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

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

in our FreshmanEngineering program. The objective of the project is to see if the engineering students will alsodevelop their deeper learning and cycle of questioning and reflecting. In addition, we would liketo know if the process helps them developing self awareness in their learning practices and if thishelps them be more successful in their growth as engineers.As instructors, these bring us new challenges. Generally, students tend to repeat what theymostly did in their classes: memorize and repeat what they know well to achieve good grades. Inmost classes, tests are also designed around such learning practices. However, there aren’t manyways for students to communicate their learning methods, their thoughts, and their reflection onhow

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Two-year College Potpourri

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Jenny Ngoc Le, Skyline College

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

engineers as indicated by thepost-program survey and focus group results. In addition to strong successes in the acceleratedmath curriculum, the lab activities and design projects in Introduction to Engineering were wellreceived by students and allowed them to explore the major fields of engineering, increase theirknowledge of specific engineering topics and disciplines, as well as understand a variety of jobfunctions in an engineering career. The program has also shown to provide context tofundamental physics and math concepts—a strategy that has been proven to increase studentmotivation and persistence, especially during the potential struggle through the first two years oftheir engineering studies.Several key findings emerged from the focus

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Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Warnock, University of Georgia; Galyna Melnychuk, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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International

measures, includingthe increased number of study abroad programs [4]. Study abroad programs can take a number ofdifferent formats including short-term faculty led programs (usually ranging from 2-6 weeks),semester long exchange programs, international co-op or research experiences and service-learning projects [5]. Informal discussions with students who have participated in study abroadopportunities have revealed that these students’ outlook on the world was changed and theirability to be more accepting of different cultures was enhanced [6]. Although evidence showsstudents that participate in longer-duration programs achieve better global competency outcomes[7], the IIE open doors report for 2017 shows that 60% of students studying abroad

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelby Buffington, Syracuse University; Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Alexander Johnson, Syracuse University; Katy Pieri, Syracuse University; Alex Vincent Jannini, Syracuse University

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Student

week. This response could bedue to scheduling difficulties around research activities: it can be difficult to take time awayfrom projects for a few days in a row. Therefore, the 2018 retreat will be designed so that eventswill be one day per week for three consecutive weeks in May. We are also hoping to addmodules on topics that were of interest to the graduate community, but could not be organizedwith the current resources available on campus.Assessment tools could also be refined for the 2018 retreat. Self-reported data can bemisleading: participants have different ideas on how to rate themselves, which may explain thevariation of competency and knowledge of specific topics in the “before” survey. Because theinitial ratings were high, it was

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Enhancing the Statics Classroom

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology; Jennifer Schlegel, Florida Institute of Technology; Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

sections, using primarily lecture slides and instructor –led problems with frequent instructor questions and multiple-choice problems on the slides.Some lectures were stopped for students to attempt problems immediately after concepts wereintroduced. After the class had some time with the problem, the instructor would complete it onthe board. Visual aids were frequently used to tangibly illustrate concepts, and students wereoften asked to interact with visual aids- for example, pulling or pushing on rulers and bendingflexible I-beams. Section 1 students also completed a group homework project- "TeamsTeaching Statics"- where they had to create a visual aid and write a brief report on their attemptsuse it to teach a concept learned in class. In

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Girls in Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Susan Kathryn Eskin, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Sara Love, Penn State Harrisburg

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

    a) Civil Engineering Day     b) Electrical Engineering Day     c) Mechanical Engineering Day     d) Industry Visits/Field Trips     e) Preparing for College Session     f) Project presentations and awards (final session)     7. My overall rating of all workshop sessions is       8. My favorite workshop session was

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Engineering in a Societal Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Edward Niemi, Tulsa Community College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

courses in carpentry, metalworking, or carshop. Teaching and learning today often happens online with advanced educationaltechnology. Humanities and soft-skills have taken a backseat teaching to the test. CADdrafting systems produces renderings for projects. Standards-based education nearlyobliterated vocational education in the late-20th century but CareerTech has reemergedtoday as pre-engineering, information technology, entrepreneurship, and culinary arts.The purpose of this paper is to present a new history curriculum incorporating the historyof technology for STEM students at our community and technical colleges that speaks totheir academic and career interests. The paper demonstrates how history of technologyfulfills outcomes expected of

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Michael Patrick Lyons, Michael P. Lyons & Associates

