Conference Session

Engineering Identity

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2017 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

solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Engineering Identity and Project-Based Learning: How Does Active Learning Develop Student Engineering Identity?AbstractThis purpose of this research paper is to understand how the use of evidence-based pedagogicalmethods, such as active learning, for teaching engineering design concepts, influence students’engineering identity growth and increase retention in engineering programs. Students in a staticscourse (n

Conference Session

Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingya Xu, George Mason University; Lori C. Bland, George Mason University; Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan; Aditya Johri, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

. in Engineering Education, M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, all from Virginia Tech. Her re- search interests include engaged learning and high impact practices, assessment, and design education. Her teaching experience has primarily been with first-year engineering.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Associate Professor in the department of Information Sciences & Technology. Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge shar- ing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examine the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed workers and in furthering

Conference Session

Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Andrews, Aston University; Robin Clark, Aston University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

dedicated staff post to deal with the issues around attrition in general and student failure in particular. A purposefully employed member of staff, working with students two or three days a week could make a significant impact or retention and success; preventing students from reaching the stage where their mental health is impacted or they begin to flounder, and making sure bespoke individual advice is given at a time when it is most needed. 2. Staff Training: Needs to be provided for all colleagues with regards to mental health issues. This is particularly important for personal & subject tutors who have day-to- day contact with students. 3. Academic Support Services: Work best when effectively

Conference Session

Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University Northwest; George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

that involved combining fiveeducation best practices of recruitment, formal mentoring through peer mentors, summer campengineering math preparation and workshops, academic year stipends, and summer internships atlocal and regional companies.The Just in Time Math (JITM) strategy was implemented to increase the interaction betweenfreshmen and engineering faculty and peers during the first semesters of study. As a result, moreengineering students have shown greater enthusiasm for the field of engineering which resultedin better retention and graduation rates. The JITM course included lecture, lab and recitationcomponents and an application-oriented, hands-on approach. The JITM course addressed mathtopics specifically used in the core entry-level

Conference Session

Motivation and Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Denny C. Davis, The Ohio State University; Sarah Winfree, The Ohio State University ; Kaycee Ash, The Ohio State University; Bashirah Ibrahim, Ohio State University; Lin Ding, The Ohio State University

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Educational Research and Methods

design and led multi-institution teams in the development and testing of curriculum materials and assessments for engineering design learning. He is also the owner of Verity Design Learning LLC, a publisher of instructional materials for design reviews and teamwork development. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Davis received his PhD in Agricultural Engineering at Cornell University.Ms. Sarah Winfree, The Ohio State University Sarah Winfree is an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She joined the University in August 2013 working towards a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Engineering. Her career includes

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AEE Journal

Authors

Jae-eun Russel; Mark Andersland; Sam Van Horne; John Gikonyo; Logan Sloan

are moved out of the classroom to allow facilitation of the students’ learning pro-cess through hands-on tasks in class (Gross, Pietri, Anderson, Moyano-Camihort, & Graham, 2015;­McCallum, Schultz, Sellke, & Spartz, 2015).2 FALL 2017ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLarge Lecture Transformation: Improving Student Engagement and­Performance through In-class Practice in an Electrical Circuits Course As higher education instructors have adopted student-centered teaching strategies, researchers havebegun to examine the effectiveness of student-centered approaches to learning outcomes (e.g., Freemanet al., 2014), and to propose best practices for

Conference Session

Predicting Student Success

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shanon Marie Reckinger, Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

). They concluded that the use of theseassessments in practice is likely a waste of resources, though solely based on the “meshing,” oralignment of teaching with learning style preference, hypothesis at the center of their review.However, a reason these learning style models are popular among faculty is they provide aheuristic basis for varying teaching methods, such as in-class activities, assignments, andassessments. No research has been conducted to demonstrate increased student performance as aresult of application of the Felder and Soloman (n.d.) learning styles model to teaching, but othermodels have demonstrated evidence of improved performance (Kolb 1984, Brokaw and Merz2000). One study in particular examined the effect of designing

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Yongwook Kim, Manhattan College; Salvatore Florio; Qian Wang P.E., Manhattan College

manager and a lead engineer for various engineering projects. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan. As part of his doctorate research, he has performed numerous non-linear analyses for aluminum structures and verified his research through experiments. His research findings were incorporated in the Specification for Aluminum Structures (US). Dr. Kim’s research interests include analysis and design of aluminum & cold-formed steel structures; blast and dynamic impact analysis for security structures; flood mitigation design subjected to hurricanes and other natural disasters.Mr. Salvatore FlorioDr. Qian Wang P.E., Manhattan College Dr. Qian Wang is an assistant professor of Civil and

Conference Session

Engaging Ethics, Internationally

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; Shuxin Yang, Chinese society for engineer education(CSEE)

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Engineering Ethics

leading countries in engineering education will serve as a starting point for across-national conversation about the opportunities, strategies, and best practices foreducating ethically committed global engineers. We start our analysis by reviewing the history of engineering ethics education in theUS and China. Following that, we examine major theoretical debates that illustrate thecore questions, concepts, and approaches that attract American and Chinese engineeringethicists’ attention. Next we compare some exemplar curricular and instructionalstrategies adopted by educators in each country to facilitate engineering students’ ethicslearning. Findings of this comparative study suggest that engineering ethics education in Chinaand the US

Conference Session

Experiences of Diverse Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

mindfulness and its impact on gender participation in engineering education. He is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and teaches the course ME310x Product Management and ME305 Statistics for Design Researchers. Mark has extensive background in consumer products management, having managed more than 50 con- sumer driven businesses over a 25-year career with The Procter & Gamble Company. In 2005, he joined Intuit, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and initiated a number of consumer package goods marketing best practices, introduced the use of competitive response modeling and ”on- the-fly” A|B testing program to qualify software improvements. Mark is the Co-Founder

Conference Session

Understanding the Discipline of Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gireesh Guruprasad, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ryan R. Senkpeil, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Educational Research and Methods

focuses on student problem-solving pro- cesses and use of worked examples, change models and evidence-based teaching practices in engineering curricula, and the role of non-cognitive and affective factors in student academic outcomes and overall success.Mr. Gireesh Guruprasad, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Gireesh Guruprasad is a graduate student at Purdue University. As part of his research, he explores factors that affect the Professional Formation of Engineers, based on students beliefs and preferences and the beliefs of the faculty who teach them. Gireesh obtained his Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering and is currently pursuing his Masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Conference Session

Reflection

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Luciane de Greef, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Educational Research and Methods

concluded the two-yearexperiment in Spring of 2016, some faculty who participated in the dialogs reported changingboth personally and professionally. In order to document and understand the nature of thechanges we embarked on this research project. We interviewed 10 faculty from Engineering andLiberal Arts. The interviews were coded and analyzed through inductive narrative techniques.The results point to some profound themes. Most striking is that the practice of reflectingtogether on our own teaching led to more in-class active learning and an enhanced learningenvironment. This in turn led to faculty reporting deeper learning for students. Some faculty alsoreported changes in their own personal realm that resulted in a sense of greater well

Conference Session

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Jennifer Branstad, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

for STEM Equity (CERSE). Cara serves as project manager for program evaluation on several NSF- and NIH-funded projects. Her research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, peer mentoring, and institutional change.Dr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the director of the University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity and an affiliate assistant professor of sociology. She directs research and evaluation projects from conceptualization, methodological design, and collection of data and analysis to dissem- ination of findings. Dr. Litzler is a member of ASEE and a former board member of the Women in Engineering ProActive

Conference Session

First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kaitlyn A Marengo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Biomedical

a Master’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Originally from Dudley, MA, she obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2015 from WPI. As a graduate student she has served as a Teaching As- sistant to undergraduate level biomedical engineering courses as well as pursued a research project in the Myocardial Regeneration Laboratory focusing on improving stem cell delivery methods into the heart following a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Canine hip forces: The ups and downs of project-based learning of static

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University

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Materials

, synthesis and applications of different materials;while the manufacturing courses are focused on the applications and principles of differenttechnologies, machines, processes and their control procedures in producing a product. The lowenrollment and retention of students in these disciplines raises concerns about the impact of thecurriculum and teaching methods being practiced in these courses. Some of the recent efforts toattract a larger student pool to these disciplines are (a) creating an awareness of the impact ofmaterials science and manufacturing in our lives, to kindergarten through K-12 students (b)inviting students to attend Open Houses where the prospective students learn more about thesecourses, the student’s involvement in the research

Conference Session

Pre-College: Organizing Instruction Around a Theme

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon G. Morton, Drexel University; Jeff Gregorio, Drexel University; David S. Rosen, Drexel University ; Richard Vallett, Drexel University; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University, ExCITe Center

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University. He received his BSEE from Temple University in 2011, and MSEE from Drexel in 2013. In 2012, he received the NSF-funded GK-12 Fellowship, for which he designed activities for Philadelphia high school students illustrating the connection between the arts and the sciences, to catalyze interest in STEM/STEAM. Jeff currently studies under Dr. Youngmoo Kim in Drexel’s Music Entertainment Technology lab, pursuing research in novel musical interfaces and machine learning applications in music information retrieval.Mr. David S. Rosen, Drexel University David Rosen is a doctoral student in Drexel University’s Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences program. He has an M.S degree

Conference Session

Learning from Industry

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pryce Davis, University of Nottingham; Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University; Reed Stevens, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

, San Diego. Her research interests include professional education in medicine and STEM fields.Prof. Reed Stevens, Northwestern University Reed Stevens is a Professor of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. He holds a B.A. in Mathe- matics from Pomona College and PhD in Cognition and Development from the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Stevens began his professional career as a mathematics teacher. For the past two decades, he has studied STEM learning both in and out of school. His research seeks to understand how and when learning environments are productive for people and to translate those findings into practical use in the design and resdesign of learning environments. In recent years and in

Conference Session

Experiences of Diverse Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

more than others. Students who have a developed interest begin to dislike differentsubjects because the material does not interest them. Henry expressed yet another aspect ofdeveloped interest. “When they say it for the first time on the board it’s like, you don’t reallyunderstand but you have to go home and practice it and do the homework before you really learnit”. Henry expresses internal motivation to learn the material. A well-developed interest causesstudents to self-regulate their learning 31, which Henry expresses in the quote above.Scott also expressed a characteristic of a developed interest. Scott explains how a sub-Redditpost (AskScience) was a resource he used to understand how to become a researcher and alsolearn more about

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Mark Tufenkjian, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Eva Schiorring, Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

-based interventions. In the United States, less than 40%of incoming engineering freshman will actually complete an engineering degree. At Cal StateLA, where more than 65% are from underrepresented groups and the vast majority is first-generation college students, the retention and graduation rates are lower than the nationalaverage. For many years, faculty and staff at the College of Engineering, Computer Science, andTechnology (ECST), Cal State LA, have implemented a number of evidence-based practices inthe summer and first-year to help students transition into college and succeed in their engineeringprogram. However, integration and systemization of these interventions have proven to bechallenging. The summer bridge program (STEP) was

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Eric Meyer, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

Learning. She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Alexandra received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include engineering design education (especially in regards to the design of complex systems), student preparation for post-graduation careers, approaches for supporting education research-to-practice. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Iterating on Students’ Perceptions of Iteration in the Design Process: An Exploratory StudyAbstractExplorations of experienced designers demonstrate how these designers employ

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

current research includes examining the nature of constraints in engineering design and providing service learning opportunities for first-year programming students through various K-12 educational activities. Dr. Estell is a Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and also serves as a program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He is also a founding member and serves as Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions through a standardized rite-of-passage ceremony.Dr. Todd France, Ohio Northern University Todd France is the director of Ohio Northern

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Dr. Elise Barrella is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at James Madison University, who focuses teaching, scholarship, service, and student mentoring on transportation systems, sustainability, and engi- neering design. Dr. Barrella completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech where she con- ducted research in transportation and sustainability as part of the Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). Dr. Barrella has investigated best practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. She is currently engaged in course development and instruction for the junior design sequence (ENGR 331 and 332) and

Conference Session

Exploring the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, Stanford University; Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering education. He is a Research Scientist and Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and teaches the course ME310x Product Management and ME305 Statistics for Design Researchers. Mark has extensive background in consumer products management, having managed more than 50 con- sumer driven businesses over a 25-year career with The Procter & Gamble Company. In 2005, he joined Intuit, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and initiated a number of consumer package goods marketing best practices, introduced the use of competitive response modeling and ”on- the-fly” A|B testing program to qualify software improvements. Mark is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of One

