Conference Session

Learning Strategies

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Yareni P. Lara-Rodríguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Rafael Jose Baez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Manufacturing

part, which also can affect the geometrical tolerancesprocess learning, one of the important assessments to evaluate at the final of the laboratory class.This paper examines how pretraining sessions, following the philosophy of spaced practice,helps to improve the geometrical tolerance in the final part, and the corresponding learningprocess. The comparison was carried out between two different laboratory sections, one sectionexperimented with the extra training session and the other one only performed the regulartraining. This paper presents the results from Spring 2019, including qualitative measures,particularly in tolerance gap reduction. The statistical analysis used was a two-sample T-test, andthe p-value was 0.443 which indicates the

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Teaching Interventions in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 22nd

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Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical Engineering

of American Society of Engineering Education AnnualConference, Vancouver, BC, June 2011.[3] M. S. Reid, “The Assessment of Ethical and Sustainable Engineering Studies inUndergraduate University Education,” Proceedings of American Society of EngineeringEducation Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 2011.[4] S. Spierre, E. A. Martin, J. Sadowski, A. Berardy, S. McClintock, S. Augustin, N. Hohman,and J. G. Banna, “An Experiential Pedagogy for Sustainability Ethics,” Proceedings of AmericanSociety of Engineering Education Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 2012.[5] N. A. Andrade and D. Tomblin, “Engineering and Sustainability: The Challenge ofIntegrating Social and Ethical Issues into a Technical Course,” Proceedings of American

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Teaching Assistants, Supplemental Instruction, and Classroom Support

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Nathan L. Anderson, California State University, Chico

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

student performance. The classes were taught sequentially, one semester afteranother, and were taught by the same instructor to avoid any confounding variation. One in thetraditional matter with no technology/SI implementation as well as a second redesigned versionwith the technology/SI implementation. In the redesigned version the SI leader went throughboth pedagogy and problem break-down trainings, led two weekly SI sessions, and created alltheir own content for the sessions. Assessment measures such as homework, quizzes, and examswritten to be equivalent from a conceptual and difficulty standpoint. One of the key indicators ofsuccess for SI is improvement of the DFW (students receiving a D, F, or W) rate [4]. Figure 1shows a histogram of grade

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

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Jordan Farina, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland ; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

Rebecca Levison is a graduate research fellow working on her doctorate in education at the University of Portland. As a research fellow, Rebecca works on a KEEN assessment project and partnership between the School of Education and the School of Engineering to improve engineering education. When not working on the KEEN project, she works full time for Portland Public Schools as an ESL Teacher on Special Assignment. In that role, Rebecca writes science curriculum accessible to language learners that aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards and trains teachers how to implement new strategies for all learners.Dr. Nicole Ralston, University of Portland c American Society for Engineering

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Evidence-based Practices in Faculty Development

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Mary Slowinski, College of the Canyons; Gabrielle P. Temple; Kenneth Walz, Madison Area Technical College

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Faculty Development Division

to travel and then reporting out post-travel can be helpful in accomplishing this. • Plan and budget for dissemination opportunities for participants. Conference presentations, panel discussions and article submissions cement lessons learned and provide opportunities for participants to share experiences with others, thereby magnifying the impact of the project. • Plan to measure both immediate outcomes and longer-term impacts to assess the success of the project. The impacts of such professional development experiences often take 1-2 years to manifest and it is important that project organizers plan and budget accordingly to capture such impacts. • Do not underestimate the amount of work such

Conference Session

Lessons Learned about Faculty Development!

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Erica Jean Hagen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Elizabeth C Harris, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Faculty Development Division

your responsibilities and Days common concerns about the first day? How do you make the transition from being an undergraduate student to a TA teaching undergraduates? Will you also have time for course work and research? Working in small groups, you will come up with answers to these questions. Experienced TAs will share some of their stories. Workshop 2: This interactive workshop will provide strategies for active teaching and Engaging Students learning in your courses, including elements of instructional design, and approaches to promote and assess student learning. Safety Lunch This workshop

Conference Session

Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #28528Listening to Community Voices as Part of Ethical Civil Engineering:Experiences in Civil Engineering CoursesDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Thought