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

without cladding and was upgraded for heat insulation in 2016 with a rain claddingsystem added to the exterior, and the new windows located outside the plane of the originalconcrete wall panels. The over-cladding created vertical voids over the projecting structuralcolumns. There was no sprinkler system for firefighting, the stairwell was not pressurized andthe strategic advice to occupants was based on a Stay-In-Place advisory, due to the non-combustible construction and the presumption of adequate fire brigade intervention.In normal circumstances, it would be expected that a fire could be contained within the flatenclosure and that it would not spread to the stairwell enclosure at all. The building was builtwith that purpose in mind. The fire

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Ethics

scenario was a unique scenario that involved an explicit ethical issue. Jimknowingly has coded a quiz that is deceiving and there is a chance that a big consequence suchas a death has happened due to his action. A glance at the ACM code of ethics shows that Jimhas acted against several imperatives listed under the section 1 of this document: An essential aim of computing professionals is to minimize negative consequences of computing systems, including threats to health and safety. (under 1.1 Contribute to society and human well-being, Acm.org, 2018) … it is often necessary to assess the social consequences of systems to project the likelihood of any serious harm to others. If system features are misrepresented to

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Practice III: Multimedia Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petr Johanes, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

templates for certain pages that allowinstructors to draft conversations and visuals or creating a world/setting within which multiplestories can be told might be productive next steps. The latter possibility would allow for teams toeasily share resources, so that not every graphic novel needs to invent a new wheel, so to speak.Effectively, the goal would be to create a shared universe that multiple subjects and storylines canoccupy. Therefore, the main challenges to making graphic novels a researchable medium reside inhow to (1) lower the cost and complexity to make them (which could include sharing resourcesacross projects), (2) improve the capability to edit them, and (3) increase our capacity to embedinteractions and assessments into them. As a

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego

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College Industry Partnerships

improvement methods especially in the area of applied statistics, statistical process control, and design of experiments. Dr. Perry consults, instructs, and collaborates on quality improvement projects with representatives from biotech, health care, defense, and traditional manufacturing institutions. He has been an instructor for the Six Sigma Black belt training at the Six Sigma Institute for three years. He is a UCSD Certified Six-Sigma Master Black-Belt and an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Industry Scholars Program: An Organic Program Grown by Industry Professionals for UndergraduatesAbstractThe Industry Scholars

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COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Thomas M. Freeman M.Ed., Michigan Technological University

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Computers in Education

regarding the stateand trends of online education. Data from these reports are summarized below. While there arevarying definitions of an online course, the Babson Survey Group defines an online course as“one in which 80% or more of the course content is delivered online.”​1 ​All students who wereenrolled in one or more online courses were included in this data.Figure 1 shows the overall enrollment trends in higher education since 2002. Caution should beused when interpreting these results as the methods used to gather data have changed during thistime period. In 2012, the Babson Group switched their data collection methods from surveyingand projecting from individual institutions to using data from the United States Department ofEducation’s

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Practice I: Academic Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Matthew DeMonbrun, University of Michigan; Michael Geoffrey Brown, Iowa State University; Stephanie D. Teasley, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

an assistant professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education at Iowa State University. Michael’s program of research centers on the role of technology in the experiences of undergraduate stu- dents. His current projects focus on large undergraduate science and engineering lecture courses exploring how students use digital study resources, how faculty and instructors design and plan for the use of digital technologies in the classroom , and, how data from digital study resources (e.g., learning analytics) can be used with other forms of data to understand student learning and performance and ultimately, to improve instructional practices.Dr. Stephanie D. Teasley, University of Michigan Dr. Teasley is a Research

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IED Technical Session: Preparing Programs for the Future

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anuj Mittal, Iowa State University; Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University; Caroline C. Krejci, University of Texas at Arlington

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

Foundationunder Award No. DRL-1440446 Teachers and Engineers Collaborating in STEM ElementaryTeacher Preparation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation, nor of Iowa State University. The authors also thank other project membersand cooperating faculty for their support, including Dr. Monica H. Lamm, Dr. Kristina M. Tank,Dr. Anne T. Estapa, Dr. Adah Leshem, Dr. Joanne K. Olson, Dr. Rohit Mehta, Dr. Mollie H.Appelgate, and Jennifer Lillo. Special thanks to Program for Women in Science and Education atIowa State University for allowing the authors to conduct IE outreach activities with femalemiddle school students.

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Clinical Learning Experiences in BME

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois, Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Susan Stirling, University of Illinois at Chicago; Kimberlee M Wilkens, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

semester, this isoptional and at their discretion. However, some of the projects have undergone continueddevelopment through existing specialized medical design initiatives at the University’sInnovation Center. Further, some students joined these initiatives, where they may contributetheir expertise to teams including medical, engineering, business, and design faculty.Paired Pre- and Post-Program Survey Questions: To assess the effect of the program on working in interdisciplinary teams and needsidentification, students were prompted with paired pre- and post-program survey questions. Asexpected, student’s agreement with feeling confident working in an interdisciplinary teamincreased as a result of the program. Indeed, many free-response

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Graduate Recruitment and Retention

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres Alejandro Herrera, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Richard Ham, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

air carrier in the world. Dr. Ham currently serves as the associate director of the largest graduate program at the University of Arkansas. He is a recognized academic professional and practitioner, teaching graduate courses on homeland security, unmanned aircraft systems, leadership, global competition, aviation Se- curity Management Systems (SeMS), automation tools, enforcement theory and transportation security. His research interests are in the areas of global supply chain, security, SeMS, compliance theory, risk management, project management and security optimization models. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT RECRUITING AND RETENTION IN

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Batson, Trine University

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Mechanical Engineering

, the issue must be addressed laterthan might be preferable – if it is to be addressed at all. Further, if no program to mitigatestudents’ lack of understanding of learning practices exists – or students are not involved in aprogram – at the college freshman level, the solution, if any, must be effected after the freshmanyear.In a largely student-structured, project based learning environment, junior and senior engineeringstudents were included in a study [6] to enhance lifelong learning via metacognition.Cunningham et al. [7] included sophomores in the first phase of their study. Their approach wasto provide students with short videos and assignments to provide background and framework formetacognition.Clearly, non-freshmen undergraduates have

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Fostering Business and Professional Skills in the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University; Bret J. Wagner, Western Michigan University

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Civil Engineering

scenarios, namely six for this course, for teams to execute the business and beevaluated both on their performance operating the business and on their leadership andteamwork. For each scenario, the authors provided the teams with a mission document thatdefined the problem and established objectives for the scenario. In all scenarios, the objectivewas to maximize net income for the firm. As the course progressed, the scenarios became morecomplex with added decision-making variables. Figure 2. The Simulation Learning ProcessWith the mission clearly defined, the student teams we required to develop a business plan thatincluded a projection of net income for the company during the simulation, which lasted for onesimulated

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Course Tools and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John P Richards P.E., United States Military Academy

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #23891Lessons Learned from Implementing a Textbook’s Companion Website intoa Production Operations Management CourseLt. Col. John P Richards P.E., United States Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel John Richards currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the United States Mili- tary Academy in the Department of Systems Engineering, focusing on topics in project and operations management. He is a career Army Engineer Officer and previously taught in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He holds masters degrees in both Engineering Management (University of

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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

and their associatedLOs, we were able to identify which KAs are most often used in the disciplines core curricula.Results & DiscussionThe investigative questions that were used to guide this research project were designed to allowus to identify key knowledge, skills and abilities graduates of a Bio-based engineering programpossess. This was done with the understanding that graduates from the program have a commontraining through their core courses, before venturing into a concentration which further shapesthe abilities of that student. Table 2 shows the LOs grouped to the four different concentrationsand core processes in the BAE program at this University. The core processes are LOs whichcross multiple concentrations and are integrated

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Active Learning Methods in Action

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Jennifer Zoltners Sherer, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

or not active learning works. Method The two case studies presented here are drawn from a larger sample of 93 classroomobservations of 54 different faculty instructors during the Spring 2017 and Fall 2017 semesters.Some faculty instructors were observed during both semesters. Observations were conductedduring the middle of the semester to allow sufficient time for classroom routines to beestablished, without also getting too close to the end of the semester when the focus shifts tofinals and project completion. The ELCOT tool tracks the interactions in two-minute intervals,allowing categorization by time as well as activity. Only the first 50 minutes of each class were included in the

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kosta Popovic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Janie Szabo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics and Physics

Paper ID #23104Pilot Study on Experience of Engineering Students in Multimedia-enhancedIntroductory Physics LabsDr. Kosta Popovic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Popovic has expertise in design and development of multimodal medical imaging systems for surgi- cal guidance and diagnostics. He enjoys working with undergraduate students on independent research projects, and has supervised students’ work on topics ranging from materials selection for x-ray imaging system characterization phantoms, to development of algorithms for lung tumor nodule classification. Dr. Popovic takes great delight in guiding students to

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ET Administrative Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University; Robb E. Larson, Montana State University; Daniel Miller

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Engineering Technology

assessment of answers feedback to the faculty. provided Industrial Advisory • The board reviews selected Capstone Quantitative rating scale of 1-5 Board (IAB) Projects • The board reviews elements of each Qualitative assessment of answers academic program and provides provided “Commendations and Recommendations” Employer Surveys • % of MET graduates answering survey Quantitative rating scale of 1-5 questions positively Qualitative assessment of answers

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Vinit Kishor Agham; Vediya Sitaram Raghuvanshi, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur; Jayantrao Bhaurao Patil, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur; Pramod Jagan Deore

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

has 2.4% land, 4% water and 1% forest that is harboring 16% of globalpopulation, and the only solution is that the 16% population thinks innovatively and brings insustainable improvements in life and living standards. We also presented the fourteen grandchallenges [11] and the initiatives of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) [12] totackle the Indian challenges. We presented a few patent-worthy projects executed by sophomore students in anothercollege in the same region. The examples included a multilingual mobile-based social mediaapplication for farmers, automatic detection of potholes on roads and informing their locations andsizes to municipal authorities, automatic detection of traffic violations, and a platform for

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Tech; Ingrid St. Omer, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

theirlearning is the fact that it is internally interactive; the student relates what they have learned towhat they already know, which is an individual construction. [6] This conclusion is alsoillustrated by the reflective judgement stages shown in Table 1, because evidence can beobtained from prior experience as well as from newly encountered sources. Ethical decision-making can depend on conclusions derived from one’s experience, coupled with the acceptanceof alternative beliefs as the interests of anyone affected by the decision, i.e., stakeholders.Research MethodsThis study involves the second of two one-semester introductory engineering courses, in whichstudents pursue a design project in teams, coupled with individual development in

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First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rachel Ann Baker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

module and submit the appropriate task deliverable.The deliverable for each origami-based module was a photograph of the object they created(whether they were successful or not) (Figure 2). The deliverable for the CAD-based modules was aSketchUp file of their final drawing (Figure 4).MethodsResearch QuestionsThis research is guided by the following research question: Figure 2: Deliverable of module one (OrigamiFigure 1: Example of origami folding in- task)structions for module one (Origami task) • What is the effect of performing origami-based tasks followed by orthographic projections-based tasks on ones spatial perception, mental rotation, and spatial visualization

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

professor in physics at the University of Maryland in the Physics Education Research (PER) Group. Turpen’s work involves designing and researching contexts for learn- ing within higher education (for both students and faculty). Her research draws from perspectives in an- thropology, cultural psychology, and the learning sciences. Through in-situ studies of classroom practice and institutional practice, she focuses on the role of culture in science learning and educational change. She pursues projects that have high potential for leveraging equitable change in undergraduate STEM pro- grams and she makes these struggles for change a direct focus of her research efforts. She also serves on several national leadership bodies

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leon Szeli, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovation projects for a wide range of companies such as Siemens AI Lab, Munich Re, Fraunhofer Venture and BMW. Additionally, he co-founded HIGGS Live Inc., a company developing a software for mobile livestreaming.Dr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University Shannon K. Gilmartin, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scholar at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research and Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She is also Managing Director of SKG Analysis, a research consulting firm. Her expertise and interests focus on education and workforce development in engineering and science fields. Previous and current clients include the American Chemical Society, the Anita Borg Institute

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

MUJAN SEIF; MATTHEW BECK

, “Characteristics of Successful dergraduate Engineering: Results from the Project to Assess Climate Cross-disciplinary Engineering Education Collaborations,” J. Eng. in Engineering,” J. Eng. Educ., 101(2), 319 (Jan. 2013) Educ., 97(2), 123 (2008) 6. Hewitt, N.M., and E. Seymour, “A Long, Discouraging Climb,” ASEE 27. Hager, M.D., S. Bode, C. Weber, and U.S. Schubert, “Shape memory Prism, 1(6), 24 (1992) polymers: Past, present and future developments,” Progress in Polymer 7. Fiske, S.T., J.G. Cromley, T. Perez, and A. Kaplan, “Undergraduate Science, 49, 3 (2015) STEM Achievement and Retention,” Policy Insights from the

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Engineering Workforce Track - Session VI

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Lesley M. Berhan, University of Toledo; Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Workforce

engineering via engineering technology. For example, at the University of Toledo, ifa student applies to one of the engineering science departments and does not meet all of the entryrequirement (high school math requirement and GPA, ACT/SAT score, and high schoolchemistry), the student is automatically reviewed for engineering technology and is admittedonce they met the entry requirements. Once in an engineering technology program a student cantransfer to an engineering department by completing the requisite courses and maintaining acertain GPA; however African American students rarely pursue this pathway- either due to lackof information, or due to the psychological and motivational barriers.Future WorkFor the next phase of the project the survey