Conference Session

Curriculum and Program Developments, Exchanges, Collaborations, and Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University

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International

global marketplace. In Germany, for instance,upwards of 25% of all engineering students engage in at least one study-abroad or internationalinternship experience [2]; by sharp contrast, only 3.5% of U.S. engineering students go abroadduring their studies [1].Given the recognized national urgency of better preparing our engineering graduates for globalpractice [21][12][7][4][15], it is surprising how little progress has towards this goal has beenmade on a broad national level. Some institutions have responded to these new imperatives byworking harder to integrate global perspectives on campus, typically within the “general studies”curriculum. At Northern Arizona University, for example, our campus-wide Global LearningInitiative [3] provides

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Page 23.647.2future teachers must demonstrate their ability and knowledge before they will be licensed toteach. The less common institutional portfolio consists of artifacts gathered from student andteaching portfolios, and is used to evaluate the institution rather than assessing the individualstudents. In this paper, we are investigating institutional portfolios for programmatic assessment.In other words, while student portfolios may be judged to individually provide feedback andfurther student degree progress, students do not receive a grade, per se. Student portfolios arebeing used to grade or assess the graduate program.Suskie15 gives five criteria for evaluating assessment. Specifically, good assessment should 1)originate from clear and

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

theirFYEPs, but they do indicate that training is provided through other venues at the universitywhich helps them improve their teaching.IntroductionGraduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are a vital component to engineering courses includingmany first-year engineering programs (FYEPs). FYEPs tend to be large in size, having multiplesections of the same class requiring the use of GTAs whose roles vary across institutions frominstructional staff to lab supervisors to graders.1-4 Despite the widespread use of GTAs inengineering, especially in FYEPs, little is known about GTA’s experiences from the perspectiveof the GTA. While there are studies that describe and evaluate preparation courses for GTAs,evaluations tend to be short-term (e.g., right after the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

water systems; and industrial water treatment for recycle and re-use. Page 23.649.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 GRAND CHALLENGESDELI (DISCOVER, EXPLORE, LEARN & IMAGINE) PROJECT UPDATE Page 23.649.2IntroductionHere we report on data collected for a project in which five new web-based lines of study,referred to as Elective Units, were developed by engineering faculty members with expertise intopics related to the NAE Grand Challenges.1 In a previous communication,2 we described therationale, development

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne-Marie A Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Two Year College Division

“perseverance and passionfor long-term goals” [1]. Although grit is widely seen as a personality trait, it has also beenshown to be something that people can be taught; that is, interventions can be enacted to increasea person’s grit. The simplicity of measuring someone’s grit score, and the straight-forwardintervention path for those with lower scores, makes this trait an attractive candidate forexamination among students. Preliminary studies establish net grit scores of students atbeginning stages of the engineering program, at a two-year and four-year institute. Intermediateand advanced students within a mechanical engineering program are also studied. Thelongitudinal aspect of this study will follow individuals as they progress through or abandon

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Jennifer E LeBeau, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Howard P Davis, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Brian F French, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

) Type 2 project (DUE 1065486) founded on a precursor NSF Page 23.651.2Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Type 1 project, Inventory ofEvaluation Tools for Engineering Education Projects. The Inventory project (a) established theneed for a readily available repository of high quality evaluation tools to support evaluation ofengineering education projects, (b) identified some of the tools and characteristics that may bevaluable for an evaluation tools database, and (c) identified potential user groups who couldbenefit from an engineering education evaluation tools database. As part of the precursor project,a panel of national

Conference Session

Topics in Energy Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaime Ramos-Salas P.E., University of Texas, Pan American; Emmanuel Benitez, University of Texas, Pan American; Leonel Aguilera, University of Texas, Pan American

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

thefuture. A milestone that connects us to a smart grid is to have a smart meter with an energymanagement system.In our case, we can consider the data acquisition for this system equivalent to a smart meter. Inour EMS implementation, the system acquires the price of electricity in real-time. For obtaining Page 23.652.2such prices, we rely on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) for information on theelectricity bulk price. “The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow ofelectric power to 23 million Texas customers - representing 85 percent of the state's electricload.” [1].In this paper, we describe the data

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

IPnetworks each month in 2016 1. The growing demands for bandwidth and capacity requirecontinuous upgrades in the optical communication network: the faster network speed (40Gb/s 100Gb/s  400Gb/s) and expanded network topologies (Long haul, Metropolitan, Access, Fiberto the Home). From the educational institutes’ standpoint, we must make sure that our graduateshave the knowledge and practical training to support the on-going changes. In response to these demands, the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State Universitydeveloped a three-credit senior elective course EGR458 “Introduction to Fiber Optics” in 2009 2.For the first two offerings, short active-learning exercises were supplemented for the lecture.Feedback from students showed that

