Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Aerospace

research topic addressed either: (a) a unique aspect of the recently-published “tin-can” solarpower satellite; or (b) an issue expected to be of concern to the general public. The topics were: 1. Wireless Power Transfer with low side-lobe intensity – needed to avoid desense of terrestrial communications equipment and spectra. 2. Atmospheric Attenuation and Heating – important for comparisons to fossil fuel plants vis-à-vis global warming. 3. Rectenna Design and Emplacement – studying land-use changes, environmental impacts, and costs for receiving antenna arrays in temperate latitudes. 4. Structural Design of SPSs - structural framework and guy wires for a very large, rotating cylindrical shell held in tension to

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Jane Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mary E. Fitzpatrick, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gene Paul Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

-targetedgroup of students. However, the numbers of minority students are low and retention rates havea high variance. a) b)Figure 2. Overall Retention to Engineering Department by gender. N represents the total number of engineeringstudents per group. The large arrows indicate when new freshman introductory engineering courses began, andwhen an introductory engineering course became a requirement. The dotted lines represent a three year rollingaverage. a) This graph illustrates the overall average retention rate (percent retained) of all male (red line) vs.female (blue line) engineering freshman since 1985. b) This graph illustrates the overall average retention rate(percent retained) of all targeted minority (blue line) vs. non-targeted (red line

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Uses for MATLAB in Mechancial Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rhudy, Pennsylvania State University - Berks; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University - Berks

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Mechanical Engineering

. P., “An interactive MATLAB-based tool for teachingclassical systems and controls,” IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 2, 1996, pp. 624-627.6 Campbell, D., Palomaki, K., and Brown, G., “A Matlab simulation of “shoebox” room acoustics for use in researchand teaching,” Computing and Information Systems,” Vol. 9, No. 3, 48, 2005, pp. 48-51.7 Bowen, J. D., and Price, C. E., “An automated grading system for teaching MATLAB to freshman engineers,”Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education, 2003.8 Daku B., L., F., and Jeffrey K., D., “An Interactive Computer Based Tutorial for MATLAB,” IEEE Frontiers inEducation, Kansas City, MO, Nov. 2000.9 Daku B., L., F., and Jeffrey K., D., “Development of an interactive CD-ROM

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Teaching Methods in Mechancial Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Bernadine Catton, Colorado State University; Abril Galang, Colorado State University; Alexander T Bulk, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University

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Mechanical Engineering

no knowledge and 5 as complete knowledge), prior knowledge of numerical methods (1 as noknowledge and 5 as complete knowledge), final grade in the course (4.0-A, 3.7-A-, 3.3-B+, 3.0-B, 2.7-B-, 2.3-C+, 2.0-C, D-1.0, F-0.0). An ordinal logistic regression model was generated topredict the rating of disruption with the same variables as the correlation analysis listed above.ResultsBoth classes were surveyed at the end of the semester and given extra credit for performing thesurvey. The overall response from students on the survey was 98% for the 1st year course and87% for the 4th year course. The students were asked to rate their knowledge of the material inthe courses prior to the semester (Table 1). The median rating of previous course

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #14907Neuroscience 101: Might Your Teaching and Their Learning Benefit?Dr. Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, and F.NSPE (stuwalesh@comcast.net, www.helpingyouengineeryourfuture.com) is an author; teacher; and an independent consultant providing leadership, management, and engineering services. Prior to beginning his consultancy, he worked in the public, private, and academic sectors serving as a project engineer and manager, department head, discipline manager, marketer, legal expert, professor, and dean of an engineering college. Walesh’s technical

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT); Cibele V. Falkenberg, Auburn University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #16152”Give Me Every Idea You Have”: Building with Improvisation in Engineer-ing EducationDr. Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT) Dr. Stephanie Pulford is an instructional consultant and research scientist within University of Washing- ton’s Center for Engineering Teaching & Learning, where she has coordinated the Engineering Writing & Communication Development Program. Dr. Pulford’s professional background in engineering includes a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineer- ing as well as industry experience as

Conference Session

Classroom Practice II: Technology - and Game-Based Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick S. Harkness, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Joshua Marquit, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

instructors find, therecan be pushback or resistance on the part of the student to accept the new teaching practiceswhenever different or new instructional methods are introduced. This resistance can be exhibitedby a variety of behaviors that can impede the learning of not only the resistant student, but alsoother students in the class. As teaching practitioners and researchers, our goal in conducting this study was topromote active student knowledge construction by exploring how and why students resist anasynchronous, web-based active learning strategy. In this study, online forum participation wasconsidered to be an active learning activity because it a) encouraged student-initiated questionand answer style dialogue with the instructor and b

Conference Session

Circuits & Systems Education II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Paul Benedict Caballo Reyes, Florida Atlantic University; George Roskovich, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

. The difference betweenthe rotation rate and frame rate leads to the perception that the forward moving wheel is movingbackwards (or slowly forward). This is illustrated by Figure 27. (a) (b) Figure 27 – The Wagon Wheel Effect18 Figure 27a shows what appears to be a counterclockwise rotating wheel. However, this issimply an illusion caused by the relationship of the rotation rate and frame rate. Figure 27bshows the actual motion of the wheel. As the wheel rotates clockwise, a frame is taken.However, since the rotation rate is higher than the frame rate, it appears as if the wheel movedcounter clockwise due to the

Conference Session

Teaching and Advising Tools Using Computers and Smart Devices

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT); Barbara Louise Stewart, University of Houston; Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston (CoT)

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

: Historical BackgroundMuch consideration, both in the U.S. and internationally, has been given to lifelong learning asevidenced by thousands of published papers and journals devoted either entirely or in part to thetopic, organizations focused on promotion of lifelong learning, and institutions and agencieswhich sponsor centers in support of it.2 Reasons for emphasis on lifelong learning include a)sustaining lifelong learning processes is directly related to the living standards of citizens andtheir quality of life,9 b) lifelong learning is a means of providing people with the knowledge andskills needed to succeed in a rapidly changing world,7 c) there is an explosion of ICT whichenables knowledge to be produced at a rapid and an ever-increasing rate

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

also include socialactivities to show that college can be fun, too.The Computer and Information Technology department actively participates in these outreachprograms. A variety of activities designed by faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students havebeen used in these sessions over the past ten years. Some example sessions included the use ofthe following tools: 1. Web page development (static HTML to dynamic ASP.NET) 2. Social media tools through a Twitter-enabled game 3. Programming languages a. Alice b. Scratch c. Scratch 4 Arduino d. C# 4. Physical computing a. Arduino board b. Phoenix Contact Nanoline microcontrollerThe remainder of this paper will present the

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

) London: Springer-Verlagp. 2[5] Henson, Aaron B.; Fridley, Kenneth J.; Pollock, David; and Brahler, C Jayne, "Efficacy of Interactive Internet-Based Education in Structural Timber Design" (2002). Faculty Publications - Department of Mechanical and CivilEngineering. Paper 39. http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/mece_fac/39[6] Black, R.G., and Duff, S. A model for Teaching Structures: Finite Element Analysis in Architectural Education.Journal of Architectural Education, Vol48, no 1, September 1994[7] S. Vassigh. (2005). Interactive Structures: Visualizing Structural Behavior. CD-ROM, John Wiley and Sons,Hoboken NJ[8] Blum, J. Roof Insulation R-Values for Commercial Buildings under ASHRAE and “Above code” Standards.http://www.rci-online.org

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Classroom Practice III: Student-Centered Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Anna Woodcock, California State University San Marcos

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, M. S., & Sanders, B. (1993). Is the gender difference in mental rotation disappearing? Behavior Genetics, 23(4), 337–41.8. Hamilton, C.J. (1995). Beyond sex differences in visuo-spatial processing: The impact of gender trait possession. British Journal of Psychology, 86(1), 1-20.9. Moe, A. (2009). Are males always better than females in mental rotation? Exploring a gender belief explanation. Learning and Individual Differences, 19(1), 21–7.10. McGee, M. G. (1979). Human spatial abilities: Psychometric studies and environmental, genetic, hormonal, and neurological influences. Psychological Bulletin, 86, 889–918.11. Immekus, J. C., & Maller, S. J. (2010). Factor structure invariance of the Kaufman Adolescent and Adult

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

any additional outcomes that the program wishes toarticulate. The current mechanical engineering student outcomes are: a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g) an ability to

Conference Session

Faculty Development I: Attitudes Towards Teaching

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Bethke Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #16287Learning Engineering and Teaching Engineering: Comparing the Engineer-ing Epistemologies of Two Novice Teachers with Distinct Pedagogies of DesignKristen Bethke Wendell, Tufts University Kristen Wendell is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Tufts University, where she is also a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.Ms. Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Jessica Swenson is a graduate student at Tufts University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a research focus on

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Innovation Through Propagation

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

which are fruitful in considering technology inengineering education: (a) cognitively oriented technology innovations, (b) technology uses inprofessional practice, and (c) technology-general. We believe that there is risk for cross-talk inthe conversation when different interlocutors implicitly argue from different lenses. Thus, wemake these lenses explicit.Cognitively oriented technology innovationsFirst, we consider what Fishman and colleagues4 call cognitively oriented technology innovations(COTIs), innovations designed to foster deep thinking and meaningful learning. COTIs arelearning technologies developed around instructional design that is specifically “rooted incognitive and constructivist learning theories” (p. 45). With COTIs

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weican Xiao, Michigan Technological University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

. A. Mohammed, "Design and Hardware Implementation of Laboratory-Scale Hybrid DC Power System for Electrical Engineering Education Purposes", 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, paper #12974, Seattle, Washington.9. Curricular Focus. ABET. Retrieved20 May 2012, available at "www.abet.org/accreditation/new- to-accreditation/engineering-vs-engineering-technology/"10. R. M. M. Azizur, “National Electrical Code in Power Engineering Course for Electrical Engineering Curriculum”, US-China Education Review B 1 (2011) 46-52

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New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

author is happily willingto disseminate all Concept Quiz prompts to any faculty interested in use of the method (they arenot explicitly published here to avoid students accessing quiz prompts through ASEE’s website);please email the author at –redacted during ASEE review phase–.Bibliographic Information1. B. Brooks, D. Gilbuena, J. Falconer, D. Silverstein, R. Miller, M. Koretsky. Preliminary development of the AIChE Concept Warehouse. Reviewed 2012 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Paper ID AC 2012-4310 (2012).2. M. Koretsky, J. Falconer, B. Brooks, D. Gilbuena, D. Silverstein, C. Smith, M. Miletic. The AIChE Concept Warehouse: a web-based tool to promote concept-based instruction. Advances in Engineering Education 4 (1), 1-27

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manaz Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University; Chandan Dasgupta, Purdue University; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia MSSEC, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

science concepts that relate to the context of the design problem. Thisprior knowledge improves design performance and prompts inquiry learning 1.Crismond and Adams propose the Informed Design Teaching and Learning Matrix as acomparison between novice and informed designers1. We adopt the [matrix] as a framework toidentify patterns in the student artifacts that can help us determine if informed design is beingdisplayed. The Crismond and Adams framework identifies nine design strategies that designers –both beginners and informed – typically engage with and specify behaviors that are indicative ofboth novice and informed designers. These are (a) understand the design challenge (problemsolving vs. problem framing), (b) build knowledge (skipping vs

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

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Manufacturing

Robot-ics course is the accumulation of robots over time. Through a combination of grants, industrialdonations (gifts-in-kind), horse trading, and internal support from the Dean and Provost, we havemanaged to accumulate seven working industrial robots, and we are currently working on gettingan eight on line as well. The current equipment for labs includes: • Two Denso HS-45552E/GM 4-axis SCARA robot arms, • Two Denso VS-6577GM-B 6-axis articulated robot arms, • One Fanuc LR Mate 200i 6-axis articulated robot arm, • One FANUC CERT Cart with M-1iA 6-axis parallel-link robot with vision system, • A manufacturing cell with a FANUC M-6i 6-axis articulated robot arm, a HAAS SL10 CNC lathe, and a HAAS VF2 mill, and • A

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Anika Coolbaugh Pirkey, West Virginia University; Sai Sadhika Veeramachaneni

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

) Critical thinking skills: Critical thinking skills are assessed using the Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT, developed by Tennessee Tech) and activities done in class [4, 12, 13]. b) Academic success is assessed using grades in Math and Sciences, GPA at the end of the semester, and number of credit hours approved versus total number of credit hours attempted. c) Engineering Identity: measured, from the entrance and exit surveys, using questions from Jones et al. [14]. d) Interest in engineering: changes in interest in engineering were measured using entrance and exit surveys [15, 16]. e) Persistence in engineering: the number of students that continued pursuing a degree in engineering was obtained

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Avi Kaplan, Temple University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

about X that interested you? b. What do you see yourself doing in the future? 2. How did you choose X university/X program? 3. How did you become involved with the engineering ambassadors? 4. How did you prepare for the workshop? 5. Please tell me about your experiences of the workshop, from beginning to end. a. Prompts were provided if necessary, e.g. “What happened on Saturday?” and “Tell me more about your presentation topic.” 6. What were some of the biggest highlights for you of the weekend? 7. What were some of the biggest challenges or dilemmas that you faced? 8. Moving forward into the school year, how do you see yourself in the role of engineering ambassador? 9. Do you have

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vivian Liang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Zach Jasensky, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Melvin Moore III; Jake Francis Rogers; Geoff Pfeifer, Worcester Polytechic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics

engineering programs due to ABET accreditation criteria. Frontiers in Education Conference 2011: p. S1B-1-S1B-6.8. Eisen, A., Berry, R., The Absent Professor: Why we don't teach research ethics and what to do about it. The American Journal of Bioethics, 2002: p. 38-49.9. Newberry, B., The Dilemma of Ethics in Engineering Education. Science and Engineering Ethics, 2004. 10: p. 343-351.10. Corey, G., Student workbook for Ethics in Action. Pacific 1 Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1998.11. Duncan, J., Case Study: Public Access to Government Data. GISProfessional Ethics Project, 2009.12. Hamilton III, J., The Seven Step Method for Analyzing Ethical Situations. 1990.13. Jersey, T., Procedures for Analyzing Ethical Dilemmas. 2001.14. Pimple, K., Using

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Engineering Management: Six Sigma, Data Modeling, and Risk Management

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sandeep Krishnakumar; Arun Kottayil

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Engineering Management

and studied in the future as well.References 1. Allen and Seaman, (2014). Grade Change: Tracking Online Education in the United States, Babson Survey Research Group. 2. Badurdeen, F., Marksberry, P., Hall, A., & Gregory, B. (2010). Teaching Lean Manufacturing With Simulations and Games: A Survey and Future Directions. Simulation & Gaming. 123. Boersema, M. (2013, January 28). Lean Simulations. Retrieved August 1, 2014, from http://www.leansimulations.org/2013/01/the-name-game-aka-hldittwan.html4. Cleg, B. (2010) ‘A study into the effectiveness of quality management training: A focus on tools and

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College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session I: Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University North Central; George Stefanek, Purdue University, North Central

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College Industry Partnerships

thecurriculum. We wanted to ascertain whether they would like to have “mini-capstone” projectsincorporated into the curriculum in order to give them experience with solving practicalproblems earlier in their degree program. Finally, we wanted to know whether they would beinterested in having a series of project presentations by industry professionals integrated into themain-capstone course. The survey that we distributed to the students is found in Appendix A.Presenter Survey: We also conducted another survey in which we distributed a questionnaire tothe project presenters (see Appendix B). This survey was designed to gain an industryprofessional’s perspective on the following issues:1. The level of preparedness that fresh engineering graduates have

Conference Session

Student Teams, Groups, and Collaborations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

, “A formal approach to handling conflicts in multiattribute group decision making,” J. Mech. Des., vol. 128, no. 4, pp. 678–688, 2006.[4] M. T. H. Chi and M. Menekse, “Dialogue patterns that promote learning,” in Socializing Intelligence through Talk and Dialogue, L. B. Resnick, C. Asterhan, and S. N. Clarke, Eds. Washington DC: AERA, 2015, pp. 263–274.[5] S. Purzer, “The Relationship Between Team Discourse, Self-Efficacy, and Individual Achievement: A Sequential Mixed-Methods Study,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 100, no. 4, pp. 655–679, 2011.[6] D. Kuhn, “Thinking together and alone,” Educ. Res., p. 0013189X15569530, 2015.[7] A. Ram, “A theory of questions and question asking,” J. Learn. Sci., vol. 1, no. 3–4

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel D. Mosier, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Architectural

of the Fall 2014 class and Fall2015 class was made. No significant change was identified.Over the two prerequisite engineering courses, Statics and Strengths of Materials, the gradeswere quite similar. Specifically, for student “A”, with a grade of “B” in Statics, followed by agrade of “C” in Strengths, produced a “C” in Structures 1. It was identified that the Statics andStrengths of Materials grades could be a predictor for the Structures grade. Further, theprerequisite courses have been modified and it is anticipated that the students will be moreprepared for this course.Conclusion:Utilizing non-traditional assignments with submission as youtube.com encouraged students to bemore creative. Although creativity was identified in the rubric

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

anengineering or technical background, we study student self-efficacy for that ability as well [7-14].Research Questions and MethodologyResearch QuestionsWe hypothesize that students at varying stages of their academic journey, as well as in diversepedagogical and cultural contexts, will report different levels of self-efficacy in communicationcapabilities. Our specific research questions that guided this portion of the study (i.e., thedevelopment and analysis of the student surveys) are: a. In what ways, if any, do students’ self-efficacy for communication capabilities change from their entry to their last semester before graduation? b. Do students report differences in self-efficacy by communication type (i.e., writing

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Graves Wolfinbarger, The University of Oklahoma; Rui (Celia) Pan, Toyota Financial Services

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

section, taught by an academicresearcher with experience in engineering leadership education (Instructor B), was recentlyadded. Although the instructors collaborate, their pedagogical approaches and some of thecontent in their respective sections differ. The creation of a new version of the course providedan opportunity to conduct a comparative assessment of the course’s influence on students’understanding of leadership.PurposeThe purpose of this study was two-fold: 1. To evaluate the effects of an engineering leadership course on students’ perceptions of leadership, as measured by the Leadership Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (LABS- III),1 and 2. To compare the two instructors’ sections, with the goal of identifying

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

proponents of “design-based” coursework throughout the curriculum to provide students more opportunities toexperience more realistic problems.With regards to team dynamics, most teams reported positive interactions. In peer evaluation 1,only three of the 21 senior design teams made comments indicative of conflict (communicationproblems, uneven workload, etc.). In peer evaluation 2, however, that increased to one third (7 of21) of the teams having one or more comment suggesting a team dynamic or cohesion issue.This increase in reports of negative team-cohesion may be reflective of end-of-term stress andfrustration of working under pressure potentially captured by the timing of peer evaluation 2.Only one team, Team B, reported team dynamic issues in

Conference Session

Influencing the Next (Third!) Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Civil Engineering

Creative Thinking as an example of a new outcome, and drawing on an earliersimilar example7, the rubric form of the outcome could be as follows presented inthe Bloom's Taxonomy format (as used in Appendix I of the CEBOK2 report 3): 1. Knowledge -- Define creative thinking. (B) 2. Comprehension -- Describe how creative thinking differs from the traditional engineering problem-solving process. (B) 3. Application -- Use knowledge of creative thinking principles and methods to conceptualize potential solutions to a well-defined problem. (B) 4. Analysis – Analyze an actual problem using creative thinking principles and methods. (M/30) 5. Synthesis – Develop a creative thinking solution to an actual