Conference Session

What is Innovation

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2016 EDI

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John Morrell, Apple

? What attributes work best? DesignASEE - EDI March 30, 2016 What is Innovation? John Morrell Engineering Innovation Predictive design Wait and find out Minimize uncertainty if there is impact Make integration choices Evaluate & test concepts DesignASEE - EDI March 30, 2016 What is Innovation? John Morrell Exhibit 1: Yale’s

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Mark B. Colton; Timothy W. McLain

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Thomas Fronk; Robert Spall

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Liz Cox; Barbra Sobhani

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Richard Cozzens

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Scott Houser

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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N. Fang; L. McNeill; Robert Spall; P. Barr

engineering graduation and retentionrates at U.S. universities are not keeping up with the nation’s increasing demands for engineeringtalent. In 2000, less than 5% of all undergraduate degrees were awarded to engineers.Engineering bachelor’s degrees have grown only 1% since 2005.This presentation describes the overall framework of a project that has been recently funded bythe Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) ofthe National Science Foundation. The goal of the project is to provide S-STEM scholarshipsupport for academically-talented, financially-needy engineering students, and to train thesestudents to become effective scientific and technological contributors when entering theengineering workforce. The

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Audrianna Rodriguez; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali; Shannon Ciston; Melissa L. Whitson; Viktoria Zelenak Berendt

2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Stress and Response Patterns in Adult Engineering Students within Higher Education Audrianna Rodriguez 1, Maria-Isabel Carnasciali 1, Shannon Ciston 2, Melissa L. Whitson 1, and Viktoria Zelenak Berendt 1 1 University of New Haven, CT 2 UC Berkeley, CAAbstractAdult learners face several challenges when reintegrating into the classroom setting after workingfor years. Adult engineering students may experience some of these challenges, especially

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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D. G. Schmucker

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Jing Guo; Kathy Kasley; John M. Santiago

2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference The Challenges of Teaching Engineering Labs Online Dr. Jing Guo, Dr. Kathy Kasley, and Dr. John Santiago College of Engineering, Colorado Technical UniversityAbstractThe paper presents the Engineering Department’s development and the pilot delivery of anonline laboratory experience to support the electrical and computer engineering online deliveryof a previously on campus course, “EE110: Introduction to Engineering”. The most significantchallenges in support of students in the construction, debug, and measurement of circuitparameters include the following: (1) replacing face-to-face interaction with both the

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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John M. Santiago; Jing Guo

Society for Engineering Education, 2016 79 2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conferenceinterview in order to promote more honest feedback and a less threatening environment. Theinterview was conducted by the College of Engineering Dean and Engineering DepartmentChair. Table 1 are meeting notes summarizing the results from student comments. In general,the overall content and instructional delivery was well received. The content was further refinedand developed during the quarter correcting minor errors identified by student feedback. Fourstudents were able to make the focus group meeting when usually 7-8 students out of 11 are

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Keith E. Holbert

instructor: 1. EEE 460 Nuclear Power Engineering, and 2. EEE 463 Electrical Power Plants.The first fully online offerings of these two courses were made in 2015, with the second offeringhaving already transpired for EEE 460 (the second offering of EEE 463 is presently occurring insummer 2016). The current fully online versions of the courses are produced in a recordingstudio using a green screen backdrop with only the instructor and producer present. EarlierInternet versions of the courses were recorded in a lecture room in front of on-campus students,and afterwards, streaming video was posted for graduate students in an online master’s degreeprogram. The present offerings overlay the instructor on top of the PowerPoint slides as shownin Figure

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Nebojsa Jaksic; Nikolas D'Angelo; Gabriele Vigano

, production of metal objects using 3Dprinting technologies can be categorized into three groups of processes: 1. Pattern-based: where 3D-printed (plastic, starch, or wax) parts are used as patterns for casting. Direct 3D printing of molds can be included in this group. 2. Indirect: where an initial metal powder-based part is 3D printed, and then such part is heat-treated (or sintered) in a furnace 3. Direct: where parts are produced by either a) heat-joining of metal powder (powder bed fusion) or b) direct deposition of metal (wire or powder) with the aid of an external energy source (directed energy deposition).While the first group of processes can be easily implemented using inexpensive 3D

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Evan Bingham; Clifton Farnsworth; Justin Weidman

in thegroup with questions and periotic summaries, identifying what is not fully understood, anddrawing as many students as possible into the discussions. There were obvious advantages tousing this method of interaction, but along with these there were disadvantages identified as well. 106The level and effectiveness of class room interaction was effected by the effectiveness of thequestions being asked. Blooms Taxonomy is often used to develop questions that improvelearning objectives (Bloom 1956, Anderson et al. 2001). Questions can be asked at a most basiclevel where the end objective is an ability to recall a specific answer. Figure 1 gives

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Jing Guo; John M. Santiago

2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Flipped Classroom Method in Teaching “Introduction to Engineering” Course Online Dr. Jing Guo and Dr. John Santiago Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper presents a flipped classroom method used in developing and delivering an onlinecourse entitled, “Introduction to Engineering”. The course includes a combination of mini-lectures and labs. Two one-hour chat sessions held synchronously are used where: (1) instructorsneed to hold one chat session for answering the mini-video lectures, reading material andproblem sets, (2) and another hour for

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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D. G. Schmucker; J. Lenart; S. J. Burian

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Dixon Y. Nielson

shortage of graduates, these managers would need to “sell” theircompany to prospective new hires. Conversely, if there is an abundance of graduates thesemanagers would likely be more selective. To help focus in on the approach used by hiringmanagers I decided to examined three data sources. 1. Personal ExperienceFirst, I reflected on personal experience as a former senior manager of an IT company. Typicallyour company received around 30 applications for each software or hardware opening we posted.My VP of Engineering would initially review and rank the resumes based on the candidates’education and experience. We then conducted phone interviews with the top 10 candidatesfocusing on their ability to think through both technical and non

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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John M. Santiago; Jing Guo

producing high qualityproducts.Twelve core courses each for the Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering programs areshown in Table 1, where each program requires the successful completion of an 11-weekcapstone course. With this short overview of the master’s programs, more details about capstonecourse and its objectives are described next.Capstone Course Description and ObjectivesThe capstone course provides the student an opportunity to integrate skills developed throughoutthe Master’s program by completing a project or study that focuses on a technical problem orcurrent issue in engineering. The students must: define the problem or opportunity, identifyconstraints, complete an analysis, prepare and deliver a professional report, and

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Susan M. Reynolds

development of engineeringjudgment.Open-ended problems may certainly be related to design projects and project-based-learning, butare also readily incorporated in lower-level courses traditionally taught with closed-endedproblems. Table 1 contrasts closed-ended and open-ended problems that are appropriate for asophomore-level Mechanics of Materials course. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 139 2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section ConferenceTable 1. Sample Closed-Ended and Open-Ended Problems in a Foundational Engineering CourseSample closed-ended problem Sample open-ended

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Jackson J. Graham; Randy C. Hurd; Tadd T. Truscott

ApparatusThe experimental two-dimensional conduction apparatus has five main components: theconduction plate, the heat transfer blocks, the refrigerated/heated circulating baths, the insulatedhousing, and the data acquisition system (Fig. 1).The conduction plate was machined from a 0.25 x 12 x 12-inch piece of 101 copper (99.99%copper content). The top side of the plate has milled, 1.5 x 1.5-inch square insets that form a 6 x6 grid (Fig. 2 (a)). These insets provide discrete locations for the heating and cooling blocks tobe placed. The back side of the plate has blind holes drilled in at locations corresponding to thenodes of the insets (corners of insets). The holes have Type J thermocouples (49 total) fixed inthem to allow for temperature

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Jason C. Ganley

experiments that illustrate principles in fluidic,thermal, and chemical systems. Students engage in two eight-hour laboratory work days eachweek. The course is designed to deliver experiential learning; students generate an experimentaldesign to achieve broad-based objectives, and perform extended experimental work with longlaboratory times. The active phase of learning that is naturally present in laboratory work isenhanced by providing latitude to the students in their experimental plans, and by allowing themto reflect on their lab experiences when repeating an early experiment at the end of the Session.KeywordsExperiential learning, unit operations laboratory.1. IntroductionThe curricula of most Chemical Engineering departments in the United

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Jeffrey S. Bates; Taylor D. Sparks

problems • An ability to communicate technical information effectively in oral and written form • An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary in materials engineering practicesOur goals for this course were to teach the students to think creatively, be leaders in innovation,solve problems, understand the broader context of research and engineering design, prepare forfuture careers in entrepreneurship and technology, and improve critical thinking skills. Goalsand methods are outlined in Table 1. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Reza Kamali-Sarvestani; Ephraim Nielson; Jared Laufiso

the printing head movement. It was found that with adrop diameter of 30 µm, 25 µm produced a uniform conductivity in both the x and ydirections with 0.5 Ω/cm. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 208 2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference a) b ) c) d )Figure 1. a) Top Left: Substrate is too hydrophobic. b) Top Right: Drop spacing is tooclose causing pooling. c) Bottom Left: Drop spacing is too large causing

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Hugh Smith

189 2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section ConferenceThe mythology I present in this paper consists of a number of modules. These modules worktogether to teach the students how to conceptualize the networking system they areimplementing, how to document the system flows and how to develop state machines that meetthe program specifications. These assignments consist of multiple design assignments and theimplementation of a complex client-server system.The overall process consists of developing packet flow diagrams (figure 1) based on the programspecification and then using these packet flow diagrams to generate state diagrams. The processforces the students to create the state diagrams prior to implementing their programs

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Dina Battaglia; Krishna Sampigethaya; Akhan Almagambetov; Mehran Andalibi; Tyrone Groh; Kaela Martin; Matt Pavlina; Sam Siewert; Anne Boettcher

togetherin groups of 8 to 12.1 Each FLC engages in an active, collaborative, year long program with thegoal of enhancing teaching and learning. Participants in FLCs may select projects that allow forexperimenting with teaching innovations and assessing resultant student learning. FLCs increasefaculty interest in teaching and learning, and provide safety and support for faculty to investigate,attempt, assess, and adopt new (to them) teaching and learning methods. After participation in anFLC, faculty report using new pedagogies, while also seeing improvements in students’ criticalthinking and ability to synthesize and integrate information and ideas, often in an holisticmanner.1 Additionally, FLC participants in one study reported improved teaching

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Angela R. Bielefeldt; Daniel Knight; Christopher Swan; Nathan Canney

2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Macroethics Education in Engineering and Computing Courses Angela R. Bielefeldt1, Daniel Knight1, Christopher Swan2, Nathan Canney3 1 University of Colorado Boulder, 2Tufts University, 3Seattle UniversityAbstractFor engineering to reach its full potential to benefit society, students must be prepared to engagein broad considerations of macroethical issues, including the collective responsibility of theprofession toward issues such as sustainability, poverty, and bioethics. This research exploredthe extent to which faculty report educating engineering and computing students to considermacroethical issues in their

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Clifton B. Farnsworth; Evan Bingham; Justin E. Weidman

megaconstruction course, theprincipal objectives of the course, the key elements for student experience, and explains howthese were accomplished. Part II of this paper details the challenges experiences in recruitingstudents to participate and student perceptions of this study abroad experience.Institutions of higher education often include within their mission, aims, purposes, or objectivessome mention of preparing students to have an impact upon the world. One accrediting body forconstruction engineering and management programs requires that students receive a sufficientlybroad education where students understand the impact of providing solutions in a global andsocietal context and thus produce graduates prepared to enter a global workforce.1 There are

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gabriel Parmer; Rahul Simha; Chris Toombs; Poorvi Vora; Timothy Wood

Course Objectives and EvolutionThe 8 credits of senior design are associated with a year long Fall-Spring sequence of courses,each carrying 4 credits. The course has core junior-level courses as prerequisites so that studentsenter with some substantive computer science fundamentals. We list below the formal courseobjectives. In the two courses, students will: 1. Learn key elements in the development of a significant year-long computer science project: planning, specification, design, analysis, and implementation. 2. Apply concepts from software engineering to the project: requirements, specification, reuse, documentation, verification and validation, testing, configuration management. 3. Learn to write about and practice

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda E. Craugh

implementation of the mastery grading scheme as well asstudent feedback will also be included.IntroductionInitially discussed by Bloom 1 in 1968, mastery learning is an instructional strategy designed tominimize achievement gaps and have all students learn well. In Bloom’s formulation, coursematerial is broken into discrete units, and students must demonstrate their mastery of currentmaterial before moving on to subsequent units.Sangelkar and her colleagues implemented a variation of this philosophy course-wide for anintroductory Statics course at Penn State, Behrend 2 . In that implementation, lectures continued atan instructor-defined pace, but exams were administered in a separate setting (an evening testingwindow) and graded for mastery. That is

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Suzanne Keilson

class in an Introduction to Engineering classthe author had students complete a “technical autobiography”. The current format of thatdocument is shown in Table 1. Table 1. “Technical Autobiography” Questions 1. Do you feel comfortable using tools? Please describe. 2. Do you ever take machines apart (e.g. bicycles, electronics)? ... to fix them? ... to see how they work? 3. If you ever wanted to take something apart, but did not, what stopped you? 4. Were you encouraged to experiment with tools and machines as a child? If so, by whom? 5. Have you ever participated in engineering design contests? Please describe. 6. How do you spend most of your time on the computer? Have you ever programmed a computer?Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE