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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Maria Krug, University of Notre Dame; Alicia Czarnecki, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem; Ryan M Nell, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem; Gary Allen Gilot P.E., University of Notre Dame; Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame

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Community Engagement Division

now pursuing a M.S. in Environmental Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to return- ing to Notre Dame, Maria worked as a Civil Engineer on water and wastewater infrastructure projects at Whitman, Requardt & Associates in Baltimore, MD. Her research interests include the monitoring and modeling of green infrastructure and undergraduate experiential learning in both domestic and interna- tional contexts. She co-teaches a project-based engineering course at the University of Notre Dame that is a key component of the Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem.Alicia Czarnecki, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem Alicia Czarnecki is a senior Environmental Engineering major at the University of Notre Dame. Alicia

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Q Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; J. A. M. Boulet, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Chris Wetteland, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #18808Case Study: A College-Wide Engineering Capstone Experience at the Uni-versity of TennesseeDr. Jennifer Q Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dr. Retherford is an alumna of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate seniors.Dr. J. A. M. Boulet, University of Tennessee, Knoxville J. A. M

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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James D Burns, Purdue Univeristy; Bob E. White P.E., Western Michigan University

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy

education. In this paper, we present an overview of asemester-long research project for a graduate course in Capital Budgeting. At the core of theproject is a student-developed Capital Budgeting simulation model. This model is used both as atool for examining the effectiveness of existing capital project ranking methods such as IRR,NPV, and Payback, and also as a research platform for testing new ranking and selectionmethods. The project consists of three phases. The first phase is comprised of individual workwhere students design and program a basic Capital Budgeting simulation model using MicrosoftExcel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). During the second phase, students transitioninto small self-selected teams to validate and then expand

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Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin M. Gray, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Terri S. Krause, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Design, Computer Science, and Engineering). Some of her previous research has focused on software designers’ formal and non-formal educational experiences and use of precedent materials, and experienced instructional designers’ beliefs about design character. These studies have highlighted the importance of cross-disciplinary skills and student engagement in large-scale, real-world projects. Dr. Exter currently leads an effort to evaluate a new multidisciplinary degree program which provides both liberal arts and technical content through competency-based experiential learning.Mrs. Terri S. Krause, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Terri Krause is a second year PhD student in Learning Design

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology)

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Instrumentation

years the company performed many private and government projects. Dr. Fathizadeh has published numerous journal, conference and technical articles. He has been instrumental figure in establishing mechatronic engineering technology at Purdue University Calumet. His areas of interests are, control systems, power systems, power electronics, energy, and system integration. Dr. Fathizadeh is a registered professional engineer in the State of Illinois. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Experiential Learning through Industry PartnershipAbstractExperiential learning gives students the abilities they need for actual-global achievement.Students as well as their parents are

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University; Stefan C. Christov, Quinnipiac University

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Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #20403Guiding Principles and Pedagogical Tools for an Introductory Software De-velopment CourseDr. Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University Mark Hoffman is a professor of computer science at Quinnipiac University. He joined the University in 2001 following a career in industry and has taught a wide variety of courses including data structures, computer architecture and organization, software development, and the senior capstone project. His re- search interests include communication and critical thinking skills in computer science education, and the impact of technology on work/home boundary management. He received

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Okere O. George, Washington State University; W. Max Kirk, Washington State University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #18320Unique Approach to Teaching Heavy Civil EstimatingDr. Okere O. George, Washington State University George is an assistant professor in the construction management program in the School of Design and Construction at Washington State University (WSU). Before joining WSU he worked for Kiewit Corpo- ration on various heavy civil projects. He received his PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University with specialization in Construction Management. His research focus is in the area of contract administration on state DOT projects.Dr. W. Max Kirk, Washington State University Max is currently an

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CoED: Computer Science Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Cody Ryan Zackoski, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Caleb R Dingus, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

University Institute of Technology I am a student at West Virginia University Institute of Technology working towards a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. I worked with Middle and High School teachers in developing curriculum and implementing Computer Science concepts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Applying Scratch programming to Facilitate Teaching in K-12 classrooms (Research-to-Practice, Strand: Other)IntroductionThis paper presents a project to apply Scratch programming in K-12 classroom. Scratch is a freeeducational programming language developed by Lifelong Kindergarten at MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, oriented toward kids with age from 8

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, UW-Stout

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Ethics and Acting Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Exploring, Documenting, and Improving Humanitarian Service Learning through Engineers Without Borders USAAbstractExploring, Documenting, and Improving Humanitarian Service Learning through Engineerswithout Borders-USA is a four-year project exploring a variety of challenges and opportunities inuniversity-based service learning programs. Specifically, this project looks holistically at theinception and evolution of a new Engineers Without Borders USA chapter, while analyzingcharacteristics, values, and demographics of individuals involved

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First Year Computing Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishnendu Ghosh, Miami University; Michele D Dickey, Miami University; Laurena Werner, Miami University

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Computers in Education

paper, we describe an intervention to address the low retention rates in the course. Ourfocus is to engage students with a project that connects the students’ interests with the conceptsof the course. The goal of the intervention is to increase student retention. To that end, we seekto answer the following research questions: (1) How can we engage students in the first course in programming? (2) What process or processes can be followed to engage students in the first course in programming?The intervention is a context based approach to a semester long project in the course. Themotivation of the intervention is to connect the students with the concepts throughout thesemester and to engage students to attend the class. We call the

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New Tools for Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jamison IV, Villanova University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

extracurricular activities to help hone engineeringstudents’ entrepreneurial skills and encourage ideation. However, there remainfew co-curricular opportunities for students to develop an entrepreneurial skillsetand practice entrepreneurial thinking. In particular, opportunities are rare forstudents to merge entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) with the high-levelsubject-, project- and collaboration-based learning approaches typically seen insenior-level elective courses. Developing the entrepreneurial mindset will serveour students well by preparing them to be more impactful engineers.We have developed, implemented and assessed a framework for integratingEML into senior-level elective courses via an Ideation Project. In the affectedcourse

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University, Chico

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Environmental Engineering

environmentally sustainable solutions. This paper describes a new green engineering designcourse developed at California State University, Chico, which provides students with asustainability framework to approach engineering problems considering the triple bottom (i.e.,economic, social, environmental issues). Through a group project, students applied quantitativeenvironmental and economic assessment tools (i.e., life cycle assessment software and life cyclecost analysis), decision-making strategies, and sensitivity analysis tools to evaluate real-worldproblems. Students’ (n=86) abilities to understand and apply key concepts in the course wereevaluated by examining overall performance in the class and performance on group projects. Themajority of students

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, evolution, evolutionary medicine, and research practices in science. Ella is the co-coordinator for the project Making Academic Change Happen, an ini- tiative focused on helping faculty and administrators develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to become successful and satisfied change agents.Dr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the director of the University of Washington Center for Workforce Develop- ment and an affiliate assistant professor of sociology. She directs research and evaluation projects from conceptualization, methodological design, and collection of data and analysis to dissemination of findings. Dr. Litzler is a member of ASEE and a former board

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Aspects of Engineering Literacy and Community and Industry Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas at El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas at El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Erik Lopez; Deena Mustin, UTEP Academic Technologies ; Robin Munoz, Academic Technologies; Jackeline Munoz; Sarah Huizar, UTEP Academic Technologies Learning Environments; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, Carnegie Mellon University; Celena Arreola; Tetyana Zhyvotovska, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

pedagogically. Currently he works in one of the most technically outstanding buildings in the region where he provides support to students, faculty, and staff in implementing technology inside and outside the classroom, researching new engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Institute of Technology to weavesustainable design principles throughout our civil engineering undergraduate curriculum, withthe expectation that the civil engineering students incorporate sustainable design principles in amore thoughtful and logical manner in their civil engineering projects.The CE Department has previously reported the incorporation of sustainable design principlesfrom freshman to senior years and its impact on our students’ understanding of sustainability.However, we found that many students still struggled to incorporate social sustainability in theircapstone project designs. In response, we created and implemented a community engagementengineering module for our Codes and Regulations course. The module consisted of

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Session/Panel 2: New Opportunities – Breaking into Federal Agencies that are New for You

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2017 ERC

Authors

Addison Stark

(Recovery Act) (FY2011) (FY2012) (FY2013) (FY2014) (FY2015) (FY2016) 2Creating New Learning Curves 3What Makes an ARPA-E Project? IMPACT ‣ High impact on ARPA-E mission areas ‣ Credible path to market ‣ Large commercial application TRANSFORM ‣ Challenges what is possible ‣ Disrupts existing learning curves ‣ Leaps beyond today’s technologies BRIDGE ‣ Translates science into breakthrough technology ‣ Not researched or

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2017 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Edward T. Davis, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tony Monahan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

