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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiloh James Howland, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice.Dr. Randall Davies, Brigham Young University Dr. Davies is currently an

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The Evolving Classroom

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; J. Michael Grayson, The Citadel; Monika Bubacz, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

. The main topics of the course include stress, strain,deformation, and stress/strain transformation. In the three-semester duration of this study, threefaculty members (Instructors A-C) taught lecture sections and one faculty member (Instructor C)taught laboratory sections (Table 1). Instructor C taught one section of CIVL 304 and twosections of CIVL 307 in fall 2017. The syllabi, textbook, and topics covered were identical forall lecture and laboratory sections. For this study, the summer cohorts and fall cohort are treatedas equivalent. It should be noted that Instructor A is an early-career tenure-track assistantprofessor with less than five years of teaching experience, Instructor B is a full professor withapproximately 15 years of

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Yuchen Cao, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

research is to determine the extent to which secondarystudents in team based courses behave similarly when rating their peers compared to First-Year Engineering (FYE) students. In particular, we are interested in the quality of peerevaluations based on the similarity of the variability or lack thereof in the comparison of peerevaluation ratings.A person’s ability to work effectively in a team or group setting is vital to a college career aswell as in a work-life profession and therefore it is often a significant factor in a corporate orgovernment hiring process. Recognizing this need, a number of U.S. undergraduate collegiateSTEM programs as well as many K12 instructors, particularly teachers delivering ProjectLead The Way (PLTW) courses, use team

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; Farshad Niayeshpour, Iowa State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

making under uncertainties. For their professional careers as engineers, we thinkthey are better prepared to address relevant uncertainties. For the graduate and undergraduatestudents who were direct participants in this project, they will have an innovative quantitative toolthat addresses critical decision making under substantial uncertainties for their own future researchand/or teaching.Next, for the course contents on Complex Engineering Projects (CEP’s), we note that bothengineering design and supply chains can be modelled and analyzed as CEP’s. Hence, a wide rangeof disciplines ranging from mechanical engineering to business and economics have new teachingmaterials and learning aids when complex decisions are to be made under substantial

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Fang Tang, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Amar Raheja, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

teamproject and to learn more about testing and analyzing data in a multidisciplinary environment.Some of the participants mentioned that they knew very little about UAVs and that their technicalknowledge helped them understand what they needed to learn to solve these complex problems. Itgave confidence to the participants to take a very complex problem and still succeed at the end.The participants also described that they learned transferable skills that they would carry forwardto new projects. They also appreciated the opportunity to learning new skills, team building, andother practical skills that they can now apply to other projects. Many participants did indicate thatthe program led them to feel more certain or clear about their careers plans

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josue DUPE Njock Libii, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial needobtaining degrees in STEM and entering the workforce or graduate programs in STEM; 2) toimprove the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, with a focus onacademically talented low-income students; and 3) to generate knowledge to advanceunderstanding of how factors or evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities affect thesuccess, retention, transfer, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM of low-incomestudents [5].”Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) was awarded a five-year NSF S-STEM grant in August of 2016. This paper describes this project, presents the sponsoredactivities that were undertaken in the first year

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Russell Andrew Long; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recent recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Mr. Russell Andrew Long, Russell Long, M.Ed. was the Director of Project Assessment at the Purdue University School of Engineer- ing Education (retired) and is Managing Director of The Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). He

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Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael R. Penn P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Defne S. Apul, University of Toledo; Margaret E. Garcia, Arizona State University; Jagadish Torlapati; Lashun King Thomas

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Environmental Engineering

engineering should be modified to reflect the growing complexity ofinfrastructure. The One Water module of the CIT-E model introductory infrastructure courseprovides fundamental knowledge of not only components and systems, but also challenges,constraints and potential solutions. With this foundation, first and second year students are betterprepared for upper-level courses and ultimately their careers. The learning outcomes of eachlesson from the One Water module are a vital step in establishing the framework for thenecessity of sustainable infrastructure that supports community needs. This is establishedthrough pre and in-class activities, and discussions involving real-world case-studies.This work is supported by the National Science Foundation

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Design and the Capstone Experience

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara E. Marino, Loyola Marymount University

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Design in Engineering Education

knows how to make EE work fun. A+. My favorite lab course!! This lab was definitely the most enjoyable course I have ever taken. If you don’t have fun in this class, you picked the wrong major!Conclusions:Five examples of design projects incorporating various technologies and off-the-shelf parts werecreated to better prepare students to meet the challenges of the capstone design. The results ofassessment indicate that these projects are very effective at doing this. This combined withanecdotal student feedback show that the introduction of these new projects makes the coursemore fun, more relevant to an engineering career, and better prepares students to meet theexpectations of their senior capstone project.References:[1] B.E. Marino, “One

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Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Carvill, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

rhetorical analysis. In aprior paper, we provided a rhetorical analysis of Donald Trump’s twitter feed during three timeperiods: while he was campaigning for the primary nomination, after he received it and wasPresident-elect, and once he became president [5].Using short examples of rhetorical devices can foreground classical rhetoric used in public waysin an attempt to influence policy. Throughout their career at Rose-Hulman (and later during theircareers as engineers, scientists, and mathematicians), students serve on numerous teamsproposing solutions to problems. As part of their analysis, they must also use the same lessonson a larger scale. What change will this project effect? What audiences are you addressing andwhat attitudes, biases, and

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Global and Intercultural Competency

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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Diversity

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International

the very last semesters during their educational career at the college,despite repeated faculty and advisors’ recommendations to address these deficiencies. Eventualinstructors’ bias is not resulting in lower grades when performance is similar, when compared withdomestic students.Class reports, project reports, and presentations are required as part of some engineeringtechnology courses throughout the curriculum, offering additional opportunities for students toimprove their communication skills.A test instrument was developed to measure the student population’s knowledge levels infundamentals of engineering. This research will continue and the test will be administered to juniorand senior students from the Engineering Technology programs, at

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Faculty Development Work-in-Progress Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; William L. Hughes, Boise State University

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

questions, and totrain a new generation of students to meet the challenges of the next century [2]. HES has a set ofcore faculty plus “affiliated” faculty from other units on campus – we refer to the combination asthe “team.” The team is made up of some mid-career and senior faculty in established academicdepartments and a few new hires of junior faculty into the College of Innovation + Design (CID)– a new experimental unit of Boise State.Boise State launched CID in August 2015 with the mission to prototype novel models ofresearch, development, and education (RD&E) – without needing to subscribe to thebureaucracies of a state institution. Unlike other colleges, CID pilots RD&E programs and thendevelops a roadmap to integrate the viable ones

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COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zelin Zhu; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Shuo Ren, Old Dominion University; Katherine Smith, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University

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Computers in Education

and testing) and the reliability and maintainability of complex systems. Hehas been selected as both a NASA and an ONR Faculty Fellow. He regularly teaches courses in Ma-rine Engineering and in Maintained Systems. Most recently Dr. Dean was on the Headquarters Staffthe American Society of Naval Engineers. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of EngineeringManagement and Systems Engineering, and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Technology, from the BattenCollege of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. Additionally, Dr. Dean receivedan MBA from the College of William and Mary. Prior to is academic career Dr. Dean was Director ofOperations and Business Development for Clark-Smith Associates, P.C., and served as an Electrician

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #22001Design, Development, and Testing of Load Cell AccelerometersDr. Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dale H. Litwhiler is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University, M.S. from Syracuse University, and Ph.D. from Lehigh University all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Design

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4 – Systems Thinking Integration and Systems Engineering Skills Evaluation

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- Worldwide

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Systems Engineering

proficiency in these skills upon graduation fromundergraduate programs [4]. This result is supported by commonly cited findings that engineerturnover is partly due to a lack of understanding of the big picture and “boring work” (or a lack ofappreciation for engineering functions beyond hands-on, engineering design). A national,Canadian survey showed similar results [5]. The most common reason for engineer turnover(voluntary and involuntary) were related to conflict with the role itself, including the engineer’sdesire for a career change, job satisfaction and feelings of the role being a poor fit. Accordingly,researchers, educators, industry, government and accreditation bodies all posit the need forsystemic and transformative change in engineering

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia D. Thompson, San Jose State University ; Jinny Rhee, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

4 4 0 50% 8 0 0 100%Students develop the capacity to work with the community 4 3 1 50% 8 0 0 100%Students gain experience relevant to professional careers 6 0 1 86% 7 0 1 88%Students learn core engineering skills 8 0 0 100% 8 0 0 100%Students work on projects that are needed in the community 3 3 2 38% 1 0 7 88%Student - CooperativeStudents learn professional skills (i.e. team building, communication

