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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2019 Best PIC, Zone, and Diversity Papers Live Q&A
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Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Jay Oswald, Arizona State University
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2019 Best Zone & PIC Papers
significantly higher in the mixed class thanin either the flipped or traditional sections. Overall, the grades reflected similar outcomes to theexams where students in the mixed section outperformed students in both the flipped andtraditional sections. This indicates that, despite some promise shown in the flipped coursesection, students in that section were still not able to achieve at the same level as their peers inthe mixed-delivery class. The reason for this outcome answer may be due to the reinforcement ofideas provided by the combination of lecture and video in the mixed section (described in moredetail below) as well as the difficulty students and faculty experience with transitioning to aflipped classroom model.As noted in the literature
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Curricular Advancements in ECE
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Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University
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Electrical and Computer
practice of cyber security. While the three technicalcourses focused on weekly lab exercises, this course focuses on giving students contact withguest lecturers from government and industry who work in cyber security. The discussions focusaround current legal and ethical issues that face practitioners every day. Students completeweekly reflection writings and in class activities/discussions that focus on current events and/orguest lecturers’ materials. In addition to the weekly assignments, students will write a researchpaper on a cyber security ethical or legal topic of their choosing. It should also be noted the EEand Cpr E programs are discussing adding this course to their curriculum.Technical Elective CoursesThe electives for the cyber
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Developing Technological Literacy in Students
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Justin Lee Clough, University of Southern California; Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California; Gautam Salhotra, University of Southern California; Colin G. Cess, University of Southern California; Rey Pocius, University of Southern California; Katie Mills, University of Southern California
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Diversity
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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
eagerness to program the robots. Besidesbeing exposed to advanced mathematical material, the teachers were able to use this to bridge intoother academic areas. To help their students learn to identify angles, teachers used sentence wordgaps (shown in Figure 2), a technique commonly used in teaching language arts.Figure 2: A first-grade teacher at an elementary school, using the sentence word gaps to teach earlyelementary students the angles they need to program the direction of the robots.BOTS consisted of a series of progressive PD sessions held for three hours on a Saturday morningalmost monthly throughout the academic year. Each session built upon the previous and gave theteachers the opportunity to reflect and receive feedback on their
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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 6
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Kip D. Coonley, Duke University; Alexander Gregory Culbert, Duke University; Aaron Franklin, Duke University
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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies
microprocessors. This experiment allows students to observe reverse breakdown inthe laboratory in a practical way using a Zener diode. They also see how it can be used in a circuitthrough simulation where the clamping behavior of the diode is observed. The curious studentwill ask where the additional voltage goes in the circuit. The increased current flow through thediode when the input voltage is increased can be observed in simulation to answer thisquestion.Assessment and ResultsThe laboratory assessment survey conducted at the end of the semester asked students to considerseveral reflective questions. The complete survey presented to students is show in Appendix A.The questions posed were pedagogical in nature and sought student impressions of
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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!
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Thomas W. DeNucci, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Elizabeth (Elisha) M.H. Garcia, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
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Mechanical Engineering
exception of the (U)nsatisfactoryrange. Program faculty elected to include a grade of “D” (60-70%) within the (U)nsatisfactory rather than in the(M)arginal category because earning a “D” on an assignment negatively impacts the Naval Architecture and MarineEngineering graduation requirement of a 2.0 GPA.Since most Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering student cohort sizes are not large enough to report overallpercentages (no statistical significance), raw scores in each category are used to better reflect the underlyingdistribution of performance. Therefore, to calculate the EAMU Vector, the raw number of Naval Architecture andMarine Engineering students earning a grade in each scoring band are tallied, not the overall percentage of
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Chemical Engineering in the Junior and Senior Year
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Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Kevin J Cash, Colorado School of Mines
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Chemical Engineering
that the Aspen Plus instructor slow down or otherwise provide“helping moments” during the lectures to ensure students keep up with the tutorial or examplemodels. Students responded well to this change, both in the mid-semester survey and in courseevaluations, leading the instructor to adopt this teaching method permanently.The in-person feedback session was a lunch-time meeting (with pizza provided by thedepartment) including the coordinators of the course and a panel of students selected from agroup of volunteers. The student panel was chosen to reflect the full range of academicperformers in the class as well as the diversity of experiences from working on different projects(with different advisors). These sessions often provided the most
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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6
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Ciprian Popoviciu, East Carolina University; Philip J. Lunsford II, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University; Colby Lee Sawyer, East Carolina University; Jarvis Woodburn; Zachary Ryan Zynda, East Carolina University; Dale Drummond, East Carolina University
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Computing and Information Technology
subsequent sections detail the technology and design choices for this platform.4. Target MetricsTraditional IT organizations are currently siloed around aspects of service delivery: network and transport,data center, applications, security, etc [8]. This segmentation was driven by increasingly complextechnologies in each of these service delivery domains. While in smaller organizations these siloed arereflected in domains of expertise mastered by members of the staff, in medium and large organizations,5IT organizational charts identify specific teams for each of the domains mentioned. This segmentation isnaturally reflected in the skills developed by respective teams, the operating processes they develop, andthe tools used to manage the scope of the
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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6
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Lourdes A. Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Olga Beatriz Rivera, Amgen Manufacturing Limited; Nolgie Oquendo-Colon, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Maria Angelica Velazquez, Montana State University
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Diversity
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Women in Engineering
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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3
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Rick Evans, Cornell University; Jeffrey Moses, Cornell University; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, Cornell University
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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies
solution. Having determinedthe calibration and spatial resolution, Jaun and her partner went ahead and imaged a Bell Lab computer chip … with the settings of an x and y range of 300 µm and 200 x and y pointsJaun did not comment on the success or failure of imaging the computer chip, but did include afigure picturing that computer chip. Additionally, they chode a goldfish scale and while the details of the scale are most likely too small to capture with this microscope … there is a very clearly reflective region of the scale and some interesting contour linesStage 4Jaun ends her entry with stage 4, the “Conclusion.” the … lab resulted in imaging samples and determining the calibration factor for the microscope
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First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #2
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Peter M. Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Susan Nesbit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Naoko Ellis P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Gerald Tembrevilla, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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First-Year Programs
. Thisstrongly relates to metacognition.As described by Schraw and Dennison [2], metacognition refers to “the ability to reflect on,understand, and control one’s learning.” Sometimes described by the informal shorthand“thinking about thinking,” a more formal definition of metacognition typically includes elementsof knowledge of cognition (declarative knowledge involved with understanding learningprocesses and strategies, and knowing when to adopt a particular strategy), and regulation ofcognition (procedural knowledge of planning, monitoring, and adapting one’s learning) [3];although many other distinctions for elements of metacognition exist [4].Metacognition is a key asset as students transition to the more independent post-secondarylearning
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STEM Issues in ET
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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; David E. Thompson, Sam Houston State University
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Diversity
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Engineering Technology
reading more and more.  This class has opened my eyes to what I want to do. It allows a person to really self-reflect on their opinions and career goals.  I learned how much work takes to make a research paper, and the time to make sure you understand the main goals of the experiment.  I learned how to breakdown a scientific paper, and I was interested to … research opportunities that I wouldn’t have known of otherwise.  Breaking down the research process and explaining how it’s done. Then being able to examine research that has been conducted helped to understand the process better.  Learning to actively look for jobs in detail and make sure
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Identity, Culture, and Socialization
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Benjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Jennifer M. Case, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
asked to reflect on their choice ofuniversity and major, as well as their experiences with courses and assessment. Furthermore,participants were asked to speak about various aspects of their social experience thus far in theiruniversity career, including the disciplinary makeup of their friend group and their participationin disciplinary professional societies and other extracurricular activities. Interviews lastedapproximately one hour each. The recordings were sent to a professional transcription serviceand were checked once more by the research team to ensure the accuracy of the transcript.AnalysisThe process for this analysis began with familiarization with each of the individual participant’sinterview transcript. Each was read first for
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Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment
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Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; Jasmine D. Crenshaw, University of Virginia
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Diversity
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Graduate Studies
important factor in a potential faculty member’s decision to join.Additionally, PhD students play a vital role in mentorship of undergraduate students, serving asteaching assistants in courses and as mentors in the laboratory. Graduate students can beparticularly influential role models for undergraduates considering research careers. Finally,graduate students that go on to successful careers in a variety of sectors plays a crucial part inexpanding the reputation of the School. Their success is a direct reflection of the laboratoriesand faculty that mentored them.Just as important as the number of graduate students is the diversity of the student body. TheNational Science Foundation (NSF), other members of the National Academies, and the USCongress
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Teaching and Learning in Online Environments
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Stefanos Papanikolaou, West Virginia University
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Educational Research and Methods
outcomes, reflecting the skills and attributes that all MechanicalEngineering students are expected to possess at the time of graduation. These student outcomesare based on documentation collected during the annual assessment process and represent acombination of direct and indirect measures, such as the performance of student work, FE examresults, formal survey data, as well as data of specific curriculum courses' completion. Thecourse of Thermodynamics represents a significant portion of the FE exam (~10%). In thisevidence-based practice study, students were tested weekly under the FE exam format (3 minutesper question, 4-5 questions) in a pre-set time interval. The exams were administered throughGoogle Classroom and Google Forms, and students
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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6
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Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Nathan E Canney P.E., CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Benjamin V Fell P.E., California State University, Sacramento
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Diversity
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Community Engagement Division
elementary students, and in discussing possible pathways intoengineering with the elementary students. Perhaps these changes could improve the impact of theWP on college students, and provide further evidence for positive impacts on the elementarystudents.AcknowledgementThis research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, ornot-for-profit sectors. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed inthis paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the university.ReferencesBielefeldt, A. R., & Canney, N. (2014). Impacts of service-learning on the professional social responsibility attitudes of engineering students. International Journal for Service
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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16
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Camille Msall, Northwestern University; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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Pre-College Engineering Education
, a software component, and several workbook pages. The modules are asfollows: • Surfaces and Solids of Revolution • Combining Solids • Isometric Drawings and Coded Plans* • Orthographic Drawings* • Folding Flat Patterns • Rotation of Objects about One Axis* • Rotation of Objects about Two or More Axes* • Reflections and Symmetry • Cross-sections of SolidsOf the nine modules listed above, there are four sketching intensive modules (marked with anasterisk) that involve the use of manipulatives (snap cubes). Sketching modules require studentsto build an indicated shape and sketch it from a different perspective. Research suggests that thisprocess of sketching and handling physical objects is important to
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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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Michael James Deigert P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering
, configuring and designing structural elements and systems for abuilding from beginning to end of the design. Figures 4 - 8 provide one example of the design,review, and resubmittal process that occurred between the faculty and student team duringARCE 226. The submittals reflect the conceptual development of a building design and itsstructural solution refined over advancing stages of a project. Figure 4: Submittal 1a – 3D drawing of original building formFigure 5: Submittal 1a – Representative Framing plans for 3D structure shown aboveFigure 6: Submittal 3a – Refined Framing plans Figure 7: Final Submittal – 3D Framing Figure 8: Final Submittal – Representative Framing PlansThe noted advantages of using Bluebeam for the
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ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I
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Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
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Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences
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Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut
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Diversity
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Multidisciplinary Engineering
inFigure 8a and b, respectively. Students in Group B were substantially more confident inunderstanding the project geometry compared to Group A, which was reflected in theirrespective scores on the problems. A total of 79% of students in Group B noted they eitheragreed or strongly agreed that it was easy for them to understand the geometric parameters. Only37% of students from Group A found it easy (agreed or strongly agreed) to comprehend theproblem by having access to 2D model. The survey also showed that Group B participants werequite confident in their understanding, despite many of the students making minor errors inunderstanding the nailing details in the problem. (a) (b)Figure
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Improving and Understanding Engineering Collections and Publication
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Susan B. Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Richard J. Zwiercan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Engineering Libraries
] describes a subject guide included a list of print standard sets in thecollection and links to licensed and public standards indexes, including the aggregator throughwhich a patron could request an item. Dunn and Xie [13] mention a library guide about standardsin their case study. Kozak [10] describes creation of a list of standards in the collection oravailable through an on-demand aggregator for internal use. There are clearly a variety ofmechanisms used for outreach to patrons and library colleagues, which likely reflect thecommunication modes familiar and available to each library.Academic libraries’ various approaches to providing information about and access to standardsdocuments will likely continue to proliferate. While the engineering
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Faculty Development Research
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Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Dartmouth College; Christopher Miller, Dartmouth College
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Faculty Development Division
include clustering, geneticalgorithms, and hill climbing optimization. The latter is the approach we take.2.1 ClusteringClustering algorithms can be used to group data using some measure of similarity. They work by groupingpoints which are close together into the same clusters. In common approaches such as k-means or fuzzyc-means clustering, this is done by repeatedly assigning points to clusters based on cluster centroidsand updating cluster centroids to reflect the newly assigned points until convergence. This approach iscomputationally efficient, but poses some challenges. Clustering algorithms are inherently designed togroup similar points together, which limits these algorithms to producing homogeneous groups. And whileclustering algorithms
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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2: Poster Presentations
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Alexander Henderson, San Jose State University ; Alexander Garcia, San Jose State University
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Mathematics
Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Improving STEM Education by Analyzing the Design of a BottleAbstractSTEM education for students is an essential aspect of today’s education since it leads to greaterdevelopment in the modern world and more technological achievements. Achieving this sort ofeducation can be done by performing an engineering analysis to determine the volume content ofa wine bottle. The project conducted here was to determine the volume of a wine bottle bymeasuring it at various points and using mathematics to perform this real-world analysis. Itsobjective is not only to reflect on what was done but to introduce it as a STEM-related project toencourage new growth within the STEM fields. There was also extended reasoning
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New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids
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Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chirantan Mahipal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert Thomas Baird, University of Illinois Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ruihua Sui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maryalice S. Wu; Rob Kooper, NCSA / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Diversity
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New Engineering Educators
students to reflect on how useful ClassTranscribe was for learning, preparing examsand working on assignments. Students reported favorable and similar utility in all threecategories (see the Lickert results presented in Fig. 5). Only one respondent chose “Not at alluseful.” Figure 5. Survey responses to the utility of ClassTranscribe for learning, preparing for exams and working on assignments in a bioengineering sophomore required laboratory course. Note for comparative visualization purposes, we conservatively represent “moderately useful” as a neutral response.These results are congruent with the survey results from earlier surveys in ECE and CS coursesthat have larger sample sizes which we report in the next section.The
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ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I
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Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
reviews are to be used by your instructor as an aid in determining your individual and group teamwork scores. Do not discuss how you have scored each other. Confidentiality is needed to ensure scores reflect performance and not personal relationships among team members. CATEGORY 4 3 2 1Working with Others Almost always listens to, Usually listens to, Often listens to, shares Rarely listens to, shares shares with, and shares, with, and with, and supports the with, and supports the supports the efforts of supports the efforts of
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Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum
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Mary Roth, Lafayette College; Haritha Malladi, Lafayette College
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Civil Engineering
/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting- engineering-programs-2020-2021/. [Accessed: 10-Jan-2020].[13] C. F. Murphy et al., “Sustainability in Engineering Education and Research at U.S. Universities,” Environ. Sci. Technol., vol. 43, no. 15, pp. 5558–5564, Aug. 2009, doi: 10.1021/es900170m.[14] D. Nieusma, “‘Sustainability’ As An Integrative Lens For Engineering Education: Initial Reflections On Four Approaches Taken At Rensselaer,” presented at the 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2009, pp. 14.1386.1-14.1386.16.[15] G. Catalano, “Modeling Nature: Green Engineering For A Sustainable World,” presented at the 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2010, pp. 15.881.1-15.881.10.[16] J. L. Aurandt and E. C. Butler
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NSF Grantees: Diversity 3
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Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College; Ruzica Todorovic, Wilbur Wright College
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
Center 5. Continue the engineering specific tutoring and provide the engineering cohort leadership opportunities and a community in which they feel they can belong. 6. Create a programmatic pre-engineering track. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-1832553. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Approved by the City Colleges of Chicago IRB (IRB2018007). 11[1] T. D. Holmlund, K. Lesseig, and D. Slavit
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ENT Division Technical Session: Competitions, Challenges, and Teams
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Sandra Furnbach Clavijo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Matthew Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology; Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Diversity
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
judges. We provide tablets, orjudges can use their phones or other electronic devices to rank and score the pitches. The scoresremain hidden during the competition. With anonymity guaranteed, the judges are unafraid touse the entire range of the scoring card: 1 - 10. The scoring form not only lists the category, butalso a small explanation reminder to enable consistent scoring. A score of 10 reflects the highestachievement. The team can get a maximum score of 50. There are five overall categories toevaluate the delivery and content of a pitch. • Presentation: verbal, non-verbal and ownership of the pitch. A “read straight from the script” situation is valued at the lowest score of 1; on the other end, a true “evangelist
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Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses
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Leslie R Brunell P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)
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Diversity
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Civil Engineering
engineering design to produce solutions that meet specific needs with consideration ofpublic health, safety and welfare as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economicfactors [2].” Applying these criteria into the Civil Engineering Capstone Design which exposesthe senior engineering students to real-world design challenges reflects experiences students willface as professionals, benefiting those who plan to pursue engineering careers after graduation.Exposing students to both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Envision RatingSystem aligns with both the ASCE BOK and ABET criteria requiring engineers to understandthe importance of sustainability within their designs. The Capstone Design projects examinedwithin this study are
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NSF Grantees: Student Learning 2
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Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University; Caleb Redshaw, Arizona State University; Abhishek Gupta; Shatrughn Gupta, Arizona State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso; Deanna Bailey, Morgan State University; Willie L. Thompson II, Morgan State University; Srividya Kona Bansal, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
of the students at ASU, though some students there were also challenged by them.It may be desirable to introduce more features to customize the level of the exercises to differentstudent populations and to give instructors more flexibility on which levels they can choose toassign. Such adaptations will be explored in future work.The biggest differences between institutions appeared to be on the preference between CircuitTutor and other options, which may reflect the use of different electronic homework systems atdifferent institutions. For example, WileyPLUS is used at ASU and Pearson’s Fig. 5. Results of an end-of-semester survey at three different institutions in Fall 2019 covering the entire Circuit Tutor system (not just the topics
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Introduction to the Field of Biomedical Engineering - June 25th
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Christine E. King, University of California, Irvine; Beth A. Lopour, University of California, Irvine
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Diversity
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Biomedical Engineering
know has a correct answer,and I think this made a big impression on the students.”These issues reflect the underlying challenges and misconceptions of the scientific method forstudents who are new to research. Because students are typically given close-ended problems intheir high school courses, where there is a specific “right” answer, it is difficult for them tounderstand that most real life applications of engineering and science are open-ended and thatmultiple solutions can produce the same result. This has been evident in prior research [15],showing that restricted lab procedures in high schools frequently result in moderate learningprocesses, as students do not spend adequate time in sense-making (i.e. making sense of orgiving meaning to