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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Clara Novoa, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

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information and training is available online. • Take advantage of special [and free] opportunities created for University Seminar to both illustrate the many aspects of engineering careers and to introduce the students to campus resources. For instance the pilot section was able to take a glass bottom boat tour of a spring-fed lake, schedule a stress management presentation from student health services, and even a tour of the football stadium through the athletics department. • A serious challenge for expanding this model will be in identifying enough engineering faculty to volunteer to teach a special section. The course sections in the described study were limited to 20 students in order

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bryan W. Boudouris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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coding and statisticalanalysis), watched online lecture videos that facilitate a flipped-class teaching mode, completeddaily in-class quizzes to record their attendance while capturing their current understanding ofcourse topics, and took three required written exams. All of the assignments, lecture videos,quizzes, and exams were common across the sections. 4The course elements described above facilitate students’ achievement of four course goals. Thegoals, as stated on the syllabus, were to:1. Practice making evidence-based engineering decisions on diverse teams, guided by professional habits,2. Develop problem-solving, modeling, and design skills that you will use as an engineer,3. Learn how to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University

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timefor active learning tools so as to engage the students for further digestion of the knowledge in thecontext of industry practices. Students are expected to be prepared outside of the classroombeforehand, with assigned textbook readings or reviewing of online materials.For ease of dissemination and, more importantly delivery, an instructor packet consisting ofsample course syllabus, pre/post-tests, mid-term/final exam samples, and the active learningtools has been created. Each active learning tool module consists of the following components: a) Active learning tool description b) Instruction notes c) Student handout d) Assessment instrumentThe active learning tools are built on basic knowledge and engage the students in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Russell Korte, Colorado State University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University

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to sustainable scalability. The process is illustrated inFigure 1. As with the I-Corps™ course, I-Corps™ L begins with a three-day, face-to-face Kick-Offsession, followed by five consecutive weeks of Online Sessions, and ending with a two-day, face-to-faceWrap-Up. Each team is comprised of three members, including a principal investigator, anentrepreneurial lead, and a mentor. I-Corps™ L teams receive support in the form of mentoring andfunding to accelerate the learning that helps assess the potential for successfully sustaining and scalingthe innovation.I-Corps™ L launched with a pilot course that ran January-February, 2014, in which nine teams startedand completed the program. The pilot was based on and followed the syllabus for the I

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Idalides Vergara-Laurens, Universidad del Turabo; Miguel A. Goenaga-Jimenez, Universidad del Turabo

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.  The fact that the theoretical circuital knowledge of the students in this course does not cover ejwt excitations.  It is more useful in basic courses such as Electrical Circuits and Electronics I. Next semester I expect to use it more often since I will be teaching Electronics I.  Lack of time allocated to this kind of exercise in the syllabus.  Time constraints prevented integrating the device more often. Preparing a class using a new device requires time for preparation. Limited multimeter functions also limited the use of the device.  The workshop was given after the courses were designed (mid-semester workshop).  Labview by National Instruments and Arduino fill most of the material for experiments but

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Erin A. Cech, Rice University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Tom J Waidzunas, Temple University

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-dicate that the content of the Safe Zone Workshops has been appropriately tailored to an audi-ence of engineering educators, and that there is a clear call to expand the workshops and nurturethe conversation about LGBTQ inclusion in engineering. Online technology is being used tocreate a scalable and sustainable model for sharing knowledge, tools and resources to promoteLGBTQ inclusion in environments that are traditionally difficult to penetrate. Using a two-tiered, train-the-trainer structure, two experts trained a cohort of twenty leaders to facilitateonline and face-to-face Safe Zone Workshops and lead a Virtual Community of Practice for en-gineering faculty. The workshops and VCP are being launched in early 2016.This project uses a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Autar K. Kaw, University of South Florida; Yingyan Lou, Arizona State University; Andrew Scott, Alabama A&M University; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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at three universities received a grant8 to compare the flipped andblended modes of instruction in a Numerical Methods course. As part of the grant, a CI forNumerical Methods14 was to be developed for nationwide use to measure conceptualunderstanding of numerical methods.February 2014 – March 2014: A Concept Inventory Workshop:An engineering professor, who has thirty years of teaching experience and is a chief developer ofconcept inventories of three engineering topics13,15, conducted a holistic workshop on CIdevelopment. Three instructors who are investigators of the grant and two external members ofthe evaluation team attended the workshop. The four-hour workshop was administered via twoonline sessions.In the first online session, a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keke Chen, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Prabhaker Mateti, Wright State University

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work is aimed at strengthening the security of Operating Systems and the Internet via auditing the existing code with the aid of mathematical verification tools, and redesigning with security as the primary goal. I regularly teach, among others, a course on Security that was developed with funding from NSF. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 CUTE Labs: Low-Cost Open-Source Instructional Laboratories for Cloud Computing Education Abstract Compared to the fast development of cloud-based applications and technology, higher education on cloud computing is seriously lagging behind. Built upon our ex