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Somer Chipperfield; Kelly Yoder; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Abdullah Konak

class standing for both male and female students is noted.Although the difference between male and female students is not statistically significant in eachclass level, a steeper improvement was observed for female students. RQ2 is unable to beconfirmed by the data we have collected so far, but the steeper improvement observed forfemales requires further investigation. Multivariate ANOVA was used to test the effects of theclass standing and gender on the ratings of questions A and B in Figure 1. Table 2 summarizesthe p-values of significance for the multivariate ANOVA. The low p-values also support thatthere is significant differences in the mean levels of questions A and B in Figure 1 over the classstanding. For the factors of Gender and

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Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz; Chantale Damas; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

notation G (F, E (D, C, (B, A))) is a commonfeature when it involves the difference of the outcomes of two second-order relational processes.A bat and prey example in Doppler shift learning would be represented as beat frequency(original frequency of bat, shifted frequency received by bat (echo-reflection, shifted frequencyreceived by prey (original frequency of moving bat, moving prey))). An engineeringthermodynamics example in the understanding of Steam Tables would be represented as averageinternal energy increase (higher pressure, average internal energy (temperature, phase description(pressure, mixture quality))). On the other hand, a collision example represented as stop distance(surface friction, wreckage speed ( momentum conservation

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Eric Musselman P.E.; Shawn Gross

Design Credit Hours 3 3 3 3 3 Instructor Professor A Professor A Professor A Professor A Professor B Lab Integrated Into No a No a No a Yes Yes Course? Required/Elective Required Required Required Required b Elective b Typical Student 2nd Semester 2nd Semester 2nd Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester Rank JR JR JR JR SR Class Meetings 3 x 50 3 x 50 3 x 50 2 x 75 2 x 75 (per week) c minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes Format

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Matthew J. Traum; Christopher F. Anderson; Christopher M. Pastore; Michael J. Leonard

ABET (d) outcome, an on-linerubric-style assessment (Appendix A) is being used. It was developed from templates created byReid and Cooney18,19 and evaluated in a previous interdisciplinary project for an outside clientinvolving industrial engineering and mechanical engineering content.20 It has not yet beenapplied to the program currently being evaluated since it is meant to gauge the cumulativeproject team experience at the end of the term. In addition, an instructor-completed rubric(Appendix B) was created to address all three ABET (d) outcomes. It was applied to midtermoral presentations in which student teams elucidated their design and down-selection processesfor project clients and course instructors. The results are given in Figure 3

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Ryan Richards; Abdullah Konak; Michael R. Bartolacci; Mahdi Nasereddin

, ACM,21-26.2. Pashel, B. A. (2006). Teaching students to hack: ethical implications in teaching students to hack at the university level. Proceedings of the 3rd annual conference on Information security curriculum development, ACM,197-200.3. Bratosin, B. A. (2014). Cyber Defense Exercises and their Role in Cyber Warfare. Journal of Mobile, Embedded and Distributed Systems 6(2), 70-76.4. Mirkovic, J., Reiher, P., Papadopoulos, C., Hussain, A., Shepard, M., Berg, M. and Jung, R. (2008). Testing a collaborative DDoS defense in a red team/blue team exercise. Computers, IEEE Transactions on 57(8), 1098- 1112.5. Schepens, W. J., Ragsdale, D. J., Surdu, J. R., Schafer, J. and New Port, R. (2002). The Cyber Defense

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Wenli Guo; Weier Ye

are they so difficult to write? Journal of Reading, (34)7, 536-539. 24. Kinsella, K. (2005). Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voice, Timeless Themes, Copper Level (Is ted.). Pearson Prentice Hall. 25. Smith, D. B., & Morris, L. (2010). Bridging the gap: College reading (10th ed.) Longman. 26. Bellevue College (2011). Summary writing checklist. Retrieved from https://www.bellevuecollege.edu/Artshum/materials/DevEd/Hodes/Sp06/084/Unit5Work sheet9Summary.htm 27. Hayes, A. F., & Krippendorff, K. (2007). Answering the call for a standard reliability measure for coding data. Communication Methods and Measures, 1, 77-89. 28. Hestenes, Wells, & Swackhamer, 1992Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference

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Joseph Tranquillo; Keith Buffinton

 weekly over the course of a year to explore three questions ​ (a) How do we currently prepare our students for entrepreneurial activities, through our curricula, student affairs programming, career development efforts, and related consulting services? (b) What steps could we take to utilize these resources more effectively? ​ And, (c) ​ How can we effectively communicate the richness of our entrepreneurial activities and offerings to prospective and current students? The deliverable of this group was a 58­page report to the Provost that outlined a vision for an ecosystem, and eight tangible recommendations for achieving the vision. These recommendations included

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Firdous Saleheen; Salvatore Giorgi; Zachary Smith; Joseph Picone; Chang-Hee Won

, efficiency, ease of learning, motivation and quality assurance. Theassessment of effectiveness compared the focus group to a control group taking the traditionallaboratory. We obtained IRB approval from Temple University (protocol number 22447).UsabilityThe survey included 20 questions using a 5-point Likert scale (where 1 = strongly disagree and5 = strongly agree) and 3 open-ended questions. The 20 questions covered seven broadcategories: A. Did the students think the VOLTA is useful for their learning? (Learning environment) B. Did the students find the software motivating? (Motivational value) C. Did the students find the VOLTA easy to use? (Ease of use) D. Did the students perceive the usefulness of various features of the VOLTA

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David W. Dinehart; Warren Chan; Dorothy W. Skaf

. Figure 3 shows middle school students participating in some of these experiences.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University a. Building a paper cross b. Building a gum drop dome c. Building a wooden truss d. Load testing a truss Figure 1. Sixth grade students engaged in building and testing structures.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University a. xxx Figure 2. Seventh grade students testing the pH of household items using red cabbage indicator solution.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University a. Taking measurements b

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Sridhar Santhanam

learning. These changes arebeing instituted in the spring 2015 version of this course.V. Bibliography1. Dollar, A.; Steif, P.S., (2009) ‘Study of usage Patterns and Learning Gains in a Web-BasedInteractive Statics Course,’ Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 321-333.2. Prusty, B.G.; Russell, C., (2011) ‘Engaging students in learning threshold concepts inEngineering Mechanics: adaptive eLearning tutorials,’ Presented at the 2011 InternationalConference on Engineering Education, Ireland.3. Berrett, D.(2012), “How ‘Flipping’ the Classroom Can Improve the Traditional Lecture.” TheEducation Digest, 78 (1), 36-41.4. Swartz, B. (2012), "Building a Classroom Culture That Paves the Way to Learning." Presentedat the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference.5. Welsh, R

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Gang Feng

. Steif, P. S.; Dollar, R., Reinventing the teaching of statics. Int. J. Eng. Educ 2005, 21 (4), 723-729.4. Halupa, C. M.; Caldwell, B. W., A comparison of a traditional lecture-based and online supplemental videoand lecture-based approach in an engineering statics class. International Journal of Higher Education 2015, 4 (1),232-240.5. Stanley, R.; Lynch-Caris, T. In An innovative method to apply the flipped learning approach in engineeringcourses via web based tools, Proceedings of ASEE Gulf-Southwest Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans,Louisiana, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2014.6. Papadopoulos, C.; Roman, S. A. In Implementing an inverted classroom model in engineering statics:Initial results

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Michael S. Lehman

Dedicated Curriculum, Space and Faculty: M.Eng. in Technical Entrepreneurship Michael S. Lehman, Lehigh UniversityThe Master's of Engineering in Technical Entrepreneurship (TE), offered through theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics in the P.C. Rossin College ofEngineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University, offers a “dedicated approach” toentrepreneurial engineering education. The residential, full-time, twelve-month program offers adedicated curriculum, a dedicated space and a dedicated faculty. The dedicated curriculum isdelivered through 12 courses in which only TE graduate students are able to enroll; 11 of the 12courses were designed

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Kevin Scoles

An Online, Problem-Based Course in Renewable Energy Kevin Scoles, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Drexel UniversityAn online version of an Introduction to Renewable Energy course has been developed andoffered over several quarters. The course is aimed at pre-junior and junior (3rd and 4th year)students at Drexel. Prerequisites are kept to a minimum to allow a broad audience, primarily inengineering and science. This course, and the author’s senior-level Solar Energy Engineeringcourse, are currently the only undergraduate online courses in the Department.The course is an overview of renewable energy sources, including wind, geothermal, solar(passive

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Anita Singh; Dawn Ferry

Conceptual Learning. 31 International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports.9. McPherson, M. N., & Guthrie, B. M. (1991) In J. D. Wilkerson (Ed.) The implementation and evaluation of a computer assisted learning program in undergraduate biomechanics. Proceedings of the Third National Symposium on Teaching Kinesiology and Biomechanics in Sports. 73-76.10. Knudson, D., Bauer, J., & Bahamonde, R. (2009) Correlates of learning in introductory biomechanics”. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 108, .499-504.11. Hsieh, C., & Knudson, D. (2008) Student factors related to learning in biomechanics”. Sports Biomechanics, 7(3), 398-402.12. Hsieh, C., Smith, J.D., Bohne, M., & Knudson, D. (2010) Factors related to students’ learning of

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Michael Korostelev; Ning Gong; Ralph Oyini Mbouna

an interactive pedagogical process.On the other hand, the impact of Gamification in education has been recently investigated andstudied theoretically by educators. Researchers13 addressed that before conducting a certain Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityGamification method in education, one should be aware of the target users and the properties ofthe users in the classroom. In their study, the players are categorized into the following types: a)player b) socializer c) free spirit d) achiever e) philanthropist13. A certain method should beconsidered for each type of player. Moreover, a gamification system should be designed andimplemented based on the course material14. A lot of

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Jessica L. Isaacs; Anthony Bellezza; Vicki Brown

undergraduate teams, ranging across allengineering majors and years, competed in a culminating event showcasing their pitches andproducts. Upon successful completion of the activity students gained a broad background inengineering concept design, including opportunity recognition, market analysis, and prototyping.I. IntroductionIn Engineer 2020 by the National Academy of Engineering, qualities that future engineers shouldembody are defined and discussed as well as different models of entrepreneurship education inengineering1. Among others, leadership, imagination and innovativeness are discussed. Alongwith these characteristics, the ability to effectively communicate ideas and managinginterpersonal relations and personalities are also vital in becoming

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Colin Neill; Joanna DeFranco; Amanda Neill

Implementing Peer tutoring in an online course Colin Neill, Joanna DeFranco, Amanda Neill The Pennsylvania State UniversityPrevious research in a large scale experiment provided no evidence that working on a successfuland effective team had a positive effect on individual student performance. Thus, to facilitateindividual learning, we implemented peer tutoring while students worked on an effective team inan online graduate software engineering course. This paper presents an online peer tutoringdesign. The results of a constant comparative qualitative analysis will be presented in order toprovide insight into the success of this peer tutoring implementation.I

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Pritpal Singh; Amanda Kelly; Kathy Nazar

3 Office of Program and Institutional Research Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085 USA Kathleen.nazar@villanova.eduAbstractOver the last eight years, Villanova University has been creating a culture in which engineering studentshave been provided opportunities to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. These opportunities include anengineering entrepreneurship minor open to engineering students of all majors, extra-curricular activitiesranging from short 15-20 minute events to competitions spanning several months, inter-university seniordesign projects, and embedded activities in core engineering classes. The question arises as to howeffective these

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Garrett M. Clayton; Allen Tan; Jordan Ermilio; Aaron Wemhoff

(NGOs) for theresearch, development, and implementation of solutions to address this sector’s most difficulttechnical challenges. Based on GWHF’s expertise, this partnership has focused on providingengineering support for their initiatives through senior design projects.Funding for this collaboration is provided from GWHF through a State Department EducationGrant. Thus, the primary goals of this relationship are to: 1) Develop globally-engaged engineering researchers. The engineering landscape has become international, thus requiring globally-engaged, globally-minded engineers1. Through the experience of working on an international, interdisciplinary project, students come away with the skills necessary to make a significant

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Thomas Ask

smartphones has increasingly become the first step indesign for some students. Personal electronic devices allow students increased control oversome of their design environment as well as providing potentially increased distractions.Introduction“The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know,” opined the French philosopher BlaisePascal.1 We grasp truth beyond our reasoning ability and we struggle to parse the allure of apoem or the beauty of art; they seem to stand apart from the world of science. Creativeexpression exists in design and this aspect of design is difficult to approach in a structured,positivist manner. Therefore, we peek around the edges of design in numerous ways. In theengineering disciplines this starts with mechanistic

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Rajarajan Subramanian

Developing Advanced Construction Management Course with Innovative MethodologiesRajarajan Subramanian, Lecturer, Civil Engineering/Structural Design and ConstructionEngineering Technology, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, email: rus30@psu.eduAbstract Modernization of engineering field has deeply impacted the development of engineeringdegree courses at both content level and the way how a course is being taught. Engineeringdegree courses have evolved along the professional lines of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical andother areas of engineering. Engineering courses comprise of both analytical and theory orientedsubjects that are being taught throughout the world. After the