Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi-Cheng Cheng, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Chia-Chi Wang, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Yu-Jen Wang, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Ying-Yao Cheng, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Chua-Chin Wang, National Sun Yat-Sen University

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Mechanical Engineering

and 1 female accepting the NCT. All of them were juniorundergraduate students. For the NCT-Verbal, the results showed significant difference betweenpre-test and post-test on fluency, flexibility, and originality. Nevertheless, similar outcome wasnot reflected on the NCT-Figural. The paired t-test results for the NCT-Figural indicated nosignificant connection between pre-test and post-test in all four dimensions. As a result, it can beconcluded in the preliminary study that the project-oriented capstone course has positive effecton creative thinking in verbal aspect despite of no significant influence on creative thinking infigural aspect.IntroductionProblems in engineering fields are usually complex, ill-defined, interdisciplinary, and do

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The Intersection of Higher Ed and Industry

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University - West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

departments.Corporate budget constraints coupled with continually evolving market forces, required acompetitive posture supporting continued expansion, while controlling cost growth. This dualapproach of increasing gross revenue through student enrollments, while simultaneouslyexercising pro-active cost containment formed the premise and requirement for strategicallyaligned collaborations.This paper will examine a seventeen year history of distance delivery mediums and theircorresponding models for faculty and academic department compensation models. In addition,this paper will reflect the cost savings from an exhaustively performed and executed detailed jobenrichment and enlargement analysis of members of a professional organization serving theneeds of

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

) What was your personal contribution to your team’saccomplishments? (3) How has your most recent work affected or reflected the overall processdesign and economic analysis? (4) What are the next steps you will personally take incompleting this project, and what questions will you be seeking to answer? The students wererequired to be both precise and concise in their response so that it accurately reflects their abilityto work with this project and its fundamental engineering principles. The students were providedformatting requirements and a detailed grading rubric(9).Design Projects As stated previously, the objective of the rotation of projects between design teams werefourfold: so that the students 1) would have the opportunity to

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Jacob P. Kovel P.E., Central Connecticut State University; Lee W. Lee, Central Connecticut State University

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Construction

and services  Relations with industry  Relations with the general publicCurrently, the ACCE has only four CM master’s degree programs accredited.9 The number ofCM master’s degree programs accredited and the number seeking accreditation are expected togrow. The curriculum is an important criteria for accreditation. According to the ACCEdocument 103MD:8 “The purpose of the curriculum is to provide an education that will lead to a leadership role in construction and to prepare the student to become a responsible member of society. The curriculum should be responsive to social, economic, and technical developments and should reflect the application of evolving advanced knowledge in construction

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Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roes Arief Budiman P.Eng., University of Calgary; Vishash Kumar Sharma

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Mechanics

majorityof students in these programs, including those at SAIT and NAIT, are either from Calgaryor province of Alberta, in which Calgary is located, so that these averages are largelytaken from the same pool of students and thus can be compared directly.The high school average gap between students in the other engineering programs andapplicants of Energy Engineering program reflects a lower academic readiness of thelatter group. We believe the academic readiness gap is widened after completing a two-year diploma program at a polytechnic. Anecdotally, we heard from colleagues oncampus that mathematics and physics courses taught at polytechnics focus on usingready-made formulas for a fixed number of problems and do not teach therefore how toanalyze a

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State College; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University; Xiangyan Zeng, Fort Valley State University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

Georgia, is presently undergoing a major revision to reflect the most current trends inthe job market and the ABET computer science curriculum requirements. Additionally, thecurriculum redesign is needed to increase the program's appeal to students and employers. Theunderlying principle for this redesign is to provide more flexibility for students to take major andfree elective courses and lessen the emphasis on traditional mathematics requirements (such asCalculus II).Currently, the major area in curriculum of computer science at FVSU includes 60 credit hours ofwhich 9 hours are major electives and 6 hours free electives. The revised program will include33 credit hours in core curriculum of computer science, 12 credit hours in major electives

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Gearold R. Johnson, Colorado State University

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International

are better equipped to address futureglobal engineering challenges. The EWB Challenge has been piloted at Colorado State University over the last two years as partof a first year general engineering design class. This paper reports on the implementation, the feedbackand reflections from students over the two years. Students reflected that in general, the EWB Challengehad facilitated a good introduction to engineering, global and cultural influences along with professionalskills and had directly helped them improve their skills in these key areas. Finally, the paper’s authorsreflect on improvements to their implementation at Colorado State University going forward and suggestdifferent options for other universities to include the EWB

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadra Guizani, Purdue Univeristy; Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education

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Student

approach.This additional accountability and the need to structure our time increased our ownership of theworkshop while contributing to our professional graduate student development.The two authors of this paper have differing instructional approaches. During the creation of theworkshop, many obstacles regarding how to deliver the instructional material in the most effectiveway were encountered. However, our differences in teaching styles complemented each other,resulting in a more reflective practice, aware of participant needs, balanced by the need to coverall the necessary technical content. Our yin and yang approach helps both authors enhance theirexperience, culminating in an effective community building LaTeX workshop. Having a studentled seminar

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emre Selvi, Jacksonville University; Sandra Soto-Cabán, Muskingum University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

problem.Iterations and revisions of the student work are required. Each update report requires the teams tobuild upon the content included in their initial design plan. The final report requires the teams tobuild upon the midterm report by including a results section that provides information for each ofthe steps included in the design plan. The process of returning to the same core of informationfor each of the reports and presentations encouraged the students to reflect upon the feedbackand evaluation given on the previous report and address problematic issues in the current reportor presentation they were working on. This allows students to build on learning as they applytheir engineering skills to solve the problem. Besides writing reports, students

Conference Session

Hands-on Learning in BME

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Biomedical

digital electronics and data acquisition. This project incorporates all of thecourse material into a single design experience and helps students gain confidence in their designand troubleshooting skills. In this project, the students design and build a system that hasapplications in biomechanics or other BME areas. The objectives of this project are to helpstudents achieve the goals of the class by incorporating all of the course material into a singledesign experience; to be relevant and fun for the students; and to be personalized for each studentso that their work reflects their own skills. For this project, students must design and developanalog and digital circuitry; implement data acquisition to a LabView program; and solder, testand

Conference Session

Pathways to Success in STEM through Computer Science and Making

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Nicki Washington, Winthrop University; Shaefny Grays, North Carolina State University ; Sudipta Dasmohapatra, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

strong attachment towards my own ethnic group.Question 5 I have role models in computer science who look like me.Question 6 I do not know any minority computer scientists.Question 7 I was encouraged to pursue a computer science degree.Question 8 I was not encouraged to pursue a computer science degree.Question 9 I believe my performance in computer science courses will reflect on my race/ethnicity.Question 10 I do not believe my performance in computer science courses will reflect on my race/ethnicity.Questions 1-4 are directly based on MEIM questions. Questions 5-10 are non-MEIM questionsthat are directly related to CS in the context of the two aforementioned MEIM

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Anthony Gulotta, Rowan University; Nicholas Steven Parisi, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Leveling Up by Gamifying Freshman Engineering ClinicAbstractThis Work-In-Progress paper describes the development of a gamification platform for amultidisciplinary freshman design course at Rowan University. This course is designed to teachengineering students about multidisciplinary design, with special focus on developing skillsassociated with teamwork, software application and ethics. An important part of learning isreceiving feedback as part of the learning cycle and studies have shown that increased feedbackcan be helpful in supporting student reflection and developing the intrinsic motivation necessaryfor mastering a task. One method of encouraging students to master material is

Conference Session

Assessment & Accreditation in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zia A. Yamayee, University of Portland; Peter M. Osterberg, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

continuously improving the program. Directassessment methods require students to demonstrate theirknowledge and skills, and provide data that directly measureachievement of expected outcomes. Indirect assessment methods,such as surveys and interviews, gather reflection about learning.These methods are likely to suffer from validity and reliabilityproblems as individual perception of their actual performance maybe difficult to candidly or accurately report. Therefore, it isimportant to use a mix of both direct and indirect assessmentmethods in the assessment and evaluation of Student Outcomes.The three direct assessment methods we use are course-embeddedassessment, senior design course assessment, and nationallystandardized examinations (Fundamentals

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group; Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group; Leticia C. Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford University; Humera Fasihuddin, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

(Entrepreneurship, Political Science, History) 9% Academic status Undergraduate 83%** Graduate 11% Post-doc/Working/Neither a student nor working 5%* Percentages reflect some rounding error.** Nearly 70% of undergraduate respondents were juniors or seniors.Sponsors are a more diverse group in terms of department and position. Table 4 provides anoverview of the Sponsor demographics. Sponsors oversee 1 to 9 Fellows, but the mean andmedian are both 3. Table 4: Sponsor demographics* n=66 Department Engineering/Computer Science 41% STEM (Not Engineering/Computer Science) 11% Business

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs and Methods, Developing Master's & Ph.D. Programs and Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Karly Anne Danhausen, Middle Tennessee State University; Chelsea Rae Nihill, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

chance to showcase their science and business acumen for a chance to have a joboffer at the end of the internship. The internship shows the students how to apply their heart forscience with a mind for business, and the impact their contributions can make in a real worldsetting.Internship presentations consist of a PowerPoint presentation detailing the student’s place ofemployment, job duties, work results, and overall reflection of the internship experience. Everystudent in the MSPS program is invited to view the presentations of their fellow classmates. Thisallows them to have an idea of what is expected when they go to work for an industry, and whatkind of internships are available for each concentration. Student’s viewing the presentations

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

science teachers’ integration of the engineering design process to improve science learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Systematic Review of the Funds of Knowledge Framework in STEM EducationIntroductionFor over two decades, there have been significant and consistent calls to increase the quantity anddiversity of engineering graduates to not only support the workforce demand but also to improveengineering solutions to better reflect the demographics of the U.S. population.1–4 However, thecall to increase the diversity of engineering often has been centered on simply increasing thepercentages of underrepresented groups in engineering. Once these

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry G. Richards, University of Virginia; Susan K. Donohue, University of Virginia

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Mathematics

Solar Car Figure 6: Pulling a Load with a Solar CarEach team prepares a summary sheet showing a sketch of their design, a bill of materials (theparts they used with the cost of each), the total cost of their design, and how much weight theircar was able to pull. After the competition, the entire class reflects on the results and discusseswhat worked and what did not.After completing this ETK, the students have learned about solar cells, motors, and tirematerials, but they have also learned about the engineering design process, and how to constructa vehicle to perform a task. They also learned how to measure the values of variables, theimportance of consistent procedures for making measurements, how to compute

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Mehdi Shadaram P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

exists.In 1996 ABET (formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), adopted anew set of standards for undergraduate engineering education. They were called EngineeringCriteria 2000 and shifted the focus of undergraduate engineering accreditation from lists ofrequired courses to eleven learning outcomes (9).Preliminary WorkSome of the new outcomes went beyond the standard classic engineering education. Amongthem five outcomes (listed below as “f” through “g”) were a clear reflection of the need toanchor engineering education into ever-evolving reality of interaction between technology andsociety:f. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibilityg. An ability to communicate effectivelyh. The broad education necessary to

Conference Session

Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Ann Newton, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randy R. Rapp, School of Construction Management, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Graduate Studies

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Darwin; Joseph Patrick Kale, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Manufacturing

corresponds to four credit hours. The year is structured into twelve milestones withspecific deliverables from the team due at each milestone. The course milestones are: (1)project exploration, (2) team formation, (3) problem identification, (4) conceptual projectrepresentation, (5) technical and logistic representations, (6) second iteration and reflection, (7)fabrication and unit test, (8) system integration and test, (9) finalize representations, (10) systemacceptance test, (11) client delivery, and (12) final reporting and reflection.The rationale for creating a much more structured design course was the observation thatstudents were often not sufficient familiar with the design process to exhibit good design habits.While students were exposed to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

therewas no race or ethnicity making up the majority of the class, which had 28% of the class self-identifying as African American, 28% as Hispanic/Latino, and 44% as White as shown in Figure2. As the students in this special section were allowed to select more than one race or ethnicityon their demographics survey, the percentages shown in Figure 2 add up to more than 100%.This diversity is an approximate reflection of the university’s undergraduate demographics,which includes approximately 9% of the population self-identifying as African American, 35%as Hispanic/Latino, and 49% White as of Fall 201514. For the university numbers, studentsidentifying with more than one race were categorized as multi-racial (3% of the undergraduatestudent

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Hyun Hannah Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kenneth D. Long, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Adam Rusch, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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International

study extensively analyzes students’ learning progress in intercultural competence. Datainvolving both quantitative and qualitative methods are used to assess student learning via pre-/post surveys and student performance in discussion board activities, reflection assignments,projects. The study emphasizes translating skills between disparate groups, be it a cultural,academic, or physical separation, as fundamental skills for the students of tomorrow.Certificate program designBuilding upon the existing agricultural-based partnership between a the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign and a Njala University in Sierra Leone, a new facet was establishedspecifically focused on Global Health.While significant work on global health-related topics

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen R. White MRSC, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C. Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

via exploration of artwork. Students were pairedtogether to play characters provided to them as part of a popular role-playing game with theintent of shortening the development time of the comfort level of students with respect to sharingtheir observations and perspectives as well as enhance the esprit de corps of the class. The role-playing game utilized here is a cooperative game requiring students playing characters withdifferent skills to overcome conceptual and combat challenges. The game was played in a labsection, with modifications to suit it to the purposes of the course. While the game was not thefocus of the work, the comments in the course reflections indicated it was an effective way tofacilitate student interaction and

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Karen E. Crosby, Southern University Baton Rouge; Edgar R. Blevins, Southern University and A&M College; Beth R Isbell, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

wasdesignated as an HSI by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in 2014,after FORCES began. Based on 2006-07 data (just before the FORCES proposal was written),UT Arlington had an enrollment of approximately 19,205 undergraduate students of whom53.2% were female, 14% were Hispanic, 12% were African American and less than 1% wereNative American. The College of Engineering’s undergraduate enrollment in 2006-07 was 1,884students, nearly 10% of the university’s. There were 410 students at the university who wereregistered with the Office for Students with Disabilities. Of those, forty-four (44), or nearly 11%,were engineering majors.6 National data at that time reflected enrollment of students fromunderrepresented groups in

Conference Session

Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ciaran McGoldrick, Trinity College, Dublin; Smita Shivaram, Trinity College, Dublin; Meriel Huggard, Bucknell Univeristy and Trinity, College Dublin

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Engineering Technology

project management. In particular, they must not only deal with the newtechnical challenges presented by UAVs but they must, by necessity, create a safe environment inwhich students can gain hands on experience with the technology 7 .In this paper we reflect on the challenges encountered when evolving existing hands-on andexperiential learning tasks towards a UAV use-case and deployment scenario. The scenario ischallenging - that of automated monitoring and detection of potential failure modes in the rotatingblades of an operational wind turbine. Reliable and robust automated control of a drone in flightaround a moving blade of an operational turbine is extremely difficult and comprises a widediversity of technical and conceptual challenges that

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy L. Hermundstad, Virginia Tech; Thomas E. Diller, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

having models that are not well developed [8]. In contrast, expertshave mental models and group knowledge in a way that reflects a deep understanding of thematerial [9]. Therefore relevant information can be retrieved even in novel situations.Often, students are novices who are able to solve specific problems by following a sequence ofsteps (referred to a procedural knowledge[1]), but lack conceptual knowledge, or deepunderstanding of concepts and the relationships between concepts. The definitions for proceduraland conceptual knowledge used in this study are shown in Table 1. The development ofconceptual knowledge can help students transition from novice to expert by helping studentsrepresent the problem, select between different problem

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth (Part 2)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas - El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas - El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas - El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas - El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas - El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas - El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas - El Paso

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

and how project-based learning (PBL)takes the center stage in this strategy. We assert that building a camp or even a lesson plan fromlearning blocks creates a totally immersive and engaging environment for the learner and makes itmuch more plug-and-play for the designer/instructor.Our paper will also focus on implementing these learning blocks in a K-12 mixed environment (allgrade levels, male and female participants) versus a much more homogenous cohort (all highschool, all female) type of camp. A showcase of student products (from reflective pieces to actualcreations) will be discussed along with how “check-ins” are built into the learning blockchallenges; the latter as a means to embed assessment into the project workflows dynamically

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; James D. Sweeney, Oregon State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

instituted a dedicated pedagogy seminarthat all studio GTAs attend. In this seminar, we have integrated concepts from ComplexInstruction in mathematics with particular attention to the way students’ status impacts theirparticipation on a team and their opportunity to learn.24,25 We are also working towards moreintentional ways for studio team formation, reflection, and interdependence. To this end we havepiloted the use of the CATME tool26 in one studio class. Finally, we have engaged our IndustrialAdvisory Board (IAB) as a source for problems to integrate in the studio. We have been workingwith the IAB Chair to develop a process where we can translate the project experiences of ourindustrial partners into useful studio activities for our students.4

Conference Session

Research Methods I: Developing Research Tools and Methods

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosa Cabedo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid; Tovar Caro Edmundo, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Michael Moore32.MaterialsThe interface used is RStudio Version 0.99.491 licenced under the terms of version 3 of theGNU Affero General Public License. Furthermore, R 3.2.3 GUI 1.66 Mavericks build (7060),part of the Free Software Foundation’s GNU Project, is the selected environment forperforming this study.Data cleaningThe dataset for this study was a reflection of real-world data, so in order to a successful KDD,it was needed an arduous effort in the data cleaning process. Data cleaning seeks an unifiedlogical view of databases with issues such as encouraging a single naming convention orprovision of strategies for data handling such as outliers or missing data30. This stage includedto deal with extrem outliers and in order to reduce their

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jeffrey Boncan Cabanez, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

effective recruiting tool. Bytargeting the Partner Schools and First Generation engineering students, the scholarship programis aiding and supporting more diverse students with high financial need. Retention analysis isongoing through periodic check-ins, interviews and focus groups. Many of the PEEPScomponents are also being developed to reach a greater number of students beyond thescholarship recipients, such as the Engineering Student Success course and cohort scheduling ofgateway engineering courses.Assessment by interviews and a focus group of the PEEPS has revealed that the cohortscheduling of courses together has helped the students form a community and has assisted withstudying for courses. In addition, periodic reflections that aid in