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

section. Many students had very low levels of disagreement. It is possiblethat differences by gender or by medium are not appropriately detected using this statisticalmethod.Finally, the context of data collection limits the generalizability of the results. The data wascollected from first year engineering students at one particular institution. As student progressthrough their educational careers, the effect of gender and gender isolation may change asstudents begin to feel more comfortable working in diverse teams. Additionally, while womenwere well represented in the data set for the institutional and national averages in engineering, theoverall engineering field is still male dominated, and women in more male-dominated individualcourses may

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ryan McCullough, Colorado State University; Sanja B. Manic, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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Electrical and Computer

this assignment.”Many students acknowledged and appreciated the importance of MATLAB as an essential toolfor ECE and the need for gaining or improving MATLAB use and programming familiarity andexpertise for students and engineers: “I like what you are trying to do with this project because Ido believe that it will be important for all of us to be familiar with MATLAB at some pointbefore we start our careers. I think it was a good call making the assignment extra credit becausemost of us have very little understanding with MATLAB in the first place.” And another studentwrote, “I personally think that the Matlab project was a great idea as in industry I used Matlab allof the time.”Some students confirmed that MATLAB exercises helped them develop

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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; JeanPaul Badjo, Badjo-T Industries; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xianfang Tan

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Electrical and Computer

existence of a fixed hardware itself. As avivid example, students can receive the direct feeling how to build a complex project fromscratch. Simple or complex, students are strongly encouraged to launch the building of their ownsuit by following the same way, or any other engineering project. The second is the diversity of its functions. As mentioned above, in the current version of thesuit, engineering topics involved span from CAD design and 3D printing to microprocessor andmicrocomputer system design, image processing, sensor and signal processing, wirelesscommunication, etc. And more new functions can be easily integrated into the suit system. Another important aspect involved in the suit development is the career development

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Moreland, Purdue University Northwest; Michael Edward Hoerter, CIVS; SHENG WANG, PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST CIVS

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

skilled workforce for thewind energy industry. This will lead to more wind energy production, which will lessen the needfor burning fossil fuel and decrease CO2 and other pollutant emissions. It also focuses onimproving technology education in general. Through dissemination efforts, such an innovativeapproach may be expanded and adopted by other community colleges in wind energy educationand other programs. The simulator and associated teaching techniques may be later adapted forother technician fields. Finally, the developers hope to inspire K-12 students into STEMeducation. Through outreach efforts, K-12 students will be excited and motivated to pursuecourses and careers in wind energy and other STEM fields.Potential ReplicabilityOne of the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omaima Almatrafi, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Huzefa Rangwala; Jaime Lester, George Mason University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

economies. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award in 2009. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (CHEER) published by Cam- bridge University Press, New York, NY. Dr. Johri earned his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design at Stanford University and a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at Delhi College of Engineering.Prof. Huzefa RangwalaDr. Jaime Lester, George Mason University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Retention and Persistence among STEM Students: A Comparison of Direct Admit and Transfer Students across Engineering and ScienceAbstractImproving student retention in particular science

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Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon K. Sweeney, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sweeney began his career as a Quality Engineer for Lord Corpo- ration. He worked there eleven years with the last eight years being as a Product Designer of vibration control products. He joined the faculty at Penn State Behrend in 1996 where he teaches a variety of engi- neering mechanics courses. His research interests are materials testing, industrial statistics, and vibration analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Gage Capability Case Study in a Quality Control Course Shannon Sweeney, P.E. Associate Professor of Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Katherine M Ehlert, Clemson University; Dennis M Lee, Clemson University; Penelope Vargas

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Careers for Male and Female Students. Proceedings of the 2011 Frontiers in Education National Conference.10 Tonso, K. L. (2006). Student Engineers and Engineer Identity: Campus Engineer Identities as Figured World, 1( 2):273–307.11 Chinn, C. A., Buckland, L. A. and Samarapungavan, A. (2011). Expanding the Dimensions of Epistemic Cognition: Arguments from Philosophy and Psychology,” Educ. Psychol. 46(3):141–167.12 Creswell, J. W., and Vicki L. Plano Clark. (2007). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Sage Publications.13 Faber, C., Vargas, P., and Benson, L. (2016a). Engineering Students' Epistemic Cognition in a Research Environment. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(6): 2487– 2500.)14 Faber, C