Proceedings of 2017 St. Lawrence section of the American Society for Engineering Education & the New York Cyber Security & Engineering Technology Association COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACROSS DISCIPLINES: ENGINEERING WITHIN THE SERVICE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Edward T. Davis, M.S., R.A.: Queensborough Community College, CUNY Tony Monahan, PhD: Queensborough Community College, CUNYAbstract Working within an interdisciplinary service learning environment fosters informationsharing; donning those “many hats” by incorporating contributions of all participatingdisciplines. The “Tiger Trails” project was designed to facilitate collaboration between facultyand students in different departments

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Douglas, University of Wisconsin Colleges Online

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Education, 2017 Engagement in Practice: Adding Service Learning to an Online Introduction to Engineering CourseA wide body of research shows increased student engagement and student retention from the useof high-impact practices such as learning communities, first-year experiences, undergraduateresearch, or service learning. However, many of these practices pose challenges on a virtualcollege campus or in an online classroom. This paper explores a case study where servicelearning projects were incorporated into two introductory engineering classes, one taught in atraditional face-to-face format and the other taught online. In this case study, the face-to-facestudents worked in small groups with a local historical

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Neve, Portland State University; Shannon K. Keith-Marsoun, Portland State University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Shannon Keith-Marsoun has a B.S. in Community Health Education from Portland State University and has started pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from PSU. Shannon was an engineering mentor for the PSU Invention Bootcamp 2016 and she is the Project Coordinator for Invention Bootcamp 2017. Additionally, Shannon is a customer support specialist at Wold Consulting, focusing on association management for non-profit technical standards organizations. She is the Assistant Corporate Secretary for the Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. and has ten years of standards industry experience in customer support and project management. c American Society for Engineering

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Lawrence Machia, Saint Vincent College

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

projects of real relevance,improved performance in traditional measures of learning, increased proficiency in relevant “softskills” such as communication, and an increased sense of civic involvement[2]. The communitypartner also benefits from the experience, through both the fruits of the student work and theincreased exposure to the partner’s mission[3].In the fall of 2016, a collaboration was begun between Br. Lawrence Machia (the monk whospearheads the maple syrup production effort) and the Engineering Science program of SaintVincent College. The goals of this collaboration are as follows: 1. Strengthen the connection between the relatively new Engineering Science program and the greater campus community, including the monastic

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Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Pittsburgh and her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western while working for Delphi. She completed her postdoctoral studies in engineering education at the University of Pittsburgh. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Build As You Go: An Approach to Completing Laboratory ReportsIntroductionIn the fall 2015 offering of a junior-level bioengineering signals and systems laboratory, studentswere encouraged to submit three written progress reports for each of three projects they wereworking on to receive feedback and guidance from the instructor. Our course emphasized open-ended problem solving with associated technical report writing, as advocated by the

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Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Avery Noren, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; Kendra Lynne Andersen, Texas A&M University; Kanika Gakhar, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems and Control Laboratory; Angela Olinger, Texas A&M University; Preetam Palchuru, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; Scott Thien Tran, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory; John Valasek, Texas A&M University

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Student

Paper ID #20374Student Paper: Small Team Agile Systems Engineering For Rapid Prototyp-ing of Robotic SystemsMr. Charles Avery Noren, Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory Charles Noren is an undergraduate research assistant at the Texas A&M University Vehicle Systems & Control Laboratory and task leader for the rail-based robotic system project. He is expected to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering in May of 2018, and plans to continue his education at Texas A&M University with a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering.Kendra Lynne Andersen, Texas A&M

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ana Marcela Hernández de Menéndez, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Ruben Morales-Menendez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Pedro Orta, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

Section 6.2. Virtual Teams overviewTeamwork has been essential for teaching students; it is appealing and stimulates thedevelopment of professional abilities. With the advancement of technology and globalization, theuse of Virtual Teams is growing, leading to important changes and innovations in education.Virtual Teams are “groups whose participants use information technology in functioningthroughout locational, sequential, and interpersonal restrictions to undertake a codependentassignment” 6. The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) forcollaboration is mandatory in Virtual Teams. Developed projects are short-term, with a focus ininnovation. Groups are small, with members located in different places. In this regard

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Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Hochstein, Manhattan College; Goli Nossoni, Manhattan College; Mohab El-Hakim, Manhattan College

