Conference Session

Computer-related Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest; Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University Northwest; Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

discourse of these courses takes place in a lab/studio setting, andalways with reference to system being designed. Such an approach bridges the gap that existsbetween classroom practices and workplace practices. This unified approach is meant to bringabout students with career-bound knowledge that is essential for the industry.I. IntroductionIn the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) department of PurdueUniversity Northwest, the faculty by choice have taken upon themselves to make theaforementioned changes in their curricula, the essence of which is reflected in this paper. We thefaculty here are revisiting the subject matter after a 15-year time span. We have kept up with thechanges in technology during this timeframe and have

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Edward Niemi, Tulsa Community College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

primarily for STEM students atcommunity and technical colleges. The responses from Honors students reflected afavorable experience toward history classes taken in secondary school and in the Honorsseminar. Several learners had AP history courses in high school, while one hadcompleted only an eighth grade world history class.The lone political science major was the most enthusiastic about studying history citingan “interest in colonization and how government originated…how political partiesoriginated and other areas such as finance policies, interest groups, and court cases.” Helisted a number of AP classes he took in high school in addition to history and politicalscience courses taken since he matriculated at TU.On the other hand, another student

Conference Session

Practice III: Multimedia Learning

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Ona Egbue, University of South Carolina Upstate; Arshia Khan, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Darynne Kathleen Hagen, University of Waterloo

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Educational Research and Methods

there were occasions when the forms did notwork as predicted due to some setting issues. The recommendations to use Google forms wouldbe to set up the forms so that the students can enter appropriate style of answers such as multiplechoice/short answer/paragraph or more. Also, the settings should reflect the ability of the studentto edit their answers and view the responses. If the correct format of the answer is not chosen,then the Google form will show not work as seen in Figure 6 below. Here the question shouldhave been set up as a multiple choice with specific options instead it was set up as short answerquestion. Here you can see that some of the responses although correct were not consideredcorrect due to the misalignment of the spaces

Conference Session

COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luke S. Lee P.E., University of the Pacific; Hector Estrada, University of the Pacific; Mehdi Khazaeli, University of the Pacific

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Computers in Education

textual and verbal descriptions in favor of examples tocomplete problem assignments [8].Amongst instructors, there was a distribution of responses related to content with an emphasis onthe effectiveness of the video content and interacting with the viewer. These responsespotentially reflect the importance instructors place on retaining the attention of the learnerthroughout the video. There were no responses related to creating content that providesderivations or explanations of theory.Instructor PresenceWith 20 total responses (6 student 14 instructor responses), instructor presence was consideredthe third most important feature based on overall responses. Responses related to the instructorpresence category were subcategorized as shown in Table

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura K Alford, University of Michigan; Valeria Bertacco, University of Michigan

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Women in Engineering

-efficacy (reflected in themarginal means), and also shows how the increase in Course 1’s women’s self-efficacy comesprimarily from those women who were neutral at the beginning of the course feeling moresuccessful at the end of the class.IntimidationVisually inspecting the survey results for intimidation by programming in Figs. 3, 5b, and 6b, wesee that overall women are more intimidated by programming in both courses, although thisdifference is statistically significant only for Course 2. Therefore, we cannot reject the nullhypothesis for Hypothesis 2. Interestingly, we see that men at the start of Course 2 are, onaverage, about the same as where the left off at the end of Course 1, but women are on averagemore intimidated (not statistically

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Ethics

participants, the text of onlinediscussions of these students, and interviews with 19 of the participants. The survey wasconducted in the beginning of semester, followed up with nine weeks of online discussion onthree ethical scenarios. In the first week of discussion on each scenario, students were asked torespond to the questions of the scenario. In the second week, they were asked to respond to twoof their peers’ postings. In the third week, the students reflected on their responses in the firstweek. Finally, the interviews were conducted at the end of the semester to further scrutinize theresponses of the students to the three scenarios. The interviews were recorded and transcribed The ethical scenarios involved different issues in computer

Conference Session

Practice I: Academic Success

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

exit these models (p<0.001). Similarly,these students were over 70% less likely to exit the red classification (p<0.001). Studentsin soft applied fields were also less likely to exit the yellow classification (p<0.05), whileundeclared students were less likely to exit the red classification. The linear and non-linear predictors were significant for the yellow and red exit models, and like the yellowentry model, the coefficients suggest that the risk of exiting either model increases until amid-term point, tapers off, and then increases again towards the end of the semester. Thisfinding is likely explained by the weight of assignments during these periods of thesemester (midterm and final examinations), and thus, may simply reflect the

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the BOKs: ABET, Ethics, Civil Engineering as Liberal Education, and 3-Year Degrees

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily F. Cutrer, Texas A&M University-Texarkana; Melissa M. Nelson; James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., Texas A&M University System

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

reflect the population as a whole. [1].The report continues to state that: While continuing to pursue increased knowledge and higher standards of excellence in teaching, research and innovation, two- and four-year colleges in Texas will need to consider more explicitly the primary reason most students attend college: to get a better job and achieve a better life. [1]A primary outcome of the 60x30TX initiative relevant to our discussion is the following: By 2030, all graduates from Texas public institutions of higher education will have completed programs with identified marketable skills: The marketable skills goal emphasizes the value of higher education in the workforce. Students need to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; David Jacob Taylor, Arizona State University; Ian Derk

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First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

large design projects. Experience with the course has suggested thatgiving students more agency in their team selection has resulted in more ownership in the team’ssuccess/failure as reflected in student evaluations. Since teams were formed in the same way inboth groups, team formation does not play a role in the differences found in the results betweenthe groups that will be discussed in later sections.Research MethodThe goal of this research is to understand if the intervention of cohering Introduction toEngineering and Small Group Communication has resulted in better team dynamics. Theexperimental group involved in this study includes two sections of the cohered courses with 37and 20 students each. The control group consists of four sections

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 15: Perspectives on Engineering Careers and Workplaces

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Stephen Barner, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Sean Lyle Gestson, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

in a post-typographic world (pp. 283-301).[15] Maxwell, Joseph A. (2013). Qualitative research design: An interpretative approach (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Inc.[16] Emerson, Robert M, Fretz, Rachel I, & Shaw, Linda L. (2011). Writing ethnographic fieldnotes: University of Chicago Press.[17] Walther, Joachim, Sochacka, Nicola W, & Kellam, Nadia N. (2013). Quality in interpretive engineering education research: Reflections on an example study. Journal of Engineering Education, 102(4), 626-659.[18] Stevens, Reed, O'connor, Kevin, Garrison, Lari, Jocuns, Andrew, & Amos, Daniel M. (2008). Becoming an engineer: Toward a three dimensional view of engineering learning. Journal of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

that should be measured and identify where previously developedconstructs can be leveraged; or where new constructs must be developed and tested forvalidity and reliability. Critical evaluation of construct development is necessary as themost commonly used entrepreneurship scales have been developed in the context ofbusiness creation among business students. As engineering entrepreneurship educationcontinues to evolve into its own unique field and encompass a wider scope beyond newventure creation, it is critical to reflect on this evolution in research and assessmentdevelopment.As the research community collaborates to formalize a common definition of EM, weadvocate that this should not stop practitioners from assessing student-learning

Conference Session

Student Learning and Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catelyn A. Evans, Texas A&M University; Ezekiel Joseph McReynolds, Texas A&M University ; Hamidreza Sharifan, Texas A & M University; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

example the “watershedmodeling” and “food processing” courses,), but in many of the courses, the computation softwareis still insufficient [26], [27], [28]. This fact has been reflected in the survey results of this study.This may result in some alumni engineers having to learn the software in post-graduationopportunities or internships. This underutilization of computer skills in some of the BAE courseshave challenged the students with class examples and homework problems that require the use ofthe software practice based on today job market needs [29], [30]. Therefore, the need to invest inand investigate this knowledge gap is a critical issue that has been highlighted in this study.The evaluation of results also indicates that many instructors

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge, 3rd Edition: Preparing the Future Civil Engineer

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University

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Civil Engineering

outcomes would reflect the evolution of civil engineering practice in theten years since the CEBOK2 was developed.The first section of the survey asked individuals to consider each of the 24 outcomes in theCEBOK2 (2008) in turn. A link to the rubric and the full CEBOK2 was provided. The surveythen asked individuals to rate the importance of the outcome using a 5‐point Likert-type scale of:1 = not important; 2 = minor importance; 3 = neutral; 4 = moderately important; 5 = veryimportant. Then the survey asked individuals to rate the quality of the rubric and description ofthe outcome using a 5‐point scale of: 1 = poorly described; 2 = not well described; 3 = neutral; 4= well described; 5 = very well described. Any ratings of 2 or below resulted in

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ihab Mohammad Hamdi Saad P.E., Northern Kentucky University

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Construction Engineering

machineFigure 4 – Skills deficiency and need for improvementThe following question probed the respondents’ opinion on which concepts/technologies willbecome mainstream over the next decade, and which might run their course and become obsoletewithin the same timeframe. Respondents were asked to qualify their answers on a Likert scaleranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The answers to the statements are shownhereunder and reflected in Table 1 below: • On the first statement: “Most cutting-edge technology available today will be mainstream in the next 10 to 20 years”, the responses were predominantly in agreement with a total of 84.38% ranking it between somewhat agree and strongly agree. The unsure or general

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; James Christopher Foreman, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

first-year course) is simulated via the windmill system. Students arethen tasked with critically reflecting on theoretical power values versus Arduino-measuredvalues. Figure 5. Visual representation of AC motor mount design challenge.Preliminary Course FeedbackAt the conclusion of the semester(s), students were tasked with answering survey questionscreated by course administrators as an assessment tool for course-related aspects. Twoquantitative queries, presented using a Likert scale, related to the teamwork experience in thecourse were  “ENGR 111 has enhanced my ability to work effectively in a team” and  “ENGR 111 has enhanced my understanding of the significance of effective teamwork”.The Likert scale was

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Kailee Parkinson, Utah Valley University; Elham Vaziripour, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

University, North Carolina University, Michigan State University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Illinois Collected Data Points: Prerequisites to the course, main topics covered, subtopics included, referenced materials, programs utilized, assessment standardsSince Data Science courses offered on online platforms reflect the current expectations of theindustry, we’ve included a small sample of Data Science courses offered by Coursera andfast.ai. Our approach for gathering data from these courses was the same as our approachtowards universities to keep our data consistent.The data points mentioned above were then used to create a

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Scarlett Rae Miller P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Samuel Todd Hunter

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Design in Engineering Education

/instructorsupport) that encourages students to identifyways they could utilize the product they dissect in their redesign by asking them to identifyapplication opportunities. Following the dissection activity, students are given 10 minutes tocome up with additional ideas for the design prompt. As a final step, the students are led througha 20-minute discussion activity led through the PowerPoint presentation that focuses on theusefulness of the product dissected for the activity, the impact of the complexity of the productdissection on design outcomes, and the reuse of features from the product dissected in the designideas. The module is culminated in a student-reflection which captures their understanding of thedissection lesson.Case Study of Module

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education in the Formal Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giti Javidi, University of South Florida; Ehsan Sheybani, University of South Florida

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Pre-College Engineering Education

-going professional mentoringprovides crucial advice and moral support to help the students persist and succeed in thefield. Together, these activities not only help students develop better self-confidenceand persist in cybersecurity but also provide them with educational experiences thatleverage them into cybersecurity related fields in college.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis material is based upon work supported by Google CS4HS and NCWIT. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material arethose of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Google or NCWIT.REFERENCES[1] Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, “Occupational Outlook Handbook, Information Security Analysts.” 2018. [Online

Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osazuwa John Okundaye Jr., Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Sharon Lynn Chu, University of Florida; Elizabeth Deuermeyer, Texas A & M University; Alexander Nicholas Berman, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

world demands and deadlines. These contextualelements could make STEM elements more obvious. This could be in one of three ways. First, theM2 approach places making in a context that is culturally and socially situated to the students’ ownexperience. Second, it exposes students to the facets of the production pipeline, leading them tothe potential to develop novel and useful products for society. Third, M2 creates a scenario thatplaces students in long-term production as Makers fully engaging in STEM. Altogether, thisapproach could give students a holistic view as to their developed making skills may be transferred.This reflects Grovetants’ identity formation specifically as to how the M2 holds implications onteamwork, leadership, critical

Conference Session

Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bayless, Ohio University

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Engineering Leadership Development

, an alumnus who had beenCEO of several companies, for the purpose of helping them improve their team dynamics andoverall pitch quality. It is important to note that this alumnus also participated in earlier coachingdirected by the faculty and local mentors. Individual Leadership DevelopmentThe program was established to help engineering undergraduate students develop leadershipcapabilities in an experiential framework of a capstone effort. The engineering students wereassessed and graded on numerous activities showing the progress of their project and inindividual leadership reflections and essays. This placed an additional level of accountability forthe engineering students not entirely matched by the business students and scholars from

Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

engineeringdesign, additive manufacturing, energy management, building automation and IoT technologiesshould produce a number of projects that will include the IoT House. Each of these modules willbe tested and refined and shared with the participants. The goal will be to use the IoT House tosupport a number of student projects during the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters.AcknowledgementThis material is supported by the National Science Foundation under DRL Grant Numbers1615019 and 1614496. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations presented arethose of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Strobel, J., Wang, J., Weber, N. R., and Dyehouse, M., 2013, "The Role of Authenticity

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Hadi Bozorgmanesh, University of Connecticut; Manisha Srivastava, SurePath Evaluations LLC; Randi Mendes, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

as part of the formal program, and as such, student confidence in theirabilities there showed significant increases. Confidence in written skills improved, thoughperhaps not as much, which likely more broadly reflects individual project mentors requirementsfor written work - there were no formal written report requirements for the REU as a whole, andso different students had different experiences here. The ​Communications Skills​ summary datais presented in ​Figure 7​.Figure 7: Pre-Post Confidence Changes for Communication Skills. n = 14.Limitations of this Study:There are a number of limitations to this study that the authors would like to disclose. The first isthat this is a relatively small sample size (n=14). However, qualitative studies

Conference Session

Technical Session 7: Online and Distributed Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otto Borchert, Missouri Southern State University; Abigail Byram, Virginia Commonwealth University; Debra Mardell Duke, Virginia Commonwealth University; Alex David Radermacher, North Dakota State University; Mourya Reddy Narasareddygari, North Dakota State University; Gursimran Singh Walia, North Dakota State University

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Computers in Education

learning objects in other languages and development environments as we findmore collaborators.Another issue with the current version of SEP-CyLE is that students who are using thecollaborative learning engagement strategy aren’t actually collaborating. They are completingthe same problems individually and their group score reflects how many quiz questions eachperson gets right. One enhancement might be creating a system that would require them to workcollaboratively to solve a more complicated problem or to engage in other activities such asreviewing each other’s code.Another problem is the lack of an integrated IDE within SEP-CyLE. We would like to see theability to have students work on small code problems (or eventually entire

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josue Njock Libii, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Diversity

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Mechanics

on which it is due arerequired. They combine to give students the flexibility they require to gather what they need, tosecure the necessary space on campus or off campus, and to make workable arrangements forcommon dates and times on which to work together; to know each other; and to support eachother, while working toward a common goal. That is one way to begin community buildingamong commuter students.Note: This work is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through NSF Award#1565066. However, the opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not,necessarily, reflect those of the National Science Foundation.References [1]Jacoby, B. (1989). The student as commuter: Developing a comprehensive institutional

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamed Samandari, Miami University; Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, Miami University

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Mechanics

Agile, they found it to be a very effective tool(3.71/4.00). In Q4, Students were asked to rate their overall learning in the course. A small dropin the rating is observed in the second year, which we believe is due to the fact that all the highquality PBL criteria were not satisfied properly. This is also reflected in the students’ commentas they found the group project to be more stressful: “Not sure that the group project for us didmuch more than added more stress.” With addition of Agile in the third year, the overall learningrating shows a promising improvement indicating that the management skills helped student tomanage their projects to learn more.Students were also asked to provide an overall rating for the instructor (Q5). The

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; George McLeod, Old Dominion University ; Thomas E. Alberts, Old Dominion University; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Tysha Batts; Mary Louise Sandy, Virginia Space Grant Consortium

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Manufacturing

styles that fit better with reflective and intuitivelearners. Learning about robotics and including robots in the instruction engages learners throughhands-on exercises [19]. Various researchers agree that hands-on activities can assist students torelate to the concepts that are behind the technology used in these activities [20-22]. This isespecially important in academic areas like mechanical principles where mathematical andengineering theory are connected with manual methods [23].In education, robots are used in outreach activities to motivate students to become interested inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) starting in kindergarten [24] andelementary school [25, 26] and beyond. Some studies have shown that the use of

Conference Session

Your Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrations of Hands-On and Virtual In-Class Teaching Aids

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Lanning, University of California, Irvine; Matthew W. Roberts, Southern Utah University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

are bored for 10 minutes thenthat is a worthwhile cost.Several of the experiential demonstrations discussed in this paper were conducted in the mostrecent (2018) offering of structural steel design by one of the authors. Of 65 students respondingto the course survey, only one commented that this type of activity was not very useful.Conversely, there were eight comments that explicitly reflected positively on the use ofdemonstration and activities to learn concepts.Further, the value of class demonstrations is shown by comparing the most recent course (2018)with the previous course (2017). The 2017 offering of the course did not use classroomdemonstrations (to any significant extent). Comparing 2017 to 2018, there was a 93% increase inthe

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

inWeek 6, and complete specified activities related to the Guaranteed 4.0 Program, includingupdating their Bullet-point Notebooks. The activities for the day in the class mainly consisted of an instructor-led discussion,which emphasized the importance of the assignments, strategies for maximizing theirperformance, and a variety of first-year college student milestones that students might beexperiencing or expect to be experience in the coming weeks. One such milestone is: midterms,and what to do before, and after completing midterms, in regard to preparing, reflecting,improving, staying motivated whether performance is bad or good, and more. While initiatingsuch talking points, the Lead Instructor was able to listen to students

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment III

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, University of Minho; Victor F. A. Barros, University of Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Emilia Rodrigues Araújo, University of Minho; Isabel Ramos, University of Minho

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

be extended over a longer period, what, on the otherhand, turned out to be beneficial, thus allowing greater internal dissemination of the projectThe working groups allowed to confirm the general unawareness of gender inequality at theuniversity. However, if at the beginning of the discussion, people argued that gender issues at theUniversity were almost irrelevant (since no problems had been reported), in the course of thedebate people started to reflect more about the subject, admitting several situations of inequalitydue to gender.The next challenge consisted in discussing possible solutions for the identified issues, which turnedout to be also very difficult, not only to find solutions but also to recognize good practices in

Conference Session

Topics in Computing

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Janis P. Raje

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

expressed in thispaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References 1. UVU Fact Book 2017, Office of Institutional Research. Online at https://www.uvu.edu/iri/documents/additional_resources/factbook17.pdf 2. NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM), Program Solicitation NSF 17-527. Online at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257&org=NSF . 3. Warnock, John (2019), Utah’s Engineering Initiative has boosted state’s high-tech boom, Salt Lake Tribune, January 21, 2019. Retrieved from https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/ 2019/01/31/john-warnock-utahs/ . 4. Utah System of Higher