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Dukart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

along with the change, puttingpressure on our educational systems to not only produce more students capable in science,technology, engineering, and math, but students who understand how their role impacts aknowledge-driven, global economy. Understanding our students as citizen scientists andengineers is a powerful reframing for educators and our future graduates who we hope to bediverse, active, and engaged citizens solving problems of critical importance. 3This paper looks at the role extracurricular activities conducted in the midst of the nationalmakerspace movement has on design thinking in engineering education. Educators have seen theexcitement in students and the value-add that project-based extracurricular experiences like SolarVehicle

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Oskar Granados, Cañada College; Maryam I Khan; Manuel Alexis Ramirez, San Diego State University; Madoka Oyama, Cañada College; Nathan Carlson, Cañada College

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

California and Japan have caused significantimpact on human society (20 killed, $20B in direct losses during the 1994 Northridgeearthquake, and 5500 killed, $147B in direct losses during the 1995 Kobe earthquake). Similarearthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater can have a more profound impact on the greater SanFrancisco Bay Area. Earthquake engineering research is important to explore new lateral forceresisting systems and to improve existing design methodology for more economical and efficientstructural design. Being a cost-effective experimental method for large-scale civil engineeringsystems, real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) has started to see increased applications in seismichazards mitigation. RTHS combines physical testing and numerical

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Brian Dittenber, LeTourneau University

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Civil Engineering

precise calculations  Conducting experiments – incorporating empirical data into design decisionsOne of the best ways to stimulate this kind of system design thinking is to present students withcomplex problems that require them to address each of these areas as the part of a single project.In engineering education, these kinds of design problems are often presented to teams ofstudents, creating an environment in which questions are raised by others and there is a necessityto argue the advantages and disadvantages of alternative responses. These interactions not onlyaddress ABET criteria and increase communication skills, but also increase the likelihood of asuccessful design outcome, given a diverse team of students [1].For problem-based

Conference Session

Design in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Guilford, University of Virginia; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia; Shayn M. Peirce, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

practices for using the most common tools. They then had to passa quiz on these best practices with a score of 70% or better before being admitted to the shops. Ifthey failed to do so, they were required to return on a different day to re-take the quiz. Thefailure rate on the quiz was approximately 6%.Teams were required to create both first- and second-generation prototypes of a functioningdevice. In fact, teams were suggested to create two first-generation prototypes – one for each oftheir top two conceptual designs. The first-generation prototypes were required to demonstratethe primary function of the device; they could omit any secondary functions or features. Thesewere tested, and presented before the rest of the class to garner feedback. The

Conference Session

WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engagement

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2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Tonya Whitehead, Wayne State University; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

be quantified. Surveys to be Journal of Engineering Education, 2011. 36(5): p. 413-423. 6. Caldwell, J.E., Clickers in the large classroom: Current research andgiven to all students at the beginning (pre) and end (post) of best-practice tips. CBE-Life sciences education, 2007. 6(1): p. 9-20.the course are under IRB review for implementation in F17. 7. Klingbeil, N.W. and A. Bourne. A national model for engineeringThe pre-survey includes questions from Intrinsic Motivation mathematics education: Longitudinal impact at Wright StateInventory [11] and GRIT-S [12] questionnaires that have University. in

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

F.C. Lai, University of Oklahoma; Dong Liang, Laboratory Engineer; Al R Evans, Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

related only to thewriting task at hand. The assignments included how to write abstracts, how to effectivelyincorporate figures and tables into writing, quoting and paraphrasing, citing sources, and so on.Two major papers that were related to the students’ final project went through three drafts,including an outline with a complete list of sources. Students could choose their own topic for thepapers. If they had difficulty to decide one, the instructors would provide a list of suggested topicsfor them. These included, for example, effects of tire thread pattern on the car performance, dragreduction using streamlined body, best practice in lubrication, … etc. The students struggled withthe research, as it was almost entirely in the target language

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Cowan, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. She is currently engaged in course development and instruction for the junior design sequence (ENGR 331 and 332) and the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University.Dr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel Dr. Mary Katherine Watson is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel