Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session II: Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Maysam Pournik, University of Oklahoma; Bryan William Bodie

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

diverse, distributed engineering world  Ability to self-instruct and self-monitor learning  Ability to interact with multiple modes of learningManage Attitude  Ability to self-motivate  Ability to cope with chaos  Ability to identify and acknowledge mistakes and un-productive paths;  Ability to assess and manage risk takingThe nature of the competencies mentioned above varies for industry sectors, which creates an educationalchallenge that is very complex, if not impossible for academic institutions and programs to address. Webelieve customization of these competencies can be achieved through new collaborative educationalmodels integrating academia and industry.1.3 Experiential Learning - Foundational ConstructWe identified

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; James W. Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

these courses are administered by our own STS Department. Fortrue engineering design courses, the barriers to entry for H&SS faculty members are likely to bevery high in most educational settings. (We suspect the main exceptions here are where H&SSfaculty members are literally assigned those roles, including by being hired directly byengineering programs.) Using Making as Critical Inquiry to facilitate interdisciplinarycollaboration is likely to attract participation by H&SS faculty, perhaps especially those from thehumanities, by providing them a non-trivial role in the assessment and steering of student work.In terms of facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration around design among engineering andH&SS faculty members, or

Conference Session

Engineering Librarians: Impacting the Past, Present, and Future

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Magid, New York University Abu Dhabi

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Engineering Libraries

York campus the following year, she met with one ofthe directors of the Technology Transfer Office. This meeting was extremely useful in thatthe author learned not only the process involved for student inventors but for Staff/Facultyinventors as well and the Technology Transfer Office’s role in the university.Subclaim 4.2 Assess your involvement in Information literacy skill level of studentsAs any academic librarian can attest, in an academic setting students will be a top priority.Therefore it is of utmost importance to pay attention to what skills they are lacking in theinformation literacy field. Many times, this will be ascertained upon talking with the facultyand teaching library skills in their classes (See Subclaim 1.1). Other times

Conference Session

Capstone Design in ECE

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy H. Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Miguel E. Uzcategui, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc; Ashenafi Lambebo, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

exclusively with RF energy.  To optimize the sensing node for minimum power consumption.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Section II, a review of RF energyharvesting is provided and background material on the topology used for theimplementation of the wireless sensor network is given. In Section III, the details ofhardware and software implementation are provided. The experimental results are given inSection IV. The project assessment and cost associated with this project is given in SectionV. Finally, the conclusions and lessons learned are provided in Section VI.II. BackgroundRelevance to Previous WorkIn this project the Arduino platform was extensively used. Our work builds on previousstudies that show the use of the Arduino

Conference Session

Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas - El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas - El Paso; Juan Alejandro Saavedra, University of Texas - El Paso; Eric D. Smith, University of Texas - El Paso

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Manufacturing

to assess theirunderstanding. The pre-survey was used as the baseline, and the post-survey was used in order to evaluate anystatistical differences regarding knowledge and perception of Lean tools between the two groups. The resultssection presents the data analysis performed on all surveys received.Results The pre and post surveys, shown in appendix 2 given to the students mainly focused upon:  Identifying students Proficiency on the use of Arena software  Concepts of Discrete event simulation & probability density functions  Scheduling rules of arena  Understanding of the concept Bottleneck  Use and Application of Lean principles  Selection of appropriate lean tools Figures 3 illustrates

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

areoptional and all the timings (given in diamonds) are indicative. The workshop faculty modifiescontents and timings based on time availability and group profile. The introductory sessionelicits expectations from participants, tries to assess if we can meet the expectations and informsparticipants accordingly. We also form diverse groups in the session. The group size is typically4 to 7 depending on the total number of participants. We ask the groups to announce their names,unique methods of salutation, unique tunes and introduce their peer members on a dais. Thishelps in developing networking and presentation skills.We then cover the 3H model as a requirement for any developmental activity i.e. ―head‖ to think,―heart‖ to relate and ―hands‖ to

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam T. Melvin, Louisiana State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

offer significantadvantages of competing technologies due to reduced reagent costs, ease-of-use, significantreproducibility, compatibility with most types of fluorescent microscopy, and a relative degree ofbiological inertness [1, 2]. By integrating several different types of microfluidic devices into asingle chip, researchers have developed micro total analysis systems (µTAS) that allow forfundamental and applied advances in a number of research fields and STEM disciplines.Fundamental devices, including organs-on-chip, provide a realistic environment analogous todifferent types of human tissue including the heart, lungs, kidneys, and the colon. These systemshave been used to assess cellular interactions, angiogenesis, drug effectiveness, and