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian Peterson, U.S. Air Force Academy; Susan Elmore, US Air Force Academy ; Al DUPE Mundy, United States Air Force Academy

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

.8 The programsmentioned here are by no means exhaustive, but merely representative.DescriptionThe complete circuit set consists of four student units and one instructor unit. The four studentunits have one each of the following fully functional circuits:  Three-way light switch set  Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) circuit  Household mains circuit breaker panel, security light, and single standard outlet  Switched outlet circuitWiring diagrams for each circuit are shown in Figures 1-4. The instructor unit has all four of Page 23.654.3these circuits already assembled on a single panel

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Mazloomzadeh, Florida International University; Mustafa Farhadi, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University

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Electrical and Computer

. Photovoltaic arrays have a nonlinear voltage-current characteristic thatits output power varies with solar radiation and cell temperature. Due to the limitation on solarenergy availability in a laboratory environment, an alternative photovoltaic emulator was used.The emulator is a 6 kW Magna Power Electronics dc programmable power supply (Figure 1) andits maximum output voltage and current are 375 V and 15.9 A, respectively. The PhotovoltaicPower Profile Emulator (PPPE) software is used to calculate voltage and current profiles of aspecific solar array based on predefined parameters. These profiles are sequentially sent to thepower supply via RS232 serial communication interface. A power profile can be generatedmanually based on voltage-current curve

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

overview of theretention strategy. Next, HMHY is described in detail. Then the assessment strategy willbe discussed as well as how the support program impacted the participating students. Thepaper concludes with advice for others interested in starting a similar program.IntroductionIn an attempt to create a positive environment and provide support to undergraduatestudents, universities often offer student support in various forms such as mentoring,living-learning communities, and summer bridge programs. This paper will focus onmentoring. Formalized mentoring is a popular form of support 1, 2 and allows individualsto provide undergraduates with career advice, success strategies, academic assistance,counseling, and encouragement 3. In situations

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valerie C. Lundy-Wagner, New York University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-based scholarship and retentionprograms14. Eight of the academic advisers were women, and three self-identified as White, theremainder were people of color. Table 1 includes a summary of participant demographiccharacteristics and departmental or program associations. Although there is considerableresearch on the benefits of faculty-student engagement, faculty advisers were excluded becausetheir primary function does not incorporate retention, an issue focal in this research. < INSERT TABLE 1 ABOUT HERE>MethodologyUsing public information from the school’s website, I sent email requests for participation to all18 staff academic advisers at Urban University. Individuals who responded affirmatively werere

Conference Session

FPD 5: Transitions and Student Success, Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Christine C Murphy, Clemson University Academic Success Center

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First-Year Programs

to 8 activities in a semester. This list includes workshops, guest speakers, andactivities designed to help students improve study skills or explore different majors. Once anactivity has been completed, the person in charge of the activity will sign under the "Verified"location, and the students will turn in the worksheet in class. An example of the worksheet isshown in Table 1.Table 1. Example of bonus opportunities in Fall 2012. Page 23.658.2Two very popular activities are the "CoES Student Organizations Fair" and "Alumni and MajorMix and Mingle." In the Organizations Fair, the various clubs and organizations in the collegeare allowed to

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University; Robert A. Svetz, Syracuse University

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Architectural

architectural history and theory discourses. He has worked professionally in various New York City offices and was previously a special lecturer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Svetz holds an M.Arch. from Yale University, where he received the David C. Taylor Memorial prize on architectural writing and criticism. Page 23.659.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Hidden in Plain Sight: Campus Scavenger Hunt to Teach Structures and Technology to Architects.1. IntroductionLook down the street, what do you see? Buildings with windows and doors, a

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

. Further details areprovided on project design, team structure and collaboration, experimental details, and lessonslearned, particularly on promoting student learning and improving its outcomes.1. Overview of the ProjectThe Earth’s magnetic field deflects cosmic‐ray trajectories from a straight line. Due to the fact thatcosmic rays are predominantly positively charged, this results in more particles arriving from thewest than from the east. This “east‐west” asymmetry has been investigated in the past at groundlevel. The goal of the project was to design and launch a small experimental payload to investigatehow the “east-west” angular asymmetry changes with altitude, as the cosmic ray flux transitionsfrom mostly secondary particles near the ground

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Chemistry. They have a chance to work on some real-world projects during theirsenior year in capstone/senior design courses. Before students get a chance to work on their real-world projects, which typically happen in capstone/senior projects, some of the students wouldhave made the decision to transfer out of engineering school. Based on the feedback fromindustry, even students who finished their engineering degree need more experience with real-world product development experience.To enhance the educational experience for students, TAMU made significant amount ofinvestment in seven activities. The majority of the investment went to Activity 1 with a goal ofenhancing the students’ preparation for the workplace and society through high impact

Conference Session

...by Design

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanner J Huffman, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Bank, World Bank, and U.S. Department of Labor, USAID. Countries where he has worked include Armenia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Thailand. He is currently a consultant on a USAID funded project that involves workforce development and enterprise competitiveness. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the department. Page 23.662.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 High School Student Modeling Behaviors During Engineering Design  RationaleMathematical modeling is an essential practice of engineering design 1-6. Students

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...by Design

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - Teacher Education and Leadership; Emma R. Smith, Utah State University; Daniel L Householder, Utah State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 23.663.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 SOLVING AUTHENTIC PROBLEMS THROUGH DESIGN PROCESSES 1 High School Students’ Cognitive Activity While Solving Authentic Problems through Engineering Design Processes AbstractThis exploratory multiple case study describes the cognitive activity of two groups ofadolescents as they used engineering design processes to address authentic challenges. Thesechallenges were ‘authentic’ in the sense that they aligned with the students’ interests, were ill-structured, and met the needs of actual clients. The following data were collected in

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Merwan B Mehta, East Carolina University; Mark Angolia, Indiana State University

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Manufacturing

2IntroductionIt is estimated that around 70% of the cost of a manufactured product is locked in at theproduct design stage as shown in Figure 1, and it is estimated that around 80% of chronicquality problems in manufacturing can be traced to issues in product design. Clearly theimportance of product design on efficient manufacturing and high quality productscannot be overstated. Figure 1. Who Casts the Biggest Shadow? (Munro, 1989)However, product design and quality are not given the importance that we feel theydeserve in industry. The evidence that product design and quality are being deprioritizedin manufacturing can be found in the fact that the body of knowledge for the CertifiedManufacturing Technologist (CMfgT) and the Certified

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI; Steven Anthony Zusack

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Aerospace

leadership, elected at the second all-hands meeting. This experiment servedboth to focus the newly-formed student chapter, and to lower the perceptual barriers toconducting science from students who may not have otherwise participated in such an engagingactivity. The next two sections describe the experiment and the analysis. Following that areresults of a survey taken by participants.III. Space Scream ExperimentFigure 1 shows a conceptual schematic of the Space Scream Experiment. Requirements for thepayload were that the total mass should not exceed 1 pound, and the exterior envelope must notexceed 12 inches in any dimension. The sounding balloon was planned to fly to 85,000 feet atwhich point the balloon would burst and a small parachute would

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff Scott Thomas; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Christopher F Thompson S.M.ASCE, Salt Lake Community College

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International

and determination, the LEGO League Students had avery positive impression of the FIRST organization, and were inspired to continue their interestin STEM education. Page 23.666.7 6Event on March 2nd 2013 This 2012 Utah FIRST LEGO League season was packed full of surprises that pushedvolunteer event-management skills to the limit. Round 1 of qualifiers proceeded smoothly, with4 teams from each of the state-wide events qualifying for the state championship. The next roundwas to come a week later on January 12th. The Friday beforehand, a very large snowstorm camethrough the Salt Lake Valley

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Engineering Libraries

and appointments with peer researchconsultants. Access points related to consultations with archivists and media librarians wereadded in Spring 2012.Working with campus institutional research staff, we were able to correlate Fall 2011 library usewith higher term GPA and retention for first year students while controlling for other variablesrelated to student success.1 The Student Success line of inquiry is useful for demonstrating thatsuccessful students do find value in the library. However, as students move beyond their firstyear, the factors contributing to student success become increasingly complex and interrelated.Therefore, while we continue to collect first year data and plan to check the correlation strengtheach semester, we are not

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tatiana V. Goris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

everyday experience, can significantly affect student learning. Evidencesuggests that students who learn new material may already have some understanding andpreconceptions about the new concepts.Misconceptions about electricity of novice students (college freshmen and first-semestersophomores) were analyzed and compared to the misconceptions of senior students. The studytargeted: (1) correlation between student academic success (grades) and student misconceptions,and (2) understanding how student mental models and misconceptions change with increasinglevels of competency and expertise during students’ progression from the freshman to seniorlevel. Non-equivalent groups of 20 novices and 22 seniors participated in this study. The mixed-methods

Conference Session

FPD 7: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part II: Perceptions and Paradigms

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Burford J. Furman, San Jose State University; Ping Hsu, San Jose State University; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University

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First-Year Programs

design workand teamwork was done outside of class. Projects included disassembling a household object anddescribing the components, and designing a penny launcher, a rubber band-powered flyingmachine, and a balsa-wood bridge. These projects all used materials that students could easilyfind around the house or at a local grocery store, making the projects easily accessible. On theother hand, many were similar to projects students had done in high school science courses.Assessments showed gains in student knowledge about, and positive attitudes towards,engineering as a career9. Gains were significant in knowledge areas (ranging from 1 to 1.6 on afive point scale for most areas); however the changes in attitudes were very modest (1 to 5percentage

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aimee S Navickis-Brasch P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Anne Liu Kern, University of Idaho; Jillian Rae Cadwell, University of Idaho ; Laura Laumatia Laumatia; Fritz Fiedler, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Community Engagement Division

in STEM, accounting for0.8% of students earning degrees with only 0.5% in engineering 1, 2, 3. Locally, students from theCoeur d’Alene and Spokane Reservations suffer from a 60% to 68% cumulative dropout rate,lower than average achievement scores in mathematics, science, and literacy for 8th graders, andunusually low social economic status 4, 5. Furthermore, despite the billions of dollarsappropriated to support hundreds of organizations focused on improving STEM content inprimary and secondary education, the portion of STEM degrees award to American Indianstudents remained unchanged between the years 2000-2009 6, 3.Native communities are in critical need of improving STEM education for their youth. This isparticularly important in American

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Marie Aippersbach, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the editor of the web-site ”Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides,” the first Google listing for the search term ”presentation slides.”Dr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University Page 23.671.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 How Slide Design Affects a Student Presenter’s Understanding of the ContentIntroduction Engineering faculty often have their students create presentations about projects as ameans to have the students learn the content. For example, many design courses, such asPurdue’s EPICS,1 have student teams

Conference Session

Secondary (6-12) Outreach

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University; Sagar V. Kamarthi, Northeastern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

improve STEM education and increase student interest have often reverted back toknown teaching methods like T4E (Teaching Teachings to Teach Engineering) and well-known problem-based learning (PBL) [1, 2]. However, the effectiveness of these methods lies in changing teachers’current pedagogies rather than modifying the actual content of how teachers teach. To help address thissituation, we have designed a method to educate teachers in a two-week professional developmentworkshop [3, 4]. Teachers learn how to properly integrate engineering techniques to modify their currentteaching content. We make a case that the integration of particular engineering methods in STEMclassrooms can make an impact and change the way students perceive STEM

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Teaching Materials Fundamentals

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Materials

to Architectural, Civil, and Mechanical Engineering Technologystudents. Students in the ARET, CET, and MET programs at IPFW must earn a C- or better inStrength in order to pass the course. Table 1 shows the percentage of students needing to repeatStrength due to low grades, along with the repeat rate in all other MET courses. 1 Based on a 20%mean repeat rate, Strength is apparently the hardest course in the curriculum. The table does notinclude students who withdrew from courses because of low grades. When withdrawals areincluded, the repeat rate in Strength runs between 18% and 35%. Page 23.673.2 Table 1: Percentage of students in each

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cate Samuelson, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

-representedminority students in their programs, potentially contributing to student persistence and retention.IntroductionFeeling overwhelmed by the workload, pace and conceptual difficulties can be a commonexperience among undergraduate engineering students.1 Ethnic minority students may faceadditional challenges, such as differences in ethnic/cultural values and socialization,internalization of negative stereotypes, ethnic isolation and perceptions of racism, and/orinadequate program support.1,2 Further, due to typically small numbers of minority students andfaculty in engineering programs, students may lack peers, faculty role models and mentors.1Feelings of difference can result in students lacking a sense of belonging, which can influenceconfidence in

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Warren D. Seider, University of Pennsylvania; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

direct comparison of time commitments for the course, but it does appearthat time devoted to experimental laboratory work was comparable to that spent on lecture andcalculation laboratories in the first design course, but significantly less important in the secondcourse.Class DetailsThe typical size of a class section as reported by instructors was around 45 students, with someclasses as large as 130. The distribution of class sizes is presented as Figure 1. Page 23.675.3 30 Number of respondents 25 20 15 10