineering with research-based pedagogical techniques, and tosupport the dissemination of this course for STEM and non-STEM students at other colleges anduniversities.Our main goals are to 1. Transform an introductory engineering course with dramatically improved interactivity and