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Technical Session: Professional Development Opportunities for Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew William Priddy, Georgia Institute of Technology

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processing research include the design and modeling of intelligent controls, Kalman filters, and automation. Engi- neering education research includes curriculum and laboratory development for these concepts.Mrs. Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Anastasia Rynearson is a Purdue Doctoral Fellow pursuing a degree in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a B.S. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her teaching experience includes outreach activities at various age levels as well as a position as Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Kanazawa Technical College. Her current research interests focus on early P-12

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Novel Teaching Methods in a Multidisciplinary Context

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Troy J. Vogel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Princess Imoukhuede, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Page 26.245.9 education. Journal of Engineering Education 103, 253-273.9. Holdren, J. P. & Lander, E. S. (2014). Better Health Care and Lower Costs: Accelerating Improvement through Systems Engineering" Report to the President Better Health Care and Lower Costs: Accelerating Improvement through Systems Engineering. Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.10. Dweck, C. S., Walton, G. M. & Cohen, G. L. (2011). Academic tenacity: Mindsets and skills that promote long-term learning. (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.11. Newstetter, W. C., Behravesh, E. & Nersessian, N. J. (2010). Design principles for problem-driven learning laboratories in biomedical engineering education. Annals of

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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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President of Business Management, Senior Vice President of Sales Management, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing, and Senior Vice President of Business Development. Before joining Fujitsu, Rodney worked for Bell Labora- tories, Bellcore (now Telcordia), and Rockwell International. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering at Texas A&M University.Mr. James L Wilson, Texas A&M University - College of Engineering 8 years USAF. 24 years experience in IT, Laboratory Management, Facilities Management and System Page 26.261.1 Design. Received Bachelors from LeTourneau

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Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryony DuPont, Oregon State University; Christopher Hoyle, Oregon State University

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projects that include the layout optimization for wind farms, array design for novel wave energy conversion devices, optimization of collaborative power systems, the sustainable redesign of commuting bicycles, and the quantification of sustainability during the early de- sign phase. Dr. DuPont completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2013 in the Integrated Design Innovation Group, and her projects are currently funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Oregon State University, and Oregon BEST/Bonneville Power Association.Dr. Christopher Hoyle, Oregon State University Dr. Christopher Hoyle is currently Assistant Professor and Arthur Hitsman

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Pines, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Luke Nogales, New Mexico State University

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emerging facility began to gain tractionwithin the institution as well as among alumni and external partners. Additional corporatepartners began to emerge including, Boeing, Western Refining, Cummins, TRAX International,and Sandia National Laboratories/Lockheed Martin, with each expressing interest in broadeningparticipation in engineering among New Mexico State’s highly diverse student demographic.Alumni became engaged through a new alumni fund at New Mexico State’s Foundation tosupport the Aggie Innovation Space. Alumni employed within various corporate partnersbecame champions for the emerging collaborations being formed. Through funding provided by the Halliburton Foundation, five (5) faculty members weretrained in the Lean Launchpad

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin F Hopkins, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville; Keith Brandon Lyle, University of Louisville

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require the authors to collect information related to their course work (e.g.,time and date of work, scores), and who to contact if they wished to not participate. There wasno information given to the students regarding the hypotheses. The class was conductedsimilarly to the previous semester when it was taught. The class followed the emporium model(http://www.thencat.org/R2R/AcadPrac/CM/MathEmpFAQ.htm) course redesign as outlined bythe National Center for Academic Transformation. In an emporium model class, students arerequired to spend a minimum number of hours each week in a laboratory setting, working withthe online course materials, in this class primarily the study plan assignments. TeachingAssistants and/or instructors are present during

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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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co-authored the first integrated computer and laboratory introductory calculus course in 1975. He has taught middle school mathematics, engineering, and science and both undergraduate science and graduate teaching courses at Harvard. His research interests include assessment of students’ misconceptions and how they change with instruction, K-12 curriculum development, the transition to college of students who wish to purse STEM careers, pre-college engineering, and the professional development of teachers. Dr. Sadler has won the Journal of Research in Science Teaching Award, the American Institute of Physics Computers in Physics Prize, the American Astronomical Society Education Prize, and the American Association

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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: Mapping the Terrain. EducationalResearcher, 33, 3-15.[11] Yoon, K.S., M. Garet, B. Birman, and R. Jacobson, Examining the Effects of Mathematics and ScienceProfessional Development on Teachers’ Instructional Practice: Using Professional DevelopmentActivity Log, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC (2006).[12] Yoon, K. S., Duncan, T., Lee, S. W.-Y., Scarloss, B., & Shapley, K. (2007). Reviewing the evidence on howteacher professional development affects student achievement, REL 2007–No. 033. Washington, DC: U.S.Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and RegionalAssistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs.[13

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Communication Across the Divisions III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Daniel Richards, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

their design course or to record a blinking LED circuit to showthem that they properly programmed and wired an electrical circuit. These videos are especiallyimportant in distance education.Analytical Writing Explanation of equations: Faculty members participating in the workshop noted thatstudents generally have difficulty articulating how they solved a specific problem using equationsor why they selected a specific equation. This problem is apparent in laboratory reports but alsoin capstone/senior design technical reports. Explicit argumentation of the rationale for theselection the equation and how it was used to solve the problem was identified as an importantgenre during the workshop. Chart or diagram with explanation and

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., Univerity of Illinois College of Engineering; Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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course in its first semester, 13 came from Engineering, eight came from UrbanPlanning, six came from Community Health, seven from Anthropology, and five from GlobalStudies, with one additional student a faculty member teaching science at the University ofIllinois Laboratory High School. One registrant was professional staff of the University whoaudited the course because of a personal interest in the topic. Within these five sections, studentsrepresented additional programs ranging from Translation & Interpretation Studies to African-American Studies. All five sections met together, with faculty from each of the departments co-instructing all class sessions. One faculty member acted as lead facilitator for each class, with allothers

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Claire Y. Yan, University of British Columbia, Okanagan

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from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China and Ph.D. degree from University of Strathclyde, UK. Prior to joining UBC in 2008, she worked as a research scientist at Ryerson University on various projects in the area of CFD and heat and mass transfer. Dr. Yan has taught a variety of courses including fluid mechanics, fluid machines, mechanics of materials, calculus, and kinematics and dynamic. She has also developed undergraduate fluids laboratories and supervised many capstone projects. Her interest in SoTL is evidence-based teaching strategies, student engagement, faculty development, and teaching and learning communities. Dr. Yan is a registered P.Eng. with APEGBC and has served as reviewer for various international

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Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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New Engineering Educators

, congestion pricing, traffic simulation, and engineering education.Mr. Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and teaches part-time at two other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge. He holds a M.F.A. in Television Production, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a B.S. in Sustainable Energy. c American Society for Engineering

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Software Applications in ET Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University

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, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Flows, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, as well as Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses. In addition, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering consulting companies, which have given him an important perspective and exposure to industry. He has been directly involved in at least 20 different engineering projects related to a wide range of industries from petroleum and nat- ural gas industry to brewing and newspaper industries. Dr. Ayala has provided service to professional organizations such as ASME. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Committee of Spanish Translation of ASME Codes and the ASME Subcommittee on Piping and Pipelines in Spanish. Under both

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Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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temporally separated, such as refer-ring to a textbook, a datasheet, and traditional source code, additional extraneous load is imposedto successfully integrate these elements. Because literate programming encourages including allthese elements as a part of the document, as shown in Figure 1(b), we hypothesize that the use ofliterate programs will reduce extraneous load, therefore improving students’ ability to master theseconcepts, which will lead to higher test scores.4. ApproachThe authors instruct ECE 3724c, a course offered within the Department of Electrical and Com-puter Engineering at Mississippi State University, which focuses on introducing students to micro-processors through both lecture and laboratory exercises. The first half of the

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 9

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cristi L Bell-Huff, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair of the First Year Engineering Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team. Dr. Gerhart conducts workshops on active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, entrepreneurial

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Research Methods I: Developing Research Tools and Methods

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Thomas, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Nicole M. Colston, Oklahoma State University; Tyler Ley P.E., Oklahoma State University; Beverly DeVore-Wedding, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Leslie R. Hawley, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Juliana Utley, Oklahoma State University; Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State University

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Award from the College of Engineering in 2014, Halliburton Excellent Young Professor in 2014, and the OSU Regents Research Award in 2014.Ms. Beverly DeVore-Wedding, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Bev DeVore-Wedding is a doctoral student in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the Uni- versity of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). In her second year, DeVore-Wedding works with Nebraska Indian Community Colleges (NICC) teaching chemistry, bringing community topics into the classroom for chem- istry content and laboratory connections, and coordinating the NSF grant between UNL NICC. DeVore- Wedding previously taught high school math and science for 28 years in northwestern Colorado in a rural setting. Research interests

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University; Peter J. Clarke, Florida International University

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&MUniversity (FAMU) [5]. The NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement(CCLI) Phase I project had the following objectives: (a) create learning materials ontesting tools, (b) increase the number of students who have access to testing tool tutorials,and (c) train instructors on how to use testing tools and WReSTT in the classroom.WReSTT-CyLE is a NSF Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science (TUES) IIproject that aims to provide a cyberlearning environment that facilitates the improvementof students’ conceptual understanding and practical skills in software testing. The maingoals of this project are to create new learning materials and develop faculty expertise tosignificantly increase the number of undergraduate students that

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New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

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, just focus on the analyzer. time constant for flow control loop on feed stream: τv = 2 s specified mass flow rate to reactor: Fspec = 0.9 kg/s volume of each reactor: Vrxtor = 10 L feed concentration to process: CA0 = 1.0 gmol/L density of all streams: ρ = 0.96 kg/L rate constant for reaction: k = 0.04 L/gmol·s deadtime for analyzer to measure CA exiting second reactor: θA= 300 s Explain the implications of the time it takes the reactors to reach steady state as it compares to the deadtime of the analyzer.Process Safety Example In the laboratory, it is important that cylinders of compressed gas are securely anchored so as to be immovable. If a pressurized cylinder were to fall over, it’s quite likely that the valve

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Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raheem Taiwo Ariwoola, East Tennessee State University; Mohammad Moin Uddin P.E., East Tennessee State University; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University

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and thermal transmittance - Calculation method[11] NFRC 100-2014 (2013) (National Fenestration Rating Council Inc., Procedure for Determining Fenestration Product U-factor. Greenbelt, MD[12] Finlayson, E.U., Arsteh, D.K., Huizenga, C., Rubin M.D. (1993). Window 4.0 documentation and calculation procedure. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA[13] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), (2014). Heating and cooling Degree data. Retrieved from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/documentlibrary/hcs/hcs.html[14] U.S. Energy Information Administration (2015). Frequently Asked Questions Retrieved from; https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=45&t=8[15] Gowri, K..,Winiarski, D

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Queen Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kelly Summerford Ellenburg, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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enterprise.While various programs have experienced growth, some programs have diverged over time andare no longer deliberately described as experiential learning opportunities. West VirginiaUniversity’s PRIDE program has been discontinued, yet the opportunity for experiential learningstill exists as described in a recent capstone course syllabus9 as well as numerous journal articlesdiscussing the program’s education methods and observations10,11. Similarly, Kansas StateUniversity’s Mechanical Engineering Design Laboratory still exists as a required componentwithin the undergraduate curriculum, but is not necessarily a deliberate service learningexperience at this time12. These programs demonstrate the common reality for most civilengineering capstone

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Circuits & Systems Education II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Antonio Leija, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

paper discusses a Real Time Embedded System Course I designed that uses theXilinx Zynq platform to give students first-hand experience with modern System-on-Chip designmethodologies and the challenges that designers face in both hardware and software bring-up fora modern IP-based design.The first portion of this paper discusses how students were trained to use the Zynq platform. Thefirst weeks of the class were dedicated to teaching students the basics of real-time system andcustom hardware design. Students used a Zynq-based port of Free-RTOS to learn about Real-time operating systems. Through a series of laboratory assignments, students are taught how tointerface the RTOS with custom hardware that they place on the FPGA portion of the chip

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Jackeline Torres, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Margaret E. Beier, Rice University