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Indranil Brahma, Bucknell University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #17821Rethinking the Macroscopic Presentation of the Second Law of Thermody-namicsDr. Indranil Brahma, Bucknell University Doctor Brahma is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Bucknell University. His primary research focus is data enabled modeling. Prior to his academic career he worked for about eight years in the automotive industry. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 1 Rethinking the Macroscopic Presentation of the Second Law of 2 Thermodynamics 3 Abstract: The classical macroscopic presentation of the second law of

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brett Doudican, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Brian Lawrence LaDuca, University of Dayton

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

,’no matter where they live, what educational path they pursue, or which field they choose towork.”10 This understanding paired with shocking data regarding the lagging achievement of USstudents in STEM, resulted in a major overhaul of educational science standards that ultimatelyled to the development of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).11 The NGSS includeengineering and technology as learning goals and focus on the impact that engineering can haveon humans.11-13 However, many K-12 teachers do not have a good understanding of engineeringpractices, applications or careers.4, 14 Furthermore, most undergraduate teacher educationprograms do not include engineering concepts or engineering design practices in theircurriculum.14-16 As

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Jacqueline McClive, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jane Jackson, National Technical Institute for the Deaf; Gary Charles Blatto-Vallee, NTID/RIT; Keith Mousley, Rochester Institute of Technology; David Simkins, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

phase. SOLTs will serve as stand-alone tools and tutorials within theinteractive experience. Students may start by watching one or more SOLTs or jump straight intothe interactive experience and use the SOLTs as supports when needed.This project has the potential to increase learning for DHH students in statistics, increase thenumber of DHH students who continue to pursue statistics or other STEM disciplines, andcontribute to diversity within STEM workforce careers. Other learners may also benefit fromvisual representation of complex concepts. It is estimated that 65% of the population are visuallearners, as are half of all students in special education programs. The potential for the broaderapplication of SOLTs and interactive experiences in

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Developing and Establishing Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest (College of Technology); Niaz Latif, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

curriculum2. The Master of Science in Technologyprogram at Purdue University Northwest has followed this suggestion. Faculty, through theirindustry contacts, place students in internships before graduation. Many of these students arethen hired in the respective business or industry because of the internships. On their assessmentreport of a cohort-based Master’s degree in Technology, Latif and Dyrenfurth3 reported that therequired directed project work enhanced student’ knowledge and skills at their workplace andalso a large number of students reported career growth after graduation. In other studies, theauthors emphasized on the value of Master’s projects and internships, especially for thosestudents with no or minimal industrial experience, in

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Pre-college: Blending Computers, Computational Thinking, and Engineering Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

learning of different disciplines, increasetechnological literacy, and boost student interest towards engineering (National Academy ofEngineering, 2009). In line with that, in 2009 the National Academy of Engineering (NAE 2009)released a document emphasizing three critical areas for pre-college engineering education:teaching engineering design, incorporating effective methods such as “computational methods”for developing different content knowledge skills, and promoting engineering habits of mind.Therefore, developing computational thinking is helpful in learning and strengthening pre-college engineering.Additionally, due to the growth of engineering-related careers, many current K-12 students willend up working in fields that involve computing

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Outreach, recruiting, and retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Foutz P.E., University of Georgia

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Biological & Agricultural

preconceptions ofthe problem. This study needs to be repeated to overcome some of the study’s currentlimitations. However, the preliminary results do suggest that this approach could be useful tohelp new college students understand the integrative nature of engineering and gain a betterperception of the profession.ReferencesBowen, E., Prior, J., Lloyd, S., Thomas, S., & Newman-Ford, L. (2007). Engineering moreengineers—bridging the mathematics and careers advice gap. Engineering Education, 2(1),23- 32. doi: 10.11120/ened.2007.02010023English, L. D., Hudson, P. B., & Dawes, L. A. (2011, January). Middle school students'perceptions of engineering. In STEM in Education Conference: Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics in Education

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Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (2)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Monique S Ross, Florida International University; Christopher Alexander Carr, National Society of Black Engineers; Brittany Boyd, National Society of Black Engineers

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

serve low-income and minority children at a greater rate thanthe general population and provides an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students andpeople of color to serve as mentors [1]. OST-based programs provide services to 15% of thenational school-aged population which is 24% African American, 21% Hispanic, and 16% ofNative Americans; a total of 61% for URMs [2,3,4]. According to the Learning in Informal andFormal Environments Center (LIFE), children only spend 81.5% of their waking hours outside ofthe formal education environment [5,6]. From an outcomes standpoint, OST programs have beenfound to improve students’ attitudes toward STEM classes, increase interest in STEM careers,and boost academic achievement. As encouraging as this