Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

for one or moresemesters and are assessed through “documented individual accomplishments and learning andskill development per the course learning objectives as well as the team’s accomplishments.”16Faculty, administrators, community members, project partners and graduate students can act asadvisors for the teams. There are EPICS graduate teaching assistants for the teams as well, whohelp advise project work, perform higher-level coordination, and grade student reflections andother work. At minimum, the project partner will answer questions that students have regardingthe organization. However, the project partner’s involvement with a team may vary considerablybased on their own interests and the complexity of the project. Some project

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Laboratory Experiences with Mechanical, Materials and Fluid Systems

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

institution had at that time was not sufficient for theirprojects nor was it adequate for learning this exciting technology.The disciplinary knowledge of 3D-printing technologies is assessed in courses like Engineeringof Manufacturing Processes and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) through courseexam questions and mandatory labs. In general, pre- and post-tests show a considerable increasein students’ knowledge of 3D-printing technologies. Successful completion of assigned labassignments shows students’ proficiency with 3D printers. For the manufacturing course, the lastschool-year when the department only had one 3D printer, students were exposed to 3D printingthrough a demonstration. Independent printing of parts for other courses and/or uses

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Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randy R. Rapp, Purdue Building Construction Management Dept.

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Graduate Studies

will typically continue to advance their career outside of the academic community,having a successful journal paper publication does not appear to be adequate incentive for themto invest the time required for revisions.As this program continues, it will be necessary to continually assess the impact of both thewriting instruction and writing output of the students. Even though there is some early evidenceof success, the sample size is small. The positive program completion outcome of the last twoyears may indeed be a function of the student character and study habits of these two cohorts orthe faculty involved in their guidance. It is important that the graduate faculty continue to seestudent writing quality that allows them to mentor students

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Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University; Rui Pan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carrie A. Wachter Morris, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

statistics in order to discoverthe primary interrelationships among survey questions. When performing factor analysis weexcluded questions 13-16 because these questions are on a scale of 1-100 whereas all otherquestions varied on a Likert scale from 1-6 (see Appendix A). Questions 13-16 were separatelyexamined and analyzed. The 33 items from the Empathy and Care Survey set on 6-point Likert scales withendpoints of strongly disagree and strongly agree were subjected to principal component analysis Page 24.991.5using SPSS version 20. Before performing this analysis we assessed the suitability of the data forfactor analysis. The correlation matrix

Conference Session

Ethical Behavior in Academia and Beyond

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

involving predatory journals are a matter of ethics. Several areas thatcomprise ethical breaches by predatory journals include trust, deception, and negligence.Trust“Academic publishing depends, to a great extent, on trust,” state the writers of BlackwellPublishing’s “best practices” policies. “Editors trust peer reviewers to provide fair assessments,authors trust editors to select appropriate peer reviewers, and readers put their trust in the peer-review process.”49 Trust allows readers to accept the information as credible, as it has beenthrough a number of editorial checks. While some errors do creep in and some legitimatepublishers may unwittingly fall prey to unscrupulous practices, as in the Elsevier scandal thatinvolved its Australian office

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Industrial Engineering Technical Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Townsend, University of Windsor; (Ruth) Jill Urbanic P.Eng., University of Windsor

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Industrial Engineering

iterativedevelopment beyond the workshop. Additional learning activities and assessments that alignwith the learning outcomes and student-identified learning interests could further develop studentlearning and inquire into its effect(s) on the students’ capstone project management performance.Conclusion Page 24.1015.10This paper outlines the pedagogical grounding and four-year empirical results of a projectmanagement workshop conducted with engineering undergraduate and graduate students. Theworkshop utilizes an experiential learning approach, specifically Deming’s plan-do-check-actcycle and a SOLO relational approach. Scaffolding the learning

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Freddy Solis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joseph V. Sinfield, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Vol. I, Social Science Research Institute. 1979, University of Maine, Orono.43. Leifer, R., et al., Radical innovation: how mature companies can outsmart upstarts. 2000, Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.44. Tushman, M. and J. Murmann, Dominant Designs, Technology Cycles, and Organizational Outcomes. Research in Organizational Behavior, 1998. 20: p. 231 - 266.45. Henderson, R. and K. Clark, Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1990. 35(1): p. 9- 30.46. Gatignon, H., et al., A Structural Approach to Assessing Innovation: Construct Development of Innovation Locus, Type, and Characteristics. Management Science

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New Trends in Computing and Information Technology Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kien A. Hua, University of Central Florida; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert J Beil, NASA Engineering and Safety Center; KUTALMIS AKPINAR, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida; Kyle A. Martin, University of Central Florida

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Computing & Information Technology

work utilizes a general-purpose saliency-based landmark detection algorithm for identifying ROIs which are thenindexed for retrieval using feature vectors extracted from the ROI images. We evaluate theretrieval performance of several feature vectors and assess the saliency-based landmark detectionperformance in comparison to a comprehensive crater database created using manual annotationand a CDA. Experimental results demonstrate the advantages of the general-purpose saliency-based CBIR system for exploring lunar surface imagery.1 IntroductionOuter space contains a vast amount of resources that offer virtually unlimited wealth to thepeople that can access and use them for commercial purposes. The Moon and asteroid belt have avariety of

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott L. Post, Bradley University

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Aerospace

.htm13. Wolsko, T.D. (1980) A Preliminary Assessment of the Satellite Power System (SPS) and Six Other EnergyTechnologies. Argonne National Laboratory Report ANL/AA-20.14. Esch, K. (1986) How NASA Prepared to Cope with Disaster. IEEE Spectrum, March 1986, pp. 32-36.15. Vaughan, D. (1997) The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA.University of Chicago Press.16. Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (1986). Available athttp://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/rogers-commission/table-of-contents.html orhttp://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/51lcover.htm17. Dunar, A.J. and Waring, S.P. (1991) Power to Explore: History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Clarke, Florida International Univeristy; Debra Lee Davis, Florida International University; Raymond Chang Lau, Florida International University; Tariq M. King, Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Tinto, editors, Collaborative Learning: A Sourcebook for Higher Education. National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, University Park, Pa., 1992.23 Wikipedia. Category:software testing tools, May 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: Software_testing_tools.24 Wikipedia. List of software bugs, Sept. 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_ bugs.25 WReSTT Team. WReSTT: Web-based Repository for Software Testing Tools, May 2012. http://wrestt.cis.fiu.edu/.26 Q. Yang, J. J. Li, and D. Weiss. A survey of coverage-based testing tools. The Computer Journal, 52(5):589–597, Apr. 2007.27 H. Zhu. A formal analysis of the subsume relation between software test adequacy

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Clifford J. Chapman, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

appropriate for use in classroom and instructional settings and likely pertainsto the college undergraduate or graduate levels. In presenting this paper, we will show theanimation, we will provide assessment data from use with students, and we will provide a linkfor download of the tool.We have employed this program in college classroom demonstrations, but not for student use onprojects yet. Student reaction, taken anecdotally so far and not rigorously sampled,enthusiastically supports the program’s value for illustrating machine behavior and for gainingfamiliarity with the output of a finite element program. Faculty reaction to this program haslikewise been quite enthusiastic, reinforcing with comments its value as a means to illustrateelementary

Conference Session

Ethical Behavior in Academia and Beyond

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward J. Eckel, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

academic second-language writing. Journal of Second Language Writing, 12(4), 317-345.50. Shi, L. (2010). Textual appropriation and citing behaviors of university undergraduates. Applied Linguistics, 31(1), 1-24.51. Shi, L. (2006). Cultural backgrounds and textual appropriation. Language Awareness, 15(4), 264-282.52. Moskal, B. M., & Leydens, J. A. (2000). Scoring rubric development: Validity and reliability. Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 7(10). Retrieved from http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=1053. Spinellis, D. (2003). The decay and failures of web references. Communications of the ACM, 46(1), 71-77.54. Bizzell, P. (1982). College composition: Initiation into the academic discourse community. [Book review

Conference Session

Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ivan Favila, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dana Michelle Tempel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elisandro Cabada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Libraries

of first- and second-year students enrolled in the COE. CARE offers peermentoring and tutoring, study and instructional programs (including information literacyinstruction), health and wellness programs, and collaborative and formal study group activities.CARE also offers course exam reviews, TA and faculty office hours, and periodic workshops ina variety of support areas. The CARE space and programs have been available to students sincethe beginning of the Fall semester, 2011. CARE employs more than 40 students as tutors andpeer advisors that offer their tutoring/advising services for over 30 different subjects, from noonto midnight Sunday through Friday. A number of techniques are being used to assess the efficacyof the CARE program. Since

Conference Session

Engineering Faculty: Interactions, Influences and Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Caitlyn R. McKinzie, University of Central Florida; Andre J Gesquiere, University of Central Florida; Sudipta Seal, University of Central Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #8899The Influence of Student-Faculty Interactions on Post-Graduation Intentionsin a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: A Case StudyDr. Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida Dr. Lisa Massi is the Director of Operations Analysis for Accreditation, Assessment, & Data Adminis- tration in the College of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. She is Co-PI of a NSF-funded S-STEM program and program evaluator for an NSF-funded REU program. Her research interests include factors that impact student persistence and career development in the STEM fields.Caitlyn R

Conference Session

Focus on African-American and Hispanic Engineering Students’ Professional and Academic Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

.[37] Greene, T., Marti, C., & McClenney, K. (2008). The effort-outcome gap: Differences for AfricanAmerican and Hispanic community college students in student engagement and academicachievement. Journal of Higher Education, 79(5), 513-539.[38] Chickering, A. W., Peters, K., & Palmer, R. T. (2006). Assessing the impact of the Morgan maleinitiative on leadership and excellence (MILE) Morgan State University. MD: Baltimore.[39] Pope, M. L. (2002). Community college mentoring: Minority student perception. Community CollegeReview, 30(3), 31-45.[40] Daloz, L. A. (1986). Effective Teaching and Mentoring: Realizing the Transformational Power of AdultLearning Experiences. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.[41] Fleming, J. (1984). Blacks in

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J. Dimas, University of California, Irvine; Faryar Jabbari, University of California, Irvine; John Billimek, University of California, Irvine

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Continuing Professional Development

areasonable amount of attention. Their short term value to the instructor was to identify conceptsthat remain problematic for a large number of students. Longer term, they serve as guide tostudents regarding what concepts are considered important by the instructor.In the last week of both classes a survey was conducted to assess student feedback on the use ofvarious recorded lectures and online quizzes in these courses. These surveys were integrated intothe online course shell as ungraded student Polls and could be filled out in less than 10 minutes.Aggregate data was also collected related to student activity on the website and theirperformance in class assignments, quizzes and exams.ResultsA majority of students in the study indicated that the

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan, University of Michigan

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Electrical and Computer

would be vital, can't think of many reasons outside of that.” n “I am not sure yet. I would have to spend more time on the topic to feel comfortable with the material enough to apply it.” Page 23.926.17  To assess how the lab interrelates with the rest of the course material, we asked “How well didthis Lab fit in with the other parts of the course?” The students’ comments were very positive: n “This lab is what I expected out of most of this course; it was fun, related to real devices/things we use every day, and made sense. This was the best lab so far.” n

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineer to assist students and follow the progress of the project. The involvement of aliaison engineer is a positive step in achieving success. Having students feel responsible andaccountable to an industrial “customer” seems to be an important factor in developing self-confidence and interpersonal skills, and learn about engineering practice. The success of aproject can often be assessed by the frequency of interaction between liaison engineers andstudents (4, 13) .Opinions vary as to the validity and effectiveness of industry-sponsored projects.Those in favor of industry-sponsored projects insist that students will not know what realengineering is like unless they work on a real world problem. On the other hand, those opposedto industry

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Technologist and the Civil Engineer – What’s the Difference?

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry G Cooke P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Todd Dunn, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Scott B. Wolcott P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

engineering technology baccalaureate program to pursue design careers and professionalengineering licensure compared to their civil engineering counterparts. An assessment of thisissue is made by using a survey to obtain the impressions of employers/supervisors at local civilengineering design firms who have experience with both groups of graduates. The survey isdesigned to ascertain the employers/supervisors impressions of the differences between the civilengineering technology and civil engineering graduates in terms of their (1) positions andresponsibilities within the company, (2) technical skills and knowledge when they are first hired,(3) overall engineering design abilities, (4) ability to develop the skill sets needed to become aprofessional

Conference Session

Materials

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad Dyab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Yuanwei Jin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Mechanical Engineering

Bar Apparatus for use with Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials, Master thesis, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 2012.5. Alan, D. J., Magleby, S. P., Sorensen, C. D., and Todd, R. H., A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 17-28, 1997.6. Lackey, L.W., Jenkins, H.E., Mines, R.O., and Schultz, S.R., Utilizing Senior Capstone Design as an Instrument for Student and Faculty Assessment of Program Outcomes, 2009 ASEE Conference, Marietta, GA, paper, 2009006MIN, pp. 1-11, April 2009.7. Todd, R.H., Sorensen, C. D., and Magleby, C. D., Designing a Capstone Course to satisfy industrial customers, Journal of Engineering

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Inez N. Moore, Howard University; Dawn G. Williams, Howard University; Leonard Bernard Bliss; Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 23.1073.9related to their academic and career goals. Means and standard deviations were calculated to quantify perceptions of social support and barriers. The responses for social support and barriers were assessed on a 5-point scale, with four potential choices: 1- Not likely at all, 2- A little likely, 3- Moderately likely, 4- Quite likely; and 5- Extremely likely. The higher the score indicated the greater the extent to which students‘ experienced or expected to experience varying types of social support or support barriers. Descriptive analysis revealed that on average, students reported that receiving support from family and friends was most likely to occur during their engineering education (see Table 3). The analysis also

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle; Elizabeth Burpee; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith P.E., Tuskegee University; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A Kuczenski, College of San Mateo / San Francisco State University

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Engineering Ethics

States. 4 Undergraduate engineering students have been reported to be some of themost likely to engage in academic dishonesty. 5-7 Whether this is due to academic pressures, peerpressure or perceptions, faculty involvement, or other factors, engineering students have self-reported dishonest behavior in over 80% of students. 4 Thus, academic dishonesty in engineeringis particularly worrisome as significant consequences to society may result from this dishonesty.Unfortunately, academically dishonest behavior by the students often leads to higher grades forthe student. Not only is this an unfair representation of the students’ knowledge and worth whichmisrepresents the student’s institution, but also is an unfair assessment when used as a predictor

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C Smith, University of Virginia; Barry Horowitz, University of Virginia; Thomas S. Brett, Dept of Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Systems Engineering

; systems&methodology,&modeling&and&analysis,&data& • Curriculum&based&on&existing&systems&engineering&graduate& analysis,&risk&assessment,&plus&key&business& programs&with&emphasis&on&professional&practice&across& concepts.& multiple&domains.& Page 23.1128.73) Tailored& • Coordination&with&the&Registrar's&office&to&ensure&that&the& • All&veterans&who&choose&

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Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward E. Osakue, Texas Southern University; Jonathan J. Lewis, Texas Southern University

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Engineering Technology

graduates in technology and engineering to be morecompetent in the use of SI units and standards. Training our students for competence in the jobmarket is important to all of us. In fact, job placement rate is one of the assessment criteria ofvarious Accreditation bodies of programs. SI literacy and competence are factors that will berelevant in getting employed in a global economy which can influence placement rates.This paper discusses strategies for accelerating the training of engineering and technologystudents in the use of the SI units system in post-secondary technical education system. This willeventually help in metricating the whole economy due the predominance of graduates literateand competent in SI usage. A M20-50 strategy is proposed

Conference Session

Visualization tools and uses in graphics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melchor Garcia Dominguez, Universidad de Las palmas de Gran Canaria; Jorge Martin-Gutierrez, Universidad de La Laguna; Cristina Roca, University of Las Plamas de Gran Canaria

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Engineering Design Graphics

Analysis of Visual Spatial Ability in Academically Talented Page 23.1253.15 Students. Learning and Individual Differences, 11, 137-151.10. Linn, M., & Petersen, A. (1985). Emergence and characterization of sex differences in spatial ability: a meta- analysis. Child Development, 56(6), 1479–1498.11. Lohman, D. F. (1996) Spatial Ability and G. In I. Dennis, & P. Tapsfield (Eds.), Human abilities: Their nature and assessment, (pp. 97-116). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.12. Pellegrino, J., Alderton, D. & Shute, V. (1984). Understanding spatial ability. Educational Psychologist, 19(3), 239–253.13. Olkun, S. (2003-Apr

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

degree in engineering. To help students complete college,Tinto tells us that there are four conditions for student success: high expectations; academic,social, and often financial support; assessment and feedback; and involvement or engagement.3For the past 10 years, the author and colleagues have been collaborating with CCs, working withtheir students, and helping them to transfer. We visit the CCs and speak with their students in themathematics and science classes, make high school visits with CC representatives to encouragemore students to consider engineering and attend their local CC, help provide scholarships bothat the CC and the university for transfer students, smooth the transfer process, and work to meetTinto’s four conditions for

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth (elisha) Mh Garcia, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Deanna L Bergondo, United States Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

impression of the course, (2) the instructors,(3) the presentations, (4) the students’ self-assessment of topic competency, (5) the overallunderstanding of marine renewable energy, and (6) the research tools used by students. Possibleresponses were: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly Disagree, and NotApplicable. In Table 4, those questions that highlight the course strengths and weaknesses ofboth 2009 and 2012 are presented. A positive response represents the sum of Strongly Agreeand Agree, while a Negative response represents the sum of Disagree and Strongly Disagree.Similar trends were seen in the course feedback between the two offerings. The students seemedto overwhelmingly enjoy the course and find it beneficial to have taken it

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen B. Coletti, Northeastern University; Melinda Covert, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Lauren Gianino, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Emily Wisniewski, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

, regardless of their choice ofsub discipline for subsequent specialization, occasionally show up late for classes or neglect toparticipate, which further complicates the ability to administer surveys of freshmen. The numberof responses we received (221), however, offer the opportunity to assess a significant number ofstudents and their perceptions. Continued efforts are needed to identify the perceptions andneeds of non-respondents and is a subject of current attention.In conclusion, this paper revealed information that can be used to improve the implementationand design future resources for supplemental instruction for freshmen engineers. There is aconfirmed gap in the trigger point for male and female participation in extra help resource

Conference Session

Computer Hardware and Simulation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

assess our results. Inaddition we are most concerned that our students still have meaningful experiences in thelaboratory and lecture components of the course. In this paper we also present our future plans.Introduction Page 23.1288.2This paper outlines our experiences from the Fall 2012 semester in adopting the complexprogrammable logic device (CPLD) into our introductory logic circuits course. These effortsinvolve integrating the technology deeper into the course and developing entirely new contentfor that purpose. Our research started in the Fall 2011 semester, when we successfully adopteda CPLD in our course, see Hill, Yu1 for details. At that