Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Omar Youssef, University of Arizona

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Architectural Engineering

bachelor of science in Construction Engineering from American University in Cairo. Dr. ElZomor moved to FIU from State University of New York, where he was an Assistant Professor at the college of Environmental Science and Forestry. Mohamed’s work focuses on Sustainability of the Built Environment, Engineering Education, Construc- tion Engineering, Energy Efficiency Measures and Modeling, Project Management, and Infrastructure Resilience. Dr. ElZomor has extensive professional project management experience as well as a diverse cross-disciplinary academic knowledge. Mohamed, distinct expertise supports fostering interdisciplinary research in addition to embracing innovative pedagogical approaches in STEM education. Dr

Conference Session

Bridge Programs Connecting to First-Year Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

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First-Year Programs, Pre-College Engineering Education

college’s six-year graduaterate was 15% lower than the university as a whole, with the biggest drop in retention occurringbetween the first and second year (30%). The E2 bridge camp was one of several initiativesimplemented as part of the NSF-funded STEP project targeting first-year students to increaseengineering student persistence to rates closer to those of the university as a whole [7]. The goalsof this camp were to give students hands-on experience with the engineering design process;introduce them to campus resources; and connect them with faculty, staff, and peers.The principle investigators of the STEP grant decided that the best way to increase retention atthe college level was to make the bridge camp open to all first-year students. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University; Carrie W. Lee, East Carolina University ; Christine Wilson, East Carolina University; Holly Heath Fales, East Carolina University; Daniel Dickerson, East Carolina University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #27071Board 27: Using an Immersive Classroom Simulated Environment for Mathand Science Discourse Development in Pre-service TeachersDr. Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University Dr. Ricky Castles is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. He is primarily affiliated with the ECU Electrical Engineering concentration. His research work focuses on the use of wireless sensor networks, microcontrollers, and physiological data collection for a variety of applications. His primary interest is in the area of adaptive tutorial systems, but he has ongoing projects in biomedical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeleine Jennings, Arizona State University; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

contacts such as faculty, student leaders, and industry professionalcontacts that they could utilize to succeed in their degree plan and later on, their career. The otherexperimental section type, Design Intervention, included a small design project and introductionto design theory, as well as Early Career Intervention. This work-in-progress sought to discoverearly data trends that indicate success of the modified introductory class. Early data suggests thatEngineering Technology (ET) students may prefer Design Intervention, and Engineering (ENGR)students may prefer ECI. Furthermore, under-represented minorities (URMs) in ENGR majorsmay prefer Design Intervention, women in ET majors seem to succeed after Design Intervention,and women in ENGR are

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Smith, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

he worked with Cisco customers designing and deploying core Internet designs and technologies. In 2005 Mr. Smith earned a master’s degree in Computer Science from Colorado State and 1 year later left industry to teach engineering at Oklahoma Christian University. Mr. Smith’s emphasis is in first year student success, mentoring young engineers, and data communications. He consistently scores well in student feedback and enjoys regular strong relationships with his students and classes. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Adding Software Engineering Emphasis to an ECE curriculumAbstractThis paper describes a project conducted at Oklahoma Christian (OC) University to add

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Youssef, San Diego State University; Enrique A. Ainsworth, University of California - Los Angeles; Casey Ann Shapiro, UCLA Center for Educational Assessment; Hannah Whang Sayson, UCLA Center for Educational Assessment; Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, University of California - Los Angeles

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

programs, honors education, undergradu- ate seminars, transfer students, community learning opportunities, and undergraduate research education. Finally, the unit collaborates with faculty across campus to develop and implement curricular assessment components of funded grant projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Comprehensive Research Experience for Undergraduates George Youssef1, Enrique Ainsworth2, Hannah Whang3, Casey Shapiro3, Marc Levis- Fitzgerald3, and Jane Chang4 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University 2 Center for Excellence in Engineering and

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Bochao Li, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

atMichigan Tech collaborate with Community College to develop a PLC curriculum to help solvethe current shortage and future expected growth in control engineering professionals required tohave relevant and up-to-date PLC skills within the State of Michigan and beyond. This projectdevelops and implements the open source, multi-level, interactive PLC software to be used inhigh schools, two and four year colleges, as well as to training the displaced workers wishing toimprove their knowledge and expertise in the subject matter and to meet the changing needs ofthe industry. The main objective of this project is developing of three levels of the PLCsimulation software so students can select the most appropriate level of difficulty that fits his

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Michael Mercado; Dale C Rowe, Brigham Young University

