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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Yongping Zhang P.E., Cal Poly Pomona; Xudong Jia, Cal Poly Pomona; Jon Bumps, Caltrans, District 8; Du Lu, Caltrans, District 8

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2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20717Learn by Doing: Lessons Learned from the Ten-Year Senior Projects throughUniversity-Agency PartnershipDr. Yongping Zhang P.E., Cal Poly Pomona Dr. Yongping Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Cal Poly Pomona. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering. Dr. Zhang currently serve on the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Transportation Planning Applications as well as Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the National Household

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Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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the lab to complement well the materials from the lecture part of thecourse. The results from survey questions #3, #4, and #5 also indicate that there are three itemsthat may be improved. Plans and actions for addressing these items are currently beingconducted. For example, coverage and assignment on modeling of non-linear magnetic core willbe expanded in the lecture portion to address the issue related to question #3. Figure 5. Survey results for the lab course assessmentExperience, Lessons Learned and ChallengesAs previously explained, each experiment requires students to perform computer simulation oftheir design. To minimize both the cost and learning time associated with the software used forthe simulation, LTSpice

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Jean S Larson, Arizona State University; Claudia Elena Zapata, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University; Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University; Nasser Hamdan, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics

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steady pipeline of students into the geotechnicsspecialty, alerting them of a significant short fall of approximately 90,000 geoscientists andgeotechnical engineers by the year 2022. Thus, to spark interest, create awareness, and motivatestudents to consider careers in biogeotechnical engineering, we decided to create an introductorymodule for freshman civil engineering students.Learner characteristicsDefining the characteristics of your target audience helps with design decisions4. Our targetpopulation was freshmen planning to major in civil engineering. To understand learnercharacteristics, the student member of the design team interviewed a faculty member in theSchool of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at ASU. While the

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey Thomas Yan; James LeRoy Dalton, Cañada College; Kattia Chang, Engineering Student at Cañada College; Bianca Corine Villanueva Doronila, Canada College; Victor Josue Melara Alvarado, Canada College; Christopher Thomas; Ian M Donovan, San Francisco State University; Kartik Bholla; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Kazunori Okada, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University

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a presentation to introduce the research project on the openingday of the internship program. The ten-week activities for the research project were divided intotwo-week literature study and project preparation, seven-week project development, and one-week report writing and presentation preparation. The group discuss the project progress with thefaculty advisor in 2-hour weekly group meetings. In each meeting, individual slide-based oralpresentation was given by each intern, followed by group discussion. The presentation consistedof three components, including 1) project progress for the past week, 2) plan for the next week,and 3) issues and questions need to be discussed. A journal club activity was also organizedwhere each intern

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Brandon J Leung, San Jose State University; Yuting Huang, Canada College; Fernando Lorenzo, 3D Convenience; Sergio Rodriguez-Reyes, San Jose State University; Janine Criselda L. Young, University of California, Berkeley; ali attaran; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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City, CA/ 2School of Engineering, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CAAbstractResearch experience is enriching and inspiring for undergraduate students. Research experienceson advanced technologies are far from reach in undergraduate level studies. In this paper, wepresent an approach to address this gap via summer research opportunities for undergraduatestudents. The internship is planned over 10 weeks, and the student interns are assigned agraduate student mentor and a faculty advisor. This paper presents the details of the project,research and educational objectives, results obtained, and the student surveys assessing theoutcomes. The planned research project is related to the Spin Transfer Torque

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Qiushi Wang, Arizona State University; DONGDONG ZHANG, Chongqing University, Arizona State University; Zhenmin Tang, Arizona State University; George G. Karady, Arizona State University

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. Total of 13 Pakistani exchangestudents came and studied at the power systems laboratory. At the conclusion of theirprogram, the students took a survey and left valuable feedback to help improve the semester-long exchange program. The program plan was adjusted in the second semester takingconsideration of both the performance and the feedback from the students in the first semester.Table 1 summarizes the changes of the program plan between the two semesters.Table 1 The Comparison of Program Content between the first and second semesters Laboratory Research Projects ASU Tutorial Presentation

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Technical Session 5b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Oskar Granados, Cañada College; Maryam I Khan; Manuel Alexis Ramirez, San Diego State University; Madoka Oyama, Cañada College; Nathan Carlson, Cañada College

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well as when there is anoverestimation of 50%. Figures 9(a) and 9(b) present the pole locations for the discrete transferfunction in Eq. (4) with 50% underestimation and overestimation of the viscous damping. Theroot locus analysis also shows a stable system when the stiffness coefficient is overestimated aswell as underestimated.4. Project Assessment and Future ImprovementThe internship experience enabled the interns to realize how earthquake engineering researcherswill have to collaborate with other members on their team. They will need to make weeklymeetings with their supervisor to discuss their progress and provide feedback on what they canimprove. They will need to make a detailed, tentative plan that they must follow until theirdeadline

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrew W Hostler, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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-week, hands-on,extra-curricular​ workshop, ​taught by upper division students,​ that guides students through a design, buildand test cycle of an ultra-low cost underwater robotics platform - BudgetROV. This workshop involvesCAD design, machining, soldering, and programming at an introductory level appropriate to lowerdivision engineering students across all engineering disciplines. Although the workshop isextra-curricular, it has the structure of a regular course (with a regular meeting time, weekly lesson plans,lectures and lab activities) to encourage those with little to no hands-on engineering experience toparticipate without the fear that they need prior knowledge to be a valued participant. Because theworkshop is taught by upper-division

Conference Session

Technical Session 2c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Majid Poshtan, Cal Poly; Ahmad Nafisi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20721Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class WorkDr. Majid Poshtan, Cal Poly Dr. Majid Poshtan obtained his PhD in EECE from Tulane University, New Orleans, USA in 2000. Dr. Poshtan has over 20 years of wide-ranging experience in EE academic and industry. He is an expert in electric power systems, transmission planning, short circuits studies and protection, condition moni- toring of generators, induction motors, transformers and power cables, substation design, power system computer simulators, and

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kenan William Pretzer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ali O. Shaban, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ian Hellman-Wylie, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Joey Navarro, Cal Poly SLO

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thecurriculum in its existing power electronic and power system courses. These initiatives expandthe power systems laboratory curriculum to include a series of protection experiments. Thenewly-proposed set of laboratory experiments utilizes microprocessor-based protective relays togive students hands-on experience in power system protection. The experiments drive learningoutcomes which incorporate the theory and practice necessary for technical careers in today’spower industry. This paper presents an overview of the content and learning outcomes of theexperiments, in addition to initial student performance.IntroductionThe growing density of distributed energy resources (DERs) in utility circuits calls for newconsiderations in circuit planning and

Conference Session

Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, California State University, Long Beach

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projects to the class. These would assist the students while they were working on the projects during the semester. Accordingly, this possibly increased the student’s grade in term paper, presentation and prototype categories.These teaching strategy modifications were implemented for CE101 in spring and fall semester2016. There were 3 sections of CE101 each semester. However, the strategies were appliedduring spring and fall 2016 semesters, which was instructed by the author. The author has beenteaching CE101 since spring 2013. The total number of enrolled students in CE101 were 30 and31 for spring and fall 2016, respectively. This class was not considered as a low completion ratecourse.An Assessment Plan and the

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Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Maria Pantoja, California Polytechnic State University san Luis Obispo; Drazen Fabris, Santa Clara University; Aaron Melman, Santa Clara University

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of previous preparation Instructor expects us to program like pros Tutorial did helpConclusionWe want to evaluate long-term effects of the project, and to compare the test results of upperdivision classes that require programming skills before and after the introduction of thetutorial/forum. We need to gather more data about this but results from the last two year seem toconfirm the value of using the tutorial.To encourage students, use of the tutorial for longer periods instructors need to spend more timeexplaining the new tools at the beginning of the quarter. We also want to explore the possibilityof doing this tutorial as a one day seminar, this way no class time needs to be compromised. Weare also planning on improving the forum

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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Conference Session

Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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communicate effectively (orally and written);k. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.BackgroundAdditive ManufacturingThe rapid prototype process allows the fast creation of products’ prototypes eliminatingconsiderable amounts of resources and time spent on the project when compared to traditionaldevelopment design methods1. In Additive Manufacturing (AM),a model initially generatedusing a three-dimensional Computer Aided Design (3D CAD) system, can be fabricated directlywithout the need for process planning. Although this is not in reality as simple as it first sounds,AM technology certainly significantly simplifies the process of producing complex 3D objectsdirectly from CAD data

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Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University

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, 2017 Introduction to Engineering Using Google Docs and Interactive Video in Support of an Online Flipped Classroom Approach John M. Santiago, Jr., Ph.D., Jing Guo, D.Eng., Kathy Kasley, Ph.D. and Pamela Phillips Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of Engineering, Colorado Springs, COAbstractThe College of Engineering (CoE) is expanding existing engineering courses to online deliveryfor adult students. The CoE has a strong commitment to maintain the student-centered focus,and active learning strategies that have enabled success despite the multiple external studentcommitments.The strategic plan leverages the experience of full-time faculty to jointly develop modules for afreshman introductory course

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Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Keith E. Holbert P.E., Arizona State University

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. Whittaker, “A comparison of student achievement and satisfaction in an online versus a traditional face-to-face statistics class,” Innovative Higher Education, vol. 29, no. 3, Spring 2005, pp. 233-250.7. M. Shachar, Y Neumann, “Differences between traditional and distance education academic performances: a meta-analytic approach,” International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, vol. 4, no. 2, Oct. 2003, 20 pp.8. B. Means, Y. Toyama, R. Murphy, M. Bakia, K. Jones, Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Washington, DC, revised Sept. 2010, 94

Conference Session

Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Seema C Shah-Fairbank P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Kenneth W. Lamb P.E. Ph.D, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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andflipped formats exposed students to further teamwork, leadership and communication skillsdevelopment. Finally, as a surprise benefit, replacing lecturing with in-class work anddiscussion has become personally rewarding.As we continue to develop the flipped classroom for Engineering Hydrology we hope to increasestudents’ conceptual understanding. The current practice has been to develop discussionscentered on conceptual ideas, but this has not been effective. New strategies are being plannedfor implementation in spring of 2017. In addition, indirect surveys were conducted to evaluatestudent attitudes toward the HA and flipped environments which were inconclusive. Thus, adetailed analysis on attitudes are planned during the 2017-2018 academic year

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Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Dean Arakaki, Cal Poly State University

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first 10 or 15 minutes of class. This also helps the instructor identifytopics that students find difficult to understand and could also help steer the in-class discussion.Multi-media examples will be added to further enhance student motivation6.Following the topic review, the author plans to pose discussion questions to the class and to formgroups. This represents a major departure from the usual engineering class format and aredirection toward liberal arts-type classes. The discussion group format may be unfamiliar tostudents in engineering classes but the primary goal is to actively work together to solvediscussion questions. This provides a real-world collaborative experience.Video CreationLecture video creation can be an intimidating

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Eva Schiorring, Canada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College

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Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit. S. Olson and J.B. Labov, Rapporteurs. Planning Committee on Evolving Relationships and Dynamics Between Two- and Four-Year Colleges, and Universities. Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Division on Policy and Global Affairs. Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies. Board on Science Education, Teacher Advisory Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Engineering Education Program Office, National Academy of Engineering. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. California Community

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Aldin Malkoc, Arizona State University ; Mackenzie Honikel, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University; Jeffrey Thomas La Belle, Arizona State University

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? Did the company plan ahead for X success and future growth? What are the manufacturing costs for the game? (How do these costs compare to market X X average) What percentages of these costs are focused on the pieces, board, labor? (Do the costs adequately X X reflect the quality of the game?) What is the manufacturing

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alvaro Monge, California State University, Long Beach; Panadda Marayong, California State University, Long Beach; Shadnaz Asgari, California State University, Long Beach; Birgit Penzenstadler; Praveen Shankar, California State University, Long Beach

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role models from the respective disciplines. To help students develop successskills, the classes include workshops on time management and growth mindset. For the activity,students will create an Individual Development Plan to help them evaluate and develop strategiesto improve their skillsets needed to achieve their short-term and long-term goals. A survey will bedesigned and administered in these classes to obtain student feedback on the learning activities.B. Faculty Development WorkshopsFour professional development workshops were held for faculty and staff on social-emotionalfactors that contribute to student persistence and retention. The factors include but are not limitedto reducing stereotype threat and unconscious bias, providing

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University

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preparation, commitment, confidence, value, and internal motivatorfactors across a diversity of gender and ethnicity for this paper. (We had more difficulty inestablishing reliable measures of learning styles, as students would not report their preferencesconsistently; and external motivators and influencers were confused. Some influences wereviewed as supportive, others as pressure.)Purpose and HypothesesThe purpose of the current study is to identify correlations among preparation, commitment,confidence, motivation, and perceived social value, and successfully completing an engineeringprogram of study. We developed a questionnaire to be used with all students taking theIntroduction to Engineering course. Utilizing this instrument, we planned to

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Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Deana R. Delp, Arizona State University

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withASDs should be sustained, rather than offered only early in the employment22. Uditsky &Hughson22 suggested collaboration between the ASD student, parents, teachers, and otherstakeholders to successfully plan for an independent adulthood.ConclusionFreshman engineering faculty regularly see ASD students during their first semester in college.This is a good environment to investigate and implement ASD-specific accommodations. Facultyin these classes see a multitude of skillsets and challenges the ASD student might face. Thefreshman engineering faculty can offer basic modifications, support, direction, andencouragement to all their students during this multidimensional class. This classroom supporthelps with retention rates within the major

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrea Magdalene Vasquez, Harvey Mudd College; David Kwan, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College; Sarah Silcox; Joseph John Sinopoli, Harvey Mudd College; Gordon G. Krauss, Harvey Mudd College

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. Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College Laura Palucki Blake is the Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Harvey Mudd Col- lege, where her primary role is to coordinate data collection, interpretation and dissemination to support teaching and learning, planning and decision-making across the college.Sarah SilcoxMr. Joseph John Sinopoli, Harvey Mudd CollegeProf. Gordon G. Krauss, Harvey Mudd College Gordon G. Krauss is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Engineering Design in the Department of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College. His design research interests include improving the way designers interact with each other in the design process and how design process tools are applied. Prior to joining Harvey