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Professional Development for Students and Teachers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Maureen D. Cabrera, Center for STEM Education; Madeline Jean Leger

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

preparedness Students selected to participate in this program have demonstrated competency in STEMin one or more of the following ways; traditional coursework, extracurricular courses and/orexperiences and/or self-directed study. Additional training is provided as needed for laboratoryspecific assignments in such areas as CAD and Matlab.Academic engagement and/or integration Development, selection, and placement of project teams in participating laboratories isaddressed through assessment of skills required in identified assignments and review of eachapplicants coursework and competencies. It is essential for students to be prepared for theassignment outlined. In addition, although not (formalized) attention is made to

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Calvin Russell Walker, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

, having someone with intimate knowledge andexperience aids in the then-year design process. Figure 2.2 It is in the team environment that the students learn to interact with other students outsidetheir disciplines and deal with personality differences. It is hard to assess how students interactwith one another, but they managed to design, fabricate, and operate a competitive UAS since theinception of the team. As with any organization, there are conflicts and misunderstandings;however, the team lead and team member manage to overcome those difference to create a workingUAS. From the main team, a 10-person alpha team is stood up. This is normally the flightoperations team (Figure 2.3) and

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brian J Wisner, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

to university courses and labs to shape theirperspective on the typical level and amount of work at a research university. As a result, in bothyears, several students voluntarily worked in their labs beyond the official ten week duration.Moreover, to supplement the university research experience a one day visit to a corporate R&Dfacility was planned, where students were able to informally discuss various STEM career pathswith experienced industry professionals.To objectify and quantify some of the results produced by the implementation of this STEMprogram, the students were asked upon the program completion to assess the educational impactsof the several components of the program in addition to indicate their assessment on the

Conference Session

Engineering Economics Teaching Tools

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University; E. Downey Brill, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Economy

important changes were made; however, noneof these created changes in students’ assessment of the course as measured by the anonymoussurvey. Their feedback related to engagement with the materials, knowledge of need for self-directed learning, and the flipped structure versus lecture format all remained negative. Thecourse grade distribution and standard course evaluations provided no indication of change,with the exception of more F grades in the Spring 2013 semester. The number of F grades wasproblematic for the instructors, who decided that there was a need to provide more structure to Page 26.701.8keep students engaged with the course and guide them

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC

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College Industry Partnerships

program. Finally, the organization should be willing to commit the necessary financialresources to make the program attractive for participants in the program.It is important to clearly identify the objective when establishing a new program. Since the CSSwas interested in some type of outreach activity, there were several ideas discussed. These ideasincluded: 1. New faculty support programs 2. Undergraduate student or graduate student scholarship / fellowships 3. High school student scholarships 4. High school teacher grantsIt is difficult to assess the merits of the above-listed ideas without first establishing the objectiveof the outreach program. In other words, all ideas are good ideas without a clear objective. Thus,the

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

., Jagacinski, R. J., Merrill, J. A., Clifton, W., & DeDios, S. (2011). Assessing creativity specific to engineering with the revised creative engineering design assessment. Journal of Engineering Education, 100(4), 778-799.7. Norman, D. A., & Verganti, R. (2014). Incremental and radical innovation: Design research vs. technology and meaning change. Design Issues, 30(1), 78-96.8. Eris, O. (2004). Effective inquiry for innovative engineering design. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.9. Dyer, J., Gregersen, H., & Christensen, C. M. (2011). The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the five skills of distruptive innovators. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.10. Dyer, J. H., Gregersen, H. B., &

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University; William R Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

there are actually many other possibilitiesbeyond the time-honored combination of assignments, midterms, and finals. Instructors need toponder this thought and ask themselves “is the traditional method of delivering course contentwith the use of mid-terms and finals really the best way to have students learn?”The Method 2, discussed in this paper has been used in a limited way for one of the programs inthe Engineering and Design Department. A review will be conducted to assess its impact and Page 26.830.11value for both students and the instructors.Bibliography1. American Mathematical Society. (2012). Balancing Faculty Workload. Retrieved

Conference Session

Shaping the Future: Structured Mentoring for Today's Diverse Engineering Student Populations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary S. May, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

2002, and has worked on many assessment, research, and evalu- ation projects, including the measurement of student learning outcomes in general education, longitudi- nal research on the effects of undergraduate engineering research experiences on minority enrollment in graduate school, and the evaluation of the Georgia Tech International and Research Plans. He is currently working on an upcoming evaluation of service learning and sustainability project as part of Georgia Tech’s Quality Enhancement Plan.Dr. Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute Comas Lamar Haynes is a Principal Research Engineer / faculty member of the Georgia Tech Research In- stitute and Joint Faculty Appointee at the Oak Ridge

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Meisha Nicole Berg, Iowa State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Eli M. Silk, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Wesley Teerlink, Penn State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

of familiarity on mental iteration in ideation.They chose one problem that their participants were likely to be familiar with and a secondproblem that their participants were unlikely to be as familiar with. However, they did not testmultiple contexts within each of their experimental conditions. Even in studies specificallyfocused on assessing diversity within ideation23, the most common approach was to choose onedesign context with different conditions within that design problem. This approach may createissues due to the possibility of the participants not having enough knowledge about the context,or they may be too knowledgeable about that context causing an inability to generate new anddifferent ideas for a problem that they have already

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University ; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

Piezo-Ceramics test 10 Solar Cell Materials Solar energy efficiencyThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is charged with thetask of “Quality assurance in higher education” for programs in applied science,computing, engineering, and technology. Institutions pursuing accreditation mustdemonstrate that the program meets a set of general criteria10-11. Of particular interest arethe requirements of Criteria #2, #3, and #5, which are focused on Program EducationalObjectives, Program Outcomes and Assessment, and Faculty. These requirements Page 26.939.3include:1. A process based on the needs of the

Conference Session

Design Realization

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Lewis Hamon, The University of Texas, Austin; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Brock Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

includes development of innovative design methodologies and enhancement of engineering education. The design methodology re- search focuses on development and testing of strategies to enhance effectiveness of prototyping, improve design flexibility and advance reverse engineering and redesign processes. The educational research fo- cuses on development and assessment of active learning (particularly hands-on) approaches to enhance education in engineering. Page 24.1361.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Virtual or Physical Prototypes

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Almetria Smalls, Engineering Education Department at Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Educational Research and Methods

about the effectiveness of extra-curricularacademic programs and surveys related to educational research. Unfortunately, response ratesare typically low as is the case with surveys in general 1. Low response rates make it challengingto draw meaningful assessment and/or research-based conclusions. Our research focuses onincreasing the likelihood of students responding to surveys and in particular to surveys groundedin real-time data collection methods. Real-time data collection means gathering informationabout experiences within the context of the current situation. This approach is also calledExperience Sampling Methods (ESM) 2. ESM are different than standard interview and surveymethods in that they aim to capture the essence of an experience

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Minorities in Engineering

NSF S-STEM grant to increase the recruit- ment, retention and development of underrepresented populations in electrical and computer engineering. She has approximately 20 peer-reviewed publications with two in the Computers in Education Journal. She also recently published a book on Mobile Robotics for Multidisciplinary Study.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica F. Cox, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Inaugu- ral Director of the College of Engineering’s Leadership Minor at Purdue University. She also serves as the Executive Director of the International Institute for Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in

Conference Session

Project-based Learning in ET Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ihab Habib P.E., Austin Peay State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

study groups. The study took place over the course of the 2013-2014 academic year.The study site was a Middle Tennessee public university and the data was generated fromthe site’s STEM ENGT students. The two groups of participants from the study site werethe male and female students enrolled in the STEM ENGT Program. During the study,both groups from the STEM ENGT students involved in the study were asked to take a20-question survey assessment designed by researcher specifically for this study. Thesurvey can be found in Appendix (A) of this document. Page 26.28.4Table 1Demographics of Participants ENGT Students

Conference Session

Dynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University

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Mechanics

developing instructional strategies to closethe gap. References1. McCracken, W.M. and W.C. Newstetter, Text to diagram to symbol: Representational transformation in problem-solving, in ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. 2001: Reno, NV.2. Mazur, E., Peer Instruction: A User's Manual, Prentice Hall, 1997.3. Halloun, I.A. and D. Hestenes, The initial knowledge state of college physics students. American Journal of Physics, 53(11): p. 1043-1048, 1985.4. Halloun, I.A. and D. Hestenes, Common sense concepts about motion. American Journal of Physics, 53(11): p. 1056 - 1065, 1985.5. Gray, G.L., et al. The Dynamics Concept Inventory assessment test: A progress

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qichao Wang, Virginia Tech; Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

platform, the Intelligent Multi Objec- tive Control Algorithms (I-MOCA), the Traffic Responsive Iterative Urban-Control Model for Pattern- matching and Hypercube Optimal Parameters Setup (TRIUMPH OPS), the Multi Attribute Decision- making Optimizer for Next-generation Network-upgrade and Assessment (MADONNA), and the Safety and Mobility Agent-based Reinforcement-learning Traffic Simulation Add-on Module (SMART SAM). He was also one of the key developers of the dilemma zone protection Detection Control System (D-CS) that was selected as one of the seven top research innovations and findings in the state of Texas for the year 2002. Dr. Abbas served as the chair of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

explanations. This work describes the tool, shows howinstructors use it in class, gives student feedback, and assesses student work.IntroductionEducating students “to communicate effectively” has gained sufficient value and prominence inEngineering curricula to deserve its own ABET Program Outcome, Criterion 3(g).1 This workpresents a strategy to introduce students to relevant written communication issues before andduring senior design coursework, thereby providing practice and enabling them to achieve such aprogram outcome more skillfully in senior level coursework. Key practical challenges arise whenattempting to add learning content to a one quarter electronics course already bursting at theseams with conceptually challenging learning outcomes

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Forough Sheikh-Ansari, Purdue University; Baijian Yang, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

high security and great performance.We are also interested in investigating more about the role of user vulnerabilities across CloudEnvironment. Moreover, we would like to test our proposed architecture on a high performance-computing environment to see how it impacts the results on the server platform. In addition, weare interested in evaluate how network traffic impact the performance of proposed architecture.From pedagogy perspective, this course project encourages students to become the master of thesubject by encourage them to create and evaluate a solution in the real world settings. Due totime constraints, formal assessment was not conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of theapproach. In future, more types of instruments need to be

Conference Session

Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Alessandra Montironi, UC Davis; Daniel S Eliahu, UC Davis C-STEM Center; Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

/education/free-software/all, 2014[5] Stratasys, Inc., www.stratasys.com/industries/education, 2014[6] 3D Printing Systems, 3dprintingsystems.com/education/, 2014[7] Next Generation Sicence Standards, www.nextgenscience.org, 2014[8] DeBarger A., et al., Designing NGSS assessments to evaluate the efficacy of curriculum interventions, In Invitational Research Symposium on Science Assessment, Washington, DC. International Journal of Science Education, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 891-894. 2013.[9] Davis E., and Buxton C., Curriculum Materials., 2013[10] Accelerate Learning, http://www.acceleratelearning.com/ngss.html, 2014[11] Silk E.M., et al., Designing Technology Activities that Teach Mathematics, 2010[12] Bailey F., Moar M., The Veretx Project

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Marie Villwock-Witte P.E., Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University

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International

. When considering theprograms offered from a broader prospective than just each study abroad program, he identifiedseveral challenges including 1) scaling, 2) the fact that most United States students are notbilingual, 3) that few engineering students are interested in studying abroad, 4) that facultyperceive such programs to be a lot of work, and 5) that programs are not assessed. Interestingpoints that Parkinson made include that while it is appealing to have students become fluent inanother language, requiring fluency may dissuade students from participating, particularlyengineering students. In addition, he highlights the need to emphasize to students that a studyabroad experience is critical to their education, not just ‘nice.’ Mentored

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Soundar Kumara, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

35,36.2.2 Educational Data MiningData is generated throughout the pedagogical process of learning, from homework and quizzes tostudent surveys and assessments. With the abundance of data in the education domain, there hasbeen an expansion of data mining/machine learning approaches for making sense of education data.The term educational data mining has emerged as the novel application of data mining techniquesto educational data in order to understand the factors that influence students’ learning37. Therehave been a wide range of researchers that have proposed data mining driven techniques formodeling education data38. Mostow et al. propose an educational data mining tool to browsestudent interactions 39. Merceron et al. propose a visualization tool

Conference Session

Design and Research in BME

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Matthew S. Bollom

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Biomedical

photo, and contactinformation is always available. Teams with protected pages can display a generic description tothe public and secure a more detailed description behind the login. Only the immediate team(students and client), specified guests, and advisors may access any protected information.Additionally, the archive of all project information and deliverables serves as a tool to performassessment for ABET accreditation. Each year the department’s Assessment Committee reviewsthe work from the prior year for achievement of our student outcomes.4 The project pages serveas the content for that review. Modes of continuous improvement often take form within thedesign courses

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Pearl Chen, California State University, Los Angeles; Anthony Hernandez, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

system to meet the students’ needs, the instructor and student co-designers conductsa needs assessment first to analyze the problems of the existing instructional system, andsubsequently transferred the identified needs to the goals of course re-design. Since the studentco-designers play a significant role in shaping the curriculum, it is important to select studentsthat can well represent the diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds of the student body whoseinputs shall reflect different team experiences. After the goals are specified, the instructor and thestudents again collaborate to prototype the instructional system and proposed ideas to revise theCPBL model. After iterative discussion, revision and refining, the curriculum is finalized