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Andrew Olewnik, State University of New York at Buffalo; Randy K. Yerrick, State University of New York at Buffalo; Manoj Madabhushi; Rachith R. Ramaswamy, State University of New York at Buffalo; Yonghee Lee, State University of New York at Buffalo; Hala Alfadhli, State University of New York at Buffalo; Amanda A. Simmons, State University of New York at Buffalo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

his assessment that engineering students are often not preparedfor problems common in practice because they are not adequately exposed to the different typesof problems, nor the varied technical and non-technical aspects of engineering problem solving,during their education.Based on first hand observation, the work of Jonassen [1–3] and other researchers investigatingthe nature of engineering work [4] and novice versus expert problem solving [5], we believe it iscritical that students be given both opportunities to practice solving ill-structured problems and areflective framework and language representing the different types of problems encountered byengineers to help them in unpacking and translating those experiences to other

Conference Session

Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Melissa McDaniels, Michigan State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

programs offered by CIMER, and is amodular curriculum with flexible materials covering topics such as:  Aligning Expectations  Assessing Understanding  Maintaining Effective Communications  Fostering Independence  Promoting Professional Development  Addressing Equity and Inclusion  Articulating Mentoring Philosophy and Plan  Cultivating Ethical Behavior Similar training is available through CIMER for research mentees, called “Entering Research”[9]. As CIMER’s mission is to build capacity for inclusive research mentoring nationwide, theorganization also delivers Entering Mentoring and Entering Research Facilitator Training tobuild a national network of

Conference Session

Mental Health of Graduate Students

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Amanda C. Arnold, Arizona State University; Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, University of Massachusetts Boston; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Madison Natarajan, University of Massachusetts Boston; Ashley K. Randall, Arizona State University ; Roxanna Francies, Arizona State University; Chinwendu Elyse Okwu, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Conference Session

Instruments and Methods for Studying Student Experiences and Outcomes

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David Reeping, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Educational Research and Methods

-based modeling of educational systems, and advancing quantitative and fully integrated mixed methods.Dr. Cherie D Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Cherie D. Edwards is an Education Research Assistant Professor in the Office of Assessment, Eval- uation, and Scholarship in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research and scholarship are focused on exploring the implementation of mixed methods, qualitative, and arts- informed research designs in studies examining issues of education research. Her work in these areas includes but is not limited to her dissertation study examining youth acculturation patterns through an arts-informed approach to mixed methods, exploring

Conference Session

Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

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Hindolo Michael Kamanda, University of Georgia; Davis George Anderson Wilson, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; James L. Huff, Harding University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

nature and significant implications. For our purposes, academic sources ofexpectations were defined as all activities, assessments, and requirements which serve asmeasures of academic competence of engineering students. An example of such expectations is acourse exam which evaluates students’ knowledge and understanding of the relevant coursematerial.Figure 2: Contextual model for sources of expectations and ways of internalizing expectationsThe following statements from Tehzlyn, a second-year mechanical engineering major, illustratestudents’ academic responsibilities, specifically managing their own learning and preparing foracademic evaluations. “Yeah, I think that what you're saying, they can't cover everything in a class, and so

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy I

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Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York; Yeong Ryu, State University of New York

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

utilization of graphene oxide inminimizing the amount of platinum, as a precious metal, to reduce the PEM fuel cell overallprice and improve its commercialization.References:[1] Marinkas, Arena, et al. “Graphene as catalyst support: The influences of Carbon additives andcatalyst preparation methods on the performance of PEM fuel cells.” Elsevier, Feb. 2013, pp. 139-150.[2] Marinkas, Hempelmann, et al. “Enhanced Stability Multilayer graphene – supported catalystfor electrolyte membrane fuel cell cathodes.” Journal of power sources, July 2015, pp.79-91.[3] Nano Graphene Oxide Powder, 100 mg. Graphene supermarket, 2018, graphene-supermarket.com. Assessed Oct. 2018.

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

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James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville

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Computers in Education

instruction in ladder-logic based programming methodology. The Cornerstone Project for current course iteration(s)involves the construction and design of a windmill system; which includes the integration of awindmill, student-built AC motors, DC motors, circuitry, and data acquisition systems. Includedwithin the Cornerstone demonstration assessment is a component dedicated to student-programmed windmill parameter display. By means of integrated circuitry and programmingexecuted via both the Arduinos and PLCs, Cornerstone demonstration(s) related to theprogramming aspect involves the inclusion of an LCD screen that displays five different, real-time windmill system parameters upon toggling of a pushbutton. The displayed parameters are(1) windmill

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 5

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Alaa Abdalla, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech ; Jennifer M Case, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Student

joining VT, Dr. Pitterson was a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She holds a PhD in Engi- neering Education from Purdue University and other degrees in Manufacturing Engineering from Western Illinois University and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Technol- ogy, Jamaica. Her research interests are exploring students’ disciplinary identity through engagement with knowledge, curriculum design, assessment and evaluation and teaching for conceptual understanding.Dr. Jennifer ”Jenni” M Case, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jennifer Case is Head and Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds an honorary position

Conference Session

Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum

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Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Thinesh Selvaratnam

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Civil Engineering

documented as part of the project effort. Each first-yearstudent team completes a design-build-test project centered around the design and manufacturingof a functional 3D printed structure that satisfies realistic constraints. Structural analysis anddesign are completed using an open-source CAD software, and a prototype of the structure isprinted using a PLA plastic printer available to each team within a designated makerspace.Quantitative methods were used to assess the student attitudes within the different cohorts usingpre/post questionnaires. Four different civil engineering student cohorts were surveyed:freshman, sophomore, and juniors (completed redesigned course), and senior students(completed course prior to course redesign). The survey

Conference Session

Instructional technologies - Simulations, VR, Remote Education

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

executed only when requested, rather than loading the entire program at the beginning.We will also provide a better view of the 3D rendering model using multiple images fromwebcams positioned at different locations within the machine work envelope. Finally, we willconduct a formal assessment of students’ learning.AcknowledgementsThis material was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Advanced TechnologyEducation Program (award no. 1304843). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflectthe views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography[1] Hsieh, S. “Design of Remotely Accessible Automated Systems to Enhance Industrial Automation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 1

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Timothy A. Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Erin Elizabeth Bowen, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Carlos Alberto Castro, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Retrospective assesses the overall process of the justcompleted sprint and identifies opportunities for improvement. One process improvement fromthe Sprint Retrospective, the kaizen, is incorporated into the next Sprint Backlog, facilitatingcontinuous improvement. Scrum is empirical, and all work done under the Scrum framework hasassociated metrics including value to the customer and effort required to complete the workelement [8].Scrum in its original form was designed for small team (3-8 people) working on one product. Asproducts become more complex, there is a need for more than one team to collaborate in itsproduction. Scrum at Scale (Scrum@Scale) helps to organize multiple scrum teamscollaboratively while delivering value for the organization (i.e

Conference Session

Professional Development for Graduate Students

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Astri Briliyanti, Michigan State University; Julie W. Rojewski, Michigan State University; Dirk Joel Luchini Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies

 and Inclusion 11  Leading with Principles: Ethics  12  Mentoring: Aligning Expectations and Maintaining Effective Communications 13  Mentoring: Promoting Professional Development, Assessing Understanding and Fostering  Independence  14  Mentoring: Mentoring Up  15  Review, Evaluations and Final CertificationParticipantsEighteen graduate students from Michigan State University enrolled in the pilot offering ofCMSE 890 in Spring 2019. Several types of evaluation were conducted during the semester,including:  Pre- and post-test surveys for the CyberAmbassadors training materials  Post-test survey for the Entering Mentoring training materials  Post-course survey used routinely to rate classes and

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Nathan E Canney P.E., CYS Structural Engineers Inc. Dr. Canney conducts research focused on engineering education, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other

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M1C: WIP - Readiness and Professional Development

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2019 FYEE Conference

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Todd France, Ohio Northern University; J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Lauren H. Logan, Ohio Northern University; Louis A DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

Dr. Hylton is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Coordinator of the First-Year Engi- neering experience for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He previously completed his graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he conducted re- search in both the School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Engineering Education. Prior to Purdue, he completed his undergraduate work at the University of Tulsa, also in Mechanical Engineering. He currently teaches first-year engineering courses as well as various courses in Mechanical Engineering, primarily in the mechanics area. His pedagogical research areas include standards-based assessment and

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Michael Martin

projects, SAE Baja Club projects, and other university/industry projects. The lab consistsof two Hass VF-1 vertical machining centers, a Hass SL-10 turning center, four Haas TL-2 turningcenters, 7 Hass CSMD training displays, and four desktop computers loaded with Solidworks andMastercam (see pictures below). Students are also able to load Solidworks and Mastercam on theiruniversity-issued laptop computers to enable them to work remotely on their projects. Figure 2: Picture of CNC mills at NMU Figure 3: Picture of Hass CSMD trainers CNC Lab. and desktop computers in NMU CNC Lab.RESULTS Due to an internal outcomes assessment initiative, employment and salary information forgraduates from the

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Leonard Anderson; Aslah K Alshaiea

graduation date by more than one semester. The trial was a success. Though the pedagogyof capstone design course varies from university to university, program to program, many of theideas and practices from this trial can be incorporated into many different capstone designcourses.References 1. Davis, D., Beyerlein, S., Trevisan, M., McKenzie, L., and Gentili, K. (2002). “Innovations in Design Education Catalyzed by Outcomes-Based Accreditation”, ABET Conference on Assessment. 2. https://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/C3_C5_mapping_SEC_1-13-2018.pdf

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2019 Fall Mid Atlantic States Conference

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Penn State Harrisburg

powerwould create up to 45,000 and 16,000, respectively, direct and indirect jobs in China. However, the scaleof induced job changes are quite significant and may even lead to net job losses in the whole economy insome cases (Wang, 2018).European Union promised to raise the level of renewable energy sources in overall energy consumption to20% in 2020. The audacious target across EU Member States is justified as a means for “promoting thesecurity of energy supply, promoting technological development and innovation and providingopportunities for employment and regional development”.World legislators and policymakers assess the new ways of pushing renewable energy as a panacea to ourpersistent socio-economic problems. Creating more jobs with renewable

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2016 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Victoria Sorg; Lilian Johnson; Alexandra Westbrook; Susan Daniel

teachers. Originally, parents were incorporated into program because the long drive to Cornell limited their ability to drop off their daughters and drive home. However, we quickly realized the potential of integrating parents into the program itself for reinforcing what we teach students. Including the parents into the event has allowed the parents to envision their daughters in a STEM field and to empower the parents with resources and encouragement to help their daughters apply to college. Statistics: Event feedback and evaluation of impact on past par- ticipants At the end of each WOMEN Event, we conduct a post-event survey to assess our program and guide improvements for the following year. This year, we are also including a pre

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Amanda Bao

into the course CVET-437 “Principles of Dynamics in Civil Engineering Technology”. 2) The trend of students’ feedback about “Advanced Student Understanding” from the teaching evaluation is consistent with that of the direct assessment of students’ final exam grades. The hands-on active learning module has proven to effective to advance students’ understanding of Dynamics course materials. 3) The ratings of “Enhanced Interest” get higher after the hands-on shake table testing was adopted to supplement the traditional Dynamics lectures. Students are more interested in the course materials and learn better under the active learning environment.Some factors remained beyond the author’s control, such as class

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Albert Knebel; Dorin Patru

as development tool to provide weight andbias files to be used as memory initialization files to implement the neural network onreconfigurable hardware (e.g. FPGAs); thus, evaluation of the impact of various weight and biasrepresentations on hardware can be assessed.1. IntroductionThe development of this software platform (program) started as an initial effort to understand theconstruction of neural networks and provide easy access to network parameters. The online text“Neural Networks and Deep Learning” by Michael Nielsen [1] and associated python code wasinitially used to run a three-layer fully-connected neural network that learned the weights andbiases by using the gradient-descent backpropagation algorithm. Although this is a rather

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology; Reggie Blake, New York City College of Technology; Reina Li

last dayof the program. The survey was designed by adopting some questions from the Survey ofUndergraduate Research Experiences(https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/resources/ctla/assessment/sure-iii). The survey collectedquantitative data on the benefits of undergraduate research in the following areas: 1) Experience,Knowledge, and Ability, 2) Exposure to Research, and 3) Future Goals. Each statement wasevaluated on a 6-point Likert-type scale, with 1 indicating strongly disagree, 2 moderatelydisagree, 3 slightly disagree, 4 slightly agree, 5 moderately agree, and 6 strongly agree.Descriptive statistics and paired sample t-tests were used to compare the pre- and post

Conference Session

Best In DEED

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Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland; Billy Friebele, Loyola University Maryland

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Design in Engineering Education

research interests include mechanistic engineering analyses to support risk and safety assessment of industrial processes, application of computational fluid dynamics to heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, and improvements in engineering education. Dr. Bailey is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers; and the American Society of Engineering Education and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Maryland.Billy Friebele, Loyola University Maryland Billy Friebele is an Assistant Professor of Art at Loyola University Maryland. A multimedia artist working in the Washington, DC area, he builds objects

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Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

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Mathematics

calculations, which one? Is that reasonable? Why?EvaluationWe are in the process of collecting a full academic year of assessment data, using controlsections of each of the introductory biology, chemistry and physics laboratory courses, todetermine if there appears to be any difference in student performance in the areas of coursecontent, laboratory research skills and laboratory safety skills between the integrated and non-integrated sections. Anecdotal evidence from instructors indicates that students who transfer intoan integrated section of, say, chemistry II lab, after having completed a non-integrated section ofchemistry I lab, are behind those students who have taken the integrated sections and thus requiresome remediation. Preliminary data