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Rice University. Saterbak was responsible for developing the laboratory program in Bioengineering. Saterbak introduced problem-based learning in the School of Engineering and more recently launched a successful first-year engineering design course taught in the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen. Saterbak is the lead author of the textbook, Bio- engineering Fundamentals. Saterbak’s outstanding teaching was recognized through university-wide and departmental teaching awards. In 2013, Saterbak received the ASEE Biomedical Engineering Division Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award. For her contribution to education within biomedical engineering, she was elected Fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Society and

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud K. Quweider, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley; Fitratullah Khan, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

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computer science courses since 1992. His areas of expertise are computer architecture, networking, database systems, computing platforms and languages. As the director of Infrastructure, Telecommunications, and Networking (ITNet), and later as the Chief Technol- ogy Officer, at UT Brownsville, he implemented state of the art networking using campus wide fiber ring with redundant links to facilities. He established diskless computer labs to provide uniform computing platform across campus, and modernized classrooms to make them congenial to online learning. He was the PI on NSF funded BCEIL (Beowulf-based Curriculum Enrichment Integrated Laboratory) grant and Co-PI on NSF funded MCALL (Multimedia based Computer Assisted

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Make It!

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saneela Rabbani, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Josiah David D'Arrigo, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Amir Elzawawy , Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

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Paper ID #15445MAKER: A Braille ClockSaneela Rabbani, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Saneela Rabbani is a senior in Mechatronics Engineering at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Tech- nology. She is the secretary of the Society of Women Engineers, Vaughn Chapter and secretary of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Club. She is a Tutor and Laboratory Technician at Vaughn College. She dis- covered her passion for teaching at an early age and aspires to obtain her graduate degrees in the field of Engineering and teach on a collegiate level.Mr. Josiah David D’Arrigo, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology I am

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Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

withundergraduate research contributes toward the development of skills that can be used inengineering problem-solving. Simulation, modeling and analysis Assisting Undergraduate Laboratory graduate experiences researcher research Experimental analysis Fig. 1. Undergraduate research experiences – possible means.Although it is very common for a mentor

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Make It!

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rex H. Wong, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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). My involvement of robotic/mechatronic education ranges from robotic club, electronic club, to incubating the students start-ups, to online forum for robotic workshops...etc.Dr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Andrea Strzelec, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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authors wish to acknowledge several organizations and persons who have made this workpossible. The National Science Foundation is acknowledged for providing the financial supportfor the first thermodynamics course redesign effort (NSF Award #1044875). The opinions and orviews expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and not necessarily those of thesponsoring agency. Further, the authors wish to acknowledge members of the project’s AdvisoryPanel for their feedback on both the course redesign and the concept inventory. The panelmembers include Dr. William Cannella (Chevron Corporation), Dr. Philip Caruso (GeneralElectric Water and Power), Dr. C. Stuart Daw (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), (ChevronCorporation), Professor David

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Works in Progress: Faculty Perspectives and Training

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi S London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Farrah Fayyaz, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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: 2009.9 Fila, N. D. & Wertz, R. E. H. Towards Evaluating the Content, Assessment, and Pedagogy in Instructional Laboratories. (2013).10 Smith, K. In Cooperative learning: Lessons and insights from thirty years of championing a research- based innovative practice, IEEE: 2011; pp T3E-1.11 Liljeström, A., Enkenberg, J. & Pöllänen, S. Making learning whole: an instructional approach for mediating the practices of authentic science inquiries. Cultural Studies of Science Education 8, 51-86 (2013).12 Hipkins, R.; Cowie, B.; Boyd, S.; Keown, P.; McGee, C., Curriculum implementation exploratory studies 2. Final report 2011.13 Cunningham, J. W. & Wall, L. K. Teaching good readers to comprehend better. Journal of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Gina C Adam, National Institute of Microtechnologies, Romania

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Paper ID #15897Increasing Conceptual Understanding and Student Motivation in Undergrad-uate Dynamics Using Inquiry-Based Learning ActivitiesDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University

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head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University. He is a fellow of the IEEE. A complete vita is available at: http://www.engr.colostate.edu/ ˜aam.Prof. Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University Branislav M. Notaros is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University, where he also is Director of Electromagnetics Laboratory. He received a Ph.D. in elec- trical engineering from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1995. His research publications in computational and applied electromagnetics include more than 150 journal and conference papers. He is the author of textbooks Electromagnetics (2010) and MATLAB-Based Electromagnetics (2013