Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Brandt, Seton Hall University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

“and that's why we’re emphasizing math and science. That's why we’re emphasizingteaching girls math and science.” This was followed by the White House creation of theSTEM Master Teacher Corp as a new initiative in July 2012. However, it is still not wellunderstood exactly what factors affect persistence in undergraduate STEM majors andwhere the focus should be placed in order to improve persistence. There is a need forfurther research to help shape policies directed at improving the participation of womenin STEM undergraduate studies.NSF-20122 data for the 2009 high school graduating class showed that women are nowwell represented in advanced math and science high school courses. Table 1 presents thepercentage of male and female students that

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Atkins, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julian Ernesto Martinez-Moreno, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lalit Patil, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kimber J Andrews, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ; Maryalice S. Wu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Debasish Dutta, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Barbara Hug, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Liora Bresler

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

ideas of design concepts, i.e., getting inputs from team members, leads to unique concepts that are not generated individual.7Few researchers have surveyed a large number of inventors and innovative companies tounderstand innovation. For example, Walsh and Nagaoka have considered the question “Whoinvents?” by surveying about 1900 Japanese and American innovators identified from theirpatents.8 Arora, Cohen, and Walsh have recently conducted a survey of American companies toidentify the sources of innovation (e.g., supplier, customer, internal lab, startups, etc.); they alsostudy whether patents have played a role in the innovation.92.2 Teaching innovationUniversity programs that teach innovation can be categorized as follows:1. Courses

Conference Session

Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

academics withvocational coursework. The VTCs that have partnered with ASCEND specialize inenvironmental education and green careers workforce training. They also support service-basedlearning opportunities with local employers through the Santa Cruz County Regional OccupationProgram (ROP). ROP centers, such as the Natural Bridges Green Career center, receive fundingfrom the California Department of Education for programs that include career and workforcepreparation for high school students and adults, preparation for advanced workforce developmentand training, and upgrading of existing vocational skills. Given the focus of these particularVTCs on “green careers” they are encouraged by California Governor Brown’s recent (2013)signature on SB X 1-2

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Engineering Ethics

ethics and/or engineering student responses to issues of humanitarian or socialjustice nature to inform interview question and survey item design. Finally, this work contributesto the discourse of engineering ethics by developing and applying an ethical framework from thewider literature that has not received much attention in engineering ethics to date.1. IntroductionThis work explores engineering ethics in a “developing world” context. There are many ethicalframeworks with which to examine the involvement of engineers from industrialized countries inprojects directed at the “developing world” (e.g., see the Ethics of International Engagement andService-Learning Project [1]). The framework chosen for this study is care ethics, a.k.a., ethic(s

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

classroom practices today (dominated by traditionallecture-based methods) must be mandated and supported by the university administration. Whatis necessary to create a change, is, to have a comprehensive and integrated set of components:clearly articulated expectations, opportunities for faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and anequitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies of engagement.The theme advocated here is that student involvement is an essential aspect of meaningfullearning. Also, engaging students in learning is principally the responsibility of the instructor,who should become

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

kinds, the fraction of respondents who are female isabout 10% and quite stable across the range from 18 to 45. Among high-school students Page 26.1738.3the fraction of girls with an explicit interest in IT is over 30%, see Figure 1. This findingimplies that women, who chose IT as a specialty at the University stay in the profession.However, although many girls demonstrate an interest in IT area they do not choose acareer in IT. Why and where have all the girls gone? Percent  of  women  in  IT  by  agegroup   35   30   %  Women

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 26.774.4Challenge and Course Layout The context for the two-week course was learning to program a mobile robot that wouldsimulate the search and discovery mission underway to find missing Malaysian Airlines flight470. Students began by learning how to get their robots to navigate around a circular trackformed by yellow masking tape on a gray foam mat as shown in Figure 1. Along the yellowcircle was checkered black and white masking tape, which served as an encoder to allow thestudents to detect how far their robots traveled. The students also learned how to avoid collidingwith other robots on the track using sensors and learned how to detect depths using sensors. Inthe center of the course was cardboard bent at different angles to

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Ryan Lutz, James Madison University

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Computing & Information Technology

pleasant and gained new network functionality that increasedtheir creativity. We anticipate that the effort and time required by instructors and systemadministrators to set up and manage labs will markedly decrease, particularly, with the ability tocentrally monitor the classroom progress and the students’ utilization of servers’ resources.1. IntroductionCloud computing is an up and coming technology that is gaining popularity as the speeds of ournetworks increase. Cloud computing [1-3] is the distribution of computing resources across the Page 26.835.2network. It normally has a central system, or server stack, that completes all of the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tia Jackson-Truitt; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

doctor, for atleast 30 to 40 years, is usually “When was the date of your last period?”.While the picture is bleak for women, whose representation in U.S. engineering programs hasbeen around 18% for at least the past decade, it is even bleaker for African-American students,whose representation is in the single digits: around 6.5% at our institution, and an average of 4%nationally.Research on URMs has generally focused on students who leave engineering and what causedtheir departure. For example, Marra et al.2 shows students of both genders tend to drop out ofengineering primarily for two reasons: 1) the curriculum is too challenging and the quality ofteaching too poor, and 2) students don’t believe they belong. Ohland et al.3, 4 present an

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Gordon Thomas Beverly III, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

range of ways. These skills canimprove their academic performance by allowing for investigation, comprehension andcommunication of ideas, problem solving, as well as furthering understanding of concepts7. Theability to discuss topics with faculty and other classmates provides a chance to extend knowledgeto others and receive it as well. Students can grapple with ideas, share thoughts, enrichunderstanding and solve problems through basic communication practices7.Communication skills and insights form an important basis for employability8. Employers haveshown that potential hires who show effective oral communication are much more desired.Figure 1 shows a breakdown of a survey done asking employers what qualities they believed tobe the most

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2013 and has been ongoingfor seven semesters, including summers. Initially the program primarily supported basic researchprojects. However, in 2014 two distinct mechanisms were established, one that supported basicresearch and another that supported projects focused on technology or product development. Applications are considered from student/faculty teams. Proposals are divided into 3sections: 1) research description, 2) student background and 3) mentoring plan. The proposalsare solicited every semester, including summer, and reviewed (by a faculty panel and the collegedean) for quality and impact with special attention to the mentoring plan. Although the programgenerally places the onus of formation of these teams on the student, the

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Adam Ginton, NA

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Engineering Physics & Physics

be investigated: Page 26.134.2 1. The subject material and course content, and 2. Students subjective experiences and views about a subject The first of these topics is essentially about the effectiveness of a particular physicscourse. It addresses questions such as what aspects of physics do students have the most troublewith, and how different teaching methods compare with one another. The studies in this sectionoften involved college students who were already enrolled in a physics class, and used aquantitative approach to obtain the data. The second topic concerns how student’s general attitudes and beliefs

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University; S.R. Subramanya

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Engineering Management

impacts including change in the rain and storm cycles [1]. The Stateof California has been in drought cycle for some three years now with water storage levels acrossthe state at alarmingly low levels – down by 51.8% [2, 3]. Los Angeles and San Diego (two largestcities of California) have instituted water conservation methods and rebates for all theircustomers including single family homes. The total amount of water consumed by residentialpopulation (as opposed to agriculture or industrial) is about 14 % of the total water consumptionin CA (agriculture uses 80%) [4].Two key programs in the School of Engineering and Computing at our university are -Sustainability Management (MS) and Computer Science (BS and MS). SustainabilityManagement program

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Hum, Cañada College; Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

differences in the program outcomes forminority and non-minority students. Comparisons will be based on student retention and successrates in subsequent math courses, pre- and post-program math self-efficacy survey, and surveysthat assess satisfaction with the program and student perception and knowledge of resources andskills needed for academic success.1. IntroductionWith the increasing demand for a skilled and technically savvy workforce in the United States,addressing retention problems in the first two years of college is a promising and cost-effectivestrategy to address this need. A recent Committee on STEM Education National Science andTechnology Council report Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics(STEM) Education 5-Year

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Illinois Institute of Technology,under the umbrella of a Distinctive Education Initiative within the Armour College ofEngineering, we challenged ourselves to build on these more traditional mechanisms forexposing students to research in a manner that would: 1) increase the opportunity for inquiry- Page 26.651.3based learning and creative engineering thinking; 2) prepare students for subsequent placementin a research laboratory; and 3) provide all engineering students at our institution an opportunityto perform mentored, self-directed research. Furthermore, as an engineering college within ouruniversity, we also felt that our solution should address

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

intellectualproperty and the substantial unattributed textual copying of another’s work.”1 But when it comesto defining “self-plagiarism,” things are more opaque. The phrase itself is almost meaningless, asStephanie Bird, among others, points out: “Self-plagiarism is not possible, since ‘plagiarism’refers to claiming the words and ideas of another as one’s own.”2The concept is not, as some suggest, “a relatively new evil.”3 As Callahan notes, it can be tracedback more than a century, to an 1893 letter submitted to the Atlantic Monthly.4 Current timeshave seen a renewed interest, perhaps due to the emergence of detection software used by manyjournals to identify plagiarized material.A review of the rather substantial literature shows that self-plagiarism, or