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Aerospace

hypothetical, and tangible project architectures, and compare this totraditional approaches. As a final note we suggest that all industries in engineering andtechnology would benefit greatly from this cross-discipline approach to evaluating cyber-securityearly within the educational process.IntroductionAs we advance in the information age we are increasingly aware of the threat that cyber-terrorists pose to United States government and military networks around the world. In the past,information technology did little more for the government than to aid government offices inadministrative tasks, but has now become a critical part of military operations globally. The U.S.military cyberspace infrastructure is made up of tens of thousands of networks and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Student

Paper ID #16130Engineering Success: Delivering Your Ph.D. on Time, on Budget, and Readyfor Your CareerDr. Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University Rebecca M. Reck is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. She completed her Ph.D. in systems and entrepreneurial engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign in 2016 and her master’s degree in electrical engineering at Iowa State University in 2010. During her eight years at Rockwell Collins as a systems engineer, she contributed to the development of the new ProLine Fusion Flight Control System and served as the project

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Mechanical Engineering

their undergraduate studies. At Cal Poly Pomona, mechanical engineering students useArduino in their control systems class, usually taken in their senior year. Many students also useArduino in their senior design projects. Witnessing that Arduino is being introduced at high schoollevel [11], and after experimenting with one section of first year students, we decided to introduceall mechanical engineering students to Arduino early in their first year. This gives an opportunityfor our students to learn about microcontrollers, circuits, electronics, sensor-actuator integrationand programming at the beginning of their education in a project-based environment. It is hopedthat the students will become more confidant in integrating mechanical parts

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs and Labs in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Turner, Purdue University (Statewide Technology); Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany; Danielle Reynolds; Timothy Cooley, Purdue University New Albany; Andrew McCart , Purdue Polytechnic; Joseph F Dues Jr., Purdue Polytechnic New Albany

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Engineering Technology

novel teaching and learning methods to power engineering education.Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany Dr. Rustin Webster is a visiting assistant professor at Purdue University. He teaches within the Purdue Polytechnic Institute and the department of engineering technology. He specializes in mechanical engi- neering and computer graphics technology. Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Webster worked in the Depart- ment of Defense field for over 7 years as an engineer, project manager, and research. His specialization was in mechanical design, research and development, and business development. He studied at Murray State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham where his research was on immersive

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Wang, Arizona State University; Jennifer Mott, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

schools, and its use inundergraduate programs in engineering, sciences and humanities has been growing1-3. Unlikeother active learning strategies, TBL involves a prescribed sequence of individual work, groupwork, immediate feedback and applications. This paper will discuss in particular the experience,evaluation and lessons learned from implementing team-based learning in a freshmanintroduction to engineering course at Arizona State University. The introduction to engineeringcourse is a 15-week 2-credit hour course structured as a 50-minute lecture and 2-hour and 50-minute lab per week. The course introduces students to engineering design process, engineeringmodel and drawing, MATLAB, teamwork, technical communication and project management.Basic

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan C. Hilpert, Georgia Southern University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

ASU to Associate Professor. Dr. Husman serves as the Director of Education for the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Tech- nology Center - an NSF funded Engineering Research Center. Dr. Husman is an assistant editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, has been a guest editor of Educational Psychology Review, served on editorial board for top educational research journals, and currently sits on the editorial board of Learn- ing and Instruction. In 2006 she was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant award and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the President of the United States. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoman; Lucas Balmer, University of Oklahoma; Warren F. Smith, UNSW, Canberra, Australia

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Mechanical Engineering

and complexity. The key question he is investigating is what are the principles underlying rapid and robust concept exploration when the analysis models are incomplete and possibly inaccurate? His quest for answers to the key question are anchored in three projects, namely, Integrated Realization of Robust, Resilient and Flexible Networks Integrated Realization of Engineered Materials and Products Managing Organized and Disorganized Complexity: Exploration of the Solution Space His current education focus is on creating and implementing, in partnership with industry, a curriculum for educating strategic engineers—those who have developed the competencies to create value through the realization of complex

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy; Ross A. Lee, Villanova University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

educationalopportunities. The area of T-shaped education, that touches several of the key competency areas,will be used as an example.Collaborative ProcessFigure 1 illustrates the four schools that came together as a “dense network”3. The process tochoose these schools was the result of an exercise at the 2011 annual winter meeting of KEENthat challenged the group to seek dense networks of schools with synergistic opportunities.Baylor, University of Dayton, University of Detroit Mercy and Villanova recognized that eachengaged with industry in varying and complementary ways. The University of Dayton had anextensive industry sponsored project system tapping local industry in the Ohio area; theUniversity of Detroit Mercy had extensive co-op and industry-sponsored

Conference Session

Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Gregorio, Drexel University; David S Rosen, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brandon Gregory Morton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Alyssa M Batula, Drexel University; Michael Caro; Jeffrey Scott, Drexel University; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University; Kara Martine Lindstrom, Drexel University, ExCITe Center

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

research in novel musical interfaces and machine learning applications in music information retrieval.Mr. David S Rosen, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) David Rosen is a doctoral student in Drexel University’s Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences program. He has an M.S degree in Teaching and Instruction and several years of experience as a public school edu- cator. Working in the Music and Entertainment Technology (MET-Lab) and Creativity Research Lab, his interdisciplinary research explores the underlying cognitive mechanisms and factors of creativity, expres- sion, insight, and flow, specifically within the domain of music performance and improvisation. He has also worked on several research projects which

Conference Session

Technical Session: Professional Development Opportunities for Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel E. McCord, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Diversity

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Student

Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies. Matusovich has authored a book chapter, 10 journal

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

them to engage confidently.The question is how can this reflective thinking be used in the engineering classes? Thetechnological literacy classes do not delve deeply into many concepts yet students seemed tohave better connectivity between major concepts. They also demonstrated a special passion tofollow up their learning and take actions based on advancing their knowledge in their researchand creating their projects in upper level classes. This is interesting, in particular when onethinks about how they clearly did not like the subject to begin with. With all this in mind, wedecided to see how we could bring the same concepts and use of reflective thinking into theengineering classes. There were challenges, but the effort showed successful

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentin Siderskiy, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Aatif Ahmed Mohammed, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

- technic School of Engineering. He was a summer researcher at the Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory in 2014. Aatif was involved in the development of a cost effective version of the classic Chua’s Circuit.Dr. Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering (SoE), where he directs a Mechatronics and Control Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a GK-12 Fellows project, and a DR K-12 research project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics

Conference Session

Curricula Innovations in Engineering Economics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Joseph Wilck, East Carolina University; Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Engineering Economy

able to determine what type of students we had relative to intelligence belief6,we focused on the results of Kunh and Rundle-Thiel11 to assure our various course sectionsconformed as much as possible to the concept of constructive alignment. Consequently, thecourse material was organized based on identification of a set of common learning objectives Page 26.378.3contained in Table 1 and a common set of test questions, coupled with a shared student survey.A common rubric and project assignment was used to evaluate the first objective. Objectives 2-8had an exam question which was assessed using a common 1-4 point rubric / scoring system

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Robotics in Pre-K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Michigan Technological University; Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Mo Rastgaar, Michigan Technological University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Mechanics Department at Michigan Technological University. She is the founding director of the Nonlinear and Autonomous Systems Laboratory (NASLab). She is a recipient of 2015 National Science Foundation CAREER award and 2015 Office of Naval Research YIP award.Dr. Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University Dr. Michele Miller is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. She teaches classes on manufacturing and does research in engineering education with particular interest in hands-on ability, lifelong learning, and project-based learning.Dr. Mo Rastgaar, Michigan Technological University Mo Rastgaar received the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic

Conference Session

Distance Learning in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Megan Mize, Old Dominion University; Rochelle Rodrigo, University of Arizona; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

of mechatronics and computer aided engi- neering. Her research Interests are: mechatronics,digital manufacturing, product lifecycle management, manufacturing systems, and engineering education.Megan Mize, Old Dominion University Megan Mize is currently a Doctoral Candidate in English Studies at Old Dominion University, pursu- ing the Literary/Cultural Studies and Rhetoric concentrations. Her dissertation, Constructing an Early Modern Queen: Gender, Authority, and the Rhetoric of Identity, explores the intersection of the history of female educational models and mimicry as a rhetorical strategy for Elizabeth I. As a Special Projects Graduate Research Assistant, she has served on the Quality Enhancement Planning

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Long-Term Impact of an Elective, First-Year Engineering Design CourseAbstractThis evidence-based practice describes the impact on retention of implementing an elective, first-year engineering design course. Authentic, client-based projects form the focus of a one-semesterfreshman design course at Rice University. The course is an elective course available for allfreshman students in the School of Engineering. During the course, first-year students learn theengineering design process and use it to solve meaningful problems drawn from local hospitals,industry, local community partners, Rice University, and international partners.The course was designed to meet two high-level objectives in the School

Conference Session

Electromagnetics & Power Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Brianna Healey Derr, Bucknell University

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Electrical and Computer

they would use to formschemas. The instructions for creating videos asked students to use multiple representations withthe intention they schema they developed would be more robust. The remainder of the paperdiscusses how the video project was structured over two semester, and reports on the evaluationof the videos.Course and Video Assignment StructureThe student produced videos were integrated into a required third year course inelectromagnetics (EM) offered in an electrical and computer engineering department at a private,non-profit liberal arts university in the northeastern United States. At Bucknell University thenumber of electrical and computer engineers in a given class year is limited to 35. Thus classestend to be small, around 15-20

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University; Robert A Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Robert L. Murphy, Northwestern University; Akinwale Oladotun Coker P.E., university of ibadan; Akinniyi A. Osuntoki, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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International Forum

innovation,were introduced to the current World Health Organization (WHO) initiative on local productionof medical devices as a means of improving access, and attended lectures and project-baseddiscussions offered by NU’s GHT program.Visitors were given the opportunity to attend and participate in the following HTM courses:  Healthcare Technology Planning and Acquisition;  Project Management;  Clinical Engineering Practice;  Medical Devices and Instrumentation Overview;  Asset Management of Healthcare Technology and Infrastructure;These courses expose visiting faculty to the broader context of medical device and healthcaretechnology innovation, i.e., needs assessment, planning, evaluation, operation and life-cyclemanagement

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Uriel Ruben Cukierman, IFEES; Lueny Morell, InnovaHiEd; Rene Alejandro Noel, Universidad de Valparaíso; Roberto Munoz, Universidad de Valparaíso; Eduardo Vendrell Vidal, Polytechnic University of Valencia; Carlos Becerra, Escuela de Ingeniería Civil Informática, Universidad de Valparaíso; Carmen Gloria Prado Mg, Universidad de Valparaiso

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International Forum

National Education Ministry in projects for distance learning and reducing the digital divide. Taught at the university level for over thirty years in electronics, computing, multimedia and learning technologies. Produced three books about Learning Technologies and Engineer- ing Education, one of which was published by Pearson. Authored 5 book chapters and more than 40 technical papers in refereed journals and conferences. (www.cukierman.name)Mrs. Lueny Morell, InnovaHiEd Lueny Morell, MS, PE, Ing.Paed.IGIP is President of Lueny Morell & Associates and Founder & Director of InnovaHiEd, a world-class team of experts with extensive academic and industry experience offering services to help higher education leaders

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugo Gomez, University of Texas - El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas - El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas - El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas - El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas - El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas - El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas - El Paso

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

outside the classroom, researching new engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that is focused on supporting the 21st century student demographic he continues to innovate and research on how we can design new methods of learning to educate both our students and communities on

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Haggard; Fabio Matta; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

, NSF, and a number of utilities through the Centre for Energy Advancement through Technological Innovation (CEATI). Dr. Matta has published over 90 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and several articles in professional magazines. Prior to joining USC, he served as the Associate Director of the NSF I/UCRC for the Integration of Composites into Infrastructure, and contributed to overseeing industry- and federally-funded projects on advanced composite and cement- based materials and structures. Dr. Matta serves as a member of ACI Committee 446 (Fracture Mechanics of Concrete), ACI Committee 440 (FRP Reinforcement), and associate editor of the ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE Journal of

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

extending acrossall four years of the undergraduate coursework including: Introduction to Civil Engineering (CE103) Surveying (CE 205), Geomatics (CE 208), Surveying Lab (CE 235/239), HighwayEngineering (CE 302), Geotechnical Engineering Lab (CE 402), Introduction to GeotechnicalEngineering (CE 409), and Capstone Design (CE 432). Teamwork assignments in these coursesinclude: laboratory teams, problems solving sessions, homework assignments, classpresentations, exam preparation exercises proposal preparation, design projects, and designproject presentations. Course-based Embedded Indicator results, Department Senior Exit Surveydata, and student perception data of teamwork effectiveness will be evaluated and compared.Results will be useful in

Conference Session

Practice II: Curricular Innovations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting; Suzanne Eyerman, Fairhaven Research and Evaluation

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Educational Research and Methods

regardingengineering. The research questions that drive this in-depth study of one K-12 outreach activityare:1. What instructional moves do afterschool youth educators use to support successfulengineering design with elementary youth? And2. What evidence suggested students did (or did not) come to understand scientific concepts asthey related to balloon-powered car design?Context of the studyThis study is part of a five-year research project with a non-profit organization called TechbridgeGirls, focused on the design, development, and deployment of engineering activities in all-girlsafterschool settings. In a Techbridge afterschool program, a series of activities takes place overan extended time-period, at least 12 weeks, with the same group of girls