Conference Session

Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Shannon K Reynolds

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Civil Engineering

effectiveness was assessed for the Fall 2013 semester using three formats: (1) a new civilengineering sustainability literacy questionnaire administered before and after the module, (2)quality of application of the Envision Rating System to the project, and (3) instructor reflection.Results from full assessment in the Fall 2013 semester and partial assessment in the Spring 2014semester indicate the module helped introduce students to basic sustainability concepts andEnvision. However, the assessment suggests a stand-alone course within the civil engineeringcurriculum would promote a much deeper understanding of sustainability concepts, motivatingfactors, and broader applications which are beyond the capability of a single capstone designproject

Conference Session

Evaluation of Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Ethics

topics,such as ethics, which are related to the professional practice of engineering. These coursescommonly utilize case studies focusing on ethics as the basis for student discussions.1 Measuringthe student learning resulting from the case study process is often very subjective, difficult toquantify, inconsistent between evaluators, and costly to adminsiter.2,3Proficiency in engineering professional skills, such as ethics, as described in ABET criterion 3 -student outcomes 4, is critical for success in the multidisciplinary, intercultural team interactionsthat characterize 21st century engineering careers. These professional skills may be readilyassessed using a performance assessment that consists of three components: (1) a task that

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung P.E., Grand Valley State University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

through ABET requires regular, on-going input from stakeholders in order todemonstrate continuous improvement and relevance of the curriculum. The accreditation criteria Page 24.1350.2themselves are the subject of continuous review and refinement by the professional bodies(ABET and the SME). The criteria are a combination of several factors8 including statementsspecific to the discipline, and general criteria common to all engineering disciplines9, 10 (listed onthe left side of Table 1). Programs are also encouraged to extend these criteria to suit theirparticular niche and stakeholders. [university] specifically assesses both the manufacturing

Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, eGrove Education

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 24.1351.2Interest in SV skill development stems from the strength of the evidence of its effectiveness.Sorby5 performed studies where incoming engineering students took an SV assessment exam,and those that failed were required to take a one unit course on SV skill development. Anexample SV question from a standardized Purdue SV Assessment Exam typically given tostudents as a pre-test is shown in Figure 1. Acomparison was made between the group thatwas required to take the SV course and thosethat barely passed the exam. The results showedthat the SV course increased retention rates andstudent GPA in math, engineering, and evencomputer science above the performance of thestudents who initially had slightly higher SVscores but did not take

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Lauderdale King, STEM Talent Expansion Program at LSU; Samantha Noelle Fadrigalan; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University; Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Peer Mentors is to facilitate the transfer ofknowledge and to allow for the change in leadership without a negative change in the culture of Page 24.1352.2the program. The leadership in the program changes once every two years, and this transitionwould remove some of the information that is gained by the students in the peer mentor program.Knowledge is passed from experienced mentors to the younger mentors through training andexperiential learning activities. The implementation of the hierarchical structure of leaders withinthe organization training new mentors is key to the organization’s success. See Figure 1 belowfor a flow chart of the

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruben Pierre-Antoine, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Mark Schar, Stanford University

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Mechanics

the course4. A concept map is essentially a mental web of connected terms or topics,where the centermost term is the primary learning focus and lines are used to connect relatedconcepts. This results in a web of interconnected concepts that reflect the way studentsassimilate the new information. The three main questions guiding the study reported here are: 1) How can we decode the variety of ideas and structures that students include in their concept maps? 2) How can we use discoveries from this decoding to make lectures and labs more effective? 3) What improvements can be made to the way students are assigned drawing concept maps to further increase the usefulness of concept maps in capturing their learning? The

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Selin Frances Sirinterlikci, Carnegie Mellon University

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Manufacturing

printers are collections of steel rodsand studs connected by FFF bracket designs shown in Figure 2. Mendel Max 1.5 uses atriangular prismatic shape as seen Figure 1 and 3. Stepper motors are used in driving all threeaxes of the printer. While X and Y axis are driven through a timing belt, Z axis is moved by twolead-screws. Just like other newer printers Mendel Max 1.5 utilizes a stepper motor for theextrusion - driving the filament, which is trapped between a splined or knurled shaft and a ballbearing1,2. Gearing is also added to help aid the extrusion process. Figure 1. Mendel Max 1.53Mendel’s controls are handled by Arduino-based Sanguino controller and the extrusion ishandled by a separate Arduino chip

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, is tainted by prevalent acts that are considered unethical,” adding that it is “tainted byillegal acts”2.As a part of the effort to curb unethical behavior, the mandate of construction related accreditingbodies have instituted requirements for literacy of ethics in the curriculum. The AmericanCouncil for Construction Education (ACCE) requires ethics integration in constructioncurriculum (at least 1 semester hour). The ACCE also states: In addition, oral presentation, business writing, and ethics must be integrated throughout the construction-specific curriculum. Example courses in this division include: Human relations, psychology, sociology, social science, literature, history, philosophy, art, language, political

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; P.K. Imbrie, Texas A&M University; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

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Educational Research and Methods

theoretical frameworks from the literature. The nine constructsmeasured by the SASI are intrinsic motivation, academic self-efficacy, expectancy-value, deeplearning approach, surface learning approach, problem solving approach, leadership, teamworkskill, and major indecision, each using a five-point Likert scale (strongly disagree, disagree,neutral, agree, and strongly agree).Table 1 shows characteristics of the SASI, in terms of origins of items, the number of items, andsub-factors of each construct if any. Several studies supported the solid evidence of reliabilityand validity of the SASI9,10. For example, Reid (2009)10 provided validity and reliabilityevidence of each construct measured by the SASI using multiple factor analyses and

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Takashi Kawano, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Benson H. Tongue, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. Page 24.1357.3The student survey was conducted at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and at the Universityof California, Berkeley during the winter quarter and spring semester, respectively, of the 2012-2013 academic year. Students in our dynamics courses were asked to first watch two screen-captured example problems, each broken into several clips. Sample screenshots from one of thescreen-captured example problems are shown in Figure 1. (a) (b) Figure 1. Snapshots of two clips from the screencast for Example 4.6 used in the study. The first clip (a) contains the introduction screen and the Problem Statement, Goal, Given, Draw, and

Conference Session

Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica M. Scolnic, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Kathleen Spencer, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

all students, including those with LBLD, navigatethe complexities of open-ended engineering projects.IntroductionAccording to IBM’s 2010 survey of over 1500 CEOs, creative thinking will be more importantthan any other trait for today’s students to succeed in an increasing complex world.7 TheAmerican Society of Engineering Education K-12 Center asserts that “engineering is creativity,”and that “problem solving and innovation brings out the best ideas from every student.”8 (pp.1)Engaging in engineering practices not only piques students’ curiosity, captures their interest, andmotivates their study, but also helps them deeply embed knowledge into their personalworldview, empowering them to tackle the major challenges confronting society today

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lisa Huettel, Duke University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

objectives and an assignment for participants. There were also 5 sessionsduring Fall 2013. Breakout groups within each session promoted interactions among subsets ofthe participants; these were critical for encouraging broad participation, with each breakoutgroup reporting back to the full VCP afterward. Pre-planned topics included (1) Introduction tothe Circuits VCP, (2) Overview of Research-based Instructional Approaches, (3) LearningObjectives and Bloom’s Taxonomy, (4) Student Motivation, (5) Teams, and (6) & (7) Makingthe Classroom More Interactive. The topics for sessions (8) and (9) were developed by our VCPcommunity during preceding weeks: (8) Simulation and Hands-On Learning, Assessing Impact;(9) Great Ideas that Flopped. In addition to

Conference Session

Design Realization

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Lewis Hamon, The University of Texas, Austin; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Brock Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

. This paper describes the newprototype strategy planning tool, the pilot experiment, and results and conclusions. The veryencouraging pilot results provide a template and strong motivation for conducting a larger scaleexperiment for generic prototyping applications.1 IntroductionAn engineering prototype (physical or virtual) is an initial manifestation of a design concept,either a scale or full-size model of a structure or piece of equipment, which can be used toevaluate performance, form, and/or fit. Prototyping is the process of generating prototype(s),usually between concept generation and design verification stages. Prototypes provide designengineers the opportunity to determine if a concept is technically feasible, optimize

Conference Session

Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark William Killgore PE, F.ASCE, D.WRE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

or publications related to the future ofengineering education.1. Millennium Project – Engineering for a Changing World, A Roadmap to the Future of Engineering Practice, Research, and Education2. National Academy of Engineering – The Engineer of 2020, Visions of Engineering in the New Century and Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century3. 5XME and American Society of Mechanical Engineers –Vision 2028 and Vision 20304. American Society of Civil Engineers – The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, Achieving the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, A Roadmap for the Profession in 2008 and The 21st-Century Engineer: A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform.Note that the views and opinions

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut (Beirut); Mohamad K. Naja

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Community Engagement Division

engineeringcommunity in earthquake risk mitigation and response operations in future earthquake disasters.Keywords: Volunteer programs, Engineering students, Lebanon, Earthquake, Disaster riskmitigationIntroductionIt has been shown from recent earthquake devastations that loss of lives and long term effectscan only be effectively reduced through planned response action programs that engagecommunity trained volunteers led by credible organizations. A case study in the Nishi Suma area( Japan) by R. Shaw and K. Goda 1 pointed out that 60 percent of residents were evacuated bytheir own efforts, and approximately 20 per cent were rescued by neighbor volunteers. This datasignifies the importance of community volunteer in the immediate rescue operation

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Almetria Smalls, Engineering Education Department at Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Educational Research and Methods

about the effectiveness of extra-curricularacademic programs and surveys related to educational research. Unfortunately, response ratesare typically low as is the case with surveys in general 1. Low response rates make it challengingto draw meaningful assessment and/or research-based conclusions. Our research focuses onincreasing the likelihood of students responding to surveys and in particular to surveys groundedin real-time data collection methods. Real-time data collection means gathering informationabout experiences within the context of the current situation. This approach is also calledExperience Sampling Methods (ESM) 2. ESM are different than standard interview and surveymethods in that they aim to capture the essence of an experience

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mel Chua, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

perceptions and motivations simply remained the same.Second, other perceptions and motivations transformed, but not necessarily in a way that pointedto a transformation in the participants themselves. Finally, there was a group of perceptions andmotivations that showed clear transitions towards self-authorship as a way to think abouttransferring workshop learning back to participants’ home institutions. We present thesefindings in the following tables with discussion.Table 1. Perceptions and motivations that remained the same Workshop start Workshop mid-point I worry about being overwhelmed and My worries have played out; we are time-crunched. overwhelmed and time-crunched, we’re

Conference Session

WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Andrews, Aston University; Robin Clark P.E., Aston University

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Women in Engineering

Page 24.1367.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What do Schoolgirls think of Engineering? A critique of conversations from a participatory research approachAbstractWhilst statistics vary, putting the percentage of women engineers at between 6%[1] and 9% [2]of the UK Engineering workforce, what cannot be disputed is that there is a need to attractmore young women into the profession. Building on previous work which examined whyengineering continues to fail to attract high numbers of young women[3,4] and starting withthe research question “What do High School girls think of engineering as a future career andstudy choice?”, this paper critiques research conducted utilising a

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Community Engagement Division

socialand physical structures. --Oosterlaken (p. 8)1  Introducing a technology may create process efficiencies and in turn eliminate jobs. It canlower the cost of goods while promoting waste and consumerism. In playing an essential rolein the process of economic and social development, introducing a new technology mayproduce undesirable and unintended social transformations, involving moral issues such aschild labor, women’s economic participation outside the home, and democracy. --Nichols and Dong (p. 190)2  AbstractDesign for technology, which prevails in engineering design courses, addresses constraintssuch as budget, time and functionality established by a client. Meanwhile, human-centereddesign (HCD) emphasizes users' needs

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Daniel Allan Sullivan, Center for STEM Education, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

the engineering faculty.IntroductionMany of today’s first year engineering students enter Northeastern University with memorablecommunity service experiences from their hometowns which inspire them to pursue similaropportunities in college. As a result, faculty in the First Year Engineering Program atNortheastern University developed service-oriented design projects (not direct service-learningprojects) as part of a required first-year engineering course that have a similar impact indemonstrating the connection between engineering and the community as experiential service-learning projects do.1 However, the gains associated with a hands-on direct service-learningproject were encouraging enough for faculty in this study to visit a pilot year

Conference Session

Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What’s in the Soup? Reflections from an Engineer, a Physicist, and an English Professor on an Interdisciplinary Summer Grand Challenge ProgramIntroduction to the Summer Grand Challenge ProgramThree professors with common interests and goals piloted in Summer 2013 a program focused onsolving one of the fourteen Grand Challenges of the 21st Century identified by the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE).1 These challenges range from providing energy from fusion toengineering better medicines. The summer program was centered on making solar power cheaperand locally manufacturable in a less developed region. The program purposefully broughttogether humanities, science

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William E. Howard, East Carolina University; Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University; Ihab Ragai, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

programs, selecting every10th program from an alphabetical list of the accredited programs. By looking at each program’scurriculum and course descriptions as published on the institution’s website, we noted whetherthat program had required classes in machine components, machine kinematics, vibrations/dynamic systems, or finite element analysis. We also looked for any other required class in solidmechanics. The findings of this study are summarized in Table 1. Table 1 Required Classes in ME Program Sample Number of Programs with Course % of Sample Required Class Machine

Conference Session

SD Technical Session: Tricks of the Trade

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha E. Grady, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ryan Christopher Reuer Gergely, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Student

engineeringcourses and personal examples from the classroom are given.IntroductionEngaging students within the context of lecture-based courses is a key challenge for engineeringfaculty. One of the principles for good practice in undergraduate education is for instructors toencourage active learning.1 Active learning at its core is engaging students into activeparticipation (e.g., discussing, questioning, sharing, doing) rather than passive participation (e.g.,listening).2 Lectures traditionally promote only passive participation and suffer because attentionspans are finite.3 The instructor can, however, incorporate active learning activities into thelecture though few instructors within engineering choose to do so. One unheard voice is that ofteaching

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

“evidence based”, these reformist strategies do not resolve the underlying problem of narrowepistemological assumptions about what constitutes valid knowledge. If we limit how knowledgecan be produced in our field, we suffer in both intellectual and practical terms, because how weknow and how we act are indeed interconnected.References 1. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. 107th Congress Public Law 110. U.S. Government Printing Office, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ110/html/PLAW-107publ110.htm. 2. Cawelti, G. (2006). The Side Effects of NCLB. Educational Leadership, 4(3):4-68. 3. Shank, M. (2000). Striving for educational rigor: Acceptance of masculine privilege. In N. Lesko, Ed. Masculinities at School. Thousand

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

growing number of educational institutions and educators have taken up the mission ofproviding young engineers with a liberal education. Lessons learned through integratingengineering with teaching and learning in the liberal arts are routinely shared at the Division ofLiberal Education/Engineering & Society in American Society for Engineering Education andother platforms, such as Union College’s annual symposium on engineering and liberaleducation.1 Publications on the integration of engineering and liberal education focus primarilyon the perspectives of faculty and administrators; few have investigated students’ experiences oflearning engineering in a liberal education environment. Except for the occasional headlinesuccess stories about

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling

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Women in Engineering

social structure of society, the social structure of STEM education andprofessions, and/or the content and application of STEM knowledge. This paper focuses on thepre-college experiences of first year female and male engineering students at ComprehensivePolytechnic State University (CPSU) in semi-rural California and offers lessons for recruitmentbased on comparative analysis of survey data collected in 2013 on 1) when the students decidedto major in engineering, 2) why the students chose engineering as a major, 3) how the studentsmade their decisions about education, and 4) who the students are and how their identitiescompare to dominant images of what it means to be an engineer. This paper builds on previousresearch by the authors, based on

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Research on Teachers' Perceptions, Attitudes and Impacts of Teacher PD

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis S. Nadelson PhD, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers fromsix elementary schools in summer workshops over a three-year period with ongoing school yearprofessional development and support to enhance their understanding and integration of engineeringconcepts and content in teaching and learning.The results of our professional development efforts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 revealed substantial increases in theteachers’ knowledge and implementation of engineering lessons with their students. We documentedincreases in the scope and depth of lessons, and shifts in the level of design control from the teachers tothe students indicating a shift in faculty role from deliverer of information to facilitator of learning.At the conclusion of our three-year initiative, we embarked on a study to investigate the impact

Conference Session

WIED: Curricular Undergraduate Student Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

/steelcomposite column of either concrete reinforced with steel rebar or a steel pipe in-filled withconcrete. However, most college sophomores are not familiar with construction or design withconcrete. Further, the students are not able to personally experience how much a piece of steelwould deform under a given load versus an unreinforced concrete member or how the twomaterials behave relative to each other when they are a composite member.Consider alternatively an E3 developed by EannPatterson, author of the Real Life Examples booklets.17Students are all familiar with smart phone earbuds andthe cables that attach them to the phone, see Figure 1.The cable is a composite material made of copper wirewith a plastic coating. Patterson suggests walking

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Dee K. Mooney, Micron Foundation; Janine Rush-Byers, Micron Technology Foundation, Inc.; Nathan Dean, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of Mathematics. He earned his B.S. in Earth Science Education from Boise State University in 2011 with a minor in Physical Science and was a NSF Robert Noyce Scholar. Nathan’s research interests include STEM education, grading and assessment practices, self-efficacy, and student conceptions of science. Page 24.1379.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Why I Am an Engineering Major: A Cross-Sectional Study of Undergraduate StudentsAbstractAccording to a recent report 1 K-12 students tend to like mathematics and science. Further, in

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy

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Computing & Information Technology

rangeSun SPOTs consist of a battery pack, a processor board (main board), and a sensor board(eDemo Board) as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Free Range Sun SPOT9The two free range Sun SPOTs come with a rechargeable battery for use in the field as well asconnections to be powered by an external source. Figure 2, illustrates the schematic ofconnections between boards and battery for a Sun SPOT device. The eSPOT Main Board is thebrain of the Sun SPOT system. The eSPOT Main Board contains the main processor, the mainboard communication, memory, wireless radio, and power controller. The eDEMO boardcontains the sensors. Figure 3 illustrates the block diagram of the eSPOT Main Board