Conference Session

Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gerhard Sonnert, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Philip Michael Sadler, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

fully investigated. A greater number of talentedengineers is needed, and understanding how to increase diversity in engineering through out-of-school experiences affect choices of engineering careers will contribute to improving the typesand numbers of engineers entering the workforce to meet the challenges of the 21st century.In this paper, we used the lens of possible selves to address the following research questions: 1)How do students’ out-of-school high school experiences affect students' engineering identitynow and in the future?; 2) Are these experiences different by gender?; and 3) How doesengineering identity now and in the future predict students’ choice of engineering in college?MethodsThe data for this study come from the Outreach

Conference Session

Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley Davidson, University of Denver; Corinne Shirley Lengsfeld, University of Denver; Bernard Chao, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11375Providing ME Students Opportunities to Enroll in Law School CoursesDr. Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver Dr. Matt Gordon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. His research areas include numerical and experimental plasma physics, chemical and physical vapor depo- sition, electronic packaging, and bio-medical engineering. He has supervised to completion 26 MSME students and 5 PhD students. Publications include 1 book chapter, 32 journal publications, 47 refereed conference proceedings, 29 non-refereed publications, and 27 non-refereed presentations. He is

Conference Session

Hands-on Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

-based learning in EET hands-on courses is discussed. The assessmentresults have indicated that the instructional approaches used have been successful in meeting theteaching goals, which once again serves as evidence for the effectiveness of active learning asresearch studies have indicated.Keywords: electrical engineering technology, active learning, Bloom’s taxonomy, learningstyles, teaching methodologies.1. IntroductionThe traditional way engineering and engineering technology courses are taught is based ontraditional lecture, which is still the most frequent teaching method used nowadays around theworld.1 On the other hand, active learning has been attracting considerable attention over thepast years with numerous research studies indicating

Conference Session

Research and Multidisciplinary Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Scott Duncan, Valparaiso University; Shahin S. Nudehi, Valparaiso University; Robert D. Palumbo, Valparaiso University; Daniel Blood, Valparaiso University; Luke Jerod Venstrom, Valparaiso University

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Mechanical Engineering

engineeringdepartments were involved. The avenues of student participation included summer internships,independent project work, and Capstone Senior Design projects. By working on the solarfurnace project, students developed a myriad of valuable skills in such areas as projectmanagement, technical writing, communication, design, manufacturing, mechatronics, finiteelement analysis, circuit analysis, programming, and instrumentation. Additionally, 40 percentof the students who participated in the project chose to continue their engineering studies ingraduate schools around the country.1. IntroductionMultiple studies1-3 have shown the benefits of project-based learning. Students who participatein complex engineering projects develop a myriad of valuable skills

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

disciplines to successfully apply the results of basicresearch to long-standing global challenges such as epidemics, natural disasters and the searchfor alternative energy sources.”1 Clearly, the global preparedness of engineering students isbecoming an important educational outcome and is a natural extension to recent concerns by anumber of national commissions and scholars, who have also noted the impact of globalizationand the implication for continued U.S. economic leadership.2,3,4Hence, the purpose of our collaboration is to comprehensively study the various ways that wecan better educate globally prepared graduates given an already crowded curriculum.Specifically, we aim to better understand how the various international experiences both in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saviniano Samuel Perez, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering of the National Academies.Challenge 1- Provide access to clean wateri.Desert environments such as the Sonoran desert where the large city of Phoenix is settled haswater challenges. Phoenix is primarily served by the Salt River Project from the Salt and Verdewater sheds and Central Arizona Project canal system which draws from the Colorado River.Engineers have a challenge to make water access viable and sustainable to a continuing growingmegapolis in the desert.Challenge 2- Engineer better medicinesii.Pathogens become resistant to therapeutic drugs from natural selection. Drug resistant strainssurvive to infect the host and can become resistant to multiple kinds of drugs. Novel solutionssuch as personalized medicine which target the DNA of

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment & Professional Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University; Diane L Peters, Kettering University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, newsletters, andmagazines, as they attempt to attract new members, retain existing members, and draw membersinto taking an active role in the society. As an example, a President’s Message in the IEEEMicrowave Magazine set out both tangible and non-tangible benefits of IEEE membership, withtangible benefits including the society’s magazine, discounts on journals, standards, andconference registration, career-related resources, and group life insurance.1 Non-tangible benefitsincluded the ability to hold office, professional development and networking opportunities, andthe ability to influence the direction taken by the society.1 One of IEEE’s divisions, the ControlSystems Society, published a similar President’s Message in the IEEE Control

