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Research Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Tillman, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

multiple representations. On a deeperlevel, students also learned several problem solving skills, including teamwork, researching atopic, formulating evidence based solutions, and presenting their findings. After the unit, allstudents answered a 22-item engagement survey (α = .77) that asked about their perceptions ofand experiences in math (i.e. “Today I explained how I solve math problems to other kids”).Results of a factor analysis indicated the presence of 3 groups of items: Value in Math,Collaboration, and Enjoyment. A subsequent Multivariate Analysis of Variance indicated thatPBL students reported significantly higher levels of Collaboration, meaning they worked withand helped their peers more than students in traditional, teacher and

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Research Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation; Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University; Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University; LaTricia Townsend

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both secondary and post-secondary education. Dr. Wiebe has been a member of ASEE since 1989.Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Malinda Faber is a Research Associate on the Evaluation Team at the Friday Institute for Educational In- novation at North Carolina State University. She works on multiple research teams, including evaluations of the Golden LEAF Foundations’ STEM Initiative, North Carolina’s Race to the Top STEM Initiative, and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s IMPACT-V model for capacity-building in instructional technology.Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University As the Director of Evaluation Programs at the Friday Institute

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Research Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David G. Rethwisch, University of Iowa; Soko S Starobin, Iowa State University; Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Melissa Chapman Haynes, Professional Data Analysts, Inc.

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

11 percent. However, the odds of attending afour-year college compared to not attending college did not significantly change with PLTWparticipation. Although males comprise most of the matched sample, they were less likely to enroll incollege than their female counterparts. Eighth-grade mathematics ITBS achievement scores werea strong predictor for college entry, while reading was also a significant predictor. Students whowere eligible for free lunch were less likely to immediately enrolling in college and students withreduced lunch eligibility were also less likely to enroll, but only significant at the 10 percentlevel. Our initial regression did not include other mathematics and science courses. Yet,researchers have documented the

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Research Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helena Isabel Scutt, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

targeted as an area for instruction because improving spatial skillsimproves retention of engineering students16 and therefore can help to narrow the gender gap inSTEM.Although research is inconsistent as to the relation between actual engineering performance andspatial skills test scoresii,15, in a six-year longitudinal assessment, Sorby found that first-year“female engineering students with poorly developed spatial skills who receive spatialvisualization training are more likely to stay in engineering than are their peers who do notreceive training”8. Among undergraduate women who failed a spatial skills initial assessmenttest, 77 percent of those who took a spatial-visualization course were still enrolled in or hadgraduated from the school of

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Research Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Women in Engineering Program Award in 2009. In 2011 she was recognized as the Women of the Year by the Women’s Transportation Seminar in the Research Triangle and as the Tarheel of the Week. Her work was featured on the National Science Foun- dation Discoveries web site. She is a member of Sigma Xi, past chair of the K-12 and Precollege Division of the American Society of Engineering Educators and a Senior Member of the IEEE. Page 23.1177.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013   The Creation, Evolution and Impact of a GK-12 Outreach ModelGK-12 Outreach

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RET Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zornitsa Georgieva, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Tyler A Saenz Saenz, West Virginia University; Miracle David Solley, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #5946Impact of Attending a Research Experience for Teachers Program with In-ternational and Societally Relevant ComponentsZornitsa Georgieva, West Virginia UniversityProf. Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University Reagan Curtis, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and director of the Program Eval- uation and Research Center at West Virginia University. He pursues a diverse research agenda including areas of interest in (a) the development of mathematical and scientific knowledge across the lifespan, (b) online delivery methods and pedagogical approaches to university instruction, and (c) research

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RET Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American; Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas-Pan American

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

problem: Weekly meeting with mentor Literature review Feedback from the program director during the weekly group meetingsThe team follows the iterative design process which has the following steps: 1. Initial constrain and functional specifications 2. Design decisions based on the constrains and belief 3. Preliminary development of model 4. Result analysis 5. Satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the results 6. Remodeling 7. Final designEngineering Research Activities:A bienzymatic glucose biosensor that uses vertically aligned carbon nanofibers (VACNF) hasbeen shown to detect glucose 2-4. However, manufacturing VACNF is an expensive process. Thegoal of this research is to determine if non-aligned, thus less costly

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RET Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Rebecca P. Blust, University of Dayton; Suzanne Franco, Wright State University; Renee Beach; Sandra M Preiss, Dayton Regional STEM Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Explore Engineering. Professor Blust is dedicated to community service and has developed and participated in the Lunch Buddies program, which pairs college female engineering students with 6th and 7th grade girls every Friday to do STEM activities. She has also served as the director of Camp Invention, a program that fosters creativity and invention among K-5th graders.Dr. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University Associate Professor of Statistics and Research, Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations, Col- lege of Education and Human Services. Director of Research and Evaluation, Dayton Regional STEM SchoolRenee BeachMrs. Sandra M Preiss, Dayton Regional STEM Center Sandra Preiss, is the Coordinator for the

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State University; Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; YoonJung Cho, Oklahoma State University; Kerri S Kearney, Oklahoma State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #7095Impact of PLP on Student Learning: Initial ResultsDr. Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State UniversityDr. Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Sohoni is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering at Arizona State University’s Col- lege of Technology and Innovation. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2004 and his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from COEP at Pune University in 1998. After his Ph.D., he worked as an assistant professor at Oklahoma State University from 2005 to 2012. Dr. Sohoni’s research interests

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Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Paul T Skaggs, Brigham Young University; Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #6178Development and Initial Validation of an Innovation AssessmentDr. Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University Dr. Geoffrey A. Wright is an assistant professor of Technology and Engineering Education in the College of Technology and Engineering at Brigham Young University.Mr. Paul T Skaggs, Brigham Young UniversityMr. Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue UniversityDr. Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University Clifton Farnsworth received B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Utah. He worked as a geotechnical engineer for eight

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Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Wright, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 23.1363.4Summer Institute for APCS and “Georgia Computes!” it is not a primary focus of most otherprofessional development programs. The inclusion of local cutting edge research modules is alsounique to the TAG initiative and Tapestry Workshops.3 Theme and OrganizationThe Tapestry Workshop guidelines, shown in Table 1, are grounded in a broad range of sociologicaland pedagogical research [7]. While the TAG initiative does not endorse a workshop-in-a-boxapproach to organizing Tapestry Workshops, these guidelines were emphasized as a requirement forUVA sponsorship of satellite workshops. Within this framework we were free to develop our ownworkshop agenda. Table 1: Tapestry Workshop Content Guidelines [7

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Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Wanda Moses, South Carolina State University; James Allen Anderson, South Carolina State University; Cynthia T Davis, SC State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AbstractRecent reports have shown that there is a lack of interest in computer science in the K-12 level andnumber of incoming college freshmen specifying Computer Science (CS) as an area of study hasdropped 60% over the last 4 years. The educators and administrators are challenged to find ways toengage and promote success and retention of students while maintaining standards in introductorycomputer science courses. One way to do this is through education and awareness about computationalthinking in K-12 curriculum. There are a number of initiatives on this and one such initiative is theSTARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research & Service) Student Leadership Corps (SLC).STARS SLC is a NSF funded initiative at University of North Carolina

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Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric A Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Kien H. Lim, University of Texas at El Paso; Sharie Kranz, Coronado HS-EPISD; Catherine Tabor, El Paso ISD and University of Texas at El Paso; Jeremy L Ramirez, University of Texas at El Paso

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

primarily Hispanic-Serving Institutionserving the bi-national El Paso – Ciudad Juarez metropolitan area. IM’s first substantialdissemination is to Algebra-1 classrooms in three El Paso high schools during the 2011-2012academic year involving approximately seven hundred students.IM was developed as an unexpected synergy of two NSF-funded research efforts conducted bythe first author at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). IM’s pedagogy evolved from anultra-elementary programming thread called “Media Exposed” incorporated into UTEP’sEntering Students’ Program. Media Exposed targeted students taking (and often stuck retaking)algebra and pre-calculus courses. The course initially used a Python-based programmingenvironment and libraries that

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Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; A. Anil Kumar, Prairie View A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8156Introduce Computer Engineering to Middle School Students through a Sci-ence ProjectDr. Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M UniversityDr. Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang earned a B.S. in technical physics from Xidian University at Xi’an, China in 1993; an M.S. in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University at Beijing, China in 1999; and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Mississippi State University at Starkville in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute at Bengbu, China. From July 1999 to December 1999, he worked as

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Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University; Richard A Burgess, Texas Tech University; Vinitha Hannah Subburaj M.S; Debra J Nash, Texas Tech University T-STEM Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

researchers to advancein computing with regards to new problem solving strategies and testing new solution in bothreal and virtual applications. The students would be required to work with problem solvingalgorithms, computation methods, and tools in K-12. The K-12 curriculum, they say, mustfocus the concepts and efforts in two directions. Initially a change in education policy must bemade, and, later, K-12 teachers need resources and appropriate examples to teach the students.The gap between K-12 and computer science education communities has to be bridged. Thegoal is to absorb the key concepts of computation to be applied across varies discipline ratherthan focusing on a specific computer science field. The computer science educationcommunity can

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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

Paper ID #7491Going big: scaling up international engineering education to whole collegeinitiativesDr. Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University Eck Doerry is an associate professor in Computer Science at Northern Arizona University. His re- search interests fall mainly within the areas of Groupware Systems, focusing on computer support for widely-distributed research and learning communities; and in Engineering Pedagogy, focusing on inter- disciplinary and international teaming approaches to teaching engineering design. Internationalization of engineering education has been a particular passion for Dr. Doerry. He has been

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University; Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7552Workshops for the Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning ThroughService (EFELTS) Project: Development and Initial FindingsDr. Chris Swan, Tufts University Christopher Swan is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Curriculum Development in the School of En- gineering and an associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. He has also served as chair of Tufts CEE depart- ment (2002-2007). Dr. Swan’s current research

Conference Session

Statics & Strength of Materials - A nice couple

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa Ivette Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Arturo Ponce, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Mechanics

Paper ID #7331Leveraging Simulation Tools to Deliver Ill-Structured Problems in Statics andMechanics of Materials: Initial ResultsProf. Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Christopher Papadopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Engineering at the Uni- versity of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez (UPRM). He earned B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) and a Ph.D. in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics at Cornell Uni- versity (1999). Prior to coming to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the Department of Civil

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Pre-Service Development Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Bethke Wendell, University of Massachusetts Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Experience  The National Research Council’s recent Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC, 2012)and the Next Generation Science Standards (Achieve, Inc., 2013) bring new urgency andimportance to the task of exposing K-12 students to the practices and big ideas of engineering.At the elementary school level, this task requires not only the adjustment of curriculum andpedagogy, but also a transformation in the preparation of new elementary teachers. The teachereducation community is limited in its understanding of how novice teachers of elementarystudents learn to teach engineering. Research is needed to inform a new model for preparing pre-service elementary teachers to teach engineering.For elementary school teachers, preparation in engineering

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Pre-Service Development Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Tillman, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learning. Further research will continue to focus on theimpact of digital fabrication on STEM education. The federal government has undertakena national initiative to increase focus on effective STEM education,28 and the presentstudy was designed within this context. Specifically, this study aimed to contribute to thebody of research focused upon supporting the development of future scienceprofessionals through the development and assessment of science pedagogical practicessupported by innovative instructional technologies.The particular emphasis during the present study was upon science education, but futurestudies can expand to beyond science education to other STEM fields as well as fieldsbeyond STEM. The design and implementation of

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Pre-Service Development Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

some of the ambiguity forstudents producing deliverables for a design challenge and provides the instructor with apractical approach to assessing student work. In addition to offering a new pedagogical approachto engineering design thinking, the following research offers empirical evidence of studentcognition as they go through an engineering design process. Finally, we provide definitions andstudent generated examples of the four modeling artifacts to include; conceptual models,graphical models, mathematical models and working models.The Need The case for infusing engineering ‒ specifically engineering design ‒ into K-12 settings hasbeen made by educators and policy makers 1-3 . Yet determining how engineering design will beoperationalized

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #8172Undergraduate Research Projects using Microfluidic DevicesDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ciobanescu Husanu is Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Drexel Uni- versity. She received her PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and also a MS degree in aeronautical engineering. Her research interest is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro-combustion, fuel cells, green fuels and plasma assisted combustion. Dr. Husanu has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and

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Manufacturing Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

1 provides a sample of scheduled social events, career development workshops, research seminars, and field trip activities. Table 1. Schedule of ActivitiesWeek 1 Welcome Pizza Party * Kick-off Meeting and Orientation * Initial meeting with faculty mentor * Work area tour * Tour of University library and seminar on using library resources * Research seminar: Infrared imaging principles, processing, and applications (Hsieh)Week 2 Seminar: Getting into Graduate School * Field trip: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX * Research seminar: Medical imaging techniques, signal processing and applications (Ji)Week 3 Seminar: Engineering

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University; Don R Gilman PE, PMP, Texas A&M University; Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK; Timothy Allen Robinson, Penn State University; Anthony R Kovscek, Stanford University; Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach; Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sukesh K Aghara, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education, 2013 Live Energy: An Initiative for Teaching Energy and Sustainability Topics with the most Up-to-date and Relevant Content Abstract This paper presents the ongoing activities of a National Science Foundation (NSF)- funded collaborative research project, its iterative research design, and the preliminary findings. Five engineering professors at five university campuses, [Texas A&M University (TAMU) College Station, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), California State University Long Beach (CSULB), The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), & Stanford University] as well as a technology expert and

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Mechanics, Hands-on Demo - Show & Tell!

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia

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Mechanics

todescribe the Engineering Genome.For the purposes of this research project, an ontology is composed of several parts: (i) astructured, explicit description of a knowledge domain that indicates relationships among classesof objects in that domain, (ii) properties or traits (which we will call “genes”) that describevarious attributes of those classes of objects, and (iii) individual instances (in our case, multimedia Page 23.753.4learning elements) that are classified according to the set of classes and traits from items (i) and(ii). As a concrete example, consider a multimedia file (say, a movie) that is a video solution to aparticular problem

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Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; James William Schwoebel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ethan James Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Anish Joseph, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ajit Vakharia, Georgia Institute of Technology; Steve M. Potter PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #7102Developing Interdisciplinary Research Partners: The Learning by InnovativeNeuro Collaborations Research UREDr. Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology Barbara Burks Fasse is the Director of Learning Sciences Innovation and Research in the Coulter De- partment of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech. Dr. Fasse studies the efficacy and value of student-centered learning initiatives and reform pedagogy, specifically Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning, in classrooms, instructional labs, capstone design, and undergraduate research experiences. She joined the BME faculty in 2007

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K-12 Robotics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Selin Frances Sirinterlikci, Carnegie Mellon University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

projects to basic research activities. At thesame time, the previously independent K-12 outreach arm of the school was added tooutreach segment of the center. In the last decade, the K-12 outreach arm has beenoperating by offering teacher and student workshops, organizing conferences andcompetitions as well as summer camps. Events organized by the school have includedExpanding Your Horizons (EYH) Conference, MathCounts and First Tech Challenge(FTC) Competitions, and summer camps in Animatronics, CSI/Forensics, AlternativeEnergy/Sustainability, and Ecology. In addition, the outreach arm has been activelyengaged in the local exhibitions and fairs including Carnegie Science Center events.A new initiative has been developed to present research

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Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Computers in Education

multi-robot systems, and that much technologyneeds to be developed in the area of multi-robotic systems in general.Due to the importance of multi-robot solutions, it is equally important that undergraduateeducation and undergraduate research facilities have access to low-cost, reliable and robust robotcommunication technology, and have access to the associated educational resources in order toeffectively expose this technology to students. As an example of existing educational initiatives,educators at Rice University have recently developed and deployed low-cost robots that supportproblem-based learning and foster student collaboration with multi-robot assignments andprojects.4 The multi-robot approach has been successfully incorporated into a

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Best of Computer in Education Division

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Bishop, Utah State University; Matthew A Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #6219The Flipped Classroom: A Survey of the ResearchJacob Lowell Bishop, Utah State University Jacob Bishop holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently a graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. His research interests are multi- disciplinary. In educational research, his interests include model-eliciting activities, open online educa- tion, educational data mining, and the flipped classroom. In quantitative methodology and psychometrics, his interests focus on the use of latent variable models to analyze variability and change over time.Dr

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Teresa Napoli, UC Santa Barbara; Arica Lubin, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California, Santa Barbara; Liu-Yen Kramer, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California Santa Barbara; Jens-Uwe Kuhn, Santa Barbara City College; Nicholas Arnold, Santa Barbara City College; Ofelia Aguirre, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships; Megan T. Valentine, University of California, Santa Barbara

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

alsomatched one-on-one with UCSB faculty and graduate student lab mentors, who are expected tointroduce them to their research projects, guide them through the initial learning phase, whilealso providing opportunities for developing critical thinking skills. In-person lab visits by thelead CC faculty mentor within the first weeks of the program ensure that the student and mentorhave developed a productive and supportive routine.Although INSET is intended to be a full-time research experience, the program also focuses onprofessional development through a variety of workshops and weekly meetings where internsdevelop their presentation skills. In addition to several social events, including a kick-off BBQthe first week attended by over 120 summer