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Civil Engineering

since 2011. During his industrial experience, he worked on several infrastructure projects, some of which included airports, highways, and municipal roads. His technical background and project experience in infras- tructure projects includes in-depth knowledge of the nondestructive and destructive testing of pavements, infrastructure condition surveys, and pavement investigations related to airports, highways, and municipal roads. He worked on infrastructure evaluation, analysis, and design projects for the Ontario Ministry of Trans- portation; the Alberta Ministry of Transportation; the Saskatchewan Ministry of Transportation; and the cities of Hamilton, Calgary, Ottawa, and Wood Buffalo. These projects entailed

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Using Real-World Examples

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #20318Embedding Renewable Energy Concepts into Engineering CurriculumDr. Radian G. Belu, Southern University Dr. Radian Belu is Associate Professor within Electrical Engineering Department, Southern University, Baton, Rouge, USA. He is holding one PhD in power engineering and other one in physics. Before joining to University of Alaska Anchorage Dr. Belu hold faculty, research and industry positions at uni- versities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as project manager, senior engineer and consultant. He has taught and developed undergrad

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Exploring the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuuli Maria Utriainen, Aalto University; Ville Taajamaa, University of Turku; Raghu Ram Movva, SAFM - College des Ingenieurs Italia; Joona Kurikka, Aalto University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Movva, SAFM - College des Ingenieurs Italia Academic background in Nanotechnology from multiple universities - EPFL (CH), INPG (FR), Politec- nico di Torino (IT) & UC Berkeley (US). After a brief stint in strategic consulting, co-founded three start-ups - Smart-park, MTCS & Brava Italia. Later after obtaining, an MBA from Coll`ege des Ing´enieurs (CDI), currently heading the Innovation department in CDI ITalia which includes projects like Innovation for Change (Impact Innovation project - joint collaboration by CERN, Politecnico di Torino & CDI Italia), CDILabs (An open-innovation project that helps build sales relationships between MNCs and Startups) and School for Entrepreneurship. Passionate about

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annalisa Onnis-Hayden , Northeastern University; Carolina Beatriz Venegas-Martinez, Northeastern University; Marissa P. Dreyer, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

improve water-use efficiency and watershedmanagement around the world. Moreover, providing clean water and restoring the nitrogen cycleare two of the fourteen National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges that futureengineers will need to act upon. Therefore, treating once-used water on-site to safe effluent-reusestandards—rather than using the water just once and flushing it back to an expensive, high-maintenance centralized treatment plant—has the potential to help address these challenges byrestoring the local water-nutrient cycle.With these considerations, during the spring of 2016 a capstone project at NortheasternUniversity was designed to task civil and environmental engineering students to providesolutions to those Engineering Grand

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Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

traditionalclassroom-based structure-oriented strategies. As the course balanced advanced reading,lectures, fieldwork, and exercises, students applied their practical background knowledge,based on international and multidisciplinary experiences, with an understanding of relevantand domain-specific theory and tools. In terms of international and multidisciplinaryexperiences, students were under the guidance and received the support of professionals frommultiple fields, including engineering, education, and design and from a multitude ofbackgrounds, including academia, industry, and government. In terms of domain-specifictheory and tools, the projects were based on a graduate level lowland flooding course whichincluded students from a variety of cultural

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Two-year College Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Charlotte B. Forrest

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

, she has served as Executive Director of the South Carolina Advanced Technological (SC ATE) Center of Excellence, leading initiatives and grant-funded projects to develop educational leadership and increase the quantity, quality and diversity of highly skilled technicians to support the American economy. Craft currently serves as Principal Investigator (PI), Mentor-Connect: Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE; PI, South Carolina National Resource Center for Expanding Excellence in Technician Education (SCATE); Co-PI, ATE Regional Center for Aviation and Automotive Technology Education Using Virtual E-Schools (CA2VES); and Co-PI, Centers Collaborative for Technical Assistance (CCTA). The SC ATE Center is

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Wang, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of meaningful work, KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network)started a movement of fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in young engineers. This paper willdiscuss the experience and evaluation of incorporating entrepreneurial mindset learning in afreshman Introduction to Engineering course.Introduction to Engineering is a one-semester 2-credit hour freshman lecture and lab coursefocusing on teaching engineering design process, with students completing a half-semester longmulti-disciplinary design project. In addition, technical concepts such as engineering drawing,MATLAB and basic disciplinary knowledge are taught along with the introduction of “softskills” such as communication, teamwork and project management. This paper will discuss