Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics and Physics

students of alldisciplines. Employers often indicate that effective communication skills are one of the mostimportant attributes of a potential employee. Possessing solid communication skills isparticularly important for students aspiring to technical careers such as those involved in physicsand engineering. The application of writing-based approaches in the classroom can help toimprove students’ communication skills.The current study was, in part, motivated by changes currently underway to the GeneralEducation Program at American University. As a result of these changes to the program, a newset of learning outcomes were created and courses aspiring to be included in the programofferings were tasked with making innovative changes to both the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ellen K. Foster, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) ; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

hacker and OSH development groups, where methods for addressing suchissues in technology cultures had been identified and were being tested.Many of the engineering educators interviewed cited either their own observations, or more oftentheir lived experiences as motivation for wanting to enact and advocate for change. Foundationalmoments came from undergraduate and graduate pressures, recognition that there was a dearth ofequity in engineering, as well as connections made at nascent stages during their career. Forsome, it was an interest in social justice, which they found generally lacking in engineeringpractice otherwise: I did my PHD in electrical engineering and right at the end of the PhD I was basically not terribly happy with

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Cornucopia (Educational Research)

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaylee A. Dunnigan, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Gunter W. Georgi, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

-levelprojects in the first-year help students take higher level courses earlier on, students can developskills that can last them throughout their lives, and the project experience help them receivecompetitive internships [5,13]. Courses that focus on innovation and novel product developmenthave had success in encouraging their students to be more interested in entrepreneurship andinnovation [1,2,14]. So, [this first year program] aims to provide students with a high-levelacademic project during one of their first semester to provide them with valuable hands onexperience that can help them pursue future academic projects and be qualified for competitiveinternships, both with the end goal of improving their undergraduate career. Studentsparticipating in

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Ian Linville, University of Virginia; Angielyn Campo, University of Virginia; Suk Jun Kim, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, communication, andexperimental design [20], [21], and they are more likely to stay in engineering fields and careers[22], [23], especially students from underrepresented groups in STEM [24]. Undergraduates alsoreport feeling more comfortable with graduate students than professors [17], suggesting that theymight prefer the informality and lower stakes of student-to-student learning in GradUPs. Thanksto working with undergraduates on research, graduate students report gains in theircommunication skills, confidence, and knowledge of their field’s technical knowledge [16], [25].How then are these students learning from and teaching each other?MethodologyWe used qualitative methods and an interpretive approach for this exploratory study, to identifystudents

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Kamil Agi, SensorComm Technologies Inc.; Donna M. Koechner, eNova Solutions, LLC

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. • One of the best that I have attended. • Knowing that engineers “make a difference” will be key to getting more kids interested in a career in engineering! The theme of Peace Engineering certainly resonates. • Peace Engineering referring the planet, should indeed include more people from different countries and not only North Americans, the world is not North America! • The topic could continue growing and we need to accommodate this growth. • Un buen evento. Felicidades! • A very interesting, challenging, at times depressing conference. I came looking for leadership and guidance on this subject, and was disappointed to find out that as a sector, we are far further behind that I thought. Not enough self-critical

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the group, singularly or in groups, finish the wiring. He would routinelydrop in to inspect, but not to take over. They learned how to test their connections and to pro-gram the counting devices. They then assembled the components into the raceway (Fig. 5), againfollowing a schematic. They tested and debugged the assembled product, made any last minutechanges, and prepared the tables for shipment to the customer. They then monitored the use ofthe tables on site to check for efficiency and to collect feedback.Because of the great mix of student backgrounds, the instructor relied on his parallel career as asuccessful youth soccer coach whose philosophy was that “there’s a place on the soccer field forevery player.” As an administrator, he has

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, U.S. Military Academy; Kyle Wilhelm, United States Military Academy; William M. Meier, United States Military Academy; Krista Watts, United States Military Academy; Susan M. Lintelmann, United States Military Academy; Suzanne M. Christoff J.D., United States Military Academy

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics and Physics

” • “Yes, as future officers, I think it is important to know that these physics apply to future careers.” • “It [refreshed] my memory to help me for the TEE” • “Helped to see military application and pride in history” A1 14 out of 16 10 out of 16 • “Yes, it was cool” • “Academic/personal enrichment yes, • “Yes à good

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Teaching and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University

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Chemical Engineering

when used not just by an instructor who collaborated on the production of thecomic but also by other teachers. The results of these findings are more mixed. In implementing the comic, effort has occasionally been necessary to overcome some instructors’perception of comics as being ‘childish’, as directly quoted from another instructor; these instructorsmost commonly share traits of being older and already having taught throughout a long career. Whensharing the potential use of the comics at conferences and with some faculty directly, a few olderinstructors have directly challenged the potential of comics as a teaching tool, specifically citing theirage and experience and thus reluctance to trying something that was markedly different. It

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zvi S. Roth, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

BSEE Institutions Factor 1: Quality of Instruction 5.26 4.96 Factor 2: Satisfaction: Aspects of Courses 5.38 5.12 Factor 3: Satisfaction: Breadth of Curriculum 4.18 3.93 Factor 4: Satisfaction: Co-Curricular Activities 5.32 5.00 Factor 5: Satisfaction: Classmates 5.36 5.35 Factor 6: Satisfaction: Career Services 4.61 4.63 Factor 7: Satisfaction: Laboratories 5.51 4.97 Factor 8: Satisfaction: Advisor 5.85 5.49

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Michael Russell, UCAR Center for Science Education; John Daniel Ristvey Jr., UCAR

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

andrecess. The second cohort consisted of about 40 students who met once a week on Saturdaymorning for about an hour. This second cohort also had a separate hour session on homeworkand enrichment activities that sometimes involved literacy, mathematics, and practicalapplication/career connections related to the UAVs. Table 1 shows some of the findings based onresearch [2] conducted on Version 1 of the curriculum.In Version 2, the developers found that a storyline-based approach [3] (Figure 1) was useful foryouth to see how the individual lessons/skills build to address two overarching questions: "Howcan the UAV be used to determine the damage to a town?" and "How can we deliver aid to thistown using UAVs?" We tested this second version again in two

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott W. Campbell, University of South Florida; Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

process into myclassroom and to encourage my students into a STEM career field.Two responses shown below for first time participants suggest their instructional practices mightbe influenced by more than just preparing a lesson plan:The opportunity to get to know other STEM teachers from a variety of schools over such a longperiod of time simply cannot be found elsewhere. Getting to know these teachers and then beingable to see their lesson plan ideas at the end of the program has had a big impact on me as ateacher.As a teacher, I am able to bring back personal experience and knowledge about the STEM fieldsto my students. I learned how to guide my students to enter the science fair.A comment box on the post-program survey solicited general

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Joi D. Aybar, Morgan State University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; Shonda L. Bernadin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abdelnasser A Eldek, Jackson State University; Demetris Geddis, Hampton University; Petronella A. James-Okeke, Morgan State University; John Carey Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Juan C. Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Ben O. Oni, Tuskegee University; Stella A. Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso; Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

been recognized for outstanding teaching efforts in- cluding the UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, nominated for US Professor of the Year, Frontiers of Engineering Education Early-Career Engineering Faculty, and the UTEP Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence.Dr. Michel A Reece, Morgan State University Michel A. Reece is currently serves as the Interim Chairperson within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. She is also the director of the Advanced RF Mi- crowave, Measurement and Electronic Design Laboratory (ARMMED). In this lab, she pursues research in the areas of high frequency device characterization and modeling, highly efficient solid-state

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric J. Schares, Iowa State University

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Engineering Libraries

profile the first time theymake an ILL request, and selecting a department is part of that one-time form. NO DEPThappens to be the first entry in a long dropdown box, so users who are in a hurry to get theirrequest filled out may just select the first categorization and move on. There is no validation codeset up to certify that the departmental choice was indeed correct, such as checking against thepatron’s username or email they used to log in to ILLiad. Compounding the issue, unless thepatron takes it upon themselves to go back into their user profile and correct the departmentalselection, subsequent requests during their collegiate career will continue to be categorized in theNO DEPT classification, further skewing the data. It should be clear

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian, Florida Institute of Technology; Jinan Ziade; Mohd Abdelgadir Khairi, Najran University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

securingviable new international markets including opportunities in MENA. The organization hasassisted American investors to solve critical development challenges and provide financialservices, political risk insurance, and support for private equity investment funds. United Statescorporations can obtain cross-border deals that catalyze earnings and profits, stimulate jobcreation, careers, and growth opportunities to obtain important concessions for investments inMENA. To date, OPIC invested in projects that reached an estimated $76 billion in United Statesexports and supported more than 278,000 American jobs both at home and abroad (OPIC, 2015).In 2011, the United States government addressed some concerns for deeper economic integrationand global

Conference Session

Promoting Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University; Jasmine Cherelle Washington; Steven Howell Sims, Hopewell Designs, Inc.; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

actuators. The rigorous assessment protocolforces teams to remain on task and ensures course learning outcomes are met within the singlesemester timeframe. In the case of the MTR team, a grade of A was awarded as the rubrics usedindicated a successful project, meeting all the learning outcomes. Feedback from the team, whoare now working in industry, further illustrates the importance of this course in preparing themfor successful engineering careers. Excerpts of their comments appear in Appendix C,highlighting how well the skills they learned in their capstone course translated to their industrialwork environments. From the comments of students successfully completing the capstonecourse, it is apparent this capstone course directly prepares

Conference Session

Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, Southeast Missouri State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Assistant Professor in Industrial and Man- agement Systems Engineering at MSU with research interests in engineering education and the role of leadership and culture in process improvement and serves as an Associate Editor for both the Engineer- ing Management Journal and Quality Approaches in Higher Education. Prior to his academic career, he spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development.Dr. Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport Neal Lewis received his Ph.D. in engineering management in 2004 and B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974 from the University of Missouri – Rolla (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology), and his MBA

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; Jacob William Leachman, Washington State University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company

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Design in Engineering Education

Design Lessons in Education for Projects Demanding Cross-Disciplinary IntegrationIntroductionUAVs have been used for curricular development in a handful of pioneering instances[1]. Because of their external physical configuration, they are extremely interesting tostudents with hobbyist interests in radio-controlled aircraft, as well as to studentsinterested in careers in the aerospace industry. Though the reality of jobs in aerospace issuch that students will work on one small part of an airplane, UAVs offer the potential tointroduce students to all aspects of aerospace design, in a controllable microcosm [2], [3].However, UAVs offer different developmental opportunities outside the aerospacecommunity. Notably, they are an active

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Economy

XStudent Admissions X Maintenance and Upgrading of Facilities XEvaluating Student Performance X Library Services XTransfer Students/Courses X Overall Comments on Facilities XAdvising and Career Guidance X CRITERION 8. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTWork in Lieu of Courses X Leadership X XGraduation Requirements X Program Budget and Financial Support XTranscripts of Recent Graduates X Staffing XCRITERION 2. PEOs Faculty Hiring and Retention XMission Statement

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Student Teams, Groups, and Collaborations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Miller, Ohio State University; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

form of a CAREER grant to Debbie Chachra (EEC- 0953698) and aResearch Experiences for Undergraduates grant which supported a summer program at OlinCollege of Engineering (DUE-1156832). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References 1. Aasheim, Cheryl L., Susan R. Williams. 2009. "Knowledge and Skill Requirements for Entry-Level Information Technology Workers: Do Employers in the IT Industry View These Differently than Employers in Other Industries?." . Department of Information Technology Faculty Research and Publications, Paper 1. 2. Baker, Diane F. "Peer Assessment

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Communication Across the Divisions I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

individuals involved in advancing their own careers.• Collaborate with a relevant engineering education journal to publish a special issue of that journal that focuses on engineering communication. One precedent for such an approach is the special issue of the International Journal of Engineering Education that publishes papers from the Capstone Design Conference. We might also be able to collaborate with ASEE to create an online compilation of all of the communication related papers from each conference.We plan to continue this analysis in depth and add to our data the communication-related paperspresented at the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference and look forward to broadening collaborationand awareness of each

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Classroom Practice

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasa S. Vidic, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

, we will continue to assess improvements related to this flippedcourse over time. We are collecting data this semester as well, again for a “fully flipped class.However, in relation to evaluating the impact of the flipped classroom further into the future,perhaps we as an assessment community should begin to place more emphasis on longer-termmeasurement and evaluation after students have completed their undergraduate careers. Thus,perhaps we should be assessing flipped instruction into the future with our students to obtain amore complete understanding of its effectiveness. In addition, other outcome variables (besidesexam scores) may be needed to better demonstrate improvements with the flipped classroom orother enhanced pedagogies. This is

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: Using Technology and/or Technology Tools to Enhance Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen A. Ossman, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

highlighted that it allowed them to immediately apply what they were learning tosolving simple problems: “I used the practice system every time it was available, because being able to personally use the commands, and having to think about how they were used ahead of time definitely gave me a fuller understanding of how to use the commands involved than just watching someone else use them in the videos.” “The practice app was very useful and I responded well to the hands-on learning strategy. Part of what drew me to engineering as a major and a career is that I learn best while doing. The practice app had a good balance of reading information and applying concepts.”Another benefit students identified was

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Ville Taajamaa, University of Turku

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, and Identity,” Engineering Science, Skills,and Building, 2006, 165-185.47. Kowalewski, S.; Waukaw-Villagomerz. “Storytelling and Career Narratives in Organizations.Global Journal of Business Perspectives, 4, 2011, 83-92.48. Langer E. J. “Mindfulness.” Merloyd-Lawrence, 1990.49. Leifer L. J. and Steinert M. “Dancing with Ambiguity: Causality Behavior, Design Thinking, andTriple-Loop-Learning,” Information Knowledge Systems Management, 10: 2011, 151–17.50. Levina N. and Vaast E. “Innovating or Doing as Told? Status Differences and OverlappingBoundaries in Offshore Collaboration,” MIS Quarterly, 32: 307-332, 2008.51. Levina N. and Vaast E. “The Emergence of Boundary Spanning Competence in Practice:Implications for Implementation and Use of

Conference Session

Using Laboratories for Instruction in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanie N. Abdelmessih, California Baptist University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #15704Creation of an Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory with Minimal Fund-ingDr. Amanie N. Abdelmessih, California Baptist University Before joining California Baptist University fall 2013, Dr. Abdelmessih taught in several universities, starting with Northrop University at the beginning of her career, and spent the last 16 years at Saint Mar- tin’s University, where she was the director of the Thermal Engineering Laboratory, which she founded and developed. She led the efforts to start the Master of Mechanical Engineering program, which started fall 2012 at Saint Martin’s University. She developed and taught

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning Within Engineering Design Graphics I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan T Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

1Question: Course best aspectInteresting and allowed for creativityLearning to effectively use CAD was very helpful and I think it will help me a lotin my future careers. It was nice to be allowed to be creative with choosing whatwe wanted to model and make it our own.The individual project was a great way to learnworking on your own designs for the TestsIts a fun creative courseThe creativity and freedom with design optionsindividual projectsThe assignments given were open ended and allowed the students to be creative.This allowed for greater understanding of key concepts and enthusiasm in thecourse.The best aspect for me was that the individual project and the group project gaveme a creative outlet.Open ended CAD projectsThe best aspect of this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keke Chen, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Prabhaker Mateti, Wright State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

networks, real-time computing, mobile and wireless networks, cognitive radio networks, trust and information security, and semantic web. He is a recipient of the US Department of Energy Career Award. His research has been supported by US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Research Laboratories, Ohio Supercomputer Center, and the State of Ohio.Prof. Prabhaker Mateti, Wright State University Prabhaker Mateti, Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1976, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My research interests are in Internet security, distributed systems, programming language design, techni- cal aspects of software engineering, and graph algorithms. My recent

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Learning and Engagement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Educational Research and Methods

experiences, outcome expectations, physics identity, and physics career choice: A gender study. J. Res. Sci. Teach. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.25. Oyserman, D., & Destin, M. (2010). Identity-Based Motivation: Implications for Intervention. The Counseling Psychologist.26. Hackman, J., and Oldham, G. Motivation through the design of work: test of a theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 16, 2, August 1976, Pp. 250-279, ISSN 0030-5073, 10.1016/0030-5073(76)90016-7.27. Jones, B. D. (2009). Motivating students to engage in learning: The MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 21(2), 272-285.Appendix A Engineering Identification &

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Ways to Measure "Things" About Your Course(s)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David A. Evenhouse, Purdue University; Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University; Stephen R. Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

begin their journey to becoming an Engineer in a classroom alongsidedozens, if not hundreds, of their peers. These early courses are intended to present students witha set of core knowledge and skills that will prove useful across all engineering disciplines, thusmolding the foundation of their academic careers. Year by year, thousands of students will gothrough this rite of passage in various class sections, with various instructors, eventuallychoosing between various engineering disciplines. It is not difficult to find examples of academicpublications pertaining to the development, implementation, and performance of what we willcall ‘large format courses’, a core course required for most if not all engineering students, taughtby many

Conference Session

1st and 2nd Year Instruction in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh; William W. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Ellen M. Moe

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Design in Engineering Education

skills the project intended to develop. The skills they developed will be useful to them notonly in the context of design, but in their future engineering careers. As pointed out by theNational Academy of Engineering8, the engineer of 2020 will need creativity, teamwork, andcommunication skills. The students’ survey responses indicated that teamwork and creativity inparticular were developed as a result of this project.The student surveys also indicated that they learned about the need to test designs. In theircomments, they emphasized that they realized how difficult it is to take something from theconceptual stage to a final product, and that they would have liked more time to continue to testand iterate their designs. This indicates that

Conference Session

Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Michael B. Kelley P.E., Norwich University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

teaminteractions that characterize 21st century engineering careers. These professional skills may beeffectively assessed using a performance assessment that consists of three components: (1) a taskthat elicits the performance; (2) the performance itself (which is the event or artifact to beassessed); and (3) a criterion-referenced instrument, such as a rubric, to measure the quality ofthe performance.6Engineering Professional Skill Assessment (EPSA)The Engineering Professional Skills Assessment (EPSA)7 was created as a direct method forsimultaneously teaching and assessing professional skills, such as ethics. EPSA is a performanceassessment consisting of: 1. a 1-2 page scenario about an interdisciplinary contemporary engineering problem intended