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Sprang, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Engineering Technology

limited [1]. Tibbetts notes that FIGprograms engage resident students who register for the program and live in the dormitories, but do not engage students livingoutside of the dorms [1]. Carrell cites the exclusion of non-resident students as a downfall of residence-based programs andsuggests that significant retention improvement requires the formation of a cohort inclusive of all students [2]. The PSU-ErieFIG consists of dormitory residents who select the program, and therefore does not engage the significant number of studentswho live with their parents or in other off-campus housing. The second program, FastStart, focuses on cultural and social events. FastStart is a campus-wide program that groups afreshman student with a faculty mentor

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Benneyan, Northeastern University; Corey Balint, Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute at Northeastern University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

implementing a change, or when dealing with a complicated medicalcondition, such as sepsis, the clinician can help guide and inform the engineering team’sapproach. The clinician, in-turn, also learns how systems engineers approach problems anddevelop solutions. Clinicians embedded on the engineering team can interact with the cliniciansat the healthcare site to more fully understand the specific clinical implications of engineeringdecisions so we make most effective solutions early on in the iterative process Figure 1 provides an overview of the center and a visual representation of itsrelationship with the healthcare industry. The center takes what is learned in the academicsetting and sets out to apply it in healthcare systems. While great

Conference Session

Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April K. Andreas, McLennan Community College; Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College

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Two Year College Division

we need to push these opportunities more diligently for our Page 26.942.8students. As we continue this program, we hope to collect more firm data that supports theanecdotal evidence that we have gathered thus far about benefits to our students and how thework will ultimately support their success in future career plans. Whether through open-endeddesign projects, embedded research, or full-semester research endeavors, students come awayfrom the experience with an enriched background that will ultimately serve them well as theycontinue on to their transfer institution and on to graduate school.Bibliography 1. Bahr, D. F., & Norton, M

Conference Session

Mechanics Classroom Demonstrations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Bell, Triton College, Ret.

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Mechanics

quote him, if it was "theModified Bernoulli Equation, then is was no longer the Bernoulli Equation.") Learning in ascientific manner is commonly represented as extensions of already understood knowledge.An example of radical change occurred in the 16th century when Galileo worked to consolidatethe understanding of solid mechanics2. In one case prior to his involvement there was more thana little controversy about whether the bending stresses of cantilevered beams caused tension atthe top of the beam, or compression at the bottom as illustrated in Figure 1. It was during thistime that the two concepts were consolidated and explained. In this way, two previouslydisparate explanations for observed forces or loadings were replaced by a single

Conference Session

Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Galley, Collin College; Gena S Martin, Collin College; Jeannie Christine Stone, Wylie Independent School District; Becky Hunt, Allen Independent School District; Jean Laswell, Rockwall Independent School District; Lynn Mortensen, Retired Raytheon Company; John W. Sibert, The University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

partnership as well as this paper (see Figure 1). Thegraphic allows one to see the components of the effort. In the case of the high school/two-yearcollege interface, one sees that curricular alignment is a key with clear articulation. The collegeinputs Technical Dual Credit classes into the high school to make sure that the curriculumalignment loop is closed successfully. As shown on the chart, trusted articulation pathways mustbe aligned in terms of curriculum between the two-year and four-year institutions. Importantly,industry’s needs in terms of workers output from the pipeline must be accounted for throughengagement in many ways with all three institutional levels. Finally, the financial implications ofpathway choice for the student must be

Conference Session

BIM in Architectural Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Hardin Bounds, University of Southern Mississippi

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Architectural

adoption of BIM by large healthcare systems will create a need for uniquely trainedindividuals. Healthcare facility BIM management is an area that could attract more females andminorities to this STEM oriented field.Figure 1. Identification of the training gap and opportunities for AEC graduates in the next 10 years.The paradigm shift that is presently taking place calls for specialized staff trained in both thearchitectural arts and computer sciences. Interior design, architecture and engineering educationshould be preparing a workforce for BIM technology in the healthcare sector. Talented andtechnically trained AEC designers will shape the visual 3D world using new tools that will helpthem to leverage the data found within the model. As part of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ikhlaq Sidhu, University of California, Berkeley; Paris Deletraz, IE Business School

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

organization. Our study supports aposition that not only can students and employees be screened for these fundamentalcharacteristics, but also that this ability can be developed, grown, and reinforced. This studyfurther reinforces a hypothesis that seminal entrepreneurship and innovation skills canactually be learned.1. Introduction:The comfort zone is a behavioral state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutralcondition, using a limited set of behaviors to deliver a steady level of performance, usuallywithout a sense of risk (White 2008). It is a type of mental conditioning that causes people tocreate and maneuver mental boundaries. These boundaries differ from person to person basedon varying methods of processing